Cardinals Invite Packers To Feel Over-Confident
by Undrafteds on Jan 4, 2010 6:55 AM MST
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PrintWhile the Cardinals pieced together a calculated patchwork of backups and starters on pitch counts, the Packers played three quarters of the game as if the outcome mattered.
Only time will tell which strategy was the right one, but there were clearly two entirely different approaches to yesterday's game between Green Bay and Arizona.
Green Bay chose their poison: momentum, flow, sync and confidence, wanting to start the postseason on a roll. Arizona selected their strategy: to rest players, hold their cards close to their vest so as to reveal virtually nothing.
The result is that Cardinals fans are quick to point out that it appeared the Arizona players didn't care, among other valid concerns. Critics will say they were lethargic and outmatched even when the starters from both squads were on the field.
I contend that this was all part of Ken Whisenhunt's master plan.
As ESPN's Mike Sando pointed out, if you were paying close attention to his face during the postgame press conference it was very much a smirk. It is as if he is more than just simply unfazed by the game's outcome—Whisenhunt actually seemed pleased by the worst defeat any team of his has suffered.
It is almost as if the Cardinals were intentionally inviting the Packers to have so much success that it would give them a sense of over-confidence heading into the game that really matters—next weekend's first round of the playoffs. Like leading prey into a dark cave.
Offensively it was all vanilla, and defensively Aaron Rodgers was un-pressured, Arizona's bread and butter this season. Rodgers has been sacked a league-high 50 times this year while the Cardinals are tied for third in team sacks, yet the blitz button was paused so as not to reveal any aggressive packages.
No worries Cardinals fans. Arizona has not lost two back-to-back games all year.
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Packers invite Cardinals fans to find excuses
As much as the façade of keeping players healthy and not tipping the hand of the game plan is touted by fans and media types, the reality is Whisenhunt was protecting the psyche of his team. The worst thing that could have possibly happened was to make the effort to beat Green Bay and lose. A team whose mental toughness has been described as “bipolar” would be in a worse position to win the first game of the playoffs if it didn’t think it could. This game was a throw-away game and frankly every Cardinal fan should have sold their tickets to a Packer fan so you wouldn’t have felt ripped off by the lack of effort presented (unless you really wanted to see Brian St. Pierre add to his NFL statistics…yawn). Effectively the Cardinals played like any number of 3-13 teams of years past knowing that’s not who they are so the personality that showed up against the Falcons, Panthers, Eagles and Steelers of last year can. I hope it works. Can I have a refund of one week’s worth of DirecTV Sunday Ticket costs, please?
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
Since Jan. 3 was my wife's B day and it was pretty unlikely the game would matter
I actually did sell my lower level tickets for double face value to the same dumb packer fan I got to buy the preseason game at face value. HE! HE! Now he wants to buy them for the playoffs. So sorry not happening, but thanks for covering the cost of my playoff tickets for me!
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Jan 4, 2010 10:17 AM MST up reply actions
+1 Where's the refund form?
When the Vikings won early in the day I knew it was going to be a worthless game, maybe 27-13, but when GB decided to keep it’s starters in for longer than the half I knew it was going to be one of those, really? kind of days. Why the starters continued to rotate through, I don’t know. If you’re going to call it a sit day, then sit after the first quarter.
On a different note I thought it was very classy of Fitz to hand BSP his first TD ball, and what a great story for BSP “My first, and probably only TD in the NFL was to Larry Fitzgerald”. That was very nice. I thought it was also not classy to have Leinart out there screaming at the heavens for his being off target when he knew he was going to be playing this week. You can’t say he was not prepared, because he better have been. He was just crappy yesterday. I would like my one game refund from DirecTV, but oh well, you pay for the wins and the losses.
Section 102, Row 18
When Warner says "we didn't give our best effort" that tells me...
…that the team as a whole mailed this one in after the first drive. A lack of effort or will to win a game like this because of the upcoming playoffs should give every season ticket holder that playoff game at half-off. As irked as I am I can only imagine how irked Indy people were after last week’s performance.
