This ain't Jan. 2011

I'd feel a lot better if the offense had looked better against a terrible Bears defense.

Yes everything was not perfect on offense but I believe that had more to do with getting everyone back in synch. I don't think it had as much to do with the offense not having the ability to perform at a higher level. Cannot ask for much more than win the game you need to and still not have everything going perfect. Warts? Yes, but many of  the things that happened they will be able to work on and address.

 

This gives them a real week (without the drama) to hit it hard. I think this week will be closer to what we and they expect. I also think that we might see more Starks.

 

Listening to the Score and they are giving Packers and AR props for being that proficient even after the layoff. I have to agree.

No, our defense will not hold them to 24-27 points.

 

Will we beat the Niners? My heart says yes, my head says no way. Can you add a "cross my heart we win" category?  

On paper, the 49ers should ring up over 30 points.  Just have to hope some guys on D play a little bit smarter and harder than they have for the past 9-10 weeks to slow them enough to let Rodgers/Lacy and co. work their magic.

Am I terrified of Dom's ability to school up a LB group that includes Mulumba, Palmer, Hawk, Jones, a beaten up Neal and an obviously rattled Nick Perry to defend the read option in 6 days after watching Walden chase things the way a near sighted puppy would chase a tennis ball last year???

On a scale of 1-10.... I'll go with 117.

It will all come down to turnovers due to the weather. Any of you live in the far upper mid-west know what I mean.  10 degrees in November seems cold, 10 degrees in Jan. not so much.  Our guys are used to the cold and the 49ers  are not be it toting the rock or making tackles. While Packers may practice inside the Hutson Center the doors will be open to simulate game time temps. The Whiners can not do that. Yes, it does make a difference.  Packers will win a close one.  Maybe like 24-23 or even 34-33.

It's house money now, baby.

I'll bite.

 

As I will be rooting for the upset....I do believe the Whiners have the better team at this point.  Cold or not....I think it will be difficult to contain their offense based on what we've seen with Dom's Defense.  

 

Also, the Whiners have a better defense than the Bears.  It will be tough to squeeze points onto the scoreboard against both their defense and the cold.

 

But....the only variable that no one knows how it will effect the Whiners....the COLD....so, let's put on the pads and see what happens.  The Packers have a lot of heart and maybe their desire to get back at the CheatHawks will lift them to victory...who knows...weirder stuff has hapapened....who would've thunk Rodgers could throw a fumble for a TD...maybe the football gods are on our side this year?

 

we don't have erik walden and we're at home. should be a good game. but I don't have much faith that we'll pull it off. 

I just hope Clay reminds them they can hit Kaperdick on read option plays.

This.

 

This 49er team is every bit as potent as the one that drubbed the Pack last year. Only difference is this year, their conference is stronger and we get to play them earlier as a wild card. It's great to have Rodgers and Cobb back and with Lacy/Starks they should be able to put some long drives together and keep Kaepernick off the field a little more. But with little to no pass rush, I have a hard time seeing the Packers D keep them under 35. Can Rodgers put up more? He'll need some help from ST, but it's possible.

Early forecast for 3:30 Sunday   16 degrees 9 mile an hour northerly wind.

This will impact SF more than the Packers....Bouldin will still be nails---but Crabtree and Kapernick are pussies....great athletes, but not much for big hits---that cold weather will impact them.

 

The Packers will need some luck---and they are due...three kapernick turnovers are a possibility...it could happen.

A few years ago, the Saints were supposed to go into Seattle and destroy a weak 7-9 Seahawks team.  Anything can happen in the playoffs.

I think a lot of teams and fans are overlooking SF because of Seattle's gaudy record but the Niners won 12 games in a tough division.   Still,  they are going on the road and have to play in a different environment than they are used to.  I think that helps the Packers close the gap somewhat but if GB plays like they did yesterday they will get beat by double digits.   Can't have 3 turnovers deep in the other teams territory and they need TDs not FGs.   They also can't allow SF to have ridiculous long returns or give up multiple big plays on D.

