What's Been On My Mind Since The Packers Lost

by Brandon on Jan 17, 2012 5:00 AM CST in Green Bay Packers Games

On Sunday, during and after the Green Bay Packers lost to the Giants, it felt like a bad dream come to life. I kept having to remind myself that the loss indeed happened. The fans weren't the only ones that couldn't believe it. I didn't recognize that offense that stepped on the field (missed completions, dropped passes, turnovers) but unfortunately that defense looked far too familiar.

It's been over 24 hours and I'm starting to feel normal again. I'm still not quite ready to go into full-time offseason mode (free agency, the draft, etc.) but I can see it on the horizon.

I can't imagine rooting for the Giants next weekend, but it's hard to fault a team for making fewer mistakes. The Giants deserved to win the game and they made all the plays without all the mistakes. But the Packers took themselves out of it by screwing something up on every possession.

The Giants have now won the last two playoff games played at Lambeau Field, and there's nothing that can take the sting out of it. But if you're looking at the all-time scoreboard: we got Vince Lombardi from them. That still puts the Packers ahead in my book.

This is a team built for long-term success though I expect some changes. If they brought everyone back, they'd still be a lock for a playoff berth and a favorite for a trip to the Super Bowl in 2013 (road trip to New Orleans!!!). Based on what they've accomplished over the past few offseasons, I expect they'll be even better in 2012. Give them a high score in the fan confidence poll.

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long season..teams sometimes hit stride too early

I am a Steeler fan, and about 6 weeks ago the Packers looked like champs. It sucks for you fans because the just played their best football too early, the Steelers the same.

Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all

by Rickfansince76 on Jan 17, 2012 5:07 AM CST reply actions

I think the Steelers downfall was more about Big Ben and his injury. He hasn’t been the same the past few weeks (from what I’ve seen). I think he should have taken a week or two off and gotten fully healthy.

The Green Bay Packers...Putting bad coaches out of their misery since 2010

by TrevorR on Jan 17, 2012 8:52 AM CST up reply actions

Nah

That high ankle sprain wasnt going to recover anytime soon. It just wasnt their year, and I kept thinking it after every setback but they still managed a respectable record. Who do you like to win it all if it cant be your team? I just realized this is my first comment on this blog since joining in February after the Steelers loss to GB. That hurt me, but it was a good game my team was on the losing end of. Thats all you can say after a loss in the playoffs. Cant win them all, even though I hate that saying and with they would.

I'd sooner get Flacco'd out here in the middle of nowhere than lose face in front of my friends and family.

by steeltech on Jan 17, 2012 9:18 AM CST up reply actions

I think you may not like to hear this, but the Ravens are who I want to win it all.

Mainly because they’ve been my (very) distant second team for many years, because of Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. After that, I don’t know. SF maybe? I’d hate to see the Pats or Giants take it all.

On Wisconsin!

by Celtin on Jan 18, 2012 1:58 AM CST up reply actions

this one hurt

I can’t remember a football year that has hurt me more than this one. Two Hail Marys, the Rose Bowl loss, and now the kicker a playoff loss in Lambeau. The only thing going for me is the fact I live in Louisiana and get to enjoy the pain of LSU and Saints fan.

Now i am at a loss who do i cheer for? I have only one team and they are not playing and watch just to watch seems wrong to me,

But all is not lost, we have a young core of great players and in TT we trust

by Adin on Jan 17, 2012 6:03 AM CST reply actions

Cheer for everyone but New England!

The Green Bay Packers...Putting bad coaches out of their misery since 2010

by TrevorR on Jan 17, 2012 8:53 AM CST up reply actions

this too shall pas

As a cheesehead in maryland, my only recourse is that the home team here is still in it. I would like to see Ray Lewis get another crack at the Super Bowl. Maybe Joe Flacco can actually play up to his potential as well…. Harbaugh Bowl II

by chrismattingly28 on Jan 17, 2012 6:49 AM CST reply actions

Finish the sentence: If we get the Harbaugh bowl...

