Official Packers/Eagles Game Thread

[chewy-bacca]

we are due in Philly. I hope our new look backfield is up to the task!

GO PACK GO!!

[mission]

im locked and loaded... we're either gonna get embarassed bigtime or favre and the pack are going to show the world how the eagles have just been a product of their schedule. im obviously hoping for the latter!

got tvpenisenvy by the commercials yesterday and went out and picked up one of these for the game tonight. for an advertising guy, i sure am impulsive.



it is beaaaaaaaaaautiful!

[MasonCrosby]

this is going to be either bad, or a great upset, and i hope it's an upset. but i'm not betting on it. plus listening to eagles fans taunt me all night is not something i'm looking forward to. but at least most of them seem not to hate the packers, they save their hate for the cowboys, giants, and redskins...

[MJZiggy]

I don't know if I'd count too heavily on that nb56. They seem to have enough hate to go around from what I've heard...

[MasonCrosby]

well some do i guess, but the ones i know here really just seem to try to make me mad. you wanna see some real good hate, watch them during a giants-eagles game or anything about TO

[BF4MVP]

I can't for tonight after my Environmental Science test (I miss the first half cuz of that, maybe a little less )...Hope the Pack can take care of business in Philly..

I can't decide if I should wear my Fergie away jersey, since it's an away game, or my Favre home jersey that I just got on Saturday (I needed a Favre jersey in the worst way)..Thoughts on this??

[Tarlam!]

Favre home. Throw away that Fergie jersey altogether. Why? Well, has it brought us into any SB?? Has it brought Fergie into the Pro Bowl???

No, well, then. That's settled.

[BF4MVP]

Favre home. Throw away that Fergie jersey altogether. Why? Well, has it brought us into any SB?? Has it brought Fergie into the Pro Bowl???

No, well, then. That's settled.

Can't throw it away..It was $170. Plus I do plan to wear it for away games from here on out, but I thought today could be a special occasion because I just got the Favre one and want to wear it..haha..

As far as the Fergie Pro Bowl thing, it was closer to gettin him there than you might think. As I recall, Fergie won the fan voting to make the Pro Bowl as a special teamer in 2004. The powers that be, however, had other ideas, and he didn't make it..

[Patler]

Favre home. Throw away that Fergie jersey altogether. Why? Well, has it brought us into any SB?? Has it brought Fergie into the Pro Bowl???

No, well, then. That's settled.

Can't throw it away..It was $170. Plus I do plan to wear it for away games from here on out, but I thought today could be a special occasion because I just got the Favre one and want to wear it..haha..

Sorry, doesn't matter what you paid for it, the current value is about $3 at Goodwill stores. No other market for a Fergy jersey! Dump the thing!!!!!

[MadtownPacker]

Dammit!! I want to see 2-2!!

If it happens the playoffs are not impossibe!

[MadtownPacker]

As far as the Fergie Pro Bowl thing, it was closer to gettin him there than you might think. As I recall, Fergie won the fan voting to make the Pro Bowl as a special teamer in 2004. The powers that be, however, had other ideas, and he didn't make it..

What the hell did you do? Spend a whole weekend voting for him?

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[HarveyWallbangers]

Keys for tonight:

Offensively - Brett Favre. The weight of this game will be on his shoulders. The Packers will likely not be able to run the ball, and the defense will likely give up a lot of points. Just to stay in this game, Favre will have to be patient and hope the defense isn't too horrible. It will be tough though. Young OL that hasn't seen the blitz packages that Philly will bring. All of the receivers (WR, TE, RB) need to be at their VERY best.

Defensively - Coaching staff. They have to show a lot more than they have so far. They have to come up with some kind of scheme that at least slows down the Philly offense. Personnel wise, they can only do so much, but they have to come up with something that somewhat minimizes Philly's strengths. Those strengths are Brian Westbrook and L.J. Smith. We can't have a scheme that has Westbrook or Smith locked up with Poppinga. Nick Collins and perhaps Ahmad Carroll have to be a huge part of the scheme to slow down Westbrook.

[Tarlam!]

Listen, BF, dump that damned jinxed piece of garbage!

No wonder we keep losing with you wearing that thing all the time!!!

[wist43]

Defensively, I think the Packers should try to play nickel as their base... if their DL can hold up. Westbrook demands special attention, IMO Sanders has to match Westbrook up with Barnett or Collins almost exclusively. I would build my gameplan around stopping, or at least containing Westbrook... of course, that puts a lot of pressure on Harris and Woodson - neither of whom looks capable of handling it.

If they try to play their base with Poppinga or Manuel in coverage, they'll get burned... There's been more talk that Sanders may be in over his head as DC - he looks like a bust thus far, if he doesn't get it fixed soon, they'll be looking at their 5th DC in 5 years... that would be amazing.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Defensively, I think the Packers should try to play nickel as their base... if their DL can hold up. Westbrook demands special attention, IMO Sanders has to match Westbrook up with Barnett or Collins almost exclusively. I would build my gameplan around stopping, or at least containing Westbrook... of course, that puts a lot of pressure on Harris and Woodson - neither of whom looks capable of handling it.

I agree--which I've stated already. Bring Carroll in for Poppinga and play their nickel defense a majority of time.

Interesting stats on Favre:

Of the 20 teams he's played at least four times, he only has a losing record against three of them: Minnesota (13-14), Dallas (2-5), Philadelphia (4-6).

Of the 20 teams he's played at least four times, he only has a passer rating under 80 against two of them: Denver (57), Philadelphia (65). Ironically, he has a 3-1 record vs. Denver.

Things could get ugly tonight.

He's been stellar within the division. His overall record vs. Minnesota is 13-14, but he has a solid passer rating. He's killed the other teams in the division.

Chicago - 21-8, 88 passer rating
Detroit - 20-9, 88 pass rating
Tampa Bay - 15-7, 84 passer rating
Minnesota - 13-14, 85 passer rating

69-36 with a 87 passer rating against teams in his own division. The team he owns the most outside of the division is San Francisco. He's 10-1 against them, including playoffs. Many of those years San Fran had good teams too. In the regular season, he is 17-4 against the NFC West. The only division he has a losing record against is the NFC East, not surprisingly because of Dallas and Philadelphia. He's 6-11 vs. Dallas/Philadelphia, 3-2 vs. the Giants, and 3-0 vs. Washington for a lifetime record of 12-13 vs. the NFC East.