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
Protecting the Psyche
I think your on the money that protecting the psyche was the goal. Maybe preparing the psyche is more to the point. Whisenhunt has a good idea of where this team is mentally and emotionally. He clearly wants the team coming in next week with a big chip on their shoulders. They seem to perform their best when disrespected. Anyone who doesn’t follow the cardinals will likely miss this as they aren’t aware. McCarthy probably did the right thing for his team to best prepare them for next weeks game too. This isn’t so much a game of wits between organizations as it is within organizations. Each team has plenty of material available to game plan for the other. What’s important is focusing your team to go into the playoffs with what it takes to win.
no excuse just the facts
If two teams play each other and one of the stars from the losing team was hurt, to come back after the game and say we lost b/c our star player was hurt, that to me is an excuse.
If two teams play each other and one team plays all out and the other doesn’t, one team plays its starters for the majority of the game and the other rests its players for the majority of the game, that to me is just a fact. there is no excuse for losing b/c it wasn’t a “real” game.
After next weekend’s game, if the Packers win and their fans want to brag and feel good about themselves, then they will have earned it. At the moment though, claiming any kind of victory is ludicrous.
We will find out after the playoff game which strategy worked the best, and if it was the Packers, then again, they will have earned it. Likewise, if resting its players and withholding their gameplan works for the Cardinals, they will have earned it.
Its too early for either camp to celebrate, b/c the real game hasn’t been played yet.
Btw, I LIKE the Packers strategy. I would have done the same thing in their shoes. Kudos to them for executing it to achieve their goal.
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good analysis
This does ring true, that to make the effort and lose would be the worst that could happen. The lack of blitz packages against a team that has had problems with sacks was especially telling. I do think the Packers have good defensive backs and that the Cards will have to come up with some good schemes to create separation for receivers. I would like to seem them go long early, and if the OLine is holding up, send the TE (maybe Patrick will be back) as another receiver.
Viking fan here.
Even though I’m still hoping to get our revenge on the Cardinals for that horrible defeat several games back, I’m also still rooting for you guys to mop the floor with the over-confident and over-rated Packers.
Good luck and beat those cheese-eating pompous Packers. Thanks. ;)
If this is true.
Whiz is some kind of evil genius.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
The
game was over before it started. But it was great. I like the fact that the Cardinals let the game go the Packers’ way. The Packers were talking about they had so much on the playing card for two games but I don’t think it will work for them. They have to travel back and forth in a short session, gave away too much defense with Woodson and Bigby, and they don’t have a clear vision of what the Cardinals are doing with the offense and defense.
by kj197728 on Jan 4, 2010 10:22 AM MST reply actions 1 recs
Still
They still make me nervous as hell. They match up with us really well.
If our blitzes don’t get to Rodgers we are going to get eaten up alive.
They are who we thought they were!
Maybe.
Rodgers is dangerous as hell, but it will be a different show with the starting secondary playing the game. The Packers have holes in their secondary that could get blown up too. However it goes, at least it will be worth watching. I had to pull up the roster online to keep track of who was on the field in the first game.
Packers roll... again
Anybody who thinks the Cards were Oh So Sneaky in “not revealing” their gameplan needs to wake up. Every team knows the other teams strengths and weaknesses. They have a whole season of film to look at. It’s not like the Cards are suddenly going to reveal a brand new playbook. Sheesh. The Packers are the most dangerous team in the opening round. You can bet the Cards coaching staff fully realizes this. Their starters played a quarter and were dominated by the Packers. I don’t see anything different this weekend. Packers win going away… 31-17.
He who opens mouth
may eat foot? Just saying…I have no comment for you.
p.s. I love your cheese, goes good with whine.
thats why the play the games CheesyD
I would seriously hold on off on celebrating…
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Define dominated
Because your so-called domination of a 14-point lead was created by the fact Rodger’s two big plays that resulted in those TD’s were thrown to receivers covered by our back up corner Michael Adams, who isn’t quite ready to be going man-to-man against such talented receivers. When DRC is in next week it will be a different story.
Really?
You Cards fans should be worrying about your injuries. Seriously. And no, you aren’t gonna have some awsome new scheme to unveil next week. If you think your Coaches are fooling anyone, they are fooling themselves. We wanted momentum and we got it. Yeah, we lost to the Viks. Yeah, we lost to TB. Not so much these days huh? And so what about traveling back and forth? That’s what pro athletes get paid millions to do. Rodgers is nasty and he has the stats to prove it. Warner may have experience, but he’s also OLD. I believe media calls your team “BiPolar” for a reason…. get it together and worry about yourself, we got this!
I'm pretty sure we are worrying about ourselves...
