No pro-football thread here???

[drothgery]

But, hey, we're 6-1 this year, better than I think anyone expected, though I keep wondering, "how the hell did we do that?"

Yeah. I mean, I was a lot more optimistic than most people about this year. I figured 10-6, winning the division (figuring on the Bears getting worse), and maybe even a playoff game was plausible. But I didn't think we'd be 6-1 after 7 games -- and a few crazy bad luck plays from 7-0 (of course, we're also a few crazy bad luck plays from 5-2 or 4-3, but who cares?).

 

[kenobi65]

Packers at 7-1 now. Not a pretty win, but I'll take it.

 

[Ilium]

But Detroit is 6 and 2, right? And Minnesota won big today. The packers are not running away with it by any means.

I thought the division was supposed to be weak?

 

[kenobi65]

But Detroit is 6 and 2, right? And Minnesota won big today. The packers are not running away with it by any means.

I thought the division was supposed to be weak?

Yup, the Leos look real, too, at 6-2. Minnesota's only 3-5 (as are the Bears), and completely one-dimensional on offense, but that one dimension is pretty damned scary.

 

[kenobi65]

Well, the end of that Colts-Bolts game was pretty wild. Lesson to be taken from that: don't get cute. One wonders if Vinatieri's kick would have been good from 5 yards closer, if the Colts hadn't tried to draw San Diego offsides, and gotten caught for illegal procedure in the process.

And, the Packers looked great against Minnesota. 8-1, I just can't believe it!

 

[Ilium]

Well, the end of that Colts-Bolts game was pretty wild. Lesson to be taken from that: don't get cute. One wonders if Vinatieri's kick would have been good from 5 yards closer, if the Colts hadn't tried to draw San Diego offsides, and gotten caught for illegal procedure in the process.

And, the Packers looked great against Minnesota. 8-1, I just can't believe it!

I was definitely doing my happy dance yesterday. The Packers not only won big, they looked really convincing doing it. After what Minnesota did to San Diego, I was pretty worried.

So...The Packers beat the Chargers. The Chargers beat the Colts. The Colts are, by anybody's estimation, an amazing team. But the Bears beat the Packers.

This league hurts my head. I guess that's why the play the games, huh?

 

[GlassJaw]

Well, the end of that Colts-Bolts game was pretty wild. Lesson to be taken from that: don't get cute. One wonders if Vinatieri's kick would have been good from 5 yards closer, if the Colts hadn't tried to draw San Diego offsides, and gotten caught for illegal procedure in the process.

The Colts-Chargers game was great to watch but man, both teams looked horrible. For as bad as the Colts played, the Chargers were lucky to win and won despite Norv's horrible coaching and play-calling. Take away one punt return, one Manning pick, one Adam missed FG, whatever and the Colts win.

Here's an interesting article about how the Chargers felt after the game.

 

[kenobi65]

The Colts-Chargers game was great to watch but man, both teams looked horrible.

At least the Colts had the excuse of being injury-ravaged. By the end of the game, they had Manning, Addai, Wayne, and the equipment manager's kid suited up.

 

[sydbar]

You need to remember, Bears-Packers games never follow the rules, when they play its a toss up on who will win, the whole NFC north is like that, but Bears-Packers games are almost always great games, and you never know who will win. The Bears and Packers also are the only teams that play true football in the NFC north, since both teams play in the weather, and the fans still pack the stands, no matter how bad the weather is. If our running game can keep getting better, the Packers should be able to go deep in the playoffs.

 

[kenobi65]

You need to remember, Bears-Packers games never follow the rules, when they play its a toss up on who will win

Particularly the games at Green Bay, in the past few years (really, ever since the "Walter Payton Game", the week that Payton died, when the Bears blocked the winning FG).

The Packers have some challenging games coming up -- road games at Detroit on Thanksgiving (a short week to prepare, and their play on Turkey Day has not always been the best), then at Dallas (a game I have to believe Dallas will win).

Still, it's entirely possible that the Packers could wind up with 12 or 13 wins, and a first-round bye.. That's just wild.