Official Packers vs. Seahawks Discussion and Prediction Thread, 2014 Playoffs Edition

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Packer Report @PackerReport 32m32 minutes ago
Slocum said he's happy Harvin is with Jets and not Seahawks; said bye week work paid dividends vs. Dallas.

McCarthy Presser

Packer Report @PackerReport 20m20 minutes ago
McCarthy said Rodgers feels better this time last week than last week. No practice plan yet. Will determine Wednesday w/med. staff.

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 21m21 minutes ago
MM: The plan will be set on Wednesday. Aaron will see doctor before team meeting.

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 20m20 minutes ago
MM on 1st SEA game: Anytime you have an experience to draw from, you have to do that. The video will show you some of same matchups come Sun

Packer Report @PackerReport 19m19 minutes ago
Crowd noise the first time: Handled it well in Week 1. Did use three timeouts in the first half due to boundary communication.

Packer Report @PackerReport 18m18 minutes ago
No Harvin: Dynamic player but not focused on that. Just who's there now. "going to be a great matchup."

Green Bay Packers @packers 20m20 minutes ago
McCarthy: It's going to be a great matchup. They're a dynamic offense.

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 19m19 minutes ago
MM on no Harvin: Percy is a dynamic player. That's really not what we're focused on. Focused on what's on tape. Russell playing outstanding

Packer Report @PackerReport 19m19 minutes ago
Seattle defense is playing "very well." In synch, fly around, talented. "Playing as a unit" with rush patterns, drops.

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 19m19 minutes ago
MM on Adams: Davante took advantage of his opportunities. There are other factors involved in that. Liked how he played against Dallas

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 18m18 minutes ago
MM: I think the football we played in our last nine opportunities puts us in position to win NFC championship

Packer Report @PackerReport 18m18 minutes ago
MM on game plan from last game: Did some good things. Pivotal plays early hurt team.

Packer Report @PackerReport 17m17 minutes ago
MM thought Sherman would follow Nelson to left side. Didn't. "The ball went where it went."

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 17m17 minutes ago
MM: I think the sack-safety is when the game got away from us. They made huge plays in the Carolina game

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 17m17 minutes ago
MM: You watch Richard Rodgers Week 1 and watch him vs Cowboys, you're looking at a different player

Packer Report @PackerReport 16m16 minutes ago
Adams and R. Rodgers among four rookies playing big roles. MM thought Adams/Rodgers growth obvious compared to Wk 1 after watching that film

DOES THE NFL MANDATE LONGER SESSIONS IN THE PLAYOFFS?

Packer Report @PackerReport 15m15 minutes ago
McCarthy on Peppers. Fewer snaps. More production. Made one of biggest plays with the strip vs. Dallas. Great addition to team.

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 15m15 minutes ago
MM: This is a big challenge. They're very unique with what they do with Russell Wilson.

Packer Report @PackerReport 14m14 minutes ago
Team will fly to Seattle on Friday. Will have typical Saturday practice out there.

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 13m13 minutes ago
MM: These are things we've been looking at for quite sometime. Our involvement in the sports science, training staff. Something we planned

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 13m13 minutes ago
MM: I didnt know we were playing at noon (Pacific). I thought we would be playing later. This is more about flight, components you feel you can gain

[Cheesehead Craig]

28-27 Packers. The defense comes through at the end.

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M3, working on no sleep, drawing up Z routes for Adams instead.

Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde 1h1 hour ago
It's only Monday, but the ol' head coach seemed pretty loose today.

[LP]

I'll start by saying if this thread didn't exist, we'd have beaten Dallas by 30.

Ok now lets play Week 1 vs Today:

• Brad Jones played 70 fucking snaps.
• Sherrod played majority of the game at RT.
• 12 carries and a concussion for Lacy.
• Boykin practically a starter.
• Daniels hits a punter.
• Cobb dropped a big pass.
• Mebane on the field.
• Percy Harvin on the field.
• Probowl TE Zach Miller on the field.
• Packer rookie class 17 games smarter.
• Seattle rookie class half on IR.
• Guion hasn't yet sweat out Viking choke toxins.
• Rodgers not yet on performance enhancing toradol
• Red unofficial thread mojo not yet invented.

In conclusion: Packers 31, Seahawks 13, Bears 0

No way the Bears score that much!

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Another reason for Daniels' increased workload was Josh Boyd's knee problem. He reinjured his right knee on his eighth snap and, after a strong early showing, came back for just three more plays.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/rating-the-packers-vs-cowboys-b99424532z1-288358781.html

Datone Jones came in for him.

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...es-vs-packers/

Pedhawks open as 7 point favorite. O/U is 47 at the Seachickens House of Piped In Sound

Line has moved to 7-1/2, O/U now 46-1/2.

[denverYooper]

I can't wait until Rodgers takes the top right off of Seattle's defense on the 1st play.

They've been opening up every game lately with a heavy dose of Lacy (for many reasons). Watch him line up in the backfield and the Packers go playaction right off the bat.

[yetisnowman]

We just don't matchup well with the Seahawks. We are sort of a finesse, smoke and mirrors defense that doesn't tackle particularly well and has trouble containing mobile qbs. Cue Lynch and Wilson. Their defense will likely take Jordy completely out of the game and make it tough for Lacy and the other guys to get chunk plays and touchdowns.
And if Aaron is still super gimpy, I just don't see it. Now I would love to be wrong.
If he plays out of his mind and/or Wilson has an uncharacteristically poor game and gives us a key turnover or two, we have a shot. Defense has to be physical and tackle soundly, and the offense needs to have key contributions from the role players like last week. Anything is possible. GPG!

