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Packers 17, Washington 14

Just win ugly baby! 225 yards of offense, QB Brett Favre sets another all time record but this time it's one he would rather forget about, and a drive that ends in a missed field goal after it started on Washington's 9 yard line. Another four fumbles to add onto the three from last week, but this time none were recovered by the Packers' opponent, so we got lucky. The offense was bad and the special teams was close behind in the race to the bottom, but the defense dominated in the second half and delivered the win.

First Half: The Packers defense played great in this game, aided by a wounded Washington offense that could only get things going if they got the ball to TE Chris Cooley. 7 receptions for 97 yards and 1 TD to Cooley in the first half was the juice that fueled their first half offense. Washington's defense is playing great, but the Packers didn't have a good game plan for them. Other than the 60 yard pass to TE Donald Lee and 52 yards that led to no score as the first half wound down, the Packers offense did nothing other than set up P Jon Ryan on 4th down.

Second Half: I could be really pissed that the Packers let Cooley torch them after Chicago's TEs Greg Olson and Desmond Clark torched them the week before, but second half adjustments eased the pain. Cooley only had 2 catches for 8 yards in the second half, and Washington's offense just died with only two second half drives going for over 10 yards, and those only went for 22 and 39 yards each. Unfortunately any second half adjustments the offense made at half time worked in the opposite direction with only 68 yards of total offense in the 2nd half and no drive longer than 33 yards. A second half shutout by the defense, capped off by a game winning fumble recovery for a TD by CB Charles Woodson, makes them the entire unit the MVP for this game.

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While I join the praises of the defensive unit and agree that the Packers' offensive game plan, such as it was, was ineffective against Skins, the offensive stats would have looked not insignificantly more respectable had a phantom holding penalty not negated Jones' touchdown, and had the very real force out of Bubba Franks' TD allowed it to stand.  There went 14 points and another 40-or-so yards.

Nevertheless, a 5-1 Division lead heading into a bye gloriously exceeds all preseason expectations.

by clincher on Oct 15, 2007 7:44 AM CDT   0 recs

Hey
If you win ugly like that 5 more times you're in the playoffs... and that's all that matters.
Bleeding Green Nation Philadelphia Eagles Blog

by JasonB on Oct 15, 2007 10:55 AM CDT   0 recs

I'm happy
I have to agree with Clincher, I was annoyed with those two calls, but still - I honestly thought that the Packers would be either 3-3 or 4-2 at this point.  This is fantastic.

I think the best thing is that coming back from the bye they face five teams in a row that I would say are decent at best.  Really, aside from the Cowboys, they don't play any real tough teams the rest of the year.  I'm loving this season.

by Pack Man on Oct 15, 2007 3:11 PM CDT   0 recs

I was at the game
and we won. I know this isn't very insightful, but 9 times out of 10, this is all I ask.
"I'm in town to play the Dolphins you dumbass"- Brett Favre

by TkGoUWGB on Oct 15, 2007 7:54 PM CDT   0 recs

I agree.....
The refs made it an ugly win.  Put just one of those TD's on the board and that game is not the nail biter that it was in the 4th quarter.  

At the beginning of the year I thought we'd be 4-2 at the bye week, and most everybody I knew was telling me that I was being overly optimistic.  It's possible that just 4 more wins might be good enough to earn a playoff spot.  That's pretty good when you still have KC, Oakland, Min., Carolina, ST. Louis, and 2 VS. Detroit remaining.  I know it's still early, but those teams are already a combined 5 games under .500.  Find a way to win 5 of those 7 and the division is ours.  

by Adam P on Oct 16, 2007 8:36 AM CDT   0 recs

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