I just about had "written-off" the Packers for getting into the playoffs this year.  Guess what?   I had some misgivings about McCarthy's influence on this team and guess what?  Thought Rodgers return may end in despair rather than joy.  And again, guess what?

 

So I ain't pre-disposing anything anymore anytime for the rest of January.  The Packers are home vs SF and the weather and crowd will be in their favor.  Plus there is revenge lurking and SF might be a little over-confident too.

So GO PACKERS!

besides the cold, don't discount that 4 hour plane ride east.

every time the NYG travel to Phoenix or further west I bet against them and it pays off more than it loses.

I go into every game expecting the GBP to win no matter what the odds.  So this weekend is no different.   If everyone would please sacrifice an additional 2500 brain cells to the football gods during this week they may continue to give us blocked kick first downs and fumble TDs.  do your part! 

GO PACK GO!

This may blasphemy but the Niners are a better all around team....but they did lose 4 games so they can be beat.  IF the D can be stout when it counts and make them kick a couple of field goals and IF the ST's can minimize their returns and give the O decent field position and IF the O line holds up the Pack will win.

 

Lot of ifs but I have a good feeling about this team and the situation they are in.  Rodgers and company can score in the 30's in any weather so keeping SF at or below 30 will do it.  IMO Dom is coaching not only for his job but for his legacy and he will rise to the occasion.

 

Put me down as a YES!

RE: the "travel disadvantage" for SF - some reporter did a stats analysis of teams travelling W vs teams travelling E (2 time zones I think) and found the teams travelling W for noon games always had the harder time because their body clocks had them playing earlier in the day (9 or 10am) than they were accustomed to.  It did not hinder a team travelling E. 

 

While the ingredients are there for a SF blowout win, I think it will be closer than people guess but SF just being a bit too much to handle.  They are relatively healthy again and GB is, well, not. (JJ, CM, CH, JF, BB)

 

Surely not a game changing factor for this matchup but let's just put that myth to rest.  The cold would be more of a factor than the time zone.

dream from heaven....bring their candystick asses to the tundra.

 

Kaeperdumdum won't be able to get his pussy ass back to the sideline heaters quick enough.

No Clay, no Collins, no Jenkins, no Bishop and no Woodson.  Got it.

 

The Packers modus operandi has been draft and develop. 

 

Guys like Raji, Jennings, Perry, Neal and House need to play with a purpose this next month or so.

 

Otherwise, it's just draft and draft and draft.

 

 

The defense is what it is, which is lacking ...

So IMO, the special teams need to come up big and the Pack can have NO Turnovers for the Pack to keep it close to the end. (which is all the underdog can ask for).

 

Like someone already said here, we are playing with House money so Win or Lose I can enjoy this one. The Bear game I expected victory.

22, 28 and 31

 

Those are the points the Packers scored against the Niners in the last 3 games.....with no running game. 

 

Lacy and Starks and a much improved offensive line supporting the run will make the Packers offense that much better.  I know they had trouble getting in the endzone against the Bears, but that was AR's first game back.  he'll have another week to prepare along with Cobb.  And AR also threw two picks on the Bears side of the field.

 

407 and 348

 

That's the passing yards the vaunted Niner D gave up in the past two games to Palmer and Ryan.  Sorry, but GB's offense is way more explosive than those two teams.

 

 

The Packers will be underdogs, and quite frankly, aren't as good at this point as the Niners.  But it's the playoffs, and anything can happen.  The Packer D isn't very good, but Rodgers makes it better.  And the D doesn't have to be great, just good enough.

I just hope the Big Dog's ankle is better this week.  Eddie was gutting it out but sure looked gimpy at various points yesterday.  If he were a full go I'd feel a lot more confident.  Give Navarro, Willis, and Whitner a dose of their own medicine all game long.