But we’re ready for the Packers next week. If anything I think it was great to see our OL getting pissed toward the end of the game, and our DL was getting nice and fired up standing on the sidelines listening to “Go, Pack, Go!”.
I think it’s going to be a great game on Sunday, even with our OLD rested QB.
Section 102, Row 18
There is a funny irony to this thread
It is very reminiscent of the thread we shared with the Vikings a few weeks back. You people where made for each other. :) Say Purple Jesus 5 times real fast…I mean Aaron Rodgers
Haha, I’m sorry :), you know me Matty, I just really like Grey Beard and you and me both know that he’s still dangerous in this league. Looking past Warner is almost as stupid as looking past Green Bay. This Sunday is going to be a great game, I’m just really wondering how our running game is going to operate.
Section 102, Row 18
I was saying...
That the packers and vikings fans were made for each other. They all seem to talk (in this case write) as though they are invincible. I wonder if they cry when they lose or just pretend like it never happened. Ever seem a fight were the one guy is puffing his chest and then gets knocked the f out and jumps back up after the other guy6 has already left saying “where is he, let me at em!”? It was just a lucky punch right??
run game
I hope they focus enough attention on everything else to let the ground game get rolling. NO FUMBLES…did I say that out loud?
The Packers Won't Take AZ Lightly
Sorry, I think the Packers starters were in there at least one quarter too long, but I guess coach Mike McCarthy felt he wanted to keep up the intensity going into the playoffs. I’m not one of those people who’s sore about Whisenhunt resting his starters, but I don’t think overconfidence is going to be a factor in in this match at all.
That said, the thing no one’s been talking about is the fact that your Cardinals are still the defending NFC champs until somone takes that from them. I expect a great game. In fact, I think it will be the best game in playoff week one.
Good luck fellas!
"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Vince Lombardi
by AdamA on Jan 4, 2010 1:49 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
+1
Since 3 of the 4 games are rematches of week 17 it will be really interesting to see how differently they’ll play out. The cardinals didn’t even try. The Bengals receivers decided to forget what their hands were for. It looked like they were paid off it was so bad. Didn’t see the Eagles but for the last minute or so. Mc Nabb was still in so WTF happened there I couldn’t say. All 3 games were total blow outs. The Cardinals / Packers does look like the best match up, pending injuries. If DRC ends up out we’ll be in trouble.
Ever hear of game film/Scouts?
Do you think the cards may have tilted their hand at some point this season or did any of the 16 games matter?
If this is part of the game plan to beat the Packers next week, better keep looking…
Why are Packers fans coming here to talk trash?
Apparently AZ isn’t a dangerous team. Apparently when Rodgers rolls in we are just going to roll over.
Honestly the Pack could definitely blow us out. But we can also do the same.
I know you all are high on your team for the great finish and you guys could pull a last years Cards this year, but Whisenhunt has taken this team from bad to dangerous. If the Man has a plan, I am going to follow along like a good trooper.
No offense Pack fans but you guys aren’t that scary. 2nd half games a lose to TB, an impressive win against the Cowgirls, the 49’s?, Detriot?, a good win over the Ravens, Da Bears?, L to the struggling Steelers (almost doesn’t count), the lowly Seahens?, and a preseason game against us. Your truly only good win of the season was the Cowgirls. Sure we played an easier 2nd half schedule but basically both teams are on the same page. Bottom bracket teams fighting (again) to prove themselves.
Soooo, worry about terrible your safeties and 50 sacks and we will worry about our hall of fame QB and backup LT. :D
Thank you very much, please come again.
They are who we thought they were!
*Ooops, on that last sentence swap "terrible" and "your"
We need an edit post button!
They are who we thought they were!
by Jesse Reynolds on Jan 4, 2010 4:01 PM MST up reply actions
Ok, ok...settle down Packer Backers...
I saw the replay of the game…get real: that’s NOT the Arizona Cardinals. You’re all delusional if you think you played our team. GB fans want to celebrate ONE QUARTER of dominance? We did watch the same tape, right? Ok, so….you saw our defense NOT go after Rodgers, right? You saw our D-line…at least it looked like it was…taking entire series off, not just plays? Slap yourself twice if you think Arizona actually took this game, or the Packers themselves seriously. And whoever the moron is that said Warner is old…and thats right: so is Favre; and he had NO PROBLEM taking the NFC Central title from you guys, did he? Not to mention a huge “come-back” season. Not bad for an old guy, huh? Dumb ass. We’ll see you on the field. You better wake up and stop dreaming, or the sting of reality is gonna catch you off-guard. Cards will win by 13. PRINT that.
