Time To Eat It
Posted in Any Given Sunday
I’m gonna be sick. Not figuratively. I’m really gonna hurl.
For those of you reading this who are Packer fans, if you were talking any smack about this game, it’s time for you to grab a fork and eat it, too. The better team won tonight.
When by the second quarter the Packers looked like they were already having to rely on the big plays to win, it was becoming clear that they weren’t ready for the biggest of all dances. The stout Giants front line weren’t letting any ball carriers past them. But on the other side of the ball, from the point Charles Woodson got laid out backwards, the Packers weren’t stopping any running backs wearing blue. I don’t know why the Giants didn’t run the ball on every play.
Oh yeah, I know why. Burress and Toomer stand about 17″ taller than Harris and Woodson, so why not throw to them again and again. And again.
And then there were the penalties. The Giants had how many? 6 chances from the Packers 1 to score? You can’t give a good team that many chances.
Favre was decent, but he was outplayed by Manning. Yeah, wake up and smell the limburger, cheeseheads. Manning’s throws were where they were supposed to be more often. If it wasn’t for Driver resurrecting several drives with circus catches up the middle (and of course the 90 yard play where he somehow managed to outrun 3 guys who were all faster than him), the Packers might have been shut out.
The good and the bad of it is the Packers are a really young team. They made mistakes that young teams make. Mistakes that Harry Sidney warned about before the Seahawk game; trying to turn every little opportunity into a gamebreak, like trying to scoop up a fumble and take it home instead of just flopping on it. But this team whether with or without Favre in ‘08, won’t have gee-whiz cow eyes next year when on the big stage.
The bikini girls were out again tonight, but somehow that didn’t seem to matter tonight. I guess (Superbowl) berths trump bikinis.
But hell, I had them as a 9-7 team. Many others had them 8-8 or worse. They finished 14-4, second best in the NFC. So I’ll lick my wounds, replace the chunk of carpet that was ruined from my pacing in front of the TV tonight, then reset the clock on the Favre Watch: Decision 2008. And then I’ll wish the Giants good luck against the Pats.
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Best thing that happened vs. Seattle? Fell behind… sense of urgency led to 6 TD drives. Tonight looked like Dallas. No sustained ball-control drives, too many attempts to force it. Gave up on quick/short passes, 2 fullback set, & everything that worked all year. (?)
Call me old-fashioned, but I miss the days when Quarterbacks called the plays as true field Generals in the action.
Our team played hard, the play-calling choked, and I am still proud of this years’ effort and the Green Bay Packers!
On the Web: NFC Championship Game aftermath…
The view from the national sites This probably won't surprise you, but ESPN.com's John Clayton…
I suppose when you lose the last game of the season that taste tends to stay in your mouth and you forget much of the good of the year. But yeah, if this season was a Christmas tree, there were lots of unexpected gifts from Santa this year.
It was fun to sit down every single Sunday and know we had a better than good chance of winning. And the games against the marquee teams were truly marquee games. Games you schedule your life around.
It was a good year.
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My name is Laura Berger and I work for the television show Inside Edition in NY. I am looking for the bikini girls and I saw an old post on your site by one of their relatives. If you happen to know them or if anyone knows them we would love to interview them. I can be reached at lberger@kingworld.com.
Please let me know as soon as possible. Thank you,Laura
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