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First of all, WELL DONE to the Giants.  Go in to Dallas and beat their asses in front of the whole world.  And in the process, shut up their arrogant fans.  The only thing better would have been Manning taking the ball and spiking it and dancing on the star.  He's too class an act to do that.  

On to Sunday.  
Does it get any better than this?  Smash mouth football.  Outside.  
The Packers offense is the strength of the team.  Favre has had a well documented renaissance in his career.  He's carved up teams with a short passing game or gouged them with the long ball.  Whatever the defense has given them.  He hasn't tried to carry the team this year.  As evidenced Sunday.  Down 14 points old Favre would have tried to take risks to get back in the game, ultimately turning into picks.  Old age has brought patience.  The real stars of the Offense are the "Fab Five".  Driver, Jennings, Jones, Robinson and Martin.  Half of Farve's 4100 yards this year are after the catch.  Bubba Franks (TE) is finally healthy.  He brings good blocking to the run game.  Donald Lee is a pass catching TE.  The run game seems to be working out.  Somewhere in the area of 235 yards last week.  Ryan Grant is the star of the show.  You know all about him.  Brandon Jackson has come on lately, too.  

The Defense is Jim Bates's scheme that was so successful in Miami for years.  Decent pass rush.  Nothing like the Giants.  They don't blitz much at all.  The front four need to create pressure.  The d-line eats blockers in the run game allowing the fast linebackers to make the tackles.  The D-backs are all bump and run.  Woodson and Harris are well known.  Bigby is a big hitter.  The coaching staff doesn't mind giving up a penalty or catch for being agressive.  They remind me of the '70s Raiders D-backs.  The players to watch on defense are Ryan Grant and Atari Bigby.  Grant is a big fatty on the d-line.  He's murder on the run game.  Bigby hits like Jack Tatum.  He unloaded on 3 recievers against Seattle (causing 1 fumble).  By the 3rd qtr their recievers were afraid to catch the ball anywhere near him.  
The Packers run a zone blocking scheme (like the Broncos) that ate up Seattle's fast, agressive defense on the cut back lanes.  

My questions are, will the Giants D be caught being too agressive like the Seahawks?  Can the Packers shut down the Giants run game?  Will the Packers tackles be able to shut down the d-ends of the Giants like they did to Seattle's?  

Predictions?  

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no prediction
but let me say this...

i dont believe in rooting for other teams.  i think everyone should have one team that they root for and follow that team no matter what.  but, if there was a team in the NFL that would be my #2, it would be green bay.  20-25 years from now if someone asks me who is the greatest quarterback i ever saw from this era, i will say brett favre.  it's almost impossible to root against a guy like that because he's everything an NFL player should be.  the guy is a winner and i can't think of a player that plays with more heart than him.  i know it sounds like john madden hacked into my BBV account, but really i have unlimited respect for favre.  

i look forward to a good game on sunday.  much like a playoff game at madison square garden, a postseason matchup at lambeau is on a higher pedestal than anything else.  it truly is the mecca of professional football.

i hope the giants win, but at this point, they are playing with house money.  the season is already an overwhelming success and anything else beyond this point would be more cherries on top of the sundae.

good luck to GB and know that if you do win, i will be rooting for you in the super bowl.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Jan 14, 2008 8:33 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No prediction here either
but I'll try & answer some of your questions. I think the Giants have to stay aggressive, since that is how they have been winning. Spagnoulo (defensive cord.) is good at making adjustments, so if GB is taking advantage of it, then I'm sure he'll change it up. I don't think the Pack can completely shut down the Giants running game. Slow it down? Maybe. The duo of Jacobs & Bradshaw make it so tough on their opponents because of their very different styles. I'd expect Bradshaw to be more effective against GB though, since he was the most effective against the very fast Tampa LBs. As for shutting down the jints' DEs, I really don't know enough about GB's OL to give an opinion on that.

by potroast on Jan 14, 2008 9:13 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The players to watch on defense are Ryan Grant
Its Pickett, but we know what you meant. Probably caught up in the moment of still picturing Grant rushing in for his third TD and we got him for a sixth round pick? Wow. I heard someone on TV say imagine what the Giants have in the backfield to let go of someone like Grant for peanuts.

I predict that they'll switch things around on the D-line and blitz heavily to create some inside pressure and try to neutralize the ZB scheme and cut-backs. Its also been the most effective way to get at Favre is to blitz when we're in a three WR set or I formation. Packfan said it best, it will be smash mouth football with lots of running I think, and may the more dominate team's will be inflicted.

"and there is your dagger!"

by NumberFour on Jan 15, 2008 10:36 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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