As much fun as it has been to watch this team so far in the preseason, we really won't know how good this team is until the regular season starts. You just can't judge how good or bad a team is based on a few preseason games.
All I hope that comes out of preseason is that we have no more injuries. Everything else is pretty meaningless.
"warhawk" wrote:
I agree that the pre-season is not a total gauge of where a team stands but it is also far from meaningless. A team cannot just snap their fingers and start playing good football when the bell rings.
In terms of wins and losses in the pre-season that is not important but what is relevant is how the first team plays and where that stands in terms of being where they need to be when the season starts.
In the case of this pre-season for the Packers making the conversion to the 3-4 the pre-season is critical for them to determine how much of the system the players have taken in and if the personnel actually does fit.
This third game is the one teams plan for to see where the team is at in terms of being ready for the season. The starters will all stay in the game longer and more of the playbook will be cut loose. If we stay with Arizona for the first half and don't sustain any injuries I'll be a happy camper.
I actually wish we were playing this game against a team with a more prolific run game. To win the North we have to stop the run against two teams that are going to pound it.
They do have a good D though so it will be interesting to see how our offense moves the ball.
"IronMan" wrote: