Randy Moss Is Traded To The Vikings

This is probably more appropriate for the “Power Rankings” thread, but it looks like folks have moved over to this one.

The Packers schedule gets tougher now. So far, they have beaten two awful, winless teams and one decidedly mediocre team (that lost its QB, C, MLB, and FB in the game) and lost to another middling team. The Bears are better than was expected, but they’re not an elite team by any stretch. The next 5 games before the BYE are @Was, vs. Mia, vs. Min, @ NYJ, and vs. Dal. That’s a tough stretch, with no lousy teams in the bunch. The lousiest is probably Washington, but that’s on the road. I’d say going 3-2 in this stretch would be pretty darn good. The last 7 games then feature roadies in Atl and NE, and the Giants and Niners at Lambeau, in addition to Rd 2 of the divisional games (2 on the road). 4-3 in that stretch seems optimistic. To my mind, finishing the season 7-5 is the best we can reasonably expect (which means 10-6 overall), and finishing 5-7 (8-8) is probably just as likely. So my best guess would be 9-7.

An optimist would say that the Packers have managed to go 3-1 while looking pretty awful for 3.5 games, and that they were lucky to have their slump against lousy competition and come out of it only slightly scathed. Now they just need to focus and play better, and they’ll be fine.

A pessimist would say that against better competition, they could easily be 1-3, and the tougher schedule to come will expose them as mediocre pretenders.

I think I’ll abandon reason and focus instead on prayer.

it’s on the jsonline blog

Bishop is (yet) another Cal guy whose every college game I watched. His forte was rushing the passer, making tackles behind the line, and generally flying to the point of attack. Sort of a college version of Junior Seau. He freelanced a lot and made a lot of great plays on speed and instincts. I never thought he was a good cover guy, or big enough to take on a TE or OLman mano a mano. He was best in space, when bigger guys took on the blocks and he could run free to the ball carrier. Now, that was a few years ago, and he certainly could have improved his technique. But he didn’t get any bigger or faster. So yeah, a faster version of Hawk in that he plays the run better than the pass, but probably not as much of a sure tackler as Hawk either. Bishop hits. Hawk kinda mauls guys once (if) he gets to them at all.

That was supposed to be a reply to packallday555.

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Packers LB Nick Barnett is out for season after suffering a wrist injury similar to one that ended Brian Urlacher’s season last year.