Week 16 Other Games Thread

[George Cumby]

Who is doing commentary for the Bears game? Dude has an awful announcing voice.

Yawp.

He was awful.

I will admit I enjoyed watching the Bears beat the 'Hags.

[Joemailman]

Yawp.

He was awful.

I will admit I enjoyed watching the Bears beat the 'Hags.

I never cheer for the Bears, but beating Pete Carroll is always okay.

[RashanGary]

If the football team wins tonight, we can lose one of the next two.

Dallas might be the best team in the NFC right now though. It’s probably not gonna go our way.

[Teamcheez1]

So much for any help from Washington…….

[RashanGary]

It’s tough watching a team like Dallas peaking defensively and still has room on offense to really take another step. I think Dallas wins it this year.

[call_me_ishmael]

Dallas destroys the Packers right now. Green Bay gotta figure out they defense.

[RashanGary]

It sucks cuz we’re a good team almost every year. We’ve lost 4 NFCC games. And each year a new hot team comes into the playoffs like a buzz saw. This years buzz saw is the Cowboys. They’re not as good as they look against Washington right now but they are a legit defense along with an offense that is oh so close to clicking. Dallas is the team to beat.

We can get home field which would make a big difference.

But we have to beat a decent Viking team next week.

Yikes. Maybe Jaire and Z come back and Dallas loses a player or two.

[RashanGary]

The Viking game is a playoff game for us. Our only chance is home field advantage.

[texaspackerbacker]

I thought from the beginning that the Packers and Cowboys were the two best this season. It looks tonight like Dallas cured whatever has been ailing them, although this is just one great game after a few poor or mediocre ones. It's funny reading ya'all grass-is-greener-somewhere-else guys immediately concluding that whoever is the flavor of the week is better than the Packers. I could certainly see the Cowboys and McCarthy coming to Green Bay for the NFC championship - and losing to the Packers.

[RashanGary]

As good as Dallas is, get them up in the frozen tundra and get a loud home field crowd…. We practice in the cold and play in the cold…. We still have a shot even though Dallas is peaking and is the better team.

[call_me_ishmael]

Seattle was clearly the better team on paper in 2014 and GB went in and punched them in the mouth. Maybe GB can figure out a way to do it again. Of course, they need to feed their star to close the deal.

[texaspackerbacker]

There is such a thing as peaking too early. Obviously, no coaching staff or team would ever intentionally go into a funk for a few weeks just to snap back for the playoffs, but if it happens, it happens, and it's not necessarily a bad thing. We need to see the Packers restart the engine too at some point, especially the D.

[RashanGary]

There is such a thing as peaking too early. Obviously, no coaching staff or team would ever intentionally go into a funk for a few weeks just to snap back for the playoffs, but if it happens, it happens, and it's not necessarily a bad thing. We need to see the Packers restart the engine too at some point, especially the D.

Outside of Jaire and Z coming back, the Packers don’t have the horses to get up and go on defense.

[texaspackerbacker]

Then how did they do it for the first 2/3 or so of the season?

[King Friday]

Then how did they do it for the first 2/3 or so of the season?

Guys who are backups played over their head. Their weaknesses weren't well known, but now that they've played for several weeks, the tape is out on how to attack the backups. I think a lot of teams also played conservatively on offense against us for a bit, believing that the backups would make mistakes. They didn't, so now teams are being more aggressive and using the discovered weaknesses to attack the bend but don't break defense.