Well folks.....here we are.
Raise your hand if any of you honestly had this Packer team in the NFC Championship Game.
What?? I don't see any hands.
Here's the updated odds on 538
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Nope I will be honest and say there was no way I would have thought the Packers would have gotten to the playoffs much less the NFCCG. WTF? they are even below the Titans for winning the Super Bowl? It will be that much sweeter when they go to SF and take care of business!
I didn’t think they would be here. Why not make the most of it?
Jimmy G is not Wilson but as a team the Niners are much better.
I still say the 49ers defense if really good but I truly think they are beatable and not some juggernaut that people think they are. I just saw the Packers are a 8 point underdog next weekend and some think it could be 10 points by game time.
I haven't yet broken out in a cold sweat thinking about what George Kittle might do to our defense but it will probably happen some night this week at like 3 am. He's not as good as Julio Jones was for the Falcons in 2016, but he's kind of their matchup problem for us.
The good news, the Pack's D is vastly better than they were in 2016 when Shanahan's offense destroyed us. The bad news.... our defense is still inconsistent enough that I still think the Pack will need to score 30 points or more to win this one.
The good news is the Packer defense won't be facing another mobile QB that can do things Russell Wilson can. The Niners are a formidable challenge but not unbeatable.
Garapollo gets rid of the ball quickly with short passes. His receivers get a lot of yards after the catch. I hope ABM and MLF come up with solid game plans to counter SF.
fightphoe93 posted:The good news, the Pack's D is vastly better than they were in 2016 when Shanahan's offense destroyed us.
The Packers were down to like their 6th string DB's. Packers were never winning that game in 2016 unless their preferred starters magically healed. Anyway......
You guys like dat? 538 has Titans with a better shot to win the Super Bowl with Tannehill at QB than the Packers do with Rodgers at QB. LMAO!
packerboi posted:House.
Money.
Was wondering where you were during the game. Must've been busy writing emails to Bill Michael's. 😆
538 is bullshit.
Vegas has their own odds and it is KC, SF, GB , TN in that order, exactly like it should be.
You could have gotten TN +10,000 to win the SB at the beginning of the season. (wins 10K with a $100 bet) Packers were 1800, KC 800, SF 2400.
I really didn't think they would be in the NFCC. I predicted before the season that this team was a contender provided Rodgers was healthy, but I didn't think they would be a LEGIT contender. I won't say I will be happy just making the playoffs or winning a playoff game, this team is actually good and there's no reason they shouldn't win a SB, but the progress made after the last two years is very satisfying. Hindsight is 20/20 and there's things I wish Gute had done different with personnel (re-sign Cobb, re-sign Breeland), but it's hard to complain about anything right now.
I thought they could get here if Rodgers went off in the playoffs. I did not expect them to have a bye and win with ball control offense and solid D.
Kudus to Gute and MLF.
I pegged them at third in the North and missing the playoffs based on last year's schedule and games, a new coach, and how much further ahead of GB it appeared the Bears and Vikings were.
Kudos, kudos, kudos, to MLF and the coaching staff, and to Guter and his staff for putting this show together. What. A. Year.
I had said that they would likely struggle early in the season as they adapted to a new coach and scheme, but that by end of season they would be a team nobody would want to play. Imagined a wild card spot, but not the NFCCG. Everything at this point is gravy.
I thought they'd struggle early on with all the changes and possibly round into form by December and maybe make it in as a WC with some help. On the other hand, the offense is still not there and likely won't be this season. We'll see if the O working at about 85% will be enough to beat SF.
Fandame posted:I pegged them at third in the North and missing the playoffs based on last year's schedule and games, a new coach, and how much further ahead of GB it appeared the Bears and Vikings were.
Kudos, kudos, kudos, to MLF and the coaching staff, and to Guter and his staff for putting this show together. What. A. Year.
I also had them 3rd in the division and I thought they would be a year away from the playoffs and never thought they would get this far. After the losses in California this team could have fallen apart but MLF and leadership on this team righted the ship and got even better.
Not to shabby for the worst 14-3 team in football history.
I think the coaching staff and the Youngster at the helm deserve boatloads of credit. No one, no one had this team going this far. They have stumbled and bumbled their way to a 14 and 3 record while playing few complete games. Lots of hold together glue and calmness has been dished out from the helm and it must not have been the normal coach blah, blah, blah bs.
The guys have bought in and they believe.
Why not us?
chip and a chair. love that we are severe underdogs.
Timpranillo posted:I deleted that thread. It was beyond the point of stupidity.
And, I think this is a Super Bowl year. Defense will be improved. Offense will start a bit "slow" but be dominant by the time the playoffs start. Aaron Jones will become a top tier RB in this system.
It's been 70's and sunny pretty much every day in Portland this summer. We had a couple days in 90's but it's been perfect.
Written 7/19/19 in a PM to a few folks
I think I had them at 10 wins with a loss at the Saints in the divisional round.
Timpranillo posted:Timpranillo posted:I deleted that thread. It was beyond the point of stupidity.
And, I think this is a Super Bowl year. Defense will be improved. Offense will start a bit "slow" but be dominant by the time the playoffs start. Aaron Jones will become a top tier RB in this system.
It's been 70's and sunny pretty much every day in Portland this summer. We had a couple days in 90's but it's been perfect.
Written 7/19/19 in a PM to a few folks
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Tavis Smiley posted:Timpranillo posted:Timpranillo posted:I deleted that thread. It was beyond the point of stupidity.
And, I think this is a Super Bowl year. Defense will be improved. Offense will start a bit "slow" but be dominant by the time the playoffs start. Aaron Jones will become a top tier RB in this system.
It's been 70's and sunny pretty much every day in Portland this summer. We had a couple days in 90's but it's been perfect.
Written 7/19/19 in a PM to a few folks
Just raising my hand per the OP
I think the Chiefs vs. Packers Super Bowl is inevitable. State Farm Insurance is going to pay off all the NFL ref crews enough to make sure those teams win. Then State Farm is going to run the Mahomes/Rodgers State Farm commercial over and over and over during the Super Bowl. After that, State Farm will overtake Amazon as one of the largest companies in the world. This is their chance at global domination of everything!! 
AtTheMurph posted:You could have gotten TN +10,000 to win the SB at the beginning of the season. (wins 10K with a $100 bet) Packers were 1800, KC 800, SF 2400.
Don't know where you're pulling those odds from but a REAL ticket. Here are the odds I have on 2 real tickets
Packers +1500 (me)
SF +2500 (Wifey)
That's right.....one of us is going to have a live ticket to the big dance.
We are playing with house money at this point. Everyone knows it so the pressure is all on SF. Packers will play free and loose while Jimmy G will be fully clinched from the get go.
If they get a bounce or a roll to go their way they will win.
My quick 2 cents on NFCCG.
Jimmy G will give GB some opportunities to take the ball away. Over the last month GB secondary has had many, many opportunities to get the ball. They haven’t converted those opportunities. King’s drop on an easy pick last night being the most recent missed opportunity.
In order to win next week. GB needs to not miss the chances Jimmy G will present to them.