Initial bye week thoughts

The bye week is a beautiful thing. If you are winning, that is. Last year at the bye week I used the time to prepare myself for what could have been a 3-13 season. This year, I am enjoying the bye week because the Packers have the best record in the NFC and they can’t lose this week. How sweet it is.

At 5-1, you certainly couldn’t have asked for anything better but you get the feeling the Packers are teetering a little the last two weeks. I chock it up to playing two good defenses. I know the Bears looked terrible against the Vikings Sunday, but the week prior they held high-flying Detroit to three points over three quarters and shut down the Cowboys until late. The Redskins’ defense is simply good. They are aggressive and fast and will probably carry the Skins all year. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Packers and Redskins meet again this year, but that is looking way too far ahead for both teams.

My main concern right now is with the next opponent, the Denver Broncos in two weeks on Monday Night Football. The Broncos are reeling and today lost wide receiver Javon Walker for an indefinite amount of time due to more surgery on the knee he hurt in Green Bay. Boy does Ted Thompson come out smelling like a rose on that deal. A second-round pick for a jalopy. I love it, but that’s another story. If the Broncos get pummeled again this week by the Steelers, I’m afraid the Packers will be overconfident.

This is a road game the Packers should win, but that’s why they play the game, and this one is no gimme. I kind of hope the Broncos win this week to get the Packers attention. Hard for me to do since I can’t stand the Broncos and head coach Mike Shanahan. I love John Elway, but when he left, so did the class of the organization. Shanahan has likely been cheating long before the Patriots got caught. That might explain their decline this year.

It will be an enjoyable weekend off for Packers and Packers’ fans. Kick back and watch the race unfold. It will be hard to determine who to root for in the Cowboys-Vikings game, however, hopefully it’s a tie. Bears will lose at Philly I think, but I wouldn’t put any money on it. Tampa should shut down the Lions, but again, that is no lock.

I have some thoughts on Koren Robinson. I’ll save that until next time.

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  • Jeff

    If Robinson can keep his snout out of the sauce, he could have a lot of good playing years left. The man might well have been a drunk, but there’s no doubt he possesses NFL level skills.

    There’s a part of me that wants to think of Green Bay as a special place – a place where sincere effort and contrition can be met with forgiving, acceptence and even fame. If Robinson spends the next 8 years tearing defenses apart, I doubt anybody up hear will recall his drinking any more than they recall Favre’s.

    He seems to understand the situation. Last chance, dude. So I say, “Welcome back, Koren. I don’t much care what you did last year. You write your own story from here on out,”