Packers Making a Comeback
by Vikant on Dec 7, 2009 11:41 PM CST
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PrintNo offense to my fellow vikings fans but after watching the MNF game and then theespn lovefest of Aaron rodgers
(made me sick) and the green bay packers
I am starting to believe that Packer are once again becoming a threat not only in the playoffs but to the NFC north
Divison Title. Their defense is much improved and thier protecting Aaron Rodgers a hell of alot better than the did
first 8 games. this team for some reason is looking real legit to me and they might come back and bite us in the
playoffs. the vikings better figure out their issues or we could be in trouble.
by the way this is just my opinion I am a 100% vikings fan so please dont call me a traitor or a fairweather fan.
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We won’t threaten you guys in the NFC North. I believe for us to win it we would have to win out and you would have to lose out. I guess anything is possible, but the chances are awfully slim.
Our defense finally seems to be coming around and it’s really exciting to see. It’s nice to have our offense be the problem as opposed to our defense for once. And who knows if our o-line can continue to block for Rodgers maybe we will be able to make a nice little playoff run…
P.S.- The Rodgers lovefest still wasn’t worse then the Favre lovefest. Though that should be expected.
no te Rodgers lovefest is just as bad
everytheing he does they fall in love with. I thought Steve Young was going to ask Aaron to marry him!
Aaron Rodgers is Steve Young 2.0 that is why
But nothing could equal a Favre lovefest sorry. Packallday is wrong on one thing though-we’d have to win out but the vikings only would have to lose three of their remaining four. Take care of business against Carolina and Chicago and you’ll be fine unless the Cards win out and take your bye. I could see you being forced to cheer for the Pack in the last week of the season against the Cards considering who the next three opponents for Arizona are: San Fran, St. Louis and Detroit. So you better not lose to both the Bengals and Giants then. Packers are very good but Vikes pretty much have the division sewn up. Stay away from that panic button.
by Donald Driver on Dec 8, 2009 12:55 AM CST up reply actions
Oh
Your right..Didn’t have a math class this semester haha, and obviously it has showed.
by packallday555 on Dec 8, 2009 1:19 AM CST up reply actions
God
Think about how bad it is that we lost to Tampa Bay now…damnit.
by packallday555 on Dec 8, 2009 1:20 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah,
That was definitely a low point for the Pack. I still remember Dungy’s first win as a head coach at Tampa. I think Green’s Vikings were like 6 or 7 and 0 at the time. I think I said “Damn it”!
"What is best in life?"
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
Haha I definitely said more then damn it……
by packallday555 on Dec 8, 2009 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
Did you even WATCH the game?!
What I saw was the very same (but slightly improved) young team that we have already beaten twice. The Pack are definitely a talented improving team, but aside from their O-line, I thought they played worse last night than they did when we last played them.
Lots of penalties and 2 bad turnovers (plus one incredibly fluky one)....
… so you’re partially correct. But, the refs got flag-happy on the pass interference penalties. They called 9 total for the game when it probably should have been 3-4 with just 2 going against GB. If the game hadn’t been called the way it was, the margin of victory would have been wider and GB’s penalty yardage would have been cut in half. Their DT has improved dramatically even down two former pro-bowlers. No one’s been able to run on them in several weeks.
It was a sloppy game. They’re not a great team by any stretch, but with that defense and Rodgers, they’re dangerous if they make the playoffs.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Dec 8, 2009 7:16 AM CST up reply actions
O-line
The o-line is probably the main reason we lost to you guys both guys. If the o-line continues to be solid for Rodgers and our defense continue to play as well as it has who knows…
The refs got a little PI happy and a lot of those PI calls were not penalties, including some called against the Ravens.
We absolutely did not play worse last night then we did against you guys.
by packallday555 on Dec 8, 2009 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
Being Packer fans you may see marginal gains
that I didn’t notice. Personally, I think you played a much better game against Dallas, and last night Baltimore out-sloppied you for the loss. It simply wasn’t a strong COMPLETE effort by either team (ok, Clay Mathews is a stud). I guess my original point was simply that last night’s game was no message to the league that the Packers are on the rise… again, the Dallas game to me was a better showing.
