It will a CLOSE game, a couple of bounces at the end will determine the winner....too close to call.

This one is going to be way closer than anyone in the media and the Cardinals team expects.  I think the Pack leads most of the way but a terrible pass interference call late in the game leads to a Cardinals FG with 3 seconds left on the clock. 

Cardinals 23-Packers 20

Ok, I'm going all in.....a blowout for the Pack.  35 - 21.  Nuff said.       

38 - 20 Packers because this is the strangest season I can remember. 

Assuming GB has Bak, Shields, Rollins

Cards win 27-20

Assuming GB doesn't have any of those guys

Cards win 35-17

Green Bay 26 v Arizona 24

my heart is always with the packers. I don't think they will win, but I will cheer like they are.

It will be a close game. It wouldn't shock me to see Green Bay win, but I think the bye makes a difference and the Cardinals break open a one score game with under 5 minutes to go ahead 27-17. Packers may get a score in the last minute to set up an onside kick try, so I'll go Cardinals 27, Packers 24. 

It may not be monsoon season, but it's coming...

YATittle posted:

Tight first half as Cards are a bit off as teams coming off a bye typically are. Pack leads 10-7 at the half as we have two long drives with a Lacey TD and a 40-yard field goal by Crosby. They get a blown coverage TD pass.

We get the second half kickoff and run seven minutes off the clock before Kuhn takes a short pass into the end zone. Randall picks Palmer and we get a field goal to go up 20-7. Cards rally and make it close but we hang on, winning 23-17 and stopping one final drive by Palmer with a sack in the red zone. Perry lights them up--he's playing for a contract we won't be able to afford next year.

Ahhh Miss Underall.

Might be the greatest sports movie of all time.   Greatest too for comedy!

"I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. Felt I owed it to them."

27-24 good guys on a 27-yard Mason Crosby FG with :17 left. Vikings suck.

Much closer game but they're going up against a legitimate NFL defense this week and the offensive issues remain. 

Packers 20

Cards 24

The curse of Cincinnati follows Carson leading to 3 picks. Packers remember Ariens statements about bruised asses. Janis makes 1 big play setting up TD. Defense scores a TD and sets up a short field for 2 FG's. Rodgers goes to fast tempo game and Mastay punts well keeping AZ on a long field all day. 

GB 27 AZ 13

"Janis makes 1 big play setting up TD"

As a gunner on ST.  There's been several times this year where the punt returner doesn't call a fair catch only to get hit by Janis! the instant the catch is made.  He's due to force a fumble, this is the week.

I could be wrong, but I thought he already forced a fumble with a hit, but the opposing player recovered it. His timing has been amazing on punt coverage.

27-23 Packers.

Similar to last year's NFC championship game, they're up 24-6 in the 3rd quarter. This time they hold on.

Hope so, anyway.

Hungry5 posted:

YATittle posted:

Tight first half as Cards are a bit off as teams coming off a bye typically are. Pack leads 10-7 at the half as we have two long drives with a Lacey TD and a 40-yard field goal by Crosby. They get a blown coverage TD pass.

We get the second half kickoff and run seven minutes off the clock before Kuhn takes a short pass into the end zone. Randall picks Palmer and we get a field goal to go up 20-7. Cards rally and make it close but we hang on, winning 23-17 and stopping one final drive by Palmer with a sack in the red zone. Perry lights them up--he's playing for a contract we won't be able to afford next year.

Now you're pointing in the right direction!

I had a really good feeling that the Pack was going to turn it around and play well at Washington.  Kind of feel that way, to a bit lesser extent this time as well.  I think it all comes down to the health/play of our secondary this week.  I think it's a game decided by a field goal, hopefully in the Packers favor.  Would be sweet to host Seattle in the NFCCG the following week.  

In week 16, no Shields, no Bakhtiari, lost Raji at the end of Q1, lost Bulaga early in Q3, Rodgers with eleventy-billion turnovers. I don't expect a repeat.

Since week 16 game, ARI has put Redding on IR and Okafor is out with an injury. 

The Packers win this one and seal the deal late with a Randall INT. This win sets up the NFC Championship game pitting The Pack against the Seahawks, who clean Carolina's clock. 

Packers win this one, beat Seattle next week, and win the Super Bowl over the Chiefs 35-10 when Janis has a big game coming off of the bench after partying all night. One game at a time.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD!

The way the Packers win this one is jump on them early.

Gotta get up by 2 scores minimum to start. We'll see where that takes us

We need to be able to stay in a balanced offensive set.  I know master of the obvious.  I don't think our D, will give up multiple scores, so we just need to stay with them.  In the 4th quarter our pedigree will step up on D, to seal the deal.    

This game will be closer than the one 3 weeks ago no doubt.

I see the D playing pretty well and holding the high powered Cards offense to 24 points. Unfortunately, I don't believe the offense can keep up its end of the bargain. 24-16 Cards.

The hottest team in January wins the SB and so far the Packers are 1-0 and the Cardinals are 0-0.

The Pack is 1 and1,  Cards 0 and 1,   

We're playing with confidence, momentum, and health.  Perhaps most important, we also have a significant edge in playoff experience.  

We'll likely have our starting tackles out there, as well as our best corner.  This isn't the same team that got beat a few weeks ago by the Cardinals.  The Cardinals are in for a surprise.

Rodgers gets hot, the running game gets going, and the defense shows that when it is at full strength, it is a very good - if not great - unit.  

Packers 31, Cardinals 20

The player that scares me the most in tomorrows game is David Johnson.  He has emerged as a bigger version of Marshal Faulk and is a big part of the offense.  The must must must limit the explosive plays that be can present (40+ yards).

Defense must continue to pressure QB, cause turnover etc.

If the above things do not happen, Cards 36 Pack 24

If they execute, 31-27 Pack wins

Make Carson Palmer have happy feet

This game needs to start like the 1996 playoff game in SF where a forced fumble was returned for a TD.

In the wk 16 game the score was 0-0 at the end of the 1st qtr. Raji was concussed on the last play of the 1st qtr. They must get presser with 4 to give the back end a chance.

The Packers win on a fumble return TD in OT.  The Cardinals complain the refs missed a face mask. 

Shields and Rollins are critical in defending their receivers.  David Johnson is the X factor.  You put a banger at ILB next to CM and lose cover ability vs. 4 WR.  Put a cover ILB in and you lose anchor vs. the run.  Worth keeping a close eye on.  This is where an important game within the game will be won/lost.

I had Julio for a WR this year in fantasy...so that qualifies me as offensive expert right?

But seriously I enjoyed watching how they used him in bunch formations. Out of the slot they would sometimes drag him back across the field...behind the line of scrimmage. He scored at the goal line a couple times like this.

It was a pure speed play...outrun his man to the other sideline and release it quick...nothing more than pitch and catch.

Why in the hell we can't do this with Janis is just beyond me. It's safe, it's easy...worst case scenario it's your first read.

Come on MM...use all the weapons in your quiver this week.

Speed kills...we have some...Use it !

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