Al Harris gets carted off with torn ACL
Packers 30 49ers 23
The Packers nearly blew a 23-3 halftime lead to Mike Singletary’s up and coming 49ers. But a solid final drive by the Packers killed any chances for Alex Smith / Vernon Davis. It was good to see them finish off the game with running for first downs! Ryan Grant probably had his best game this season against a good rush defense. The win comes with big losses on the D though. Both Al Harris and Aaron Kampmen were carted off the field with season ending ACL injuries. That eliminates 2 of their 4 pro bowl defenders.
I still think the Packers D can hold up though, except when they play a team with 2 or 3 good receivers and a pro bowl type quarterback. (Steelers / Cardinals) The packers Dline is really coming around. Rookie BJ Raji had his best game as he appears to be getting back to 100%.
Vikings 35 SeaHawks 10
Didn’t see much of this game except for all the Favre scores. (Was watching the NFL’s Red Zone Channel) But the Vikes are basically rolling right now. Besides going to AZ, there next tough opponent is the Bengals, but they get them in the dome.
Eagles 24 Bears 20
Cutler again couldn’t come through in the end. Eagles are a solid team that needed a win. So did the Bears but…
Lions 38 Browns 37
Crazy game…first the Browns were up 24-3 after the first quarter. Then Stafford brought them all the way back with a crazy, penalty saving, drive at the end. It was on a hail mary pass. For some reason 8 brown defenders couldn’t cover 4 lion receivers. Stafford looks to be the real deal.
Week 11 Winners
- BJ Raji – Rookie starting to have an impact
- Tauscher / Clifton – When they are in the Packers O-line is 100% better.
- Ryan Grant – Breaking tackles and getting longer runs, solid.
- Rodgers – As always
- Matthew Stafford – Not going to be the next Joey Harrington
Week 11 Losers
- Al Harris / Aaron Kampmen – I hope the Packers bring back both guys. Harris has a couple good years left and they won’t get jack if they try to sign and trade UFA Kampmen.
- Eric Mangini – What an idiot, the Lions have to try and get a last second TD with a QB who hasn’t even warmed up and you call a timeout. Thus enabling Stafford to come back in to win it?
- Zygi Wilf – Gave Chili contract extension that he’ll be regretting as soon as the Brett Favre gravy train leaves town.
Published on November 25, 2009 8:24 am.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Game Summary, NFC North Tags: 49ers, acl, al harris, eagles, injury, kampmen, raji, ryan grant, seahawks, zygi
The Ghosts of Lambeau await the return of the star who betrayed them
So this game is now only 13 hours away! Wonder what is going through Favre’s mind right now? There’s no way he’s sleeping? What about Ted Thompson? He’s probably sitting in his basement bar having a scotch or something..taking some Zantac and maybe even some Xanax at this point. Ok maybe he made the right move by not taking Brent back, but tonight…he has to be just dumbfounded that he has to sit in the box S and watch this all play out.
I bet this is a waaaay bigger deal to Packer fans than the actual players in this game. Players all know this is a business and how many have actually sat though countless Sundays screaming at your TV as you watch your team win or lose? Or have rituals on how you watch your team on TV because you actually think your actions have an impact on a football game? And, for some real hardcore fans the outcome of Sunday’s game pre-determines how the week will go…angry and remoreful or happy/awesome.
So that makes me think, its just after midnight in Green Bay…its Halloween and daylight savings time grants an extra hour of drinking in the several dive bars around Lambeau…I wonder how many fights have already happened? Or how many crazy ass packer fans are plotting their actions for the game. From seeing it first hand at run of the mill Packer games,I can only imagine the level of drinking going on tonight. I mean overall, most Packer fans are pretty normal, and wouldn’t resort to physically harming the opposing fans. But jesus, its Halloween and Brett Favre is suiting up in a purple freaking helmet in like 13 hours!
Anyways, the Packers better be insanely pumped up for this game! The D needs to beat the shit out of Favre today since he made fools of them last time.
Here are things to watch during one of the strangest sporting matchups in recent history, even for non-Packer/Viking fans.
- Farve – If he’s wearing long sleeved shirt, they’re done.
- Packer Fans – Really this whole game is about redemption for Packer fans. I mean the guy we all loved for 16 years is now playing for the Vikings! And he dissed us pretty bad the first game. Is this for real? I mean imagine if Vince Lombardi left the Packers only to come back to Lambeau coaching the Bears? No way, never happen.
- TT (Ted Thompson) – Maybe he’ll show some sign of life today every time he’s shown and the announcers talk him up or totally trash him…how about blink twice for once or something?