I wouldn’t disagree that the Dallas game wasn’t a better showing but we also didn’t have 2 fluky TOs against the Cowboys which ended up hurting our defense. Up until the 3rd quarter it was easily the best game we had played so far, and we continued that trend in the 4th quarter.
by packallday555 on Dec 8, 2009 4:33 PM CST up reply actions
Let's see....
Whether they get in or not will depend on them…
If they can make it more power to them…..
Barring a total collapse on Vikings part though…
Do not see GB taking the division….
Regarding playoffs…
Think from what I could “see” (remember only graphically and stats from here unluckily)…
Vikings can beat them one more time this year…
No issue….
I WOULD rather play against GB than the Eagles in the playoffs….
IF it came to that point….
More predictable game….
Just my opinion….
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Dec 8, 2009 9:58 AM CST reply actions
sometimes four
sometimes five ellipses.
"I feel like I need to issue a formal apology to the Green Bay Packer defense..."'
Trent Dilfer, 12/07
24 months later
still hanging on to a sig quote.
If you can't laugh at yourself... Who can you laugh at?
The Packers, that’s who.
-- The almighty Manimal
oh I get it
I fixed the sig. all better?
"I feel like I need to issue a formal apology to the Green Bay Packer defense..."'
Trent Dilfer, 12/07/09
??
changed it this morning, the Jenkins one was only a month.
"I feel like I need to issue a formal apology to the Green Bay Packer defense..."'
Trent Dilfer, 12/07
Eagles are dangerous
but c’mon, they’re aren’t that good. They’re either big play or no play, without a running game in between. Packers are the better team all around, I think you’d realize that if you saw the Eagles more often.
by Donald Driver on Dec 8, 2009 10:48 AM CST up reply actions
But they do beat us
Don’t know why but Andy Reid seems to have our number in the play offs..
Congrats on turning your season around though GB. I’m always happy to see the NFC north doing well. (Well not as well as we are of course…)
It’s not so much the probability of the Packers beating us in the playoffs as it is the massive ramifications of that happening. Should that happen (blessed Mary, mother of Christ, send your spirit) it would be the single worst feeling I have ever felt as a Vikings fan. Yes, even bigger than ‘98, bigger than 41-0, and bigger than Nathan Poole. I just honestly don’t think I could go on.
I agree, losing to the Packers in the playoffs would be the worst thing EVER
(especially this year)
That’s why I don’t want to play them again. I wanna play anybody other than the Packers.
Agreed
Can we beat them again? Absolutely. Is it likely that we will beat them again? Probably. But I don’t want to risk it, even with great odds. Give me a higher chance to lose to the Cardinals than a greater chance to win verses the Packers. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I just don’t want to play with that kind of emotional explosives.
Losing to the Packers, in the playoffs...
with Favre as the Vikings quarterback? It would be like Staubach throwing a Hail Mary TD pass to Nate Poole, and then Morten Andersen kicking a 45 yard extra point.
In overtime.
"We're used to Favre-a-palooza now. We're engulfed in Favre-a-palooza. It's not even Favre-a-palooza anymore. He's family now."
--Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe, on Brett Favre
so
you think we will lose out and the packers will win 3 out of 4, or the pack will win out and we will lose 3 out of 4??
maybe you misunderstood Gonzo’s panic button. He said don’t push it.
If you can't laugh at yourself... Who can you laugh at?
The Packers, that’s who.
-- The almighty Manimal
Yeah, it just doesn’t seem likely. Maybe if you guys lose this week to the Bengals and in week 17 to the Giants we can consider this a bit more but even if that were to happen I don’t see how you lose to the Bears or Panthers.
This is where our Tampa Bay loss becomes so huge. If we were 9-3 right now, and only 2 games back then I would say there is a possibilty. But at 8-4, it just seems like too much of a longshot.
by packallday555 on Dec 8, 2009 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
Agree...
