The season is 4 quarters - Q1 complete

let's hope the "they play well on the road" business is still rolling. wouldn't be the end of the world to go 3-1 but I'm hoping for 4-0 at this point. I don't fear Houston. they're good but they're not anything we haven't seen already. St Louis could be the perfect "looking past them" game. gotta stick to one game at at time and give everybody a punch in the mouth.

Three road games in domes. Time for Aaron's favorite shoes to come out.

Can't wait for the Va-JJ Watt Bowl. Much like the Russell Favre Bowl, the Badger fans will be oh so torn! Cheer for the Packers or cheer for my college crush?!?! Sophie's Choice. Yeah I'm talking to you JJWattSD.

Anything but 3-1 is not acceptable at this point. When the schedule came out I thought @Houston could be a loss, I haven’t changed my view. I think we need to be 5-3 at the halfway mark and personally believe we must win the division to get into the playoffs this year. Nothing has been easy and now we get a Colts team playing for their coach who is in the hospital.

I'll take 3-1. 100% of the attention needs to be on Indy. GB can't afford a bad loss thanks to the Seattle debacle. Indy, Jax, or STL would qualify. It sucks but that's the way it is.

A bit off topic but 2012 has the feeling of 2010 right now. Coming off a crushing playoff loss the team has scuffled a bit out of the gate. Clearly not hitting on all cylinders trying to find an identity.

Improve a little more each week and get to the bye 6-3.

Houston is really going to be tough. Hopefully the Pack handles that cut blocking scheme better than the '97 Pack did vs. the Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII. Essentially, the '12 Texans are the new incarnation of the late '90s Broncos with Arian Foster playing the Terrell Davis/Olandis Gary/Mike Anderson role. They probably don't run the ball quite as well as those Broncos teams, but Foster is a better receiver out of the backfield than Davis ever was.

I'll be honest, if the Pack doesn't win it all this year, I wouldn't mind seeing Houston do it. Matt Schaub is the key, he tends to either not stay healthy or at times underachieves just when you think he's got it all figured out.

yes, really need a 3-1 and the loss CAN NOT be against St. Louis.

the Pack will have 5 of their first 6 games be "national" games. It's been either the national late game on Sunday, MNF, TNF, and the Houston game will be a SNF. I know as a viewer I'm more hyped up for these big games, I'm wondering if the players feel differently about these game compared to a Nooner on Sunday. Maybe the with the Indy game they will be more relaxed, hopefully still focused, but relaxed and do some damage.

Hopefully most of them prefer a nooner on Sunday.

I'm good with a nooner any day of the week.

What time do you generally schedule those for?

When you have Excellent Hair, you probably don't even have to schedule.

Excellent point.

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Originally posted by Grave Digger:
Can't wait for the Va-JJ Watt Bowl. Much like the Russell Favre Bowl, the Badger fans will be oh so torn! Cheer for the Packers or cheer for my college crush?!?! Sophie's Choice. Yeah I'm talking to you JJWattSD.

Yep, looking forward to that, Ill be at the game. Shouting GO PACK GO !!!

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Originally posted by Grave Digger:
Can't wait for the Va-JJ Watt Bowl. Much like the Russell Favre Bowl, the Badger fans will be oh so torn! Cheer for the Packers or cheer for my college crush?!?! Sophie's Choice. Yeah I'm talking to you JJWattSD.

JJ Watt is a terrible fit for a 3-4 defense.

There is no choice. Anyone trying to harm the interests of the GBP is not getting any love from me.

How about you and your love of duh SEC? It's a good thing GB doesn't play the Jets, or you'd probably be crying with your Tebow doll in the corner.

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Originally posted by Talkin2Phil:
Maybe the with the Indy game they will be more relaxed, hopefully still focused, but relaxed and do some damage.

I think part of it is living up to the incredibly high standards they set last year. It's only natural for guys to want to exceed what they did the year before and set lofty goals for the offense.

I also think getting adjusted to the new booth set up without Philbin may be a factor. There's no way to practice for the fog of the game until you actually do it. I'd expect any wrinkles they have with those procedures will get smoothed out as the season moves along. I also like your point about the dome games coming up. Should be to our favor.

Really looking forward to the Houston game. Could be in position to hand Houston their first loss.

Hope the Packers aren't looking that far ahead. But Rodgers should be licking his chops for the Indy game. Only difficulty I see is Indy's d line, which has been pretty good at rushing the passer.

And don't forget, Indy is the only team to have beaten the division leading Minnesota Vikings.

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Originally posted by JJWattSD:

JJ Watt is a terrible fit for a 3-4 defense.

There is no choice. Anyone trying to harm the interests of the GBP is not getting any love from me.

How about you and your love of duh SEC? It's a good thing GB doesn't play the Jets, or you'd probably be crying with your Tebow doll in the corner.

Yeah right. As soon as the 34 pretENDer gets a sack I'm sure you're going to be clutching your Watt Badger jersey with a big smile on your face and joy in your heart knowing JJ is making you proud!

I think Freeney is still out with a high ankle sprain at least. I think the Packers will also get riled up that Indy is where they wanted to be at the end of the season last year. They may take this as an opportunity to put on a Superbowl worthy performance.

@ St. Louis will be an interesting game.

Rams have a good secondary and a solid front 4. Similar to Seattle. Should be a good test.

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Originally posted by titmfatied:
I think the Packers will also get riled up that Indy is where they wanted to be at the end of the season last year. They may take this as an opportunity to put on a Superbowl worthy performance.

Wow.

You have some reach.

I thought the Packers would play better in Seattle because Seattle was in the Super Bowl once.

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Originally posted by Grave Digger:

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Originally posted by JJWattSD:
How about you and your love of duh SEC? It's a good thing GB doesn't play the Jets, or you'd probably be crying with your Tebow doll in the corner.

Yeah right. As soon as the 34 pretENDer gets a sack I'm sure you're going to be clutching your Watt Badger jersey with a big smile on your face and joy in your heart knowing JJ is making you proud!

This thread isn't the same without TD.

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
You have some reach.

too outside the box?

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Originally posted by titmfatied:

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
You have some reach.

too outside the box?

As long as that reach is not "around", I'm good.

One at a time... 2-3 is not good.

But yes... we need to be no worse than 5-3 at the halfway point.