Packers @ Bears
This seems to be an easy pick here…Packers are rolling, Bears are reeling. Its the a must win for Green Bay and a who cares game for the Bears. But there’s one thing in favor for the Bears…Soldier Field and recent history. Lovie Smith has a good history against Green Bay and was embarrassed Week 1. And if its frigid conditions with the normal December blistery wind its anybody’s game.
But the Packers have too much on the line to lose this one…I think they don’t win without consequences though. I can see them getting a couple injuries that linger for a couple weeks. But please, JUST DON’T SCREW UP ON SPECIAL TEAMS!
Green Bay 22-13
Bengals @ Vikings
Last week, the Vikings found themselves behind by two scores and what happened? Collapse. Favre turns into the Gunslinger, Chilli does nothing, injuries happen, etc. So this week, even though the Bengals are mainly a running team, maybe they come out passing. If they can get a lead, watch out. (There could even be boo-birds at halftime) But I don’t know, AP is SOOO due. And Favre has had a great year, as much as I’d love for him to flop he’s not this soft.
Vikings 31 – Ravens 28
Lions @ Bengals
Prediction….Pain
Ravens 30-3
Published on December 12, 2009 11:26 pm.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Bears, Favre, NFC North, Predictions Tags: bengals, collapse, Favre, playoff, ravens, soldier field, wild card
Packers @ Browns
In what could turn it to be the first in a series of swine flu bowls, the Packers travel to Cleveland in a must win situation. Hopefully the team is focused as they are one week away from hosting one of the craziest regular season games. I think this might be one of those games where Green Bay comes up firing on all cylinders, taking an early two score lead. Then the Browns fight back with a couple big plays closing the lead before half. Then either a sack/fumble or pick INT gives the Pack a good lead that holds up. Look for huge games by Rodgers, Clay Matthews, Kampmen, Woodsen, and hopefully Ryan Grant. (The guy is like six games overdue)
Things to watch:
- Clay Matthews playing in the city is old man starred for over 10 years.
- TJ Lang – fucking step up!
- Trap game – McCarthy better have his team focused for sunday and not looking ahead to next weeks Vikings/Favre showdown. This has happened before during McCarthy’s tenure
Packers 38-24
Vikings @ Steelers
Another pretty big game for the Vikes. Although it may not have playoff implications since its an AFC game, this has huge Legit-factor for the Vikes. I was hoping for some cold or inclement whether but Favre has lucked out in that regard. This will be fun to watch though its been a few weeks since Favre took some hits and the Steelers can bring it.
Things to watch:
- Favre vs Steelers 3-4 D – who cares about AP, I want to see Favre take a beating this game.
- Rothlesburger vs Vikings CBs – The Vikings pass D sans Winfield is pretty weak. Look for the Steelers to pass early and often…featuring long passes.
- Injury bug, Vikings – that’s all I’m saying
Steelers 29 Vikings 17
Bears @ Bengals
This will be a big test to the Bengals. Can they bounce back and prove to the rest of the NFL that the Bengals are here to stay? They also endured a big injury last week to Odom. Hopefully they can still sustain decent pressure with the four down lineman…like they could earlier against the Pack. This will probably be a damn good game. But I see the Bengals holding on after a Bears miscue or two…
Bengals 16 Bears 13
Lions = BYE
Published on October 24, 2009 9:20 pm.
Filed under: 2009 Season, NFC North, Predictions Tags: afc north, bengals, browns, father, Favre, injuries, matthews, odom, steelers
Bengals @ Packers
Since the Packers seem to be living in denial over their inability to block anyone, thought it was analogous to one of my favorite Will Ferrell clips. Last Sunday a single DE attibuted for 5 sacks and 2 knockdowns. They are lucky Rodgers made it out of this game without sustaining any injuries. So in my mind there are three major issues with this seemingly unstoppable offense. First this is not PRE-SEASON! Packer’s coaches should recognize that most teams play vanilla defense during pre-sesason, so you can allow your QB to wait for plays to develop and your offense can look unstoppable. But you cannot base your game plan on how things went in the PRE-SEASON!
Second, they are not establishing or trying to establish any sort of running game. I think McCarthy is so giddy about his young QB and talented receivers that he just wants to show them off. Kind of like when you get that first new bike when you were young. Like even if it was a simple walk across the street, you still take your bike out…to show it off.
The second issue is the lack of pass protection and Rodgers holding the ball too long at times. They should have kept a TE back to help out College after Clifton went down. So this week against the lowly Rams, I expect them to go back to the short passing game and running the ball. If they cannot do either then it will be a repeat of last week. Although I have no clue who the Rams have on the D-line.
