Faced 3 teams considered great defenses... 3 eggs laid.
Team not built to go toe to toe with teams like Seattle or Detroit...Oh, sure we'll likely beat Detroit because it's at home, but we have 20+ years of history on our side going into that game.
Rodgers, who hates even being asked an innocent question about his personal life must've been all screwed up in the head knowing his girlfriend told the world they don't do it on gamedays. BTW, I believe she's about as much of a girlfriend as Manti Teo's while he was at Notre Dame.
Defense plays well and our HOF QB can't even play a below average game...that's all we needed. Instead, he plays a brutal game only Johnny Manziel could appreciate.
Aaron...I have 9 letters for you... P R E T E N D E R, pretender.
Originally Posted by: uffda udfa
We did rather well against the Jets and Dolphins. Two teams who also rank in the top 10 defenses in the league. The Vikings rank 11.
Next to that, the rough 1-2 start we had, we looked awful in all three. They turned it around after that. We go on a 9-1 streak, a streak that had some tough teams in it, yet, we lose one, and you're back to sprout all your crap about Rodgers and what not.
Nerdmann's not often right, in my opinion, but we did truly
shit ourselves this game. You always have one of these games. I had them in my youth soccer league, they have them in the Primera Division, they have them in college football, I have had them when taking driving lessons. That one moment where every single thing goes wrong.
Rodgers wasn't sharp, the receivers dropped balls left and right, McCarthy had an amazing running game going, but didn't stick with it, our O-line got ravaged. It's out of their system now. I fully trust they get it going again next week. This isn't an overperforming team coming down to earth, it's a good team underperforming for a week.
And if you're going with the only reason we're winning against Detroit in week 17, because we have history on our side... The Bills had all the history on their side this week. We're now 0-6 in Buffalo.
We win both remaining games we're a 2 seed.
We lose to Detroit we're a 6.
In the Seattle being a 1 seed scenario...they are going to get the winner of the NFCS game and Arizona or Detroit most likely. So, Seattle is almost an automatic to host NFC Championship game as long as they beat Cards next Sunday night.
Packers would get winner of Dallas and Detroit/Arizona game. We really screwed the pooch. Not only would we have to go to Seattle in the NFC Championship, we made it so the only team that could take Seattle out before having to play us (Dallas) go on a path where they wouldn't see Seattle until NFC Championship.
What a colossal loss by this franchise...the kind where you look back over Rodgers career and wonder why there was only one ring in his tenure. This loss pretty much ended our opportunity for this year. We ain't beating Seattle at Seattle...no way no how and that makes us a pretender.
Originally Posted by: uffda udfa
Yes. And no one wins in Lambeau in january, right?
Strange that, when we lose against the Bills, the sky is falling, but when the Seahawks lay an egg in Kansas, it doesn't change a thing.
What amazing thing did they do to earn your respect? Beat us when we had that horrible start? Beat the Cardinals with their back-up QB under center? Won a game against the Eagles that was a lot closer than our game?
If our defense plays anything like they have the last few games, we have a fighting chance. And really, the Cowboys or Lions aren't out of it, either.
Whether you ladies like it or not, Uffda is dead on with his critiques. The excuse makers for poor Packers play in here is a perfect example of the wussification of America - always a bull shit excuse lack of accountability. All the rah rah crap going forward doesn't change the fact the Packers blew any opportunity they had at getting home field throughout, their only chance of going to the Super Bowl as I see it.
Originally Posted by: DakotaT
Who's making excuses for his play? It was rather poor. (Maybe) blowing our home field advantage sucks. Doesn't mean it's all as bad as Uffda is making it out to be. The sky isn't falling just yet.