MintBaconDrivel
11 years ago

GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers was more likely quoting the tagline of Game of Thrones  (one of his favorite television shows) than quoting his t-shirt available at Target  (designed by his brother Luke's company Pro Player Merch) on Wednesday when he was talking about the impending arctic conditions that his Green Bay Packers and the visiting San Francisco 49ers will likely be playing in Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field.

"Winter is coming," the Packers quarterback said Wednesday. "It's here. It's here in Green Bay."

Is it ever. According to WBAY-TV meteorologists , the forecast for Sunday calls for a high temperature of 8 degrees and a low of minus-17. Yes, that's 17 below zero — and that's without factoring in any wind chill.

"It's definitely going to have an effect on the game," Rodgers said. "You know, not everybody in this locker room is from the great state of Wisconsin. We do practice in it, live in it, I think we're going to be better adapting to it initially. But once the game starts, it's about who can execute in the cold weather. It does some different things to the football. It's about taking care of the football in the playoffs and making some big plays."

The Packers did not practice at all on Wednesday, opting for a walkthrough inside their new CRIC training facility inside Lambeau Field. But they will practice Thursday and Friday outside and will do so in pads Thursday, coach Mike McCarthy said.

"We'll have a full practice tomorrow. We'll be in pads," McCarthy said. "We'll do what we can do outside based on our setup down there."

Asked how much practicing in the cold helps the Packers, Rodgers replied: "The cold is a part of winter in Green Bay. You get kind of used to it. You deal with it. You learn how to throw the ball effectively (in it) and you figure out what are the most important things to keep warm and that's your head and your hands. As long as you have a good hand warmer and some sort of heat around your head, you should be OK.

"It definitely does change the texture of the football, so you have to factor that in when you're tossing the ball to a back or when you're throwing it. You have to make some small adjustments."

And the Packers' hope is that they're able to make better adjustments because they're more familiar with it than the 49ers, who were enjoying 62 degree temperatures in northern California Wednesday.

"We live in it. We're around it," Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk said. "I don't think you ever get used to it. You don't get used to it being negative-5 or whatever it is. I think especially guys that are handling the ball, of course, it's huge for them to be out there catching the ball, throwing it. Snapper, punter, kicker, everything.

"For us, it helps, but I think everybody is going to be cold. It's not going to be any different for either team, regardless of where they're coming from. They're going to be cold and so are we. It's whoever handles it best."

The 49ers may come from a more temperate climate, but they are built for cold weather. They play rugged defense, are productive in the run game (No. 3 in the NFL) with running back Frank Gore and their top receiver, Anquan Boldin, played in Baltimore before coming to the 49ers in a trade and is unfazed by the cold.

"Your job is to catch the ball," said Boldin, who had 13 catches for 208 yards in the season-opener against the Packers at Candlestick Park. "I don't care if it's raining or snowing, cold, dry, hot. Whatever it is. I think if you prepare the right way, you don't have to go out and think about it. Just go play football."

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Dulak
11 years ago
Colder the better for us IMO ... especially vs kapernick

texaspackerbacker
11 years ago
According to those tweets at the right side of this page, it's gonna be even colder than this article above. That would be rivaling the old "Ice Bowl" against the Cowboys before Super Bowl I or was it II.

Just the same, let's not get too over-confident. We've got a lot of warm weather guys on the Packers, and for sure the Niners have native northerners too - Kaepernick grew up in Milwaukee.

What this will do is shorten kicks, slow down running, lessen ability to cut - advantage receivers/disadvantage D-backs. It will tend to equalize defenses - a good thing for us - because everything is in slow motion, and it will give weaker O-Lines better ability to pass block against athletic pass rushers.

Net Advantage: Packers, but not because our guys are more used to the cold, rather because the Niner strengths are hurt and the Packers weaknesses are less of a factor.
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Zero2Cool
11 years ago

Colder the better for us IMO ... especially vs kapernick

Originally Posted by: Dulak 



Kapernick has a better QB rating in colder games than Rodgers.
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PackFanWithTwins
11 years ago


Just the same, let's not get too over-confident. We've got a lot of warm weather guys on the Packers, and for sure the Niners have native northerners too - Kaepernick grew up in Milwaukee.

Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker 



Rodgers has lived in WI longer than Kaepernick. He moved away when he was 4. Not sure that that growing up in WI will help him much.
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El3ment12
11 years ago
I just looked over the 49ers schedule this year. They really didn't play in cold weather much at all. GB however has play a lot of cold weather games. The 9ers are extremely physical and it may not make a difference, but I hope it does give us a bit of an advantage.
nerdmann
11 years ago

Rodgers has lived in WI longer than Kaepernick. He moved away when he was 4. Not sure that that growing up in WI will help him much.

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins 



Well that ain't "growing up" in WI.

Be nice for the D to get some turnovers.
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