Buncha whiney pussy eeyore's around here starting at the top....this aint Tolzzzzzzzzzziens packers

In addition to the 755 yards passing the 9ers gave up the past couple weeks, read this morning one of their starting CB's was having an MRI today for a bad hammy that forced him out of yesterdays game.

 

The cold is going to hurt their kicker and punter more so than ours as we are used to it. Can their kicker hit a clutch FG? Crosby can in this weather.

 

BTW, its still below 0 here today and likely to remain in single digits most of the week. So by game time a temp of 16 will seem warm to the Pack, but miserable to the whiners.

 

Might be a nail biter game until the end, hope the Pack can pull out a win.

The defense has been pretty awful lately. They'll need to fix some things if they're going to stop the Niners. But I don't think it will be like the Divisional Round last year. Niners aren't the same beast on offense. 

 

It's been said many times. But the absolute truth is: As long as we have Aaron Rodgers, we have a chance. He's a once in a generation type player. 

D gave up 34 to them in Week 1 when they were probably playing better than they are now(they at least stopped the run that day)

 

GB will need to average 30+ PPG throughout this playoffs IMO...and hope the D can get some momentum shifting turnovers

 

Niners should be favored and are the better overall team, but I felt they were much stronger last season. Their D can be exploited more this year and Rodgers carved them up in Week 1. My head says the Niners will still win, but eff it

 

Pack - 31

Niners - 27

Pack +2.5.  The only home team not favored.

 

I took the ML at 2.25. 

I think the Packers will lose,  the difference is the defenses. The really difference is the big hole the Packers have at safety.

But a nice cold day who knows.

 

Plenty of reasons listed above. Don't know why, but I just got a good feeling this week. I like the match-up. Yes

Best thing for the Packers is for the Whiners to come in here with a very inflated ego thinking this game is in the bag. We've seen that time and again in the playoff where the "better" team vastly underestimates their opponent and they are 1 and done.

 

Could easily see that happening..

Bears defense played with a lot more energy than in recent weeks, probably due to Briggs being out there for his second game in a row (he looked much faster than vs, Eagles)...given that, we still scored 33 pts., had 470 yards of total offense. I am not worried about the offense. Raji & Pickett are the keys to our defense. In last years playoff game they looked like they were on roller skates which allowed the 49ers to run between the tackles, which set up the option runs. Pass defense will be better than first game of season but we must stop Gore on early downs....and/or win the turnover battle by at least 2. 

CHI has the #2 scoring offense in the NFL and the Packers beat them, in their place, to win the NFC-N Championship.

Although past performance may not be a predictor of future results, our defensive performance in playoff games over the last few years has been hideous. Until I see anything that changes this, I've got to say the Niners will walk all over us.

If our defense is sketchy, the offense would have to play perfect football; no TO's, drive-killing penalties, or other self-inflicted mistakes, and would likely have to score on most (if not all) possessions. That's a tall order for a healthy team that's playing well, much less a banged-up unit that's missing starters.

I'll always give this year's team a puncher's chance; their comeback victories and gritty resolve deserve that, but the Niners aren't the Cowboys or Bears.

 

We trade punches all game long, but the Niners' defense is one punch better than our D. (Actually, the Niners' D is a whole lot better than our D but we play somewhat inspired while the Niners play cold.)

I can't see us holding them under 34 points.   

 

The one advantage we have over past years is the ability to control the TOP with a solid run game.. Mike doesn't always seem interested in that.

 

37 - 27 Niners

 

Over / Under is 48.5... Take out a 2nd mortgage. 

Didn't take me long to decide where I stand on the SF game.

We owe them an ass beating. And that's exactly what they're going to get.

I believe AR has a lot of pent up frustration. He needed to shake off a little rust.

It's not revenge he's after. It's the reckoning.

Sounds like the opening of MM's team talk this week, Chilli!