So what is the deal? Are the Packers [starfuckers]? You know, Trent Reznor’s hit that includes the lyrics:
I have arrived and this time you should believe the hype
Did coach McCarthy issue green velvet sweats and a manicurist to the team when they reached 10-2?
I’ve double-checked the map. Green Bay is north of Chicago. So it’s colder in Green Bay. And we both play outdoors. So you’d think a cold weather game, at worst, would make us no worse off than the Bears.
And our punter? Jon Ryan? Y’know, the Canadian? From Canada? Where they make highways for semis right over frozen lakes? Where it’s so effing cold that even the outdoor CFL stadiums use articifial turf instead of grass because they can’t keep it alive up there in the winter? Ryan punted there. For some reason this guy, who comes from a place where the babies are born wearing tuques, couldn’t hang onto the ball down in temperate Chicago.
I guess this game answers the question “Why do you need a running game?” And “Is special teams that important?” In this kind of game where field position is your daddy, there are two ways to move the ball and win:
- Use your running game to grind out a few yards at a time.
- Outpunt the other guy, so with every pair of matching three-and-outs you gain field position.
Ryan Grant put up triple digit rushing stats but most of it came in one pop, for one TD. Our special teams have been serviceable, but they’ve never scared the crap out of anyone the way Chicago’s did yesterday.
Could we rely on Favre’s arm in this weather? Our racing stallion Greg Jennings, the big receiver for the day, had about 40 yards. Too cold to play catch, I guess.
It felt like we were trapped - we couldn’t move the ball when we had it, but we couldn’t punt it away for better field position either, because the thing might’ve been blocked. It’s like our best bet would have been to run 4 direct-snap running plays, then turn the ball over to the Bears, hoping our defense would do something amazing.
But even they didn’t have any tricks up their sleeves Sunday.
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