Nick Barnett on Twitter

haha…that would be a new low. I think I’d probably just read if I was forced to watch Nascar.

I know what you mean but … well, I think I’m in hot enough water over here, without pissing off the Matt Kenseth fans, so I’ll just plead the 5th :)

I don’t watch nascar enough to know that much about it. Clockwise, counterclockwise, who really cares? As for the Cowboys, there is definitely NO indifference there. Minnesota and Favre can win one game. Besides, it is Favre we are talking about. All the hating on him has gotten old. He will always be a Packer. I don’t care what jersey he is wearing. Say what you want.

Right now, I’m still upset about the so-called “loss” to the cardinals. Yeah, Barnett might be upset and he might feel like he let us down. I feel for him. Yet he cannot control everything by himself. It is a team sport. Among the things he certainly cannot control are those darn ref calls, or the missed ref calls.

In any case, someone had to win. Turns out…it wasn’t the best team in the NFL.

If only Ted Thompson were gone and Brett Favre were still here, then we would have won 27.4 Super Bowls in a row and cured cancer by now.

I’m from southern WI originally, though I’ve been living in Fox valley more recently, so the Bears have always been the traditional foe for me. And Jim McMahon was way more obnoxious than Randy Moss ever was. And the rivalry was just a lot older, so I inherited it from my parents and grandparents. Tough to do that with a team that hasn’t been around much longer than I have.

If I was younger, and had lived in western WI (or Minny), yeah it would be different. I am in some ways the exact opposite of you. I cheered the Vikings in the playoffs last year, since the Packers were out, even before the Favre connection. And I’ll cheer the Lions probably, if & when they ever get things turned around long enough. Every fan base should get a championship someday. I cheered the Red Sox (the first time, not the second).

Still, I don’t see how anyone can cheer the Boys over the Vikes. The Vikes are a big rival, OK I get that. But the Cowboys are just plain obnoxious self-important jerks, always have been (well, at least since the days Jerry Jones took control of the team away from Tom Landry). To me the Cowboys are like the Yankees. Sure they fell off the radar a bit in WI once the Brewers moved from the AL East to the NL Central, but that didn’t change the fact that the team as a whole always came across as cocky, entitled prima donnas.

are our mortal rivals. Dallas is a notch below. If the Lions ever got better, well maybe.

I’m not rooting for Dallas. I’m rooting against the Vikings (and as Trevor put it, Favre or no Favre).

I’m the kind of Packer fan that looks at lifetime records against the Vikings and Bears and want to make sure the Packers prevail in my lifetime (Vikings pretty even, we need to make up some ground against the Bears).

I’m the kind of Packer fan that was glad the Colts beat the Bears so they wouldn’t have a perfect SB record (still angry at Holmgren for his crucial role in messing up against Denver).

And I’m the kind of Packer fan who will delight in seeing Minnesota go down against a Dallas team I also rather dislike.

They were bigger rivals to the Packers as I grew up. The Vikings of late seem to be the “trendy” rival. They have certainly been a bigger threat to the Packers recently. Since Brett Favre showed up in Green Bay a million years ago (I remember how bad the Packers were before that…excluding perhaps the one year wonder Don Majkowski—but they failed to make the playoffs that year anyway even with a 10-6 record, Vikings took it), the Packers have practically owned this division every year. Of course there were some off years. Yet more often than not, the Packers were on top. During the four years BEFORE Ted Thompson came in, the Packers won the division 4 times in a row. That is domination. Since then, the Vikings have had their way a little (and some other times of course). Yet this is only relatively recent success. The Bears-Packers rivalry is older than any other in the NFL.

Regardless of recent successes or failures in terms of W/L, I grew up being taught that the Bears were the bad guys. That sticks with me today.

Exactly…those of us that live here experience it first hand!

Brent did lose that game for us. Why would anyone disagree?

Both were punch in the stomachs, but the 2007 game was worse because it meant more, it was at home, and it was something Brett did for 17 years that drove us nuts and we crucify him for on this blog. Last night was for the right to go back on the road for one more game, maybe two more games, and it was just a weird play. Weird plays happen.

Oh and since blackoutsox wants another This statement apparently, here’s the statement that sticks out like a sore thumb.

THIS was for the right to go to the divisional round. THAT was for the SUPER BOWL. I hope this clears that up.

I’m not sure what you mean by that, but as a Viking’s fan I’ve always been invested in your team. If the Vikings aren’t playing the next team I cheer for is whomever is playing the Packers (and I’d imagine you’d say the same about the Bears or Vikings). I’ve probably seen a large majority of their games every year.

now Ware can mangle Farves arm for all I care

Yep, Bigby really struggled yesterday as well.

But it was about him a lot of the time. He really was that horrible.

But you’re right that there were multiple issues in midfield coverage. The defensive scheme failed, and there probably wasn’t an available counter scheme to run given the personnel on hand.

you didn’t notice Trev, they rushed 4 and sometime 5 this time after learning from the steeler game and the pressure still didn’t get there. Warner got rid of the ball fast .You got to have guys that can cover, at least a little bit. Bush got burned for 2 TD’s midfield and about 5 other plays to boot. This was IMO a bit about personel, our team wouldn’t have even made it this far if it was not for Caper’s “scheme”

They could have blitzed all day and it would have done nothing. Warner was getting rid of the ball in less than 3 seconds. They could have sent everyone on the team and he still would have got the ball off. YOU HAVE TO HAVE GUYS THAT CAN COVER. I realize football is a team sport, but bush was horrible

Yeah, the pass rush was a problem but it’s kind of hard to expect them to do much when Warner is able to get the ball out in no more then 3 seconds the majority of the time. We a better pass rusher to compliment Clay on the right side for sure.