[Freak Out]

We just don't matchup well with the Seahawks. We are sort of a finesse, smoke and mirrors defense that doesn't tackle particularly well and has trouble containing mobile qbs. Cue Lynch and Wilson. Their defense will likely take Jordy completely out of the game and make it tough for Lacy and the other guys to get chunk plays and touchdowns.
And if Aaron is still super gimpy, I just don't see it. Now I would love to be wrong.
If he plays out of his mind and/or Wilson has an uncharacteristically poor game and gives us a key turnover or two, we have a shot. Defense has to be physical and tackle soundly, and the offense needs to have key contributions from the role players like last week. Anything is possible. GPG!

Welcome Yeti.

[woodbuck27]

I can't wait until Rodgers takes the top right off of Seattle's defense on the 1st play.

They've been opening up every game lately with a heavy dose of Lacy (for many reasons). Watch him line up in the backfield and the Packers go playaction right off the bat.

Aaron Rodgers >>> Jordy Nelson...TD !

Packers out front early 7-0.

I like it !

[Patler]

Teams are funny things. It often takes "something" to push them one direction or another.

In 2010 it was injuries, which for some reason did not phase that team in the least. They really didn't care. It wasn't just saying the right things, from interviews you could sense that the team was focused. Woodson was the catalyst that channeled their emotion.

In 2011 it was just the opposite. It was easy to sense the eroding confidence in that team toward the end of the year. They knew that the unbeaten start was a fluke, and they didn't know if they were a good team or not. It was a confident team at the start of the season, a confused team toward the end. The tragedy surrounding Philbin knocked out any heart they had left.

This version of the Packers has united around two things, Peppers and the injury to Rodgers. Peppers has obviously inspired them. They talk with a bit of awe about his pregame speech before the Bear game, and they have manifested it by electing him a captain for the playoffs. Quite something for a guy in his first year on the team getting the nod from the players over the obvious choices like Matthews, maybe Williams, even Hawk, the longest tenured. This is not the same defense as before the overblown move of Matthews, and Peppers has kicked it up a notch. Offensively, they play with confidence, and the O-line is on a mission to protect Rodgers. They are playing better than any line since the Clifton, Wahle Flanagan, Rivera, Tauscher line was in it's prime years. As for Rodgers himself? The injury is just another obstacle for him to overcome, which is what his career is based on.

GB will win this game. The score will be close, because it will be relatively low scoring, but there will be nothing fluky about the Packers victory. It will be a solid win.

[3irty1]

Teams are funny things. It often takes "something" to push them one direction or another.

In 2010 it was injuries, which for some reason did not phase that team in the least. They really didn't care. It wasn't just saying the right things, from interviews you could sense that the team was focused. Woodson was the catalyst that channeled their emotion.

In 2011 it was just the opposite. It was easy to sense the eroding confidence in that team toward the end of the year. They knew that the unbeaten start was a fluke, and they didn't know if they were a good team or not. It was a confident team at the start of the season, a confused team toward the end. The tragedy surrounding Philbin knocked out any heart they had left.

This version of the Packers has united around two things, Peppers and the injury to Rodgers. Peppers has obviously inspired them. They talk with a bit of awe about his pregame speech before the Bear game, and they have manifested it by electing him a captain for the playoffs. Quite something for a guy in his first year on the team getting the nod from the players over the obvious choices like Matthews, maybe Williams, even Hawk, the longest tenured. This is not the same defense as before the overblown move of Matthews, and Peppers has kicked it up a notch. Offensively, they play with confidence, and the O-line is on a mission to protect Rodgers. They are playing better than any line since the Clifton, Wahle Flanagan, Rivera, Tauscher line was in it's prime years. As for Rodgers himself? The injury is just another obstacle for him to overcome, which is what his career is based on.

GB will win this game. The score will be close, because it will be relatively low scoring, but there will be nothing fluky about the Packers victory. It will be a solid win.

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I too can envision a win without employing any bears shit.

[3irty1]

I can't wait until Rodgers takes the top right off of Seattle's defense on the 1st play.

They've been opening up every game lately with a heavy dose of Lacy (for many reasons). Watch him line up in the backfield and the Packers go playaction right off the bat.

I just hope Jordy Nelson can put his humility aside long enough to call Sherman mediocre afterwards.

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I just hope Jordy Nelson can put his humility aside long enough to call Sherman mediocre afterwards.

I'll settle for slower than he looks.

[denverYooper]

Teams are funny things. It often takes "something" to push them one direction or another.

There's often been the sense that "as long as they have Rodgers, they can win". It's still true, but it seems like the injury has forced other players to step up their games or has forced him to rely on others more. Rodgers made some great throws on Sunday but at least a few of those might not happen if he's more mobile. The Quarless TD was one of those throws he just doesn't make if he can run.

Adams, too, after his first miscue where he was blocking and failed to disengage to head outside for a catch, seemed to just click. His grab on the final drive, where he just attacked the ball in the air and fought off the DB for a huge gain, was a thing of beauty. Then Cobb's recognition and effort on that tipped ball. They have different guys making plays on offense, not just Rodgers. What they need most from him to win is his ability to direct the game at the line and keep them in good plays. Of course, the occasional frozen rope TD helps.