You can continue living in fantasy land...that is your choice. I think the Packers are much closer to being brutal than just playing brutal for a few games.
Originally Posted by: uffda udfa
I'll be more concerned if we're playing like this in week 10 vs week 3.
It's difficult to peak at your best performance in week 1 and carry that all the way through the 4+ months of the season (see 2011, when we started strong, were undefeated until late in the season, but faded, lost one late, and then bowed out quickly from the playoffs).
In 2010, we started poorly, improved, made the playoffs and won the SB.
I'll take 2010 over 2011 any day.
Defense has already started to show signs of coming out of the funk, with a pretty good performance against Detroit. They'll need to repeat that against the Bears.
Now need to get the offense jump started, too. There were multiple issues (execution, play calling) that will need to improve. That second one will depend on how stubborn McCarthy is.
Now, please write ESPN and tell them they are Vikings fans due to their view of us in their latest power rankings...notice who fell down the list the most. A free fall for the Packers... homers ain't gonna see it and believe the RELAX thing. That is your right.
Originally Posted by: uffda udfa
Really? Who's #1 on their list? Maybe we should just give the Lombardi trophy to them now.
You win, you move up the power rankings. You lose, you drop. Were we a better team before we played/lost to the Lions, and now we're not as good? That's what the 'power rankings' would say, apparently.
I'll be more concerned when it's week 10 rather than week 3, but at neither time will I give a cr*p about the 'power rankings'.
My definition of brutal would be the territory that the Vikings (sorry, uffda) and the Jags are occupying. That's territory we occupied in the 70s and 80s. 20 years of absolute, unrelenting bottom-feeding hell.
You're just continuing to highlight the difference between us as fans--you think our team stinks and they're playing to their potential (or heck, you might even think they're over-achieving).
I think the Packers are better than they've played so far, have high hopes they'll play better and make the playoffs, and then we'll see from there.