Not trying to smack talk... Just telling you from a Packer fan perspective
I apologize in advance for the long text. If you’re too lazy to read, or just don’t care about what a Packer fan had the trouble to analyse and ,in the best and most polite manner he could, write, just go to the # mark.
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Cards fans: we all know those are not the real Arizona Cardinals. Nobody here is naive. But one thing is clear, when the starters were in, on both games, you were outphysicalled.
The mental part influenced in it, we know that, but it’s not like we outschemed you, because we also played vanilla. If you doubt that, go watch any of our games and you’ll see the Big Okie, the Psycho, and a number of other packages that weren’t used. You’ll see Finley motioning out of the backfield, actually, you’ll see a lot of motions on offense, which didn’t happen. We gameplanned for you, but we played vanilla. There’s a difference.
And don’t think for a minute that this is the same team that lost to TB, because it’s not.
The Packers are the only NFC team that has a top 10 Offense and Defense (in Yards, top 4 and 2, respectively, and in points, top 5 and 8). The Packers are the best team in forced turnovers (40), and by far the best team in turnover differential (+24). We’re not a “hot” team like the analysts say, we’re a darn good team. We’re a young team, however, that needs the motivation and the confidence to perform, thus the strategy employed.
Since the lost to TB, or bettern, since the return of our RT Mark Tauscher, in 8 games, we allowed 18 sacks, being 5 on the first game. We didn’t allow a single sack to the Pittsburgh Steelers, by then the 3rd best team in sacks, and now the 2nd best, so don’t go thinking our OL is a weak point.
Safeties a weak point? Depth at safeties is a weak point. Not Nick Collins and Atari Bigby, the starters.
Running game? Since Ahmad Green came back, suddenly Ryan Grant became a possessed runner, getting to 1300 yards and 10 tds on the season. Not to mention that with a healthy Brandon Jackson, we got a terrific 3rd down back, one that picks up the blitz amazingly well (blew up LaMar Woodley), and is a terrific pass catcher, specially in our revived strongside screens.
Though those are not particular strenghts of our squad, those surely aren’t weak points. We do, as every team in the league, have problematic areas.
Penalties, are one, though in the last 8 games we had less penalties than the opponent in almost every game.
ST play is horrible. It has been better, but every aspect of it is bad on our team, be it punting, kicking, coverage unit or return unit.
We can’t generate great pass rush by sending only four, though Cullen Jenkins is a beast and Clay Matthews III is by far the best Packers pass rusher I’ve seen in 10 years, Kampman inlcuded.
And Jarrett Bush, our nickel corner, is awful. But which team has a decend nickel? We had with Tramon Williams, but then Al Harris (ugh) got hurt… When DRC came out, yours got manhandled, and you’ll need one to cover Jordy Nelson and James Jones, just to illustrate my point.
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I see two big mismatches in this game. Clay Matthwes vs. your backup LT and Steve Breaston or anyone that’s lined up vs. Jarrett Bush. If we can get on Warner’s face and make him uneasy all day, it’s ours. But if he has enough time to exploit our nickel and dime corners, it’ll be though.
One thing, though: do not expect Larry Fitzgerald to have a big day. He’s IMHO THE best receiver in the league, but Charles Woodson is that good. Teams that have dared to throw near him have resented it. But what shows that Fitzgearld is the best receiver in the league is the fact that Woodson will be on him 99% of the time, and not rushing the passer or playing safety, which he usually does in Dom Capers’ scheme. So he’ll free the other receivers to do damage. Fitzgerald usually takes a CB AND a S, as well as changing the coverage side to him all the time. He won’t force us to do that, but he’ll still take our best player out, and vice-versa.
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To sum it up, the Packers fans old enough to drive are not considering an easy win, specially taking into account we’ll play in AZ. But if you’re counting on hiding your cards and overconfidence from our part to win this game, you’ll be disappointed by the end of the match, I’ll tell you that. Good luck to you, but I’ll be rooting for the Green and Gold, and neither the fans nor the team fear anyone anywhere right now.
Stats are misleading.
Just want to point that out. I am a big stats guys and I know deep down rankings mean very little.
