2013 NFC North/NFL Thread

[4everwarriors]

Stack the box and make Ponder beat ya.

[4everwarriors]

Yo BeeJay, what's up Bro?

[wadesworld]

Yo BeeJay, what's up Bro?

BeeJay is lucky the Sunday Night Football is competing for viewers/ratings with the World Series. Refs just put 7 on the board for the Vikings to end the half. They need the points for TV ratings. Coincidence that the ref who threw the flag originally called it an incomplete pass before throwing the flag 5 seconds later?

But hey, that was a cute start to the game. At least gave Minnesota fans a little bit of excitement.

[Jay Bee]

SKOL VIKINGS!

At some point a third down conversion will fail.

[Dish]

By product of the injuries on offense is allowing Lacy to grow into his role in the offense. Haven't see this good of a balance from the Pack in a while.

[Archies Bat]

SKOL VIKINGS!

At some point a third down conversion will fail.

Only to go to 4th down, where they are better tonight.

[wadesworld]

By product of the injuries on offense is allowing Lacy to grow into his role in the offense. Haven't see this good of a balance from the Pack in a while.

Agreed. It is AWESOME to know we don't have to put 35+ on the board to win games. We can now win games by scoring, but we can also win by controlling the clock and letting our defense keep teams out of the end zone. If Lacey stays healthy, he is a complete steal.

By the way, the Packers are just toying with the Vikings defense. "Hey guys, let's take this to 3rd and medium just to get the crowd interested and then pick it up." ~ Aaron Rodgers

[Dish]

Pack are going to be interesting in January. They'll end up hosting on wild card weekend, and getting Matthews back and Jones on offense, they'll be a tough out.

[MU B2002]

Hosting one of: Sea/SF, Det, or maybe Chi or Car. (Big maybe)

[wadesworld]

They just gave an amazing stat. Pickett, Kuhn, and Seneca Wallace are the only 3 players on the Packers 53 man roster that have played on any team other than the Packers in their career. No other team has even 40 of their 53 players who haven't played elsewhere.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Pack are going to be interesting in January. They'll end up hosting on wild card weekend, and getting Matthews back and Jones on offense, they'll be a tough out.

The key will be their defense again, not the offense.  Can they stop a good team when it matters?  The schedule is so soft, could easily see them going 13-3.

[GGGG]

Yeah...I was wrong about this.

[🏀]

Yeah...I was wrong about this.

As was I

[4everwarriors]

Nice to see you dudes takin' your comeuppance like men.

[4everwarriors]

When did Greg Jennings retire?

[Jay Bee]

We need Favre.

[Dish]

If I were the Vikes, and I got any substantial offer for either Allen or AP, I'd make the deal. If I were the Cowboys, I'd do a reverse Herschel deal.

[wadesworld]

We need Favre.

That'd be a start. He still has more chemistry with Greg Jennings than any of the 3 QBs Minni has now.

[wadesworld]

Heck, Vince Young played for the Packers and is looking for a job. He fills the requirements of a Vikings player. Give him a shot

[wadesworld]

Maybe the real Matty Ice? Matt Flynn.

But hey I gotta give the Queens some credit. If you want to put a competitive team on the field and have a shot at making the Playoffs, you might as well take a winning organization's sloppy 2nds. At least those guys know how to win. You may never overtake the real organization, but at least you can win some games. I wish the Brewers would do this more with Cardinals players (especially pitchers). Kyle Lohse was great for us. Anyone we being up on our own? Not gonna work out.

[Jay Bee]

I wish the Brewers would do this more with Cardinals players (especially pitchers). Kyle Lohse was great for us. Anyone we being up on our own? Not gonna work out.

Lohse was first a Twin.

[Spotcheck Billy]

I wish the Brewers would do this more with Cardinals players (especially pitchers). Kyle Lohse was great for us. Anyone we being up on our own? Not gonna work out.

didn't work out well with Suppan

[MerrittsMustache]

Pack are going to be interesting in January. They'll end up hosting on wild card weekend, and getting Matthews back and Jones on offense, they'll be a tough out.

The Packers' D is better without Matthews. They have 11 guys filling their roles as opposed to 10 guys filling their roles and 1 guy focused only on rushing the passer.

[NavinRJohnson]

The Packers' D is better without Matthews. They have 11 guys filling their roles as opposed to 10 guys filling their roles and 1 guy focused only on rushing the passer.

I don't necessarily agree with that. They are very strong and deep up front, which is I think what you're seeing now. Once Matthews comes back, they are going to be able to use him however they want. The play they are getting from the LBs is a result of how well the guys up front are playing. Assuming they stay healthy, I would expect they'll be that much tougher when he returns.

[GGGG]

BTW, what was up with Al Michaels talking about the trade deadline this week - saying "I think Adrian Peterson is safe?"  Well no kidding.  The NFL trade deadline isn't like the MLB trade deadline.  It is a complete non-event.