Thread: Go Giants!

Yea now all we need to do is play the Packers like the Giants did tonight

I'm not sure we have the ability to do that. We'll find out in a few weeks though. The GB game is one of the few games we have left that worry me.

Originally Posted by JJ-30

Yea now all we need to do is play the Packers like the Giants did tonight

The Giants have GB's number. Remember that beatdown that NY gave GB in the playoffs last year. That was with Referee assistance to GB.

GB has had our number lately :(

It was a thing of beauty...

Originally Posted by KenMasters

The Giants have GB's number. Remember that beatdown that NY gave GB in the playoffs last year. That was with Referee assistance to GB.

GB has had our number lately :(

Originally Posted by XaosGorilla

I know most of you aren't going to like to hear this. It needs to be kept in mind that Matthews, Woodson(?), Perry, Jennings, Benson, Bulaga (out for season) just off the top of my head. MOST of these players will be back in the next 2-3 weeks. Odds are that the packer team that played the giants last night will not be quite the same team we play at Chicago later this year..

Even when those guys have been healthy, the Packers haven't played very well this year. Yes, the media focused on how they were screwed on the last play against the Seahawks, but they ignore the fact that they played like garbage for three quarters of that game. They played an unimpressive game against the Bears but won because we imploded, they won sloppy games against the Rams, Cardinals and Jaguars, and were lucky to beat the Lions. By chance, the only time they looked dominant was when they caught the Texans napping and unprepared to play. Still, their last-second win against a bad Lions team lead to the media overlooking their flaws and declaring them the best team in football.

I am not saying the Packers are a bad team, but they are hardly the juggernaut the media claims they are. Their defense isn't very good and their offense isn't close to the dominance they showed last year. It's possible that everything goes right and they catch every break in the playoffs again (facing Michael Vick, facing a paper tiger Falcons team, getting the QB knocked out with a fluke injury, Polamalu injured and playing poorly in the Super Bowl). However, more likely than not, they will lose in the playoffs because having no running game and being poor defensively is generally not a way to win championships.