I say this because like our team, your schedule strength (admittedly isn’t a very good indicator either) is pretty week.
I just hope for a good game. A blow out on either side would be disappointing as a football fan (though if we did happen to blow you out I wouldn’t complain ;) )
I definitely like the Packers as a team and I like Rodgers a lot. Definitely underrated by ESPN (go figure).
So, please do not ruin this for me and turn into Cowgirl/49 fans. Ugh. Da worst.
They are who we thought they were!
by Jesse Reynolds on Jan 5, 2010 12:27 AM MST up reply actions
Know what you mean
We’re #1 in DVOA ratings (football outsiders), as well as Defensive Hogs index. And though we’re the last team in sacks allowed, it doesn’t portrait how our OL has been recently.
I was not trying to troll, and am sorry if I sounded cocky. My point was to try to illustrate how we Packer fans feel about our team and the match…
and I definitely know what you mean, as we have our share of Vikings fans at our forums trying to troll everytime… I’ve pretty much said what I wanted to, so won’t bother you guys much more…
Nice post.
This is what’s great about SB Nation. It’s not all drunks and 12 year olds. Thanks for taking the time to write all that.
"But if you’re counting on hiding your cards and overconfidence from our part to win this game"
Coupled with better game planning and warner throwing to the best receiving trio in the league( the receiver who broke all of the post season receiver stats), a probowl cb, saftey, and d-lineman supported by an cast of top notch players. So yes, all of those things combined to beat you or anyone else we play in the post season.
That's exactly my point
You have a more than good team to beat us. It’s not gonna be decided by how we played in week 17 or any “occus-poccus” (IMHO).
How teams played in week 17 had much more to do with the internal perception of the team than the external one.
Both coaches did what they did based on their own team needs, not on the opponnent’s…
No way we could've won seven in a row anyway ...
We are red, we are white, we are Danish Dynamite!
That was actually my first post on SB Nation
I read a lot of these blogs, but don’t participate much. Just couldn’t let you guys feeling that every packer fan is a douchebag, and also tried to say that we’re not a fluke, that if we indeed win, it’s not going to be because of some stratagemas, it’s because we’re a very good team, and the other way around is also true.
At least that’s my feeling…
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P.S.: I talked about the kids who don’t know squat, not about the drunks. Those 4 a.m. wasted nonsense posts are priceless. Some say they’re the hearth and soul of all internet forums ;)
+1
They are who we thought they were!
by Jesse Reynolds on Jan 6, 2010 12:02 AM MST up reply actions
That was actually my first post on SB Nation
I read a lot of these blogs, but don’t participate much. Just couldn’t let you guys feeling that every packer fan is a douchebag, and also tried to say that we’re not a fluke, that if we indeed win, it’s not going to be because of some stratagemas, it’s because we’re a very good team, and the other way around is also true.
At least that’s my feeling…
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P.S.: I talked about the kids who don’t know squat, not about the drunks. Those 4 a.m. wasted nonsense posts are priceless. Some say they’re the hearth and soul of all internet forums ;)
Re: Packers RS
I appreciate the class and intelligence represented by your posts. Cowboys, 49ers, and Raiders fans are the worst, when it comes to fan forums…clearly, you’re none of those
Since you want to breakdown the game, we can do that…..
Woodson, as good as he is, is not gonna shut down Larry Fitz. Do you really think that will happen? #11 jumped over and strong-arm caught passes over the NFL’s finest all postseason last year, and had some more highlight reel snags this year over top DBs.
Let’s humor you, and say Woodson and Fitz cancel eachother out. Who’s got Q? Don’t say he’s too injured to produce. Historically, he’s proven to be a problem during the Playoffs, hurt or not. If Boldin is even 75% healthy, he’ll be a nightmare to defend for the Packers. Throw in Breaston’s big-game potential, on “any given Sunday” and I’m sorry…we’ve got too many quality WRs for your DBs to cover.
Over-cover the pass, and we’ll send Beanie Wells and Hightower knifing through your DL. As solid as your LBs are…they’ll get tired of trying to chase down guys who drag 2 or 3 tacklers every time they meet up. Don’t after-thought Wells either: he came on strong during the 2nd half of the season, when he was finally ready to produce and play big. His numbers are solid. Take a look at them.
