2010-2011 NFC North Division

[wadesworld]

It'll be played Monday or Tuesday at the latest. A lot of hoops to jump through still, Vikes/Giants have to sign off, Fox has to sign off, DirecTV is involved, ESPN is being consulted with, Ford Field, tons of logistical issues to work out. League wants to get something finalized asap, especially if game will be played in Detroit, so Minny and the Giants can fly to Detroit asap.

Thanks for the help

[ChicosBailBonds]

CBB, will I get this new Monday night game with NFL Sunday ticket??

Yes....it's likely that everyone will get it. This happened to us once before in the last 5 years.

[MU B2002]

Man, will mother nature go to great lengths to preserve Brent's streak.

[NavinRJohnson]

Well, this should certainly change things...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foV2E3rnMg4

[Dish]

It's official, game in Detroit, Monday night, 6:20 pm CST kick.

[reinko]

Fox has a video of the collapse.

It was awesome.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Fox has a video of the collapse.

It was awesome.

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/12/metrodome_colla.php

[Dish]

Be interesting to see if they can get the Rollerdome ready for next Monday's tilt with the Bears.

[SaintPaulWarrior]

Be interesting to see if they can get the Rollerdome ready for next Monday's tilt with the Bears.

Local news here just said that they are calling in experts from around the country to see what they can do to fix the roof.....In your opinion, any chance they play in Chicago or would it have to be a neutral site if the game cannot be played next Monday night?

[GGGG]

My guess is University of Minnesota stadium.

[spiral97]

Awesome.. the postponed game means the packers are on TV instead.

[SaintPaulWarrior]

My guess is University of Minnesota stadium.

TCF Bank Stadium is shut down for the winter but could be ready in two to three days....only problem is how you fit 65,000 ticket holders into a stadium that only holds 50,000.  Would love to play the vikings outdoors....I would finally go to a Bears game for the first time since I have lived here.

[Dish]

Problem with TCF stadium:

-Capacity
-Hash marks are set up for college
-Goal posts are college (NFL uses higher goal posts)

Goal post issue could probably get figured out, I don't recall the surface up there and if it's grass or not. I can't imagine it'd get moved to Chicago, no way. Most likely St. Louis or Detroit (again).

Packers are in some trouble, A-Rod just left with a concussion. NFL rules state he can't come back today.

[Dish]

Hope people had the under in the Pack/Lions game. Lions with zero passing yds (five mins to go in 3rd). Flynn just threw a pick into triple coverage in the end zone (throw wasn't even close to Driver either).

[wadesworld]

Yeah this is an AWFUL game.  I think Mike McCarthy is the worst first half play caller in the  NFL.  He refuses to open up the offense until we're tied or down in the 3rd quarter, at which point we start to dominate games.  I don't understand his purpose of sticking to the ground when you get stuffed every time despite the fact that they aren't even stacking the box.  When defenses know they can stop your run rushing just 4 you aren't opening anything up for the pass.  They send 4 regardless of whether it's a run or a pass because they know the can get to the quarterback and they know the can stuff the run.  The 1st half playcalling is atrocious.  Run on 1st, get 2...run on 2nd, lose 4...run a bubble screen/dump down, gain 5 (tops).  Punt.  Repeat.

He is also the most predictable playcaller in the NFL.  I'm literally sitting on my couch and calling every play we're going to run as they're approaching the line.  The major problem with this is that I have never been a part of competitive, organized football in any way in my life.  Not even Pop Warner football.  And yet I am still able to do this.  It's unbelievable.

When you are going up against one of the worst passing defenses in the NFL, you have one of the best QBs in the NFL, arguably THE best receiving corp in the NFL, and your running game is arguably (or maybe not even arguably) the worst in the NFL, maybe you want to open up the run by passing, not the other way around.

This is embarrassing.

[Dish]

What's funny with all the talk about weather today in the NFL, this Pack/Lions game is in a dome in perfect conditions. If this game was going on in Lambeau today, I'd expect these turnovers, dropped balls, bad QB decisions. Give credit to both defenses, but the offense of both teams has been ugly.

[wadesworld]

Blitzing 4 and getting as much pressure as you could ask 4 every play.  It's an absolute embarrassment.

[GGGG]

Play calling is not the problem.  Quarless fumble and Jennings dropped pass are.  Now we have a crappy second string quarterback in and have no chance.

[Dish]

With the Pack losing, a Bears win today just about wraps up the North. It'd be a 2 game lead (really a 2.5 game lead) with 3 to play. Should be an interesting contest in the blizzard going on here today.

[IAmMarquette]

That was an absolutely awful football game, no matter who you cheer for (Packer fan here). Just awful.

Cheering for the Patriots today and the Vikings tomorrow, although after today's display I'm not sure the Packers deserve a spot in the playoffs. Wow.

[reinko]

Thanks New England.

[GOMU1104]

Thanks New England.

Now if only Philly and the Giants can sh*t the bed in similar fashion...

[MU B2002]

Anyone see the leg injury suffered by Seattle's Deon Grant Butler?  Legs aren't supposed to bend in that many places. Hope he can walk normally someday after that.



Edit: My bad.

[Josey Wales]

You mean Butler? Deon Grant is a Giants safety.

[MerrittsMustache]

Big week in the NFC North next week. Packers travel to New England. My guess is that they figure out a way to get A-Rod on the field despite his second consussion on the season. Bears on the road somewhere playing the Vikings. A game the Bears should win but with the way they played today, who knows?