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Exactly what I've been thinking.
I dont know about that one...
I doubt Dallas gets held to 17 POINTS is that all you think WE can score. Sound familiar (Brady pre SB). LOL. With all do respect. What you have to realize is when Rodgers came in that game Dallas had not game planned for him. He is a much different qb then Farve. He really hurt Dallas with his scrambling and rushing (5-30). I think Dallas will be ready for that this week. Just something to think about. It is always easier coming off the bench when the defense did not game plan for you.
That is a key to them winning the game cause if they can't run the ball it will be a long game for the Pack.
I agree. And with Grant ailing I'm not sure the Packers have enough juice in the running game. The Eagles showed last night you can torch the Cowboys' secondary so I would expect Rodgers to take plenty of shots downfield to Jennings, Driver and Jones, who are all better (at least Jennings and Driver are) than any of Philly's WRs in my opinion. If Grant's at 100% or close to it, I think the Packers have a good chance to win but if he isn't, I think the edge goes to Dallas because they have more balance offensively and will be able to run the ball with Barber.
Oh, you mean the game that Charles Woodson and KGB didn't play in. That they will play in this game.Nothing different. Got it.
Andy Herron said:
Woodson actually broke his toe in week 1. He didn't practice all week leading up to the Detroit game. All he did was earn himself a nomination for NFC defensive player of the week. I'll be sure to provide an update if he wins the honor.
This is one of the things the Packers have done extremely well thus far - protect Rodgers. He's only been sacked once. The fact he's mobile helps a lot as well. But the offensive line has done an excellent of pass protecting in the first two games.Manster said:
I do think McCarthy is a great game coach. The Packers will definitely be ready and prepared to play. Their young team needs to avoid the stupid penalties. I think the Packers will show better than most people think, but Dallas is loaded. I do think they will have a letdown, but I think they may have too much for the Packers.
Woodson will have nothing do with TO having a big game again.Man to man: It'll be Al Harris vs. T.O.By Pete Dougherty • pdougher@greenbaypressgazette.com • September 17, 2008 You can bet Terrell Owens has been in the back of Al Harris’ mind since the Green Bay Packers’ schedule came out in April.On a Dallas Cowboys team that has one of the best offenses in the NFL, Owens played a big role in handing the Green Bay Packers a 37-27 loss last season. He had seven receptions for a hefty 22.3-yard average on Nov. 29 at Texas Stadium.Harris, who matches up on most plays with the opponent’s best receiver, wasn’t solely responsible for that big performance but covered him much of that game. Though Harris probably won’t say so publicly – on Wednesday he said didn’t have time to answer questions during his brief appearance when the Packers’ locker room was open to reporters – it’s a given this highly competitive player is drawing extra motivation for his rematch with Owens and the Cowboys on Sunday night at Lambeau Field. “You feel like if someone embarrassed you, you want to come back and embarrass them on the next one,” Packers wide receiver Donald Driver said of the emotion that fuels the weekly personal matchups in the NFL. “You feed off the hunger of coming back to embarrass them. I think it goes hand in hand.”The assumption is that Packers defensive coordinator Bob Sanders will match Harris against Owens, who has three touchdown receptions in two games this season.“I think they’ll probably keep Al on (Owens) wherever he goes, they probably like that match up,” Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo said in a teleconference with reporters in Green Bay on Wednesday. “Saying that, they’re a man-to-man type of team, but each week we don’t always see what teams do on film all the time either. We’ll be prepared for a few other things as well.”Harris and Owens is only one of several key battles for the Packers’ defense, because Dallas has one of the best collections of skill-position talent in the NFL. Quarterback Tony Romo (a 113.1 passer rating after two games) looks like he’s becoming one of the league’s top quarterbacks in only his second season as a starter, and he has formidable weapons besides Owens. Top among them is tight end Jason Witten (13 receptions, 15.8-yard average in two games) and the halfback duo of Marion Barber, a bruising whirling dervish, and first-round draft pick Felix Jones, whose explosiveness was evident on his 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Philadelphia on Monday night. The Harris-Owens matchup, though, warrants attention because Owens, 33, is playing as well as ever early this season, with eight receptions for a 22.0-yard average. He’s almost surely the best receiver on the Packers’ regular-season schedule this year and might be one of the three or four best receivers in the game. “This is why they pay (Harris) all his money,” backup safety Charlie Peprah said, “to go up against big-time receivers in big-time games. He’s always up for that.”Harris, also 33, lacks pure speed for cornerback but uses his strength and experience to knock receivers off their routes, which can ruin a play by blowing up timing with the quarterback. Owens presents a major challenge there, because at 6-foot-3 and 218 pounds he’s a big, strong athlete who as a 13-year pro has vast experience defeating all types of coverages. He, like Harris, is in superb physical condition.