Green Bay @ Pittsburgh
Do the Steelers have fight left? The Packers have won five straight while the Steelers have done the opposite. If the Packers can limit turnovers and not allow more than 2 sacks I think they’ll win like 27-16. If not, Steelers win 31 – 28.
Vikings @ Carolina
I wish the Vikings could choke this game but the fact is the Vikings dominate run-first teams. (As was proven last week) Vikings 27 Panthers 13.
Bears @ Ravens
Who cares? Bears are done. This will probably be snow game though. Ravens 24-9.
Cardinals @ Lions
Lions got no chance. Arizona 35-10.
Published on December 19, 2009 9:29 pm.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Predictions Tags: cardinals, panthers, ravens, steelers
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
Let’s play out this scenario, let’s say Charles Woodson keeps playing the way he’s playing, the Packers end up like 11-5 or 10-6, and their D ends the season ranked top 5. Would the below tackle be his signature play? Perhaps even the play they show over and over when he goes to Canton someday? It is insane….This is from the December 7th, 2009 Packer / Ravens game. After leading 17-0 and a couple major miscues, Green Bay is suddenly clinging to a 10 point lead, 24-14. Lambeau field is in a state of shock. The Ravens just got a pass interference penalty putting the ball on the 1 yard line. Both teams are fighting to keep their playoff hopes alive…Baltimore brings in their huge defensive tackle, Ngata, to block for Ray Rice. He swings it to the outside, perhaps thinking for a split second that he’ll be able to score untouched. Then this happens..
Watch the replay at the end of this video, its insane! This is one of the craziest tackles I’ve seen in a while. Especially one that hasn’t really been talked about much. He jumps through the offensive line blocks and stretches out to make the tackle, loss of three. Now instead of having an easy chance for a TD at the 1 foot line, they are now backed up. The Ravens go with a pass instead of pounding it in and Flacco ends up throwing a pretty careless INT.
So this single play that doesn’t show up in the stats sheet ensures the Packers are still in the lead for the final Wild Card spot. Simply amazing.
Published on December 10, 2009 11:16 am.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Game Summary, Lambeau Field, Videos Tags: charles woodson, goalline, ngata, playoffs, ravens, ray rice, tackle, video, woodson
J Finley scores a big TD and gets a quick drink
Some notes on last night’s game, which has left me all wired and crazy…
1. Clay Mathews! Like a dream combo of Kampman and Hawk.
1a. BJ Raji! Like a man among boys out there at times–a slightly less beastly Haloti Ngata.
2. And speaking of Hawk, who knew that he was born to play in a 3-4? I just about pooped myself when he picked Flacco in the fourth quarter. I think we saw his last INT live at KC.
3. Jarrett Bush gave up a big play–good to know there are some absolutes in the NFL world.
4. Another guarantee–a momentum-swinging botch by the GB special teams. Shawn Slocum should hit the road.
5. The hometown refs (or at least the game they called) really favored the Packers last night. Tramon Williams is a total thug, which is a compliment…and also sort of NOT a compliment.
6. John Gruden, with his constant molasses drip of a voice and bottomless bag of Sterling Sharpe references, is growing on me. But the line of the night came from Tirico, when he was told that the game had the second-highest penalty yards ever: “That’s a memory we’ll all cherish.” Or something like that.
7. “Jerry Rice Fumble! Jerry Rice Fumble!”: overheard while Steve Young led the Aaron Rodgers postgame circle jerk.
8. I can’t believe I’m writing this, but the Pack’s D is totally legit. They need a better corner, but the rest of the guys are solid. Happy trails, Kampman–you were one of the good guys.
9. Woodson’s tackle of McGahee on the 1 was a thing of beauty.
10. Rodgers on third down. What an assassin. But his run up the middle was probably my favorite play of the night.
11. Hope you get well for Pack-Bears at noon on Sunday. Thinking of doing up some barbeque or something.
12. Matt Bowen’s scheme analysis of the game is sweet.
Feel better, yo. This team is starting to take over too much of my spare time. Seattle’s looking great.
Addison
Published on December 8, 2009 2:30 pm.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Game Summary, Lambeau Field, NFC North Tags: gruden, jerry rice, ravens, rodgers, sterling sharpe, woodson
More later on the big win by the Packers last night (27-14) but wanted to give some credence to the awesome Packer fans last night during ESPN’s post game show. This was about 30 minutes after the game, ESPN returns to the post game crew in Lambeau. Stuart Scott, Matt Millen, and Steve Young were reviewing the game when a very loud chant started from the fans who stayed. It wasn’t audible but all of a sudden Steve Young started laughing. Then he interupted Scott and said, the Packer fans are saying, “Jerry Rice fumbled!”. Of course he knew exactly what they were referring to, the 1998 49ers – Packers playoff game when Young threw a game winning TD pass to T.O. as time expired to beat the previous year’s NFC Champs. Then Millen and Stuart Scott laughed. And Scott was like, ‘they are still bitter over a playoff game from over 10 years ago, that’s awesome’. The ESPN cameras panned over to the crowd of about 100 rabid packer fans chanting…
“JERRY RICE FUMBLED”
“JERRY RICE FUMBLED”
“JERRY RICE FUMBLED”
“JERRY RICE FUMBLED”
I was loving that, almost some sort of retribution to that ugly loss which ended the Holmgren era in Green Bay. (And the Max McGee / Jim Irwin era) A few plays before the legendary (lucky) pass to T.O., Steve Young completed a short pass to Jerry Rice in the flat. Craig Newsome (or maybe it was Doug Evans) stuck him in the chest. Right before Rice fell to the ground the ball popped out. The replays clearly showed that it was a fumble. But this was a year before instant replay was brought back, so the Packers were hosed.