…that will be the most insanely over-hyped sporting event since…

by HailVarsity on Jan 17, 2012 10:24 AM CST up reply actions

Tebow vs...

*Proud Packers shareholder*
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!

by RaY210 on Jan 17, 2012 10:30 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

anything involving the Eagles

at least before the season started. dream team my ass

by PackerFanInTN on Jan 17, 2012 11:39 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Packers vs Saints NFC Championship game? sigh

The Green Bay Packers...Putting bad coaches out of their misery since 2010

by TrevorR on Jan 20, 2012 10:22 AM CST up reply actions

It was a very tough loss but we had a fantastic and fun regular season, it's not like the last time we did win the superbowl, Noone has even won one since for another three weeks

I’ve also found solace in other sports and being a St Louis sports fan thats pretty easy right now. Aside from this one very dissappointing playoff loss I’ve been very lucky being a sports fan lately and one loss, no matter how rough a loss, is not changing that or making me forget it and I feel like of I just isolated my Packer fan hood I’d feel the same way. Maybe we can all get to that point at Packers fans and enjoy that in the last two years we’ve seen a Superbowl win and the greatest regular season in our thoroughly decorated history and even a terrible home upset in the playoffs can’t take that away.

"IF CARDS CAN SIGN SUPPAN THEY CAN GIVE ME A HOME"

by Buddhasillegitimatechild38 on Jan 17, 2012 8:24 AM CST via mobile reply actions

*its not lik it's been a long time since we won the superbowl

My brain and hands were on different planes

"IF CARDS CAN SIGN SUPPAN THEY CAN GIVE ME A HOME"

by Buddhasillegitimatechild38 on Jan 17, 2012 8:40 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

I'm Ready To Start FA, Combine, & the Draft Today!!!! : )

What are some of the best sights to research players in upcoming draft? I used to have a bunch bookmarked but recently got a new laptop and lost all my bookmarks???

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GO PACK GO!!!

by Bird Dog Uni on Jan 17, 2012 8:59 AM CST reply actions

Sup!

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have"
Thomas Jefferson

by RileysCannibalJct on Jan 17, 2012 9:08 AM CST reply actions

Not the hopes of Vikings fans.

2011: A wasted year

by Tepo6688 on Jan 17, 2012 4:52 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs

Still :)

you cant take it away….

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have"
Thomas Jefferson

by RileysCannibalJct on Jan 17, 2012 7:08 PM CST up reply actions

Take what away?

The fact that we’ve beat ya badly this year and you guys have a year left in South Canada before sunny LA is calling?

When life gives ya lemons, shut up and eat your damn lemons.
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by P-Townfan on Jan 17, 2012 8:07 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

South Canada

made me lol

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DanielHeiman4Kamelot!!! (or bring back Roy Khan)

by TGPackersTwins19 on Jan 17, 2012 9:20 PM CST up reply actions

Sure we can.

Stop by after the next Packers-Vikings game.

2011: A wasted year

by Tepo6688 on Jan 17, 2012 8:19 PM CST up reply actions

Nice....

Good luck next year! :)

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have"
Thomas Jefferson

by RileysCannibalJct on Jan 17, 2012 9:47 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah I'm still kinda in that "Did that really just happen?" mindset...

But I know we’ll be alright. It’s an unfortunate end to an otherwise amazing season. An amazing season in which I gained the right to call myself a Packers owner. And I agree. It stings that much more because of the fact that it was the Giants. So from down in Texas, I just wanna say thank you APC for making this season even better, as I never would’ve been able to discuss the Packers as much as I did if it wasn’t for you! So I guess keeping up with the rest of the playoffs is alright for a few weeks, and then…basketball? Even though I’m not expecting the Spurs to do anything significant this year. It’s gonna be a long wait for next season. But it’s gonna be fun wasting time with you guys! (And osc) (And any other females out there)

*Proud Packers shareholder*
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!

by RaY210 on Jan 17, 2012 9:11 AM CST via mobile reply actions

I didn't really talk about it to many people...