“I know he’s going to play a lot of bump-and-run, and I’ll be faced with that,” Owens told reporters in Dallas on Wednesday. “No different than last year. Obviously, I think he knows what to expect from me, and I know what to expect from him. With that being said, I think they know what to expect from this team. I think we have a lot of weapons. We’re going to try to work the middle of the field, we’re going to try to stretch it, we’re going to do whatever we can to try to move the ball.”Last year in their matchup, Harris appeared to make a huge play early in the game when he snatched a pass out of Owens’ hands along the sidelines on the Cowboys’ second play from scrimmage. However, the official ruled Owens made the catch and Harris was out of bounds, and though replays appeared to show Harris had made the play inbounds, the Packers’ replay challenge failed. Owens had six more receptions on the night, including a 34-yarder that set up a first-quarter touchdown, a 48-yarder that set up a second-quarter touchdown, and a 10-yard touchdown of his own later in the second quarter.The Cowboys lined up Owens at various positions and sometimes sent him in motion to help prevent Harris from getting his hands on him. Chances are they’ll deploy Owens similarly on Sunday night.But Dallas has other ways to occupy the Packers’ defense. Witten often is Romo’s bailout target when plays break down; Barber is a strong, punishing runner who is averaging 4.2 yards a carry, and Jones is averaging 6.0 yards on 12 carries.One of the Packers’ best chances to slow Owens and Witten is to put some pressure on Romo. Pass-rush specialist Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila didn’t play in last year's game, and the Packers’ almost non-existent pass rush allowed Romo to throw comfortably from the pocket all night. The Packers have talked about deploying a more varied blitz scheme if necessary, though the risks of that were obvious in Dallas’ 41-37 win over Philadelphia, which has as exotic and prolific a blitz scheme as any team in the NFL. “Honestly, one of our strengths is the ability to create big plays sometimes when people come after us,” Romo said. “I think that’s why you see less and less teams try to pressure us, because of our ability with matchups to create some quick-strike opportunities.”
Pretty poor actually... but... Philly only put 78 total yards on the ground. How did they hang with you? Through the air! GB is about as good as anybody running the screen or dumping to the flat. Westbrook was 6-45 1 catching the ball. I'm not saying there is a Westbrook on the team but they can catch, too. Your shortcomings were again a thin group of WR's. If GB runs 3 WR sets all day, who covers Jones?
Don't forget double digits penalties by the Cowboysand 14 points for the Eagles in under 30 seconds from Cowboy turn-overs.
You mean that killer instinct of Favre and the playcalling early last year that put GB in a whole after INTs?I don't think Harris is overrated. I think TO and Dallas had a great scheme of getting him moving and away from the bump of Harris last time.I suspect they will try some of the same with some other looks and would suspect GB will also scheme around this as well.They have gotten a bit conservative on offense to open up the 3rd quarter...even defensively and they need to shore that up.I don't see Dallas scoring 38 against this defense though.
That game plan thing is BS.He did not scramble that much...and threw quick short passes.If Dallas did not game plan for quick short passes (what GB was doing all year prior to that game), then they suck at game planning.
The Packers will be exposed this week. Dallas is just a much better team, period. The Pack have beat two crappy teams from the NFC North. The NFC East is 100X stronger.
I actually see just the opposite. Dallas has to be even more confident this week. They played a tough opponent, and had to fight tough to win, but they did.
McNabb has far more escapability than Rogers, and the boys harrassed him all night long. I think it's going to be a long night for Rogers...
Not on this planet, or anywhere in this universe.
I would argue that DeSean Jackson is better than GB's best WR, as far as stretching the field and making big plays, which is what you need to do vs. Dallas. And Rogers isn't even comparable to McNabb... though I do like Rogers and have him in an FF league.
I see this more like 41-17 Dallas wins.
Ok, I give. You're right, Philly is the only team that can put up points from turn overs.OH, WAIT!!! What's that you say?Bankerguy said:
Too funny.Exposed? I doubt it...unless being exposed is a good thing.I would not call Minnesota with that running game and defense crappy at all.The East is solid for sure though.The Packers will be exposed this week. Dallas is just a much better team, period. The Pack have beat two crappy teams from the NFC North. The NFC East is 100X stronger.
Stop talking for me. TIA.I just pointed out a few things from the previous game. There was no analysis in the post.
Maybe not regular season but would you rather him choke a Monday night regular season or a playoff game?I freely admit that Rodgers has plenty of choking to look forward to also. But to narrow your "big game" definition to only regular season prime time games is picking and choosing......First time for everything, eh?
Exposed? Well, I wouldnt go that far. Clearly the Packers can put up some points. I just think Dallas will get more stops than the Packfrom the JS Online this afternoon
I'd say that was pretty clear cut, even with Dallas not playing their best ball. Most notably on offense.That game was nowhere close to what the score indicated.
I didn't see the first quarter. I agree that the score didn't indicate how GB was handled. Dallas dominated both sides of the line.