Ain’t in the cards (sheezsh I hate that word now!) don’t think…..
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Dec 8, 2009 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
Wow
How can you take anything away from a game with 6 turnovers and 22 penalties. 22!. I thought Pack played about as good as the Pack could play, and were a few IDIOT moves by Flacco away from a nail biter.
by Jepp The Viking on Dec 8, 2009 11:38 AM CST reply actions
R U SERIOUS????
I may be getting old, 36 , but where we watching the same game? Of was I watching a replay on ESPN CLassic…..What I saw , was the most sloppy game in years, horrible decisions on both sides of the ball. Horrible decisions from a YOUNG Flacco, and the Packers would have been eaten up by a Viking team, superior on all sides of the Ball. I have seen 2 games this year between the Beloved Purple and the Pack, and a 3rd game, would and should be invited. If you are at all comparing your squad to the fluky sunday nite squad, you are sadly mistaken. If and only if the packers get a chance to play the vikings in the postseason………you will be severely disappointed……good luck~
SKOL
by PURPLEPUSSYEATER on Dec 8, 2009 12:01 PM CST reply actions
Relax mate
And nice name, very piquant.
I would like to see a third game vs the pack as well however, I don’t think that game would be like the games we’ve played against them in the past.
The Pack is looking a lot more stable now than it did before their Defense has gelled nicely and the O Line no longer resembles my Grandmathers smile.
Two Weeks
I’ll have something to say on this thread, or more accurately, something to say on this subject, in two weeks.
by Midnight Rambler on Dec 8, 2009 12:27 PM CST reply actions
Right after we clinch the NFC North and a first round bye?
by Eric J. Thompson on Dec 8, 2009 1:06 PM CST up reply actions
Most Likely
ericj69,
I should have added another sentence or two to my post.
Namely, I should have said that one bad weekend for the Vikings and a few decent performances.by the Packers does not equal Epic Viking Collapse. In two weeks we’ll know whether we need to be looking over our shoulder at Green Bay. Like you, I think in two weeks the NFC North will be wrapped up. If not, then it’ll be time to worry about the Packers.
by Midnight Rambler on Dec 8, 2009 5:04 PM CST up reply actions
Vikant...
take your Packers ‘crush’ over to APC – they love to talk Packers football over there.
You keep arguing how much of a Vikings ‘fan’ you are… I’m not buyin’ it.
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Dec 8, 2009 12:48 PM CST reply actions
Unless sobbing hysterically is considered "Rooting"
"Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?" -Joe Kapp
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 8, 2009 2:23 PM CST up reply actions
did i miss somthing
i belive i said it was my opinion
I have no packer love in my system i was just making an obsurvation.
you guys take every thing way to seriously
Well take your bullshit comments and shove it up your ass dickmouth
what ever problem you have with me take it somewhere else because at this point i couldn’t care less about what you think about weather or not iam a vikings fan. because I AM.
I would say SKOL but I might get flack for thant
Are you going to cry?
HAHAHAHAHA!
"Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?" -Joe Kapp
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 8, 2009 8:07 PM CST up reply actions
I rest my case… you are a small person.
no offense to actual small persons intended.
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Dec 8, 2009 8:38 PM CST up reply actions
it was a joke i apoligise
I did not mean to take things overboard. if you want to continue to insult me that your poragative
but I am done playing games.if your willing to be the bigger man and accept my apoligy then iam willing to stop acting imature a disrespectful twords you and other people on this site. if not then I tried
No 'insult' intended...
Son (said respectfully),
Football is like life.
It’s pain, struggle, setback, blood, sweat, tears… punctuated with moments of astonishment, joy, and victory – rinse, repeat. It is NOT a 16-0 season, undefeated to the playoffs and a super-bowl win. (see Tiger Woods)
2 losses is no reason to go off the deep end and lose hope. Losing out (God forbid) the next 4 games is also no reason to lament your team. Get up. Regroup. And fight like hell another week. That is the way of the football warrior.
