How Will The Packers Do In The Postseason?

[3irty1]

Seriously fuck the 49ers. I can't believe this is the year those dicks decide to implode. That division was supposed to eat itself and leave us an easy #1 seed. They have an uncanny ability to shit down our throats.

[mraynrand]

Seriously fuck the 49ers. I can't believe this is the year those dicks decide to implode. That division was supposed to eat itself and leave us an easy #1 seed. They have an uncanny ability to shit down our throats.

let it out. You'll feel better

[Harlan Huckleby]

yeah, actually I do. Keep making stuff up blowhard

My apologies. So I don't make this mistake again, which of the 32 teams in the NFL have you watched their regular season games?

[denverYooper]

This point has been made a thousand times. Determining how good a team or player is is a subjective decision involving hundreds of factors. This is one of them. Lots of analysts say Seattle is best defense in league, better than last year at this point in season.

They would be wrong.

The bloviating heads are just making a compelling narrative: repeat superbowl champions are rare in this era, and that is sexy. That and everyone wants to believe that defense always wins, when that is just a recency bias based on last year's result.

Seattle has homefield and a strong team, so their chances are good. But if they play the Pats in the superbowl, they will get erased.

[mraynrand]

My apologies. So I don't make this mistake again, which of the 32 teams in the NFL have you watched their regular season games?

Most of the NFC north, SF, Sea, maybe 1/2 Philly, and maybe 1/3 of Dallas. Packer opponents two or three weeks before the games. Not much AFC, except Cleveland, some Houston, and random stuff on national broadcasts. Thanks for caring.

[ThunderDan]

Ok but they won all those games. Seattle doesn't have to be elite to beat the 2014 Packers in Seattle. Pretty much any NFC playoff team scares me if we have to go on the road but it could only happen with Seattle.

SEA did win those games. GB went 11-2 to finish the season and there a bunch of people here who say that being confident in this team just shows you are a kool-aid drinker.

[denverYooper]

SEA did win those games. GB went 11-2 to finish the season and there a bunch of people here who say that being confident in this team just shows you are a kool-aid drinker.

People are just afraid. They've been burned too many times since the superbowl run.

[mraynrand]

It is not my opinion, I'm repeating what multiple analysts have said on TV.

even you should rely on your own opinion above most 'analysts'

[woodbuck27]

They're playing weaker opponents.

Football Outsiders has them falling back to the pack in terms of DVOA:



Which puts some more numbers to what others are saying: Seattle is still a very good team, likely the strongest overall still, but they've regressed and are nowhere near as good as last year. They've gone over their peak and are now trending back down. Ripe for an upset.

Good research.

That is encouraging.

Of course if the Packers do get to Seattle for the NFC Championship we'll all be hoping for a Green Bay win.

Analysis simply should arrive at a clearer mind conclusion.

Maybe it's better to arrive right here:

" On any given Sunday." and 'a Green Bay Packer Win ! '

[Harlan Huckleby]

even you should rely on your own opinion above most 'analysts'

I don't care to watch enough football to have an opinion about teams around the NFL. I take note of trends among people who are paid to follow the league. I ignore opinions about other teams made by posters, especially if they are well supported by statistics.

[3irty1]

Ol' Greg Bedard wrote this piece about how we're the most likely team with a bye to go one-and-done.

http://mmqb.si.com/2014/12/29/nfl-playoffs-green-bay-packers-denver-broncos-upset/

[Harlan Huckleby]

People are just afraid. They've been burned too many times since the superbowl run.

That sounds more like wisdom than fear.

[denverYooper]

I don't care to watch enough football to have an opinion about teams around the NFL. I take note of trends among people who are paid to follow the league. I ignore opinions about other teams made by posters, especially if they are well supported by statistics.

ESPN gives on-air personalities a list of 6 pre-approved opinions

"At press time, ESPN had reportedly revised the list to three opinions after receiving feedback from the NFL front office"

[Bossman641]

They would be wrong.

The bloviating heads are just making a compelling narrative: repeat superbowl champions are rare in this era, and that is sexy. That and everyone wants to believe that defense always wins, when that is just a recency bias based on last year's result.

Seattle has homefield and a strong team, so their chances are good. But if they play the Pats in the superbowl, they will get erased.

BINGO

Seattle as the bully looking to become the first repeat SB champion since the 04-05 Patriots is an easy talking point.

[denverYooper]

That sounds more like wisdom than fear.

If it has to do with pyramid schemes or cliff diving, then that might be true. But we're dealing with castles made of sand here, my friend. If the tide comes in and takes the palace down, what the hell? At the end of the day, I'm still on the beach with 5 margs and a can of 4loko in my stomach.