Last call for Cowboy game predictions

Chris Christie won't be hugging anybody on Sunday.

 

I'll get this one out of the way

 

Sunday can't get here fast enough

I need updated calf info before predicting.......2 good legs and it is a fairly easy 31/17 Pack,  one and a half legs it is a tight Pack win,  20/17, one leg and it is a toss up,  Flynn in before garbage time, see you next year.

AR won't have two good legs on Sunday but what the Lion game showed is that AR is still elite even with limited mobility. Packers are the better team and at home and I expect Eddie to have a very good game with him punishing the Dallas defense extensively.

 

Packers 31

Cowboys 20

Pack wins 38 - 20.  

I'll go Pack 34, Cowboys 24. 

 

I see a pretty close game with the Cowboys within a TD late, but the Pack gets the insurance FG to go up by 10 and the Cowboys can't close the gap. 

 

Let's just hope that Rodgers calf holds up.  If it doesn't, everything is right out the window and Dallas would have an excellent chance of winning this game. 

McClain should be out per the concussion protocol. Doug Free has an ankle & should still be out too.

 

Except for Rodgers calf, we should be ok. The only thing I'm concerned about is health. Otherwise, no excuses. There are no excuses in this game. Anything less than a win is unacceptable.

Cowboys have averaged 34 points on the road, and we have averaged 39 at home.

 

I don't think either team will score that much, but the trend should hold.

 

Pack 30, Cowboys 24

 

 

McClain is really pretty dum, so he has an advantage in the concussion protocol

Not much room to go down irregardless of getting bonked on the Cabeza

packers 33-17

 

what i am having heartburn over is the next opponent, is there some way car can beat seattle, and force the championship in gb? - they have played them close, but i can't see that car team coming close to sea...and gb's fairy tale may end in seattle...

For the most part I'm with PPeak on the prediction.
But, 2 things have me with gutwrench/diarrhea/anxiousness up until game time:
1) AR mobility with Boys defense gameplanning for it.
2) Cold weather fumbling, especially from Eddie. Cold weather plays no favorites when handling the rock imo.

On the flip side, i believe our defense is up to the task if stopping DMurray n JWitten, 2 absolutes.

I so hope that the 'girls decide their best bet is to rattle an "immobile" AR and blitz him.

please please please

MM is going to practice in the Hutson Center with the doors open or even practice outside.  Our guys will be somewhat acclimated to the cold conditions due to day to day work. The Cryboys can not simulate those conditions and one or 2 days of being in Green Bay will not have them used to it.  I think the Cryboys are more likely to fumble due to cold than the Packers will be. 

I'll give Murray credit for being a fine runner but from what I saw in last weekend's game he plays fast and loose with the ball.  I'd guess at least one fumble due to bad ball security compounded by the cold.  I could see him losing one just making a cut without contact.

Demarco Murray will lose a fumble not once....but TWICE.

 

MARK IT DOWN!!

34-23 Packers assuming  makes it through the game.

Murry has 8  fumbles in 934 rushing attemps and 4 on 171 receptions in his career.  His hand is dinged right now which surely a factor but all in all he is pretty secure with the ball.

ammo, it's 39°F in Dallas today. Going to be 40°F tomorrow. They'll be ready.

-1 for high in GB today. gnarly windy day as well.

 

 

 

 

This is the type of owner I'll be looking to hug after a #Packers win on Sunday:

 

1. over the last 8 weeks of the season our defense is number 5 in the NFL. this is no BS. They are allowing 313 yards per game. and only 86 on the ground. Allowing around 19.5 points a game.

2. Eddie does not often fumble

3. Dallas over the last 8 weeks are allowing close to 370 yards a game... and allowing around 19.8 points a game.

4. Dallas has not faced an offense like the Packers

5. The Packers have not faced an offense like the Cowboys. very versatile.

 

I think this game will be a very close one, 31-28 either way.

But, if there end up being multiple turnovers, it could be a blow-out either way.

 

My prediction? Dallas turns it over 2 times and the Pack wins 35-17 on their way to the Pacific NW.

 

Cowboys beat writer.

 

 

 

 

“I really feel like you make your money during the season. You get paid to play and play real well, and you earn your paycheck during the season. And you create your legacy in the postseason. I was thinking about that actually when I was lying in bed – just how special that run is and just how you never know when you’re going to get these kind of opportunities again. You have a great team, great opportunity in front of you, and you just want to make the most of it and get back to the Super Bowl and have more of those moments.”

 

 

"I was thinking about that actually when I was lying in bed"

 

Not this?

 

quote:

1) AR mobility with Boys defense gameplanning for it.

Fat lot of good it did Detroit.

Rodgers was finished when her when he started thinking about his legacy

40 ain't 15. I can ice fish all day without gloves at 40, no way at 15.  

The legacy quote is from 2013.

 

They'll be ready, was sarcasm.

 

Updated high is about 13 on Sunday. Game time start temp apparently will be about 9-10. Winds 5-10mph with peak high temp around 3rdQ.

 

Wind chill would make it feel like -4 to 1.  Compared to that shi*, high 30's feels tropical.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depending on where you look, the temperature will be somewhere between 11 and 23. It's a crapshoot. Whatever it is, is what it is. The game will still be played. The only thing that will be affected by the weather is the beer. It will freeze or it won't.

Weather will not be much of a factor. We start out strong  but get stopped at the one after MM goes for it again on 4th down . Our "Special" teams will be but not in a good way. Sadly, Crosby has a blocked/missed FG. The hobbled Rodgers throws his first INT at home because of Adams. Murry runs wild for at least one TD. Dez adds another. 28-24 Dallas wins... "IceBowl II tee shirts sell well.

So do you always predict a Packer loss just so you feel better when they win or do you really believe the Pack will lose? 

Going on stats for last 8 games of the season, this is a really close call.  The difference will be Lambeau.  DAL will have problems with communication like everyone that has come into GB this year.  We should be able to jump out in front of them early, D will let DAL hang around in the second half and we pull it out in the end either with a late score or D stop.

All the talk is on the great Dallas OL and their running game with Murray...but I think Lacy and the Packers OL are the story of the game when it's all said and done

 

Rodgers will not have his patented mobility, so we won't be seeing many if any extended plays. Lot of quick passes, dumpoffs to Lacy, etc. I think GB feasts on the middle of Dallas' defense with this and will have a lot of 10+ play drives resulting in points. Lacy goes off for over 100 rushing yards and adds about 30-40 on receptions. If GB gets up by 10+ early and forces Dallas to play catch up, it should lead to some Romo INT's to really blow the game open

 

GB - 41

Dallas - 24

DH13, think about strength of schedule when you consider the last 8 games of both teams.

Can't ignore the cold, but it'll affect both teams. Don't see this being a high scoring game. It could take Rodgers a while to warm up and hit his stride. A turnover here or there will keep it close. Even at the half, a Tony Romo INT to seal the deal. Pack holds off the Pokes to win it 20-17.

MM will lean on big Ed  on Sunday. He's limited his number of touches all season for this time of year. Just so happens that he has to alter gameplan for Rodgers anyway. I expect Starks to join in as well. This also serves the dual purpose of keeping potent Dallas O on the sideline in the cold. Get up early, by 7 or 10, let the front 7 pin back their ears and get after Romo. Hopefully force 2-3 turnovers and the game is over. 41-10 PACK. Afterward, Christie tries to claim he's been a Packer fan all his life.