As a fan, what is tougher....?

[Patler]

But the wins at Dallas and Chicago made the season. Those were great games and we won in Dallas and we beat our longest-standing rivals in another elimination game, and it was in the most exciting fashion possible. Tell me that wasn't even more exciting than Favre to Sharpe in 1993 at Detroit. Those two games are indelible marks on a lifetime - 40 years - of watching the Packers.

Wasn't the win against Dallas just a lit bit more satisfying, too, because Aikman was in the broadcast booth to see it?

[mraynrand]

Its easier to come up with a shopping list when the cupboards are bare.

That's the Cleveland in you talking. And you don't want to go to the grocery store with a bad shopper and a credit card that might get refused.

[mraynrand]

Wasn't the win against Dallas just a lit bit more satisfying, too, because Aikman was in the broadcast booth to see it?

Yeah, and I enjoyed the exasperation in his voice as the Cowboys continued to throw it. I sensed he wanted to run out of the booth and down to the sidelines screaming "WTF are you guys doing!!" (I imagine in my little mind that he swore a lot during the commercial breaks!)

[pbmax]

That's the Cleveland in you talking. And you don't want to go to the grocery store with a bad shopper and a credit card that might get refused.

Fair point. I prefer the team not have a bare cupboard and good credit. But if I had to make the list, I want to work for a terrible team where constraints on choices are fewer.

[Patler]

Yeah, and I enjoyed the exasperation in his voice as the Cowboys continued to throw it. I sensed he wanted to run out of the booth and down to the sidelines screaming "WTF are you guys doing!!" (I imagine in my little mind that he swore a lot during the commercial breaks!)

Funny, I thought I heard him actually say that!

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Football is all about hope, so the close games are always easier to take, as there is hope for next year. Blow outs suck ass...

[Freak Out]

Hate the blowout loss more than anything.

[KYPack]

The other angle on this is a big SB loss can really reveal your weaknesses.

Denver can be beaten by solid front four pressure on Manning.

Easier said than done, but PM may get beat up next year by teams following that template.

[Patler]

The other angle on this is a big SB loss can really reveal your weaknesses.

Denver can be beaten by solid front four pressure on Manning.

So, what you are saying is that Green Bay wouldn't have a chance against them?

[Joemailman]

So, what you are saying is that Green Bay wouldn't have a chance against them?

The difference is that Rodgers can make some of their pass rushers miss, giving him time to go downfield. You can't beat that defense 5 yards at a time.

[pbmax]

The difference is that Rodgers can make some of their pass rushers miss, giving him time to go downfield. You can't beat that defense 5 yards at a time.

Free Derek Sherrod!

[smuggler]

May or may not have said this already. Manning does not deal with pressure very well (considering he's an elite QB). That doesn't mean he can't handle a blitz, but his usual tactic of quick 1-2 second passes doesn't work as well against a defense that plays the flats and the heart of the field that well. The only open receivers (with good prospects for yardage) were on 20+ yard routes and Peyton couldn't deliver his passes because he was hurried all damn night.

Compare this to Rodgers v Atlanta Falcons in 2010's playoffs ... He was frequently hurried by John Abraham, but evaded the pressure and bought time for the underneath stuff to open up. Peyton has never been able to do that, and it would definitely have helped in this one. (R Wilson was pulling it off!)

[Rutnstrut]

Yeah, and I enjoyed the exasperation in his voice as the Cowboys continued to throw it. I sensed he wanted to run out of the booth and down to the sidelines screaming "WTF are you guys doing!!" (I imagine in my little mind that he swore a lot during the commercial breaks!)

On a related note, sometimes when listening to the Pack on the radio I am sure Larry McCarren is a sliver away from dropping a string of profanity when the Packers do something stupid.

[Pugger]

I think a close loss leads to a lot more second guessing and what-if analysis. It lingers a whole lot longer.

A blowout loss just leads to shell-shock.

Not SB's, but look at the games that still get mentioned here - Young to TO, 4th and 26, the loss at Arizona in OT, Fail Mary. For me, those games are much harder to watch or discuss then the Favre 6 INT game at STL, for example.

And I'm sorry in advance for ruining anyone's Monday morning by mentioning those games.

I still refuse to watch any clips of our SB loss to the donkeys.

[Bretsky]

As a fan, in the end I'd rather get my ass kicked; otherwise I beat myself down for years with plays like the fail mary

When I coach, in the end I'd way rather get my ass kicked than lose by a point. I still remember bad coaching calls I made over twenty years ago