I think it's because girls can't get hit, so they can pretty much get away with anything. If you want to make the world a better place, ladies, hit your girlfriends once in a while, just so they know what it feels like for the other half when that line is crossed.

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Well if McCarthey goes for it on 4th and 5 instead of trying a 50+ field goal, we have a shot at that game. That still pisses me off.

The Vikings look good, but they have things to exploit, like a really iffy secondary. I can't wait for them and New Orleans to battle. Arizona should give them fits as well.

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Play not to lose mode kicks in to early in games. Should never be seen before the 4th qtr. We are going to need to put up more points now that Harris and Kamp are going to be out. Let use our offense to make the defenses life easier.

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The weakest part of this team is penalties and special teams coverage. If you go to the stats we are top ten in offense and defense and 32nd in penalties. Unacceptable for a coach in his 5th year.

I think we can absorb these injuries from yesterday, but we will be seeing more zone coverage, so then it becomes a tackling issue. No YAC. Pressure on the quarterback is a must from here on out.

We will have a tough time against the top three teams in our conference: Minn, NO, and Arizona because of the weapons they put on the field, but like I posted last week, the goal should be making the playoffs and then let it all hang out. We had major injuries this season. It isn't an excuse, rather reality.

Who knows, great character is built by adversity, not driving a cadillac all the way to the playoffs only to fall on your face. Win, lose, or draw; I'm still a Packer fan. Let's try a confidence in Mr. Capers and not throw the towel in just yet.

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One of the things that people like to do to keep their minds off the shit in their lives is complain. Or, if you will, whine.

Unfortunately, the Packers aren't the Bears or Lions or Browns or Raiders. They're 6-4. So we have to stretch the "justification for complaint" envelope a bit.

Because the other shit in people's lives is still there. And, well, it's going to rub off.

Most of us probably don't expect perfection out of the Packers. But we still want some things to be perfect. And since we know the other shit aint ever going to be perfect, we take it out on things we're sufficiently ignorant and naive enough about to still believe in tooth fairies about. Like, e.g., the notion that GB might someday again be a dominant team.

So, okay, it's not rational.

But I'm still not satisfied. 6-4 doesn't impress me. Beating the crap out of the Detroits and the Clevelands doesn't impress me. I'm much more impressed than I was two weeks ago, yes. Yeah, we've got a shot at a wild card game, that's cool.

But no, I"m not satisfied. Because I"m not near convinced that the OL problems have been solved. Because I'm not near convinced that the pass rush problems have been solved. Because I'm not near convinced that the Packers' safeties are good enough. Because I'm not near convinced that the Packers have a good enough punter yet.

Because I'm a damn unreasonable son of a bitch. And I'm going to stay one until the fuckers start beating the crap out of playoff teams. Until they're the only team in the division that isn't in the hunt for a wild card because they've won the division by four games. Three years in a row. Until they start being a team that is competitive for home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Completely. Totally. Entirely. Unreasonable.

Damn straight.

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ok, y'all are just WRONG!! lol.

i'm actually NOT a mean biotch - just when it comes to competitive sports. i played a few in my time & those teams were successful because we had a coach who pushed us to the limit. whether we were up by 2 or 20, he wanted us to keep driving, fighting, & scoring. we were unbeaten several years in a row & i attribute it to our coaches fire.

Wade - I do enjoy the whipping of teams like Detroit and Cleveland, and I also expect it, as I expected us to beat the Niners by double digits.

I think my expectations are reasonable - 9-7 or 10-6. We were 6-10 last year.

I also think we should win one Playoff game. So for me, it's not because of something from my own life. It's the Packers meeting the "realistic" expectations I have for them. No, I'm not saying this is a Super Bowl or bust year. It's not. It's a turnaround year where we go from 6-10 to the Playoffs.

That said, we're going to have to be more aggressive. You don't let up when you still have another half to play. I watched the Buffalo Bills win a Playoff game being down 28-3 at halftime and shortly after halftime, the Oilers expanded the lead to 35-3. James Lofton and the Bills ended up coming back and winning in OT 41-38.

You really got to be careful in the NFL with leads. Rushing 3 is almost always stupid. So is playing not to lose.

Say what you will about Belichick - he makes sure his opponents are completely dead before he rests. It pisses off other teams but if I were to err, I'd err on the side of meaningless annihilation.

It's like having a zombie on the ground. Shoot the thing in the head before turning your back. We turned our backs and the zombie did one last final grab. It could have been fatal. Not acceptable.

EDIT: 4Pack - you posted at the same time I did. I agree with your coach.

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I will not be a bit surprised if we all wind up choking on our turkey Thursday.

If the Lions knock us off, that turkey isn't the only thing that will have had a fork put into it.

We are hand-wringing over MM and who is bitching about what, etc.

The GD Lions are watching Rocky movies and absolutely planning to clean the Packers clock.

I saw that movie. We are like Apollo Creed when the trainer is trying to tell him he might want to take a look at this guy...

"I'll drop him in two." Or some such.

How's that work for him?

I think I'm going to make it my business to watch that Lions Browns game. Stafford looked inspired and - more troubling- inspirational.

The good news is that one, MM never seems to take an opponent lightly, and two, even some of the dumbest SOB's on our team will be hesitant to do so after that Tampa game, coupled with the injuries from yesterday. Sadly, it almost takes shit like that to wake some of these clowns from their friggin' arrogance/laissez faire attitude sometimes.

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It's funny, but I think this was an excellent win for the Packers. Best win when you factor in performance plus the opponent. McCarthy got conservative in the 3rd quarter. GB should've came out and put it on SF one more time, but that's how he calls a game. The end resulted in 30 points and that's enough to win a football game in the NFL.

Defensively, GB backed off a little too much, but it's not like guys were out of position or just getting beat. They weren't. SF made big plays with their big time players. People underestimate just how good Michael Crabtree will be someday. Hands down rookie of the year if he signed his deal in training camp. I think he's that good. Vernon Davis has emerged and is going to the Pro Bowl this year. San Francisco has some talent. They don't have a QB who can sustain the type of play that they need going forward, but they have the skill players and the defense.

GB, by the way, carved that defense up. McCarthy called for the most part and excellent game in my view. Sometimes, people ask for too much.

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"Strive for perfection and you will obtain excellence along the way"

Who said it?

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