Any Chance The Packers Win Out?

[Sportsguy]

I love my Green Bay Packers, but I doubt it. I think the Lions on Thanksgiving might be the ones that tame the Pack. Hope not, but 16-0? Rare.

[BulletproofLandshark]

1. I'm hoping they do no better than 15-1. You wanna know why?

Because I may off myself if this turd floats to the top of the bowl again, like back during the Pats '07 run:

[Awsi Dooger]

2. Huge chance in Roger Tutu Goodell's NFL

As a '72 Dolphins season ticket holder I was worried about New England and Green Bay prior to the season and nothing has changed my mind. At least I am profiting after betting those teams over on the season wins prop.

Any Given Sunday is an increasing myth. With these rules and imbalance if you have a premier QB only a handful of teams can threaten you. It's hardly a true 16 game season. Notice that New England scores 30+ every week. That is enabled these days and it's the reason it's not legitimately 16 games, or even half that many. Look at Green Bay's schedule and ask yourself how many teams can match points with Rodgers. For one thing, they play the joke AFC West out of conference.

I was worried enough to root hard for the Saints in week one. And I'm still annoyed at that game ending goal line stand. It's never too early to be concerned in this era. Green Bay has already passed many of its road tests like at Chicago, at Minnesota and at Atlanta. They won't lose at home unless they absolutely donate a game in the final weeks, and that's exceptionally unlikely. The Colts were criticized for that two years ago and they ended up losing the Super Bowl so it hardly paid off.

Green Bay this season was a very rare example of a defending champion that figured to significantly improve a year later. I've been rooting for Detroit to lose multiple games only because it might mean Green Bay has some slack late season and can afford a snooze game. If Detroit had kept pace I don't think there's much chance the Packers would have faltered.

BTW, the pointspreads on Green Bay are a donation. They seldom have to play much beyond 30% efficiency to cover these low numbers. I did lose today at -7.5 but at least I won the second half at -7. Let's see, Green Bay is down 17-13 and the halftime line is -7. So I can get either Packers -3 net or Minnesota +3 net for the game. Tough call.

Green Bay did take a 16 point lead and I was ticked they couldn't cover -7.5. A win by 8 or 9 would have been a bonanza since I middled the game, taking back + 10 today.

[trotsky]

3. Not with that D.

Giving up 27 points to a 1-5 team with a rookie QB starting his first game? Woodson is old and takes chances to mask the dropoff in his skills - because he has so much experience, those risks are usually paying off. But not always, and when they don't, they give the opposing team some big plays.

Peterson ran all over the Pack D too - so they are struggling against the pass AND the run. If nothing else, the game yesterday gave the Packers' future opponents some interesting things to look at.

[Goblinmonger]

4. And not with that O-Line.

If the Vikings had a secondary that didn't suck ass, the Packers would have lost that game. To a 1-5 team. The Packers better be afraid of the Lions. The Lions will be watching this film from this game quite a bit.

[trotsky]

5. A secondary that was missing two starters!

The Vikes D-Line got some really good pressure. People tend to forget the Pack only barely made the playoffs last year. If the Giants don't punt to DeSean Jackson at the end of that one game, the Pack is out.

[joeybee12]

6. No, they'll have the best record in the NFC...

But they clearly can be beat and someone will do it.

[Newspaper Boy]

7. The Lions on Thanksgiving

Yeah, I said it!

[trumad]

8. Honestly

If it happens I would not mine the Pack.... Fan owned team.