I think one of the most important things to watch in todays game is the coaching. It will show us if Mike McCarthy is ready to take on the big dogs. We've been facing mediocre / good teams. Now we're facing the champs w/ a sb winning coach. I think it will show us a lot on how Mike McCarthy has grown in the past years. Which is a very important factor in the playoffs. We need Mike McCarthy to outcoach the other team. What do you guys think?

Todays game I feel like it will be more of a coaching game then the players playing on the field.

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I think that we've pretty easily handled the Cowboys and Ravens. Both are in the play-off hunt. Now we're going up against the slumping Steelers and this is the real test? Do teams suddenly get weaker when beaten by the Pack? Because I keep hearing this stuff over at PP.O, as well.

If you want a real test, we'll have to beat the Vikings or Saints. The Vikes have a great OC and DC in Bevell and Frazier, respectively. The Saints have a great HC in Payton and both Pete Carmichael and Gregg Williams are doing pretty good, as well.

To say that this will be a test of coaches sounds to me like saying that playing the Lions with Mariucci would be a test of great coaching minds. I guess you can call it that, but with the Lions being that bad, there's only so much a HC can do.

Same goes for the slumping Steelers at this point.

Saying Bevell is a great OC is a bit of a stretch. Tell ya what, you give me Peterson, that OL and Favre ... I'll score points too!

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