The Time is now Packers!

The Packers go into Houston tonight as a 2-3 football team. Forget about losing the opener at home vs the 49ers, forget about being Screwed in Seattle by the Replacement Refs and blowing a 21-3 halftime lead at Indianapolis and let's even forget about all the injuries. The Packers should have won all three of those games and be 5-0 right now like the Texans are but we are not, we must accept this reality!

However, do not mistake this for any indication of who will win this game. Let's examine the true and meaningful realities:

Quarterback: Advantage Packers with MVP Aaron Rodgers
Running back: Advantage Texans with Arian Foster
Wide Receivers: Advantage Packers with Nelson, Jones, and Cobb. None of them are better than Andre Johnson of the Texans but beyond him, what do they really have?
Offensive Line: Advantage Texans
Special Teams: Advantage Texans, the Packers would be better in this category except for the fact that Mason Crosby has never become the reliable kicker we thought he would turn into
Defense: Advantage Texans as they one of the better ones in the NFL (led by J.J. Watt) even after losing Brian Cushing for the season and the Packers Defense is a Work-in-Progress
Home Team: Advantage Texans

This looks like a 5-2 advantage overall for this undefeated team from HOUSTON, but the things that makes the NFL so great and can not be overlooked will not be overlooked here.

Teams get overconfident and lose that edge sometimes especially at home (case in point: when the Chiefs came to Green Bay and beat an undefeated Packer team last season)

Teams that have finally arrived playing on the National stage of Sunday Night Football. Can the Texans handle this? The Packers have been here, done this, many times.

Often the team who "wants it more" gets the win and the team who "needs it more" is usually the one who "wants it more" The Packers want and need this one badly. A 2-4 start in the NFC this season would be very hard to recover from. If this is going to be a good season THE TIME IS NOW to start playing like champions.

For the Texans, who are from the "weaker" AFC, losing a non-conference game is no big deal at all. It would not figure into any tie-breaker scenarios as they try to  win home field throughout the AFC Playoffs. A loss  would take away the pressure of trying to go 16-0.

These three advantages even things up at 5-5 but clearly these final three things are more important than the seven before them. They explain why there are so many upsets in the NFL.

Therefore I am very confident that the Packers will emerge victorious. It really is the best thing for both teams and the league itself if Green Bay wins. It will be fun to be the underdog.

If you are still not sure always look at the Quarterbacks to decide. Aaron Rodgers has had a slow start to this 2012 season but he is still better that Matt Scaub who is good but not an "elite" Quarterback!

I've been waitin all week for Sunday Night and now it is less than 18 hours away. "CAN'T WAIT"