I’ve witnessed 3 of 4 Vikings Superbowl losses… when I was 18, the team was coached by Les Steckel and Good Lord – we STANK! but there was always (some)hope on Sunday.
So take a deep breathe, find your center, and cheer like hell no matter what the scoreboard says.
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Dec 8, 2009 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
That wasn't a game last night
As much as it was a flag throwing festival. The Pack definitely outplayed the Ravens, but remember we are 3-0 this year against the teams that were playing last night. I think Green Bay will make the playoffs and they’ll probably be a tough out, but I really doubt the NFC North is in any serious jeopardy.
by Eric J. Thompson on Dec 8, 2009 1:05 PM CST reply actions
Vikant, You are a packer fan!
Don’t come in here with your thin disguise. We see through it.
by OnWeSweepWithThreshingOar on Dec 8, 2009 4:17 PM CST reply actions
Who the fuck are you
did you seriously just get here and accuse me of bieng a packer fan. get off it douschebag.
Maybe it's the tone of your posts.....
Most are negative, woe is us, no hope, we woulda coulda shoulda done better,,,,
Bad days happen mate…Get over it….
And the Vikes are DAMN sure not done for the year…..
Sorry, but impression I get from your posts is only lamentations….“Woe is us.”
Here is what I say…..“We ain’t done, and you ain’t seen nothing yet!”
I understand your point…used (note the past tense!) to work with folks of the same mindset….
Just can’t buy into it……
SKOL VIKINGS!!!!!!
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Dec 8, 2009 6:40 PM CST up reply actions
I am sorry about my "tone"
it’s just the way iam when it comes to the vikes and in real life (i hate to lose). ive seen many promising season go awry due to losses similar to this. so when things like this happen i think the worse. but no offense as much as i have enjoyed the sucess the vikings this season and i hope it continues, I just cant picture them in the super this year let alone winning it. sorry
WTH?
You ‘sir’… are not a ‘fan’.
Again, you claim to be a ‘supporter’, yet you come out with the comment above?
ive seen many promising season go awry due to losses similar to this. so when things like this happen i think the worse. but no offense as much as i have enjoyed the sucess the vikings this season and i hope it continues, I just cant picture them in the super this year let alone winning it. sorry
Brother… I’ve been following this team (and the NFL for almost 40 years) and your ‘fair-weather-fandom’ drives this fan crazy. 2! losses this year… 2!
I’ll be the first one to say the season ain’t over yet… and you can go back in my posts and read my ‘cautionary’ – “One game at a time” comments all over the place…If you can’t “see” them winning it… then it IS time for you to give up on Vikings football.
I was skeptical of your ‘support’ since pre-season (you may recall we sniped some back then), but your tirade(s) since the loss to Arizona is the cherry in your shirley temple.
You enjoy the success, but can’t take the setbacks? That’s not your tone… it’s your attitude, sunshine.
Please note that I made my argument and this entire post without using vulgar language – please follow suit.
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Dec 8, 2009 9:00 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
i can sense you sense your extreme bitterness towards me and i see why
We need to talk more about this little issue between you and I (if you have the time)
yes...it can be stressful...
hug
Now back to hating the Packers and accepting no substitutes for our beloved Vikings.
Win, Lose, or Tie… Cheer your purple heart out.
Superbowl or bust (I mean… maybe next year)!
GO VIKES!!
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Dec 8, 2009 10:19 PM CST up reply actions
In VIkant's defense
This is not the same Packer team that got slapped around by the VIkings and then lost to the Jolly Roger-clad Buccaneers. They have a sound defense, and they actually look better since Kampmann and Al Harris were lost for the season, hard as that seems to believe. Clay Matthews looks like the real deal, and Charles Woodson is pushing JA for NFC defensive player of the year. Rodgers is having a good great year, Donald Driver is ageless, and they have corrected their protection issues. They seem to be peaking at the right time, and it’s damn tough to beat a good team three times in one season. Ask the 2004 Packers about trying to beat the VIkings three times in one season.
