David - Go here and join in on the fun:
http://www.packershome.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&p=103261 

I'm sure some folks would love to tamper with your avatar.

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I'll post the same thing in both threads b/c it is a key to winning.

NO PENALTIES ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

I think it will boil down to the QB's and who has the best game.

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Why did they have their third string QB in there? Because we KNOCKED OUT the 2nd stringer! POW RIGHT IN THE KISSAH!

Great team? I wouldn't go that far. A team who did as they were supposed to, yes.

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Just to be politically correct. Due to the small skirmish between Zero and Formo about the Viking Game Thread... I am going to post my comments in both of these threads. Since both are the same, but in completely different sections of the forum, and are not merged.

R.P.'s Vikings game thoughts.


I would love a classic (One for the ages game.) ending with a Packers last second win on an 87 yard drive.

However... As much as I want that classic game my daughter can tell my Grandchildren about it. My gut says "Major Let Down."

FATE is the reason for this feeling that lingers in me.

There are a great deal of strange and wonderful powers in the Universe. Luck is not one of them.

I do not believe in LUCK. When it comes to all of the strange and wonderful things in the universe, Luck is a fake, Luck Sucks. They guy who makes a five bank corner shot in a game of 8 ball had to be good enough to get it there. The lottery winner had to buy a ticket. The feller who was pulled out of a frozen lake can thank the fact he was hollering, Luck sucks.

Fate however... He is real. He is a conniving little bastard that is out there, and Fate has a personality of his own. Fate is smart, picks his moments, he has a sense of humor, and has the patience of God himself.

Let's see.. Pee Wee Hermon getting caught spanking the monkey... That was FATE. Funny Guy Fate is, I thank him for that. Made me laugh.

The agoraphobic guy who spent his whole life locked up in his apartment, cut his hand so bad he had to call 911 and was killed in an ambulance crash on the way to the hospital... Yep that was Fate. Fate waited 30 odd years to pull of that one.

Fate is also a NFL fan... Oh, and he has had this little plan in motion since February 10th 1992.

Brett goes down this Sunday. Fate has it all planned. Not a bad injury, but an injury that will end his consecutive start streak. Brett goes down and the game is no longer a question. Packers win big.

Fate is also a little narcissistic... He likes to hear people talk about him, confirm his existence. He needs attention.

That is why Fate has it that Rodgers will win his first Super Bowl in the same NFL year that his 17 year Brett Favre plan comes to fruition.

Just so Fate can listen to people recognize him.. So he can listen to people on ESPN say... "Yep... It was FATE."

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I'm not saying take a cheap shot, necessarily. Although I think what Favre has already done was worse than an on the field cheap shot.

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Record wise..... Green Bay is the best team Minnesota has defeated. If the Packers aren't that good then I wonder what the says about Minnesota. These teams have played three of the same teams. Browns, Rams, and Lions. Both teams have beaten them and good teams do that. Nobody is truly a great team until the playoffs get rolling.

I think the Packers are clearly a different team than they were the first time around.

1. Clay Matthews is a full-time player.

2. Aaron Kampman is rushing with his hand in the dirt in the nickel package and he'll be up against Phil Loadholt in this game with his hand down.

3. The Packers offensive will at least have it's starting LG playing LG and not LT. That is big.

4. Quinn Johnson has made an impact in the running game. He's a much stronger lead blocker than any Packer FB.

5. Atari Bigby while not great nor any good IMO is still an upgrade over Derrick Martin.

Great isn't' the word I'd describe the Packers with, but they're different.

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Lets hope we get some refs who actually call a fair game...Im not the type to call conspiracy(i leave that to Vike fans) but the amount of penalties called against us and the ZERO penalties Vikings had was ridiculous...

Actually the Vikings had 2 penalties. (The Packers had 7)

And whenever you follow "I'm not the type to call conspiracy." with, "but", then you are calling conspiracy. 😉 Its either an excuse or it isn't. Lets not blame the loss on the officials.

I wouldn't blame anything on the refs.

If one thing, I'm getting sick of all the false start, illegal formations and holding calls, but those are all on us.

The only thing that's out of our hands that I'm getting sick off is all this illegal contact. Go over the gametape. Nearly every single illegal contact or DPI call against us was a questionable one.

Yea, running better and playin better vs the Lions and Browns. You're gonna be sorely dissapointed. I will stay away from here for a few days after this monstrous blowout because I dont want to get banned.

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