Packers Game Ball Recap: Packers Roll Giants, 45-17

Rodgers was the difference today. He played probably his best game all season.

The guy was money. He had a big game to win and won it. He made some redunkulous plays.

Defense was killer, but Rodgers was on it all night… and in a new helmet (not that has anything to do with the price of cheese in France) he killed the #2 pass defense and almost ruined their playoff hopes (and maybe Coughlin’s job).

(08:15) NFL: Vikings vs Eagles

That’s what it says. Apparently, NBC is behind the times.

Bring on duh Bears! I’ll be there, can’t wait!

I’m going with a write-in candidate for a game ball and that’s BJ Raji. He was collapsing the pocket all day, just pushing the NY midline back. That helped control the vaunted Giant running game and put the game in the wrong Manning’s hands. Game ball, Raji!

Rodgers doing what he did coming back after a concussion makes this vote a no brainer. I can’t believe there were “analysts” suggesting that Rodgers should not play in this game because it was too risky.

one of the best overall games this year for the team, really a great game all around

next week’s game has been shifted to 4:15. I don’t know the rules for blackouts so I’m worried I might not get the game next week here in the D.C. area. The skins game is on at 1 but I’m not sure if FOX has the double header next week. Anyone know what the deal will be?

I see them as a solid team who is playing well above expectations due to some lucky breaks. Their vaunted defense looked pretty average against the Jets today.

Best of luck going forward for your team’s playoff bid!

Lots of Giants fans in my hometown, as well as throughout my area. Should I or should I not give them some grief about this?

where I can watch a replay of the game online?

Or Nance and his 3.6?

I was on the road for the first half and part of the third quarter. After virtually every Jackson run, Larry McCarren (who knows a little about this sort of thing) would mention that Jackson could have gotten more yards if he’d run where the hole actually developed instead of where the hole was supposed to be. I’m no expert, but my understanding has always been that the zone blocking scheme’s primary advantages were that it cut off back side pursuit and it permitted the RB to make 1 cut and hit the hole?

I know this Oline doesn’t run block very well, but I’m telling you, there are yards to be made out there, and Jackson leaves them on the field almost every time he touches the ball. Nance is only marginally better.

The Packers can still make the playoffs IF they were to lose to the Bears by having the Giants lose to the Redskins and the Saints beat Tampa

awesome game, awesome win

The punch by Matthews was a thing of beauty. He’s a raging rhino out there. It quashed a potential Giants scoring drive and looked like it crushed their momentum.

I’m very excited for next week and hope we send a message to the Bears. Let’s demoralize them next week and show them their NFC North crown is a fluke. The true champ resides in Green Bay.

49ers fire Mike Singletary.

if they lose, the Bears are locked into the 2 seed, and they’ll probably rest their starters for part of the game next week, despite what Lovie Smith says about loving to beat the Packers.

I can’t decide whether or not I’d like to have an easier path into the playoffs for our injury depleted team, or if I’d rather knock the Bears out of the first-round-bye perch with our starters vs. their starters.

The good news is that we have basically been in position to win every single game we’ve lost. The bad news is that we still haven’t sewn up a playoff position. As usual, Mike McCarthy’s teams find a way to shoot themselves in the foot. Hard to explain, really.

Rough start, up 14-0, then before you could say ‘shit’ it’s 14-14. I gotta tell ya, tho, when AR had to scramble and couldn’t find DD running free, I figured we’d settle for another FG. Then, on the next play JN fumbles and we get ZERO. I’m thinking deja vu all over again, we’re gonna shoot ourselves in the foot again. You wouldn’t know it from the stats, but Kuhn had a pretty good game. Nice run in the 1st on 3rd and 1 for the 1st down. He was stopped but kept on diggin, wouldn’t be denied. AR=140 QB rating. The best stat, imo=ONE FG @ 31 yrds.
Guess I’d rather play da bares in the 1st game. Vick always gives us probs. But, really, if we don’t beat ourselves, we can beat anyone. It’s frustrating to think that this team could be 15-0 right now.

deserves the game ball without question. I think the story is—who is the goat? James Jones gets my vote. He can’t be counted on.
  The Oline didn’t open any huge holes in the run game, which gave Rodgers the opportunity to shine. Run Blocking seems to be one of the monstrous weaknesses of this team.
  Credit Desmond Bishop. I say the guy is every bit the player Nick B is. I’m glad he got his shot, like Flynn and Pep and Kuhn. Kuhn was a celebrity out there yesterday.

Even though I voted for Rodgers for opening up a QBing clinic on the Giants and even though I’d be hard pressed not to give Clay Matthews my second vote, Woodson was in on so many plays, he was quietly the guy who they had no answer for although they probably focused on him more than anyone else in the secondary.

Great game for Rodgers. How many perfect throws did he make that game? I think the biggest thing though is his ability to move around in the pocket. He just looked so comfortable out there, and basically tore that Giants D to shreds. Some of the drops were disappointing though. Jones has got to start playing more consistently.

The defense was really, really impressive. Eli was clearly pretty rattled, and I think a lot of that had to do with Raji. He was pretty amazing yesterday. Matthews finally seems to be healthy again too, which is great news.

I think as long as we don’t beat our selves, we should win over the Bears and anybody else really. This is a really talented team, and I hope they continue to play up to their potential because when they do they’re hard to beat.