If Cutler doesn't get hurt they are probably 10-3 right now.

 

So I don't really think that was bathing in kool-aid. They were playing well.

You are earning some points back after the Rodgers baiting. Well done, sir.

If Cutler doesn't get hurt they are probably 10-3 right now.

 

So I don't really think that was bathing in kool-aid. They were playing well.

 

They were playing well, but there isn't one legitimate reason for anyone to believe they were going to beat the Packers..not one. Same goes for the rest of the NFC, doesn't matter what anyone is doing, they aren't going up to Green Bay and winning in the playoffs. So as a 49ers fan, I say thank God Derrick Rose is back......

If Cutler doesn't get hurt they are probably 10-3 right now.

 

So I don't really think that was bathing in kool-aid. They were playing well.

 

By bathing I mean legitimately thinking they could beat anyone. In '06 and last year, while fun, I knew they didn't have a chance at winning it all. But with a somehow still clicking defense, ridiculous ST, and finally a respectable offense I thought there was a chance for the first time.

If Cutler doesn't get hurt they are probably 10-3 right now.

 

So I don't really think that was bathing in kool-aid. They were playing well.

 

Playing anything above "completely terrible" on offense would have won each of the last three games.

They were playing well, but there isn't one legitimate reason for anyone to believe they were going to beat the Packers..not one. Same goes for the rest of the NFC, doesn't matter what anyone is doing, they aren't going up to Green Bay and winning in the playoffs. So as a 49ers fan, I say thank God Derrick Rose is back......

 

 

I'm still concerned about New Orleans. I know they don't play as well on the road, but they are the one team that can keep up with the Packers scoring.

 

 

They were playing well, but there isn't one legitimate reason for anyone to believe they were going to beat the Packers..not one. Same goes for the rest of the NFC, doesn't matter what anyone is doing, they aren't going up to Green Bay and winning in the playoffs. So as a 49ers fan, I say thank God Derrick Rose is back......

 

dude, it's the nfl, lesser teams beat better teams all the time.

By bathing I mean legitimately thinking they could beat anyone. In '06 and last year, while fun, I knew they didn't have a chance at winning it all. But with a somehow still clicking defense, ridiculous ST, and finally a respectable offense I thought there was a chance for the first time.

 

Considering GB has played 10 times better this year than last, how in the world could you be more confident the Bears could beat anyone this year and win it all versus last year? Throw in home field in the NFC Champ Game

They were playing well, but there isn't one legitimate reason for anyone to believe they were going to beat the Packers..not one. Same goes for the rest of the NFC, doesn't matter what anyone is doing, they aren't going up to Green Bay and winning in the playoffs. So as a 49ers fan, I say thank God Derrick Rose is back......

 

I wouldn't pick against the Pack, but I could see the Saints or the Giants giving them a good fight.

I'm still concerned about New Orleans. I know they don't play as well on the road, but they are the one team that can keep up with the Packers scoring.

 

Yup. The only way to beat the Packers is to score the football. You're not going to beat them 14-10. I know the Bears were playing well before Cutler got hurt. But I never bought them as a viable SB threat. Not with their WR core and o-line.

dude, it's the nfl, lesser teams beat better teams all the time.

 

Lesser teams don't beat teams playing like GB, not when there is that much of a gap.

Lesser teams don't beat teams playing like GB, not when there is that much of a gap.

 

They do indeed, see: NFL history.

They do indeed, see: NFL history.

 

I don't care about history, I'm talking about this Green Bay team.....a team that has won 19 games straight and doesn't lose to lesser teams.....

 

Lesser teams don't beat teams playing like GB, not when there is that much of a gap.

 

That's what they said about the 2007 Patriots

That's what they said about the 2007 Patriots

 

2007 Patriots didn't have Aaron Rodgers........

This Green Bay team isnt even the best team to ever play in the NFL.

 

The problem for Green Bay potentially will be a devastatingly cold winter game with huge winds that negates much of the passing game.

That's what they said about the 2007 Patriots

 

Well to be fair, the Giants beat them in a neutral setting. I just can't see any NFC team going to Lambeau and winning.

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It's not like the Packers have blown everybody out. They've had some close games and have some obvious flaws.

2007 Patriots didn't have Aaron Rodgers........

 

True, they just had some scrub named Tom Brady

Packers are going to be harder to beat in a neutral setting than Lambeau. They are built for pristine conditions, not terrible ones. Catching a pass in negative wind chill is drastically harder than in 70 and indoor.

Packers are going to be harder to beat in a neutral setting than Lambeau. They are built for pristine conditions, not terrible ones. Catching a pass in negative wind chill is drastically harder than in 70 and indoor.

 

Which simply means it's harder for the other teams too, and those teams don't play up in GB on a regular basis.....

 

GB offense in bad conditions > every other NFC offense in bad conditions

Thats not true, a team that would rely more on running the ball would do better.

 

A team like the Giants could be tough match up in the cold, considering GB only beat them by 3 points in good conditions with a healthy Greg Jennings

Thats not true, a team that would rely more on running the ball would do better.

 

A team like the Giants could be tough match up in the cold, considering GB only beat them by 3 points in good conditions with a healthy Greg Jennings

 

The Giants? Their running game sucks this year.

The Giants? Their running game sucks this year.

Wow, after checking, the Giants actually have the fewest yards on teh ground and worst yards per carry in the NFL this year.

If Brandon Jacobs and Bradshaw are healthy their running game is decent. Jacobs had a 7.4 ypc average against GB and 5.3 against Dallas. They havent run for a lot of yards this year, but thats a combination of things (one of them being Manning throwing for a ton of yards and the other being their defense giving up a lot of points.)

 

That being said, the NFC just doesnt have a ton of run based attacks. Which is why I never said that the Giants were a great run team, just that they would rely more on the run.

 

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If you look at the possible playoff teams in the NFC, almost all of them are going to rely on aerial attacks. Id take the Giants running game over Atlanta, NO, Dallas, Detroit and San Fran.

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If Cutler doesn't get hurt they are probably 10-3 right now.

 

So I don't really think that was bathing in kool-aid. They were playing well.

 

 

This reminds me of the NCAA season, the two best teams would have been in the same division.