Official Packers vs. Falcons Game Day Thread

[digitaldean]

This was an UGLY win, but kept things alive for at least one more week. Now I have to cheer for the Cowgirls.....yuk. Have to take one for the team, I suppose.

[ThunderDan]

This was an UGLY win, but kept things alive for at least one more week. Now I have to cheer for the Cowgirls.....yuk. Have to take one for the team, I suppose.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Go Tony Go!!!!

[pbmax]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Go Tony Go!!!!

That makes Jerry Jones the Stalin figure. I can get behind this.

[Pugger]

Not since Brockington have we had a RB who did not go down like Lacy does not go down!

I hope Lacy's career is longer than Brockington's was.

[Pugger]

Just flipped to the Eagles game, that field is ridiculous! I have never seen anything quite like that.

Those images remind me of that Snow Bowl game at Lambeau in December 1985 against Tampa. I was at that game. Snow games are a blast!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Bowl_%281985%29

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Pk49mVrUKD0/TCAr0Vr1iEI/AAAAAAAACPU/3Ogu1WEe-ng/s1600/1985-snow-bowl.jpg&imgrefurl=http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/93027-bad-weather-football-games/&h=592&w=800&sz=112&tbnid=oxpRehSoaPiPMM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=122&zoom=1&usg=__rUen22YUJqUyf-L8Ws3fXTkVGCM=&docid=jS-yhGm4YoQ1lM&sa=X&ei=086lUrKoHdGjkQfJ-YC4Cg&ved=0CEcQ9QEwBQ

[denverYooper]

I hope Lacy's career is longer than Brockington's was.

Yeah.

Rodgers should help relax the pounding that Lacy takes and help lengthen his career.

[pbmax]

Lacy should get better, at least I hope he does. He takes hits too high sometimes, especially when spinning after contact. But for taking all those high hits he doesn't go down or backward. Someone said he reminds them of Earl Campbell, which I thought at the time was overblown, he they do take punishment the same way.

Had he went low he would have had a touch down on his reception that ended at the one.

I think out of a sense of self preservation he might develop a different way to absorb hits (not complete change but add to repertoire), but you can't discount the results so far.

[Bossman641]

There was an interesting article in the JSO last week with quotes from Jamal Anderson and Bettis on how they prolonged their careers. Bettis said he'd seek out contact early on in games and then rely on jukes in the 4th quarter as guys would just start throwing their bodies around.

I think Lacy will have to balance out his game a little and learn when to go out of bounds. There was one play in particular (second quarter) where he could have gone out but instead took on 3-4 more guys to get an extra yard or 2.