2010-2011 NFC North Division

[jmayer1]

QUestion:

Bears and Packers can't play round 2 correct?  Wouldn't the Pack automatically play Atlanta regardless of the outcome of the other game, as 6 seed?

That is correct.  The Falcons get the lowest (worst) seed, so if the Pack won they would obviously have to be the lowest seed.

[Sir Lawrence]

Typical delusional cheesehead. 

Hopefully they meet again, but before that happens the Pack will have to get past Vick.  Vick clowned the Pack once (Bears are one of the only teams to stop him).  You could get away with blitzing every down against the useless Bears line, especially when they're hottest receiver (Bennet) is out, but good luck doing that against Vick.  He'll be running thirty yards up the middle of the field while Woodson and every linebacker are blitzing off the edge.  If that isn't the case, it will be D Jax running down the sideline wide open for Vick's bomb TD passes or Macklin catching wide open slants over the middle while Woodson and Canseco, I mean Matthews are whiffing on Vick.  Not to mention the Pack's problem's running the ball and stopping the run.  It should be interesting.

Yup.

[MUFC9295]

Yup.

As in the show, Stringer was shot down.  Was Starks also Brother Muzone?

[Dish]

What's the mood among Packer fans for the tilt with the Dirty Birds this Saturday night?

The secondary ticket market is blowing up at the potential of Packers/Bears here in Chicago. Should it happen, Packers/Bears will get the highest ratings for a conference title game in history.

[GOMU1104]

What's the mood among Packer fans for the tilt with the Dirty Birds this Saturday night?

The secondary ticket market is blowing up at the potential of Packers/Bears here in Chicago. Should it happen, Packers/Bears will get the highest ratings for a conference title game in history.

Winnable game. Two very good teams who played a very close game in the regular season. Two very good QBs.

Atlanta is really good at home...but playing in a dome plays to Green Bay's greatest strength...throwing the ball. I wouldnt be surprised if they throw 40 times on Saturday.

Hoping Starks can continue to be this good.

It's hard not to get excited about a potential Packers/Bears NFC Championship game. Hopefully the Bears dont screw it up for everyone. 

Side note...The weather situation down here is ridiculous. The whole city has been shut down this week, and it doesnt really look to be getting any better until early next week. A couple of Atlanta players have gotten in accidents/missed practice altogether because of the condition of the roads. It could effect the crowd on Saturday.

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[NavinRJohnson]

What's the mood among Packer fans for the tilt with the Dirty Birds this Saturday night?

The secondary ticket market is blowing up at the potential of Packers/Bears here in Chicago. Should it happen, Packers/Bears will get the highest ratings for a conference title game in history.

I am 50/50 on the Packers chances. After the two played during the season I came away feeling they were very evenly matched. However, I do think the Packers have improved and gotten into a little more of a rhythm the past several weeks, where ATL has been consistent all season long. I think being at home is huge, though as pointed out above, playing indoors is an advantage for the Packers. If this game were being played in GB, I'd probably lean toward ATL with Turner and Gonzalez. Really tough to call.

As much as I will probably find myself pulling for Seattle once Sunday rolls around, I think everyone in the world outside of Atlanta and Seattle want to see the Packers and Bears win (although some Bear fans have told me they have no interest in that game). Pretty sure the Bears will hold up their end. The Packers obviously have a little tougher assignment in order to hold up their's.

[reinko]

Agree, winnable game indeed.  Atlanta has been surprisingly average in run offense this year (12th), so Turner doesn't scare me a ton, and Roddy White is the only legitimate down field threat, so again if Capers can get to Ryan, and the big men up front contain (less than 100) Turner (who primarily runs in between the tackles), I like Rodgers and the WR's to tear into ATL's, 22nd rank passing defense.

Would like to see the offense come out in some no huddle for the first drive or two.

Pack: 34
ATL: 24

[NavinRJohnson]

On a semi-related note, do Rex Ryan and Antonio Cromartie think that all this crap talk about Tom Brady is going to have any sort of effect other than them getting their collective asses kicked? There are guys you might be able to get to with that noise, but Tom Brady (and Bill Belichick) is certainly not one of them. Brady and the Patriots are going to go out and do what they do. The only difference is they're going to keep doing what they do through the whole game, even after they're ahead 45-7.

[MU B2002]

I hope the Pats win by 60 and Welker celebrates a TD by having Brady pretend to take picture of his feet.  That would be worth the fine

[Hards Alumni]

I hope the Pats win by 60 and Welker celebrates a TD by having Brady pretend to take picture of his feet.  That would be worth the fine

nice!

[Dish]

Good luck tonight Pack fans, hope it takes away from one of the worst MU regular season losses I can ever remember.

I'm going to say a Crosby walk off field goal takes it, 27-24.

[GGGG]

Great...another game that is going to cause me to want to kick a baby.

[chren21]

Great...another game that is going to cause me to want to kick a baby.

Feeling a little better?

[GGGG]

My goodness.  I'm still trying to catch by breath after that.

[chren21]

If MU, I mean the packers play like this for the first 3/4 of a game they can beat anyone in the nation, I mean the nfl

[MU B2002]

Ball game.

[Blackhat]

Slocum is the worst special team's coach.  Spec. teams continues to suck for the pack.


Other than that the Pack are a well oiled machine.

[Dish]

As a Bears fan, that's all I could ask for out of the Pack tonight. Bears win tomorrow gets home field next week, really tough to think the Pack could do that next week in Chicago where they've already lost this season and with nothing to play for 2 weeks ago, the Bears nearly knocked off a Pack team with everything to play for.

First things first, beating the Seahawks, but I like how things set up for a potential conference title game match up.

[jmayer1]

The Bears should lay down because whoever the Pack play are going to get fu$k up!!!

[🏀]

The Bears should lay down because whoever the Pack play are going to get fu$k up!!!

+1

[Dish]

21-0 Bears right now. See you guys at Soldier Field next Sunday.

[mugrad2006]

The Packers - Bears matchup is gonna hinge on the differential b/t Rodgers QB play and the Special Teams battle.  Can Rodgers overcome the inevitable screw ups by GB's special teams play, or will the Bears superiority in this aspect negate all other parts of an outstanding Packers team? 

I surely hope the Pack does lose that game on account of a Hester TD return...

[reinko]

Ptm, maybe the 9 drinks I have had today so far has confused me, or my sarcasm radar is off...but you are a Cubs fan, and a Packers fan????

[Jay Bee]

Well, this sucks.  Congrats, guys.  I hope next week is an awful, ugly game where Chicago wins 2-0, then gets rolled in the Super Bowl.

SKOL VIKINGS!  2011 NFC North Champions

[MUSig54]

Well, this sucks.  Congrats, guys.  I hope next week is an awful, ugly game where Chicago wins 2-0, then gets rolled in the Super Bowl.

SKOL VIKINGS!  2011 NFC North Champions

And Joe Webb is gonna compete with Cutler, Rodgers, and Stafford how?

But next week's game might be the most epic matchup in the most epic rivalry in all of sport.