- Ryan Grant – Besides the Packer D, this is the key to the game for the Packers.
Besides all the star players in this game…IE Kampman, Jennings, Adrian Peterson, Sidney Rice, Favre, Rodgers, Jared Allen, etc….in games like these there’s always some no name or other not-so-famous player who comes up HUGE!
For the Packers it could be:
- B.J. Raji – They say his ankle has limited his burst but man..come on you’re a top 10 pick! He is a impact player waiting for a big setting to show off.
- James Jones – With J Finley and J Nelson out, he needs to step up. I said at the begining of the year that he was going to have a breakout year. Well, ya he was hurt, but time’s a wasting…He has all the physical tools to be an awesome receiver.
- TJ Lang – Can he hold up the redneck?
- AJ Hawk – showed some life last week, can this continue?
And for the Vikings:
- Paymar – He’s the corner stepping in for the injured Wingfield. For sure, Rodgers will test him early.
- Loadholt – The Vikings rookie right tackle could make a name for himself if he can hold off a pissed off Aaron Kampmen.
- Benard Berrian – Yes he is well known, but he’s been relatively quiet this season. Maybe he’ll burn Al Harris or find a seam against Bigby.
I’m still thinking that the Packers will prevail, they HAVE to! The football gods say so! Hopefully the Refs stay the hell out of this game. McCarthy better not have his head up his ass either. This is by far, the biggest MUST-win game in his career.
And, no matter if they win or lose, will Favre be crying afterwards? What are the odds on that? At least 50/50.
Published on October 31, 2009 10:53 pm.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Favre, Lambeau Field, Predictions Tags: berrian, Favre, kampmen, lambeau, packers, raji, ted thompson, tj lang, unknown
Vikings 30 Packers 23
What could have been? TD drop on 4th down summarizes Packer woes
So while this was a hard loss to swallow, I think the Packers gained some significant confidence at the end. Rodgers left the game feeling like he cannot be stopped. Even though they left a lot on the field – including zero points on three red-zone possesions which could’ve drammatically changed the outcome of this game – they played with energy and showed some talent. But this is Favre’s revenge game or whatever you want to call it. The reality of this game was captured perfectly by Gregg Easterbrook’s TMQ today. Yes Favre can still play, but the Packers didn’t let him go because they thought he couldn’t. It was that they couldn’t be held hostage by his indecision and take the chance of losing their QB for the next 10 seasons, Aaron Rodgers.
Anyway, I’m still thinking the Vikes will take a nose dive eventually…The next month will be a pretty good indicator as they have to play against two of the toughest teams in the league, the Steelers and Ravens. Here are some other thoughts that have left me shaking my head.
- The Packers started out beautifully with vintage WC offense, what happened after the 1st QTR? Did the Vikings adjust or did MM just say f-it?
- Zero pass rush on Favre – This was the reason they went to the 3-4…to get a pass rush! What happened? I’m thinking (hoping) that they held the blitzing package back to stop Adrian Peterson. Which they did…too bad Favre owned them because of this.
- Bishop / Chillar – I’d love to see these two starting at MLB, they could really shake things up. But that won’t happen with a high priced MLB and another who’s a top 5 pick.
- Kampmen – Jon Gruden was right on the money! This guy is an all-pro, he needs to be doing what he does best…why can’t he move from left to right side on the line?
- Charles Woodsen – He and Rodgers are easily the best two players on this team, here’s hoping he sticks around another year or two. Hopefully we don’t hear any more quotes like this:
- “My mind keeps going back to Anthony Smith,” he said. “I don’t know if we win this game if we have Anthony still on the team, but the decision to get rid of a guy that knows this defense in and out and made plays in the preseason, and not being able to have a guy like that come in when Atari goes down, that’s a big dent in this defense. If the outcome would have been different, who knows? But I think we would have played some of those things a lot better.”
- Kuhn – The Packers have gone to the well too many times on that stupid FB draw on short yardage. I can’t believe it almost worked on the goalline in the 3rd quarter.
- Donald Lee – That was easily the biggest drop of the year so far. Man how different this game could’ve been if he catches that TD.
- O-line – Hopefully in the next few weeks their line is…LT Clifton, LG Lang, C Spitz, RG Sitton, RT Babre/Gionconi…OR even better, Tauscher!
Published on October 6, 2009 11:24 am.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Favre, Game Summary Tags: bishop, chillar, easterbrook, Favre, gruden, kampmen, o-line, revenge, rodgers, summary, Tauscher, tmq
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