Ryan Grant is a good running back. I won’t take that away from him…but he’s not Adrian Peterson, and the Cards D completely shut down AP and took apart the Vikings. You know, the same team that ran away with your division’s title. Easily. If we can shut down AP, and the Vikings highly thought of OL….what’s stopping us from shutting your run game down? Simple logic, based on actual results this season. No?
That’s enough to chew on. And stats don’t mean much, without end results. We blew out Minnesota, at full strength. Truth is, the Cards know how to beat the NFC Central’s best. We’re pretty confident they’ll figure out how to be its 2nd best.
As I've said before...
I do think Fitzgerald is the game’s top wideout. Woodson is the best defensive player. Sure, without gameplan, FROM BOTH PARTS, but when he was covering Fitz, Woodson broke one pass, and intercepted another VERY WELL THROWN pass. Fitzgerald’s receptions was when Woodson wasn’t covering him. Like Greg Jennings (who’s a close friend of Fitzgerald) said to Fitz, Woodson almost had more catches than him. He has 3 for a TD, and Woodson had 1 for a TD…
You’re underestimating Tramon Williams. Yes, he may be called Captain Armbar by some, but he has 9 ints in the last 2 seasons, having started 19 games. He’s matured from last year, and won’t get burned. He’ll cover Anquan Boldin well. Not blanket him, but he’ll limit him.
Also, there’s pro-bowl safety Nick Collins, 13 ints the last 2 seasons. though last year he was a gambler, getting burned often, not the case this year.
He won’t cover your 3rd WR, though, that will be the mission of Jarrett Bush, possibly the worst CB of all time playing man coverage. He’s ok at zone.
You’re also forgetting about CM3, who will face your backup LT. He will create havoc, believe me, and Warner isn’t as mobile as Rodgers, or as strong as Big Ben.
I’m not expecting us to shut you down. We all know you’ll get your yards. But they’ll have to be more than we get, and you’ll need to generate more TDs than turnovers against us. We’re the league’s top turnover D.
About the running game, I have zero worries. You won’t run on us. It’s simple. Last year, any team could. This year, none can. We have also shut down Peterson. This on a time we were still transitioning to the 3-4. Our DL isn’t very good at rushing the passer, but they’re tremenduous at stopping the run, and our NT, Ryan Pickett, will be back. This matchup I have zero worries about. And i think Beannie Wells is the best rookie RB, and will become a very good RB. But no RB, short of Cedric Benson, could do anything on us. Steven Jackson, Peterson… Ray Rice came to town as a sensation, both as a runner and pass catcher, and couldn’t do anything. (neither could McGahee http://www.nfl.com/videos/green-bay-packers/09000d5d814d3122/Packers-success-with-3-4 1:40 mark)
About us running the ball, lately we have been very good at it, good enough to sell the PA and keep our team balanced. It’s not just Ryan Grant. There’s Ahmad Green (batman) and Brandon Jackson, our 3rd down back. I know you shut down Peterson, but Peterson hasn’t played well lately. Since week 10 he hasn’t got 100 yards in a game…
And more importantly than the running game, how will you stop our passing game? Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, and Jermichael Finley, the matchup nightmare? You don’t have a single corner to the status of Charles Woodson. DRC is pretty athletic, but he’s terrible at tackling. And we’ll come to him early and often with slants and screens. In that unfortunate play that he got injuried, he was manhandled by Finley. Also, in the preseason game, was again manhandled by Finley. (http://www.nfl.com/videos/green-bay-packers/09000d5d81239e07/Packers-44-Cardinals-37 2:50 mark).
And playoff experience? 85% of this team went to the NFCC in 07. Rodgers, Nelson, Finley, Sitton, Matthews, Raji and Jones were the only ones who didn’t play. And don’t even try to compare Rodgers with Ryan. That’s an insult.
As I’ve said before, your team is loaded with talent, and could very well win this game. I just think we’re more talented. And after Favreageddon I and II, as well as the TB game and the Steelers game, this team is very focused, and also has a chip on it’s shoulder.
We’ll see Sunday. It’ll surely be a great game, the best one of the Wildcard game, and the winner IMHO will be the favorite to win the NFC…
And some fun facts...
You are 5-0 after a loss. (That’s the only one I know about you)
We’re 11-0 when our D gives less than 30 points.
We’re 10-1 when our OL gives 5 sacks or less.
Our offense has only once (Cowboys game) put up less than 21 points.
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