12/12/2007
Packers win despite glaring flaws
Not only are the Green Bay Packers defying the odds with an 11-2 start to their season, they're deviating from the rules of logic, too. Really, who could have guessed that the second-most penalized team in the National Football League would be sporting division championship hats on Sunday with three games to go? Or that a cellar-dwelling running game wouldn't have brought the rest of the team down with it? [More]
Focus on more than homefield
Sure, life would be even better had they beaten the Dallas Cowboys and were in control of their own destiny in the race for the NFC's No. 1 playoff seed and homefield advantage throughout the postseason. Or had the Detroit Lions not lost to the Cowboys Sunday in the final seconds. But all things considered, the Green Bay Packers have it pretty good right now: They've wrapped up the NFC North title, their magic number for clinching a first-round playoff bye is two, they're relatively healthy by NFL late-season standards, and they believe they have so much depth at certain positions they can afford to rotate in different players for experience-gaining purposes without risking their chances of winning. [More]
Low hits on Favre irk Packers' McCarthy
Packers coach Mike McCarthy says a hit that Oakland Raiders defensive end Derrick Burgess made on Brett Favre was low and unnecessary. Favre, making his 250th consecutive start, got hit twice by Burgess, once on a play before the two-minute warning at the end of the first half that left Favre limping in Green Bay's 38-7 victory on Sunday. "It was one of those 'Ooooh' (hits)," Favre said after the game. "It didn't particularly feel good and it was an awkward way to fall for me." Favre fell from the contact, which caused his legs to stiffen from the shot to the shin. McCarthy wasn't as upset on that play as the one later in the second half, when Burgess caught Favre around the lower part of the knee. "The (first) he was in contact with the tackle and then was pushed a little, but the other one he went low on him," McCarthy said Monday. "It was clearly evident. It was unnecessary." [More]
Barnett set for eye check
Packers linebacker Nick Barnett was scheduled to go to an eye doctor on Monday after he said he was poked in a dirty play by Raiders center Jeremy Newberry. Barnett claimed that Newberry intentionally poked him in the left eye as the first half was winding down, but Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he didn't see it when reviewing the game tapes on Monday. Barnett complained of double vision and said that the cornea of his eye was scratched, even though he returned to the game after putting on a protective visor. [More]
Not only are the Green Bay Packers defying the odds with an 11-2 start to their season, they're deviating from the rules of logic, too. Really, who could have guessed that the second-most penalized team in the National Football League would be sporting division championship hats on Sunday with three games to go? Or that a cellar-dwelling running game wouldn't have brought the rest of the team down with it? [More]
Focus on more than homefield
Sure, life would be even better had they beaten the Dallas Cowboys and were in control of their own destiny in the race for the NFC's No. 1 playoff seed and homefield advantage throughout the postseason. Or had the Detroit Lions not lost to the Cowboys Sunday in the final seconds. But all things considered, the Green Bay Packers have it pretty good right now: They've wrapped up the NFC North title, their magic number for clinching a first-round playoff bye is two, they're relatively healthy by NFL late-season standards, and they believe they have so much depth at certain positions they can afford to rotate in different players for experience-gaining purposes without risking their chances of winning. [More]
Low hits on Favre irk Packers' McCarthy
Packers coach Mike McCarthy says a hit that Oakland Raiders defensive end Derrick Burgess made on Brett Favre was low and unnecessary. Favre, making his 250th consecutive start, got hit twice by Burgess, once on a play before the two-minute warning at the end of the first half that left Favre limping in Green Bay's 38-7 victory on Sunday. "It was one of those 'Ooooh' (hits)," Favre said after the game. "It didn't particularly feel good and it was an awkward way to fall for me." Favre fell from the contact, which caused his legs to stiffen from the shot to the shin. McCarthy wasn't as upset on that play as the one later in the second half, when Burgess caught Favre around the lower part of the knee. "The (first) he was in contact with the tackle and then was pushed a little, but the other one he went low on him," McCarthy said Monday. "It was clearly evident. It was unnecessary." [More]
Barnett set for eye check
Packers linebacker Nick Barnett was scheduled to go to an eye doctor on Monday after he said he was poked in a dirty play by Raiders center Jeremy Newberry. Barnett claimed that Newberry intentionally poked him in the left eye as the first half was winding down, but Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he didn't see it when reviewing the game tapes on Monday. Barnett complained of double vision and said that the cornea of his eye was scratched, even though he returned to the game after putting on a protective visor. [More]
Published by PackerPundit On Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 5:06 AM.
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