…but I thought with the Packers’ defense playing the way it did, in the playoff field we had this year, the odds of winning the Super Bowl again were probably less than 50 percent.

I did not think the Packers would lose at home by 17, however. And this game, really, was about more than the defense. It’s not impossible to win a game when your receivers drop eight balls and you are turning the ball over and getting sacked, but you’d better be appreciably better than your opponent, and on that day the Packers weren’t.

Gonna be a long, bitter offseason. I hate not having football.

by HailVarsity on Jan 17, 2012 10:35 AM CST reply actions

Still Baffled

I am still shocked at the egg they laid on Sunday. I could accept losing a shootout againt the Saints or having the Niners win a close game, but to lose to such a clearly inferior team is baffling. I have seen high school games where BOTH sides did not drop as many as we did and the fumbles!!!!!

by Phana24JG on Jan 17, 2012 10:42 AM CST reply actions

I'm not trying to start anything

But could you please elaborate?

but to lose to such a clearly inferior team is baffling

On the surface, 9-7 may seem like inferiority to some, but you need to look deeper and you might find some common ground?!

by Hootman on Jan 17, 2012 12:23 PM CST up reply actions

I agree...

The only clear area where we are clearly better, is quarterback. That’s not a shot against Eli, as he definitely ranks up there as one of the best quarterbacks playing right now, but overall, I think any unbiased person can see that Rodgers is the better guy. But, as shown this past weekend, there are high days, and low days. Unfortunately Rodgers had a low, while Manning had high. After that, I say the running games are close to a push, though I’d lean more in their favor. We had a pretty good game running the ball, but that was because they focused on stopping the passing game. This horrible game aside, overall, I say we have a slight edge on the receiving corps. I haven’t seen too much of their games, but in my limited time seeing them, I think our O lines are a push, and the secondaries are a push, maybe slightly in favor of us. I know, I know…last in the league in yards, completely horrible, blah blah blah. This is my reasoning: Led the league in INTs, and minus Nick Collins this year, this is the same secondary we had when we were 2nd in defense last year. The reason we were so horrible this year is where they are clearly above us. The pass rush. We basically had none.

*Proud Packers shareholder*
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!

by RaY210 on Jan 17, 2012 1:01 PM CST up reply actions

Thank you, and well said

That pretty sums up what i was thinking when comparing the teams. I know it’s natural to be team-biased, but sometimes the assumptions are overboard beyond logical reasoning. Personally, do i think the Packers are better? Yes, to a degree, but not in the sense of overwhelming superiority.

by Hootman on Jan 18, 2012 8:56 AM CST up reply actions

I agree also...

We are one good pass rusher away from being the better team. But, as the team’s stand today, I prefer the one that is good on offense and defense over the one that is great on offense (most days) and poor on defense.

by Ben T on Jan 17, 2012 1:34 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah

You didn’t get beat by last years seahawks team here.

Yes, I am a Giants fan. Now that we got that out of the way....
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by wilddre22 on Jan 17, 2012 2:05 PM CST via Android app up reply actions

Found it interesting ..

that a defending SB champ hasn’t won a playoff game since I think 2005..repeating is very, very tough.

I’m not as downhearted as I was yesterday. The team still has a good nucleus and the window very much open. They come back hungrier next year

I love wins. Wins are good for the soul.- Barry Alvarez Sep 25, 2005

We expect to win.- Ted Thompson July 28, 2011

by White92 on Jan 17, 2012 1:38 PM CST reply actions

Looking ahead....

Based on our opponents next year, it’s realistic we could win 12-13 games and get a first round bye again. The schedule is a bit tougher but manageable.

however if we don’t fix the D we will be right back here next year. It’s not fair to AR and the rest of the offense to be constantly called upon to outscore the other team, and we play some pretty solid Offenses next year (Brees, both Mannings, and the Lions can match us score for score if we don’t tighten the screws)

by PackerFanInTN on Jan 17, 2012 11:47 PM CST via mobile reply actions