Now that the Packers have had their bye week and the hardest part of the 2013 schedule out of the way what will be the final record? I see no worse than 11-5. The toughest games should be road games at Dallas, at Lions on T-Day and at Chicago to close out the regular season. 12-4 is a distinct possibility and I can even see them winning out. I will be extremely disappointed if they lose a home game for the rest of this season.
Your thoughts?
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Need to know about Jones and Cobb before I predict.
I'm just hoping 4-2 after next Sunday.
Thought 11-5 preseason, still think 11-5
I see what you did there.
4-0 in the post season.
13-3 if Jones and Cobb can contribute. This Defense is really rolling into shape now.
I was saying 9-7 before the season started -- it seemed like we had taken a step backwards. However, the defense is playing better, and Crosby has been great. So maybe 10-6 now. When we win, I'm always trying to figure out how we did it. Rodgers is not as sharp as he's been, and our turnover ratio is not good. We sure don't look like a SB contender.
I want the MRI results on Jones and Cobb first, but 10-6 should be a minimum and 11-5 doable. I also want to see AR play like AR. If what he says about just wanting to win even if he's not the No. 1, 2 & 3 option is true, then I want to see him more excited about the ground game.
I thought 12-4 B4 season. Still very likely. If Cobb and Company can return I pick 13-3 with slight chance of 14-2 #1 seed
12-4. If their defense and running game can carry them to wins on the road against really good teams, look out when they get healthy and that offense really starts firing on all cylinders.
That was an impressive win today - AR not at his usual level, largely because he's throwing to Taco Wallace and company and the defense didn't have one of the best overall defensive players in the game. Yet the JV's in a sense beat the defending world champions on the road.
Who wants to bet AR gets back in form over the course of the season, and who wants to bet that the defense won't get a bit better when Hayward and Matthews return?
They're lucky in that they're depleted at a point where they can still make out OK schedule-wise. If they're healthy for the stretch run, it's gonna get pretty fun.
IIRC, the Packers next 6 games feature just 1 team with a winning record
i'm gonna say 11-5. But that may be subject to change.
I said 11-5 before the season. I was looking back at the predictions I made pre-season; my W-L prediction for each game and the score. I didn't have them winning vs. BLT but had them beating SF week 1, so they're right where I thought they'd be at this point record-wise.
this defense is looking very, very good.
IIRC, the Packers next 6 games feature just 1 team with a winning record
And that one team still sucks.
They're lucky in that they're depleted at a point where they can still make out OK schedule-wise. If they're healthy for the stretch run, it's gonna get pretty fun.
Not to mention, guys like Hyde and Lattimore played really well today and got valuable experience to add to depth chart when guys do get healthy.
I'm gonna say 10-6, but I like the way certain things seem to be rounding into form, mainly the running game/o-line, and defensively outside a handful of outliers each week they are starting to win downs. The pressure on Flacco was impressive today.
Seriously....Did AJ Hawk get ahold of Adrian Peterson's HGH stash?
He hasn't looked that good....in....Ohhh, I don't know...like EVER!
If Hawk keeps playing like that, the middle of our defense just got light years better.
We need a safety opposite Burnett. I know TT is still in mourning over losing Nick Collins but we really need some help there.
Our 2 losses were close & 1 of them snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
If we get into the tournament, we're going to be a tough out.
I don't like predicting the rest of the season because so much can happen over the next 4 games, let alone the next 11. You have to take it 1 week at a time & play who is in front of you. Every team in the league has challenges as well. Look at last week vs. Detroit, when right at gametime, Calvin Johnson was ruled "out". Who saw that coming??
At worst we should be 11-5 but for god sakes is it possible to not have anymore injuries PLEASE!!!?!?!
11-5 seems about right.
Remaining games:
Browns - W
@ Vikings- W
Bares - W
Eagles - W
@ NYG - W
Vikings - W
@ Lions - ?
Falcons - W
@ Cowboys - W
Steelers - W
@ Bares - ?
I think it'll be anywhere from 14 - 2 to 12 - 4.
