The New York Nightmare!

I am not upset about the loss, I knew it was a tough task going into the home of the champs without Greg Jennings, Clay Matthews, Charles Woodson, and Sam Shields just to name a few BUT I disagreed with nearly decision that Mike McCarthy made after the game started poorly. Running the ball as often as you pass it in a game where you lose 38-10 can only be considered giving up.

It is clear to me that even though the Defense the Kicker are problems, the biggest problem is the Offensive Line. It needs to improve NOW!

MVP’s to Jordy Nelson for the nice long TD play and Dezmand Moses for his sack of Eli Manning.

Without Clay Matthews the Packer Defense Sacks the Lions playoff hopes!

Green Bay 24 Detroit 20

Maybe not what we expected but again, a win is a win is a win. All is well that ends well and in the end Aaron Rodgers threw his second touchdown pass to Randall Cobb with 1:55 to play to lift visiting Green Bay to its fifth consecutive victory.

I knew the Offense could struggle a bit vs that Lions front four without Bryan Bulaga. We continue to try to run the ball but can only muster 3 yards per carry even with James Starks back. Thankfully we did enough to win and nobody else was injured. Still, we are so thin on the OL that another injury there could spell doom.

When it came down to the drive with just minutes left down 20-14 there was no doubt in my mind that Aaron Rodgers would find a way to win it, and he did. Therefore he gets my game MVP over Randall Cobb who deserves it again. It seems like Rodgers deserves it almost every week and does not get it, therefore this one goes to Aaron.

The Special Teams gives us a lot to be happy about yet again EXCEPT for Mason Crosby who nearly lost the game for us. The Packers won't be replacing him so we must just all hope that he gains back his confidence in time to help the Packers win these big upcoming games. I never thought Jarrett Bush would become this good of a player but please Packers, keep him on Special Teams where he knows what he is doing.

The Defense flat out won this game for us. Without Clay Matthews and still no Charles Woodson, the Defense held a good Offense to just 20 points and at the end when forced to stop Megatron one more time they did it!  There is a lot of deserving guys again this week for the Defensive game MVP but M.D. Jennings brought back one of the picks 72 yards for a score. When you get a pick 6 you usually win, he really picked up the slack for the Offense in this one.

With the 49ers blowing out the Bears tonight as I expected, here are the Current NFC North standings: 

Packers 7-3 

Bears 7-3 

Vikings 6-4 

Lions 4-6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Packers in good position after the bye but injuries must stop!

The Packers continue to suffer from injuries but continue to keep winning which is all that matters. Even though his completion percentage was under 50, which rarely happens to Aaron Rodgers, he still threw four Touchdown passes. Randall Cobb caught two of them and again earns my award for MVP on Offense. Both Alex Green and James Starks ran well giving the Packers something close to a real running game. Tom Crabtree had a huge Touchdown and an outstanding block on Special Teams which he just got fined for which is just wrong.

The Defense also had it's share of candidates:

Ryan Pickett: It seems like week after week, Ryan Pickett wades in against 625 pounds of double-team blocking, seldom gets turned or displaced and many more times than not makes sure both of the O-linemen stay on him instead of getting to the second level. 

B.J. Raji had some strong bull rushes against the weak middle of the Arizona line but wasn't able to finish, partially because his bad ankle limits his ability to make sharp cuts. 

Mike Neal powered past LG Daryn Colledge for a sack and a knockdown

Mike Daniels beat the former Packer for a sack, too. It's just so much easier walking back Colledge than most guards. I am giving my Defensive MVP to him because it was a very impressive play at a very important time in the game. The rookies continue to contribute to this team.

The Special Teams was impressive again and the team overall only had one penalty in this game. Mike McCarthy said he would clean things up and he does not disappoint. It seems like he should be coach of the year every season!

The 31-17 score did not say enough about how great both teams really played this game. Anyway, the packers are 6-3 now, every team has played at least 9 games and if the season were to end now the Pack would be in. Trailing the Bears by only one game now I really am looking forward to re-claiming the top spot when the Packers play at Chicago on December 16.

2012 Packers Updated MVP totals:

Randal Cobb 3

Clay Matthews 3
James Jones 2 
Aaron Rodgers 1

Mason Crosby 1

Jordy Nelson 1

Casey Hayward 1

Mike Neal 1

Mike Daniels 1

Tramon Williams 1

Sam Shields 1

Packers keep on winning

Packers 31 Cardinals 17:

The Packers are 6-3 as they enter the bye week!
The Vikings are falling and the Lions are digging out, both are behind Green Bay.
The Bears are 7-1 and scored big today but now its get tougher, the Texans and 49ers.
Titletown looks to keep the NFC North title with this clear path to catching the Bears.
The Packers lock up the North on December 16 in Chicago!