Packers are the best team still standing.

They were the best team still standing last weekend too.

Yes, they are.

Feels great to be peaking at the right time.

MM and TT surely deserve Coach and Executive of the year for having this team playing like it is with 15 guys on IR and stars like AR and CMIII missing complete games during the season.

Besides the Steelers having to play without Ben earlier this year what have the other 3 teams had to overcome?

Well, Chicago has had to overcome being quarterbacked by Cutler. That's no small accomplishment.

Asking people to click on a mime video is a pretty tall order.

I'm in a box.........

Now we know what's in the box.

Best team doesn't always win.

I like the way the Packers are playing right now. Hopefully their confidence, preparation and execution carries through another week.

The only way the Packers lose is if they beat themselves with dropped passes, special teams meltdowns, penalties and giveaways.

Even when this team is not clicking, they can still win. If the team is clicking on all cylinders, I don't seee who can beat them (other than themselves).

One thing that does worry me is Soldier Field. If it's cold, windy and the field is torn up, the talent gap between the Packers and Bears closes. Thats where the 'bone' comes into play....

Let me save somebody some time:

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I'm in a box.........

(There's a Youtube video out there for anything, it seems.)

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Originally posted by Ed Vedder:
Well, Chicago has had to overcome being quarterbacked by Cutler. That's no small accomplishment.

I can't believe how many times Sterile Johnson has been on his sack, talking about how good Va Jay is now. He's a poor man's Favre.

I think the Packers will beat the Bears, but I think on paper, this is a close contest. As was mentioned on TV, the Bears get enough push with the front four and often play 7 back. Also, it was said Rodgers loves a dome. Well, Chicago sure won't be a dome. As we know, the Bears have a far better special teams.

The Packers can't make mistakes, including ST's and they need to stop the Bears from getting too much push with the DL.

Bears need that push, probably need some ST success, and need for Cutler to play mistake-free.

I suppose when looking at the above, the tallest order will be for Cutler to play mistake-free, but man, this one looks too close to call, but I like the Pack in a tight one.

its the NFC Championship game, I don't expect anything to be easy

Another similarity between us and the 2007 New York Giants is that we both got rolling with a "respect loss" to the New England Patriots. Both teams got on a roll after that and had to go to the #2 seed/NFC North champs for the championship game.

I'm worried about the field too. It's the same for both teams though. What bothers me is how it could limit the Packers speed.

Overcome. Play our brand of football & we'll come out on top.

I hope the Jets make it past Pittsburgh but they won't. Provided the Packers can beat the Bears, I'd love a shot at the Jets.

Pittsburgh is right there. Their OL is suspect and GB would be able to contain them to an extent.

However, their defense is still elite. Troy Polamalu, Ryan Clark, James Harrison, etc won't whiff on sacks time after time like Atlanta did. Yes, Rodgers' athleticism helped out a lot of those plays but great tacklers like those guys aren't going to miss him that often in all likelihood.

I really hope it is that matchup though. Two of the most storied franchises in NFL history battling it out for the whole thing.

I do think Pittsburgh wins that game but they just lost to the Jets a few weeks ago on a nice drive at the end of the game to win it. Pitt had a chance at the end but didn't pull it off.

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
Asking people to click on a mime video is a pretty tall order.

You don't click on it, you just motion like you are...

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Originally posted by Boris:
I'm worried about the field too. It's the same for both teams though. What bothers me is how it could limit the Packers speed.

Yeah, I am a little worried the Packers have become a dome team.

Packers put up:
45 on the Giants when it was 25 degrees, wind chill of 19, 5 mph winds.
27 on the Pats when it was 32 degrees, wind chill of 25, 8 mph winds.
34 on the 49ers when it was 26 degrees, wind chill of 14, 16 mph winds.

While I agree, they very well may thrive on turf/dome, I hardly think this is a team that can't function in the elements.

The Bears field is garbage and that may be an issue, but they've proven they can score points outdoors in the cold, so I think calling them a dome team is a bit premature.

As for the field, I'd argue it favors the offense, in that they aren't reacting to moves like the defense. I think points will be scored, it's the defense being able to maintain footing that I think will be the biggest challenge.

I'm more concerned about the Bears staunch defense giving this team troubles than the mercury.

I'm more worried that MM might not sit the team down and explain to them how important it is to play well in this game.

Horse mouth Sharpe was going on and on about how the Packers won't put up 48 against the Bears D. No crap. Like the Bears offense has done much against the Packers D.

I'm more worried that our brand of football gets taken and replicated.

I was talking more about the slow track than the temperature.

Packers WRs and DBs thrive when they can be one step quicker than expected.

If Tramon Williams can't quite get to the ball for the interception, James Jones can't quite get behind the CB on a sideline fly pattern, Jennings can't make a quick cut and turn a 7 yard slant into a 70 yard TD.....stuff like that...this team thrives on quick moves.

I'm more worried that they won't take responsibility for their play.

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If Tramon Williams can't quite get to the ball for the interception, James Jones can't quite get behind the CB on a sideline fly pattern, Jennings can't make a quick cut and turn a 7 yard slant into a 70 yard TD.....stuff like that...this team thrives on quick moves.

To assume any of those things would have to assume the defensive players covering them experience the same problem.

What I wonder is what can we expect from the Packers O that they weren't able to do last time vs. CHI? Bears will stuff the run and they disrupted our receivers enough two weeks ago.

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Originally posted by Sally-Ka-Nancypants:
I'm more concerned about the Bears staunch defense giving this team troubles than the mercury.

I think it's safe to say that 10 points probably won't be enough and they'll need better point production than they got last meeting.

SCORE SOME POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! = win = SB

Absolutely FS. If this offense scores point, game over.

For whatever reason, Bears defense has stymied ARod the past few years. Whether "tight" or not, in the last game, we only put up 10 points.

Keys to me are Bulaga and Colledge on the o line, and the run game. The Falcons were able to get free runs at ARod because Colledge failed to pick up several stunts, and Bulaga has had his struggles recently. The run game will hopefully pull the Bears safeties out of their Tampa 2 cover.

Mayeb we can steal some ideas from the Patriots and Jets tapes and see how they were able to put up 35 plus points on the Bears at the end of the season.

It's going to come down to the OL again. Brady had time to execute their spread offense. Last game vs. CHI, Rodgers did not.

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Keys to me are Bulaga and Colledge on the o line, and the run game.

The other keys are turnovers and special teams. Packers cannot lose the turnover battle. Also will need Mastay to clone his last game versus the B**rs and hope the KO team doesn't hand this game on a platter to Chicago.

I'd rather Masthay have a game like he did last week against the Falcons.