HOWEVER…
This is still a very flawed Packer team, and their issues were on full display last night. Pass protection is better, but their running game is still average, at best. Rodgers still holds on to the ball waaaaay too long, and a team with a better pass rushing front (ahem, ahem) would make him pay. They shoot themselves in the foot with penalties, and still drop a lot of passes. Had Baltimore played just above incompetent, they would have won that game.
It’s not that I would dismiss the Packers as a worthy post-season opponent, but even though GB has won four straight and the VIkes just got bitch slapped by the Cardinals, I still think the Vikings win a playoff game at home (like Favre wouldn’t be REALLY jacked for that game) against the Packers.
And no, there’s no way I see the VIkes losing the division to the Pack at this point. Too few games and too much ground to make up for the Packers.
"We're used to Favre-a-palooza now. We're engulfed in Favre-a-palooza. It's not even Favre-a-palooza anymore. He's family now."
--Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe, on Brett Favre
+ or = 4
Agree
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Dec 8, 2009 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
Hope all get my point here....
I could have added a BUNCH more numbers like 28, 29, 69, etc. This team is not the same as some of the previous teams we have had….
I have no idea if they will go all the way, but I damn sure am here to support them in their quest! I do realize there are areas that need addressing….but what team is not in the same situation…..
We have every chance of going all the way as every team has at this point…and we are 10-2….Do you realize what it takes to get to that W/L standing?? That with 1/4 of the season remaining??
Based on our talented squad, I have every reason to believe they will make a legitimate run for it all….
Remember this is the most important 1/4…..It will set the tone for the playoffs…..If we have a hope of getting futher than 1 game in those playoffs, it is because the team will address now their weak areas…..
Let’s wait for Sunday and see….
Too many doomsayers….
Just don’t see that….
Vikes W by 2 TDs against Cinci….
Bet on it!
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Dec 8, 2009 7:24 PM CST up reply actions
Hey, I'm with you
Even after the loss to Arizona, this team looks, feels, and plays…different…than any Vikings team I’ve watched since 1998, and before that the 1970’s. The only wildcard to this is how they bounce back from EJ’s injury.
I think they have the mental toughness to do that, and they also have the talent to do so.
It’ll be a fun couple of months.
"We're used to Favre-a-palooza now. We're engulfed in Favre-a-palooza. It's not even Favre-a-palooza anymore. He's family now."
--Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe, on Brett Favre
Agreed!
The team needed that loss in AZ, much as I would have like to swagger out of UoP stadium as the victor.
The ‘Ls’ teach what the ‘Ws’ cannot.
GO VIKES!
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Dec 8, 2009 9:02 PM CST up reply actions
The Pack is hard to figure out
They’re winning … heck they’re 8-2 outside of the Vikings games. So they clearly are a capable team. But they never have a stretch of more than say a quarter at most where you go “ooh, ahh.” They are making a bazillion mistakes, I think they are top two in the league in penalties, and sometimes Rodgers throws into coverage instead of wide open receivers (yeah, Favre did that sometimes too, but not as much as I’m seeing Rodgers do this year. And Rodgers threw a pick early in yesterday’s game that would have earned a REAMING from some of the Favre haters if it had been him, it was a really ill advised and bad throw).
The game last night was almost as difficult to enjoy as their previous game, the absolutely FUGLY win over the Cowboys on Thanksgiving. Had 18 people over to my house for Thanksgiving, we watched that game before sitting down to eat & it’s a miracle some of us didn’t lose our appetite.
But, yet, they won them both … kind of like Vikings first two games of the season (maybe more ugly, but on the other hand against better teams).
Well, Vikant, you got some sympathizers over at Acme
There’s a Fanpost over there talking about how they have a good shot at winning the Superbowl now.
Yeah right....
I also have a bridge to sell….
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Dec 12, 2009 4:12 AM CST up reply actions
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