If they are able to sustain drives and mix it up with a good run then they’ll win this game by a couple TDs.
Steelers @ Bears
Didn’t see much of this game, but the Bears played much better than Week 1. But I think Pittsburgh isn’t has strong w/o Paulamalu. Cutler was much improved, and the bears home field helped.
Vikings @ Lions
What can you say? The Lions were actually in this one until they remembered that they are the Lions. Didn’t watch much of this game either as it coincided with the GB game, but it appears the Vikings are firing on all cylinders. But that is the way thing are supposed to be.
Week Two Winners
- Bengals – Yes the Bengals are decent
- Cutler – Redemption!
- Adrian Peterson – Amazing.
Week Two Losers
- Mike McCarthy – Ever here of a team having a letdown game on week two? Neither have I…
- Ryan Grant – Hasn’t broken a tackle all year, and that fumble was at the worst time
- Aaron Rouse – Released
- Nick Collins – Injury bug creep alert
- Brett Favre – going to be a while
Published on September 24, 2009 10:06 am.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Predictions, Videos Tags: bengals, college, cutler, lions, mccarthy, preseason, rodgers, rouse, steelers, vikings
Hey Ed, whatever happens just make sure you diss the Packers
This is basically what referee, Ed Hochuli stated at then end of today’s game at Lambeau. Sidenote: As any Packer fan can attest to, this guy hates the Packers. Maybe this is why. He was born in Milwaukee. Maybe something crazy happened to him a while back that still lingers deep inside him. For some reason, it seems that he just absolutely detests Green Bay and their fans.
Man, these are the types of games you have to blame the coaching staff. Just look at how they started, unprepared…dropped passes….idiotic, pony-league penalties… putrid special teams….six sacks allowed and no halftime adjustments…what else? This is buzzkill game #1 of 2009.
Notwithstanding the excellent play by DE Odom and Cedric (ex-bears garbage) Benson…there were two giant plays in this game…
First play….
Towards the end of the first half, with the Packers leading 21-14, the Bengals had the ball on their own 5, facing 3rd and 34. (This was following a sack and an offsides penalty) The packers were poised to get the ball with good field position and possibly get a field goal to go up by 10 before the half.
So what do the Bengals call? They call what ANY sane coordinator would call faced with 3rd and forever close to their own end zone, early in the game. Don’t take any chances and just do a simple drop pass to the TE or RB. I cannot recall how many times I’ve seen this happen…They do a little drop pass and gain maybe 10 yards, and then PUNT.
But to Dom Capers, this seems to be a brand new strategy as they are not ready for this. So instead of getting the ball back, the Bengals TE gains 30 yards…fumbles (Great FF by Jenkins)….and then Cincy recovers it after gaining another 8 yards. This keeps the drive alive eventually leading to a TD. So instead of it being 24-14 at the half, its 21-21.
Play two…
After exchanging a couple punts, the Packers string a few nice passes together and have the ball first and ten at their own 40. The game is still tied at 21. Rodgers seems to be finally getting into a groove here…the crowd is feeling him…Then Ray Maaluagua makes a great play and smashes the ball out of Grant’s hands after a nice little screen pass. A few buzzkill plays later and its 28-21 Bengals.
Immediately the momentum shifts back to Cincy, and they don’t lose it until the last few minutes of the game when the Packers frantic effort to get to OT falls short when Hochuli decides the game is over.
So props to me for picking the AFC Dark Horse, too bad it came at the expense of the Pack. (And ya I know its only week two, but if you watched this game you know the Bengals are for real)
Btw. Whats up with Raji? Packers could’ve used him this game as the D-Line is getting worn down.
Published on September 20, 2009 8:46 pm.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Game Summary Tags: 2009, bengals, benson, buzzkill, dom capers, grant, Hochuli, odom, raji, rodgers
So the popular dark horse this year is the Texans….so I’m going to pick somebody else..
1. Cincinati Bengals: HBO Show + ( Healthy QB (Carson Palmer) * Crazy Twitter Happy Receiver (Ochocinco) ) = Wild Card Birth
2. San Francisco 49ers: Legit Back (Frank Gore) + Crazy, Unpredictable Coach (Mike Singletary) + Zero Media Attention = 9-7 (Barely missing division title to SeaHawks)
Published on September 13, 2009 8:17 am.
Filed under: Dark Horse, Predictions Tags: 49ers, bengals, dark, horse, texans
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