Charger win very impressive

After watching the replay of the Packers win over San Diego Sunday I am even more impressed. I know I am surely jinxing the Packers this week at Minnesota, but the way the Packers came back and made big play after big play to beat the the team with what many consider has the best talent in the NFL, like the late, great, Howard Cosell would say, “I have to call it as I see it.”

Head coach Mike McCarthy seems much more comfortable with his personnel this year and what he can and can’t do. I’m going to say it all week, jinx or not, but the Packers should beat the hapless Vikings, Green Bay is already established at three-and-a-half point favorites and reality is it should be at least ten.

The Packers and their seven-game regular season winning streak, longest in the NFL, by the way, have a chance to take control of the division the next two weeks with the punchless Bears following the Vikings. The Packers did get some bad news today when the Bears announced that Rex Grossman has been replaced by Brian Griese. However, at least the Packers will now have at least one game film on the three time loser.

Come on? How can the Packers lose this game? Just like the dummy in Philly thought the Eagles were a lock to beat the Packers on opening day, I may be eating crow come Sunday, but until then, I’m all over Vi-queens.

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  • D. Reich

    This is a classic setup for a let down game for the Packers. They are coming off of a very emotional win. The national media are now “believers” so everyone is telling them how great they are. And there are only a few players on the team that understand the intensity of the Packer Viking rivalry and how much the Vi-queens and their fans get up for this game. The Vikings still have a great defense, the Packers have no running game, and Favre’s struggles in the Metrodome are legendary. On the other hand, the Vikings don’t have a quarterback so on paper you would think they should be the favorite. If the Pack does not turn it over they should win handily. But my experience with the Packers over the past few years is just when you think they are a lock, they fall apart – especially in the Metrodome. If the Pack goes in there and rolls over them, it will be a sign that this is really a different team. Until then, I think this game is a pick-em.

  • A. Macia

    In my view the impressive wins of week 2 and week 3 have their genesis in this statistic: 6 touchdown passes and only 1 interception by Favre. As such, the outcome against the Viqueens will depend on whether Favre can throw 0 picks (no more than 1); if he throws 2 or more, we’ll lose.

  • Jeff

    Division games are tough, but if memory serves, we’ve won three of the last four up in the TwinkieDome. I think we only lost by three in 2005, so it’s been tight all around.

    I wouldn’t be shocked to drop two of our six divisional games, and I’d still believe this is a radically different team from a year ago. I’m still having a rough time warming up to Coach Mike, but it’s hard to argue with being about the youngest team in the league and winning 7 straight. They must be doing something right over there.

    Our issues in the run game are very clear, but I’m also kinda concerned about the sometimes phantom pass rush. It seems there are times when opposing QBs are getting waaaay too much time. Thoughts?

  • Ed

    It’s great to see Brett make the conversion to a game manager from gunslinger. It took 17 years but you can’t argue with the result. Short slants over the middle, over and over and over. My concern is that defenses should be able to take any one thing away from an offense. If that is the case, what will Brett do then?

  • Jake

    Brett Favre is a quarterback who can make things happen. If they take the slant away he will find other ways to beat them. As for what Jeff said its not Mike that i worried about now. At the start of last year i was not a big of Mccarthy but im worried about Ted Thompson. His first year in Green Bay they went 4-12. And i spent almost three hours watching the draft expecting to see the pack pick up a strong wide out or a good back but instead I have to watch them draft a defensive tackle who was hurt for most of his senior season plus the fact that they already have very good dt’s. It makes me wonder what he is doing up there.

  • Jeff

    Jake –

    I have to go with you on the 1st rounder – it was puzzling to sit there with glaring needs at WR, TE, RB, S and a future need for a good young CB and see them pick a guy at such a power position. James Jones looks like he’s gonna be good, but I think we could fairly call all of our first three picks considerable reaches. Nothing against Harrell and Jackson – I’d love to eat a huge plate of crow when those two guys end up being standouts.

    I know drafting for need is the luxury of an overall solid team, but when your #1 pick can’t even get suited up, maybe, just maybe you’ve earned the privilege of looking at the guy you think is second best. I think it was a good idea to trade down and get more picks when our team was rather seriously depleted all over; I wonder if it isn’t time to change gears and start trading numbers for quality.

    If there’s a guy out there you think is going to be a game-changer, go get him. I can only hope that TT saw something special in his first pick, and while we haven’t seen it yet, that’s exactly what he did.

  • Greg Luze

    Well, this is post game, but we are very lucky for two reasons:
    1) Ted Thompson did not hire Brad Childress
    2) Brad Childress did a good job in helping the Pack hold Adrian Peterson under 200 yards. (At least if you exclude his return yardage.)