Another awesome part of this game was when Gruden spoke of the history of great receivers at Green Bay. He showed some old film of Sterling Sharpe catching a TD pass in one of the coldest games played at Lambeau. He highlighted the fact that Sharpe was sleeveless and everyone else was bundled up. Then Mike Tirico showed a picture of Gruden as he was the Packer’s QB coach at the time. For veteran Packer fans this was very entertaining coverage by ESPN last night.
Published on December 8, 2009 7:58 am.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Game Summary, Lambeau Field, Old Packers Tags: fumble, jerry rice, ravens, sterling sharpe, steve young
Who really cares about the Lions and Bears this week…
Vikings @ Arizona - This is the first good team the Vikings have played in a while. Cardinals 35 Vikings 32
Ravens @ Packers - Going to be a cold, tough game. Both teams can’t afford anymore losses. Better team wins this game. The key, like many cold weather games, will be special teams and both team’s running game. Unless McCarthy comes out in a snowsuit with an electric heater…Packers 26 Ravens 17
Published on December 6, 2009 8:56 am.
Filed under: 2009 Season, NFC North, Predictions Tags: cardinals, ravens
Glory days are here again...?
So the Packers have now signed two ex-packers within the past two weeks. First it was Tauscher, today it’s Ahman Green. Well its now blatantly obvious that Ted thinks his job might be on the line this year. Both of these players are well past their primes! Ahman Green hasn’t been scary fast since like 2004? Tauscher is probably the only one with any chance of impacting the team but man…
Packers 26 Lions 0
This is the first Packer game I didn’t watch a second of this year and I’m sorta glad I missed it. Sounded like a good effort by the Packers D against a horribly depleted Lions O. But man, another week for Rodgers with taking 3 plus sacks..there were five this week against one of the worst teams in the league. How long before gets seriously injured? The Packers are now 1 for 1…they MUST win there next three.
Vikings 33 Ravens 31
The Ravens almost completed a ferocious comeback but were turned away by a last second FG miss. The Vikings O looked solid in the first half…this game should have been a rout. Favre and AP are a well oiled machine right now…neither can do wrong. The injury to Antone Winfield could really open up the NFC North. Watch out Viking fans, the injury bug is waaay over due in Minneapolis.
Falcons 28 Bears 21
This was a pretty good game between two potential playoff teams. The Falcons have now won two straight against solid competition. Meanwhile the Bears injuries are starting to add up on the D. And they have yet to get their ground game going.
Week Six Winners
- Adrian Peterson – Flashbacks to Payton are hard to resist
- Aaron Rodgers – Survived another week, although he showed up on the injury report for the first time this week. (foot)
- Clay Matthews – 2 sacks and on tackle for loss, goodbye Poppinga
Week Six Losers
- Frank Walker – The ex-packer CB gave plenty of opportunities to old man Favre
- AJ Hawk – Hello? Katzenmoyer called he wants his career back.
- Chili – Bad decision not to go for the TD before kicking that FG.
- Chad Clifton – Argh, just ugly
- Orlando Pace – The whole game the announcers were praising him then he costs them dearly in the end
Published on October 21, 2009 2:20 pm.
Filed under: 2009 Season, Game Summary, NFC North Tags: ahman green, falcons, Favre, ravens, Tauscher
Lions @ Packers
Green Bay is coming off a bye week and the Lions are playing without their starting QB (Stafford) and best WR (C. Johnson). The Lions haven’t won in Green Bay since 1991. Add Daunte Culpepper as the starter and this has all the makings of a complete blowout
Packers 45-16
Ravens @ Vikings
This is probably the best team the Vikings have faced so far this season. Coming off back to back loses you would think the Ravens will show up big time. I just have this feeling of Favre having a solid game…flashing back to that 2001 ravens @ packers game. Well hopefully Ray Lewis gets more than a few big hits on Brent.
Vikings 28-20
Bears @ Falcons
This Sunday Night game should be a good one. The Falcons are legit, probably better than they were last year. I see this as a back and forth game with Culter making a couple mistakes and Atlanta pulling this out in the end.
Falcons 20 Bears 17
Published on October 17, 2009 9:02 pm.
Filed under: 2009 Season, NFC North, Predictions Tags: bye week, culpepper, Favre, lions, ravens
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