Green Bay (+4.5) @ Arizona (12-27-15)

[oldunclemark]

4:25 EST....Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Erin Andrews on FOX

low 50s and sunny (until it gets dark obviously) over-under is 50

 

MVP Aaron Rodgers (304 of 500, 3,379 yards, 29 TDs and 6 INTs) has WR Randall Cobb (70 catches, 777 yards) and James Jones (41 catches, 742 yards)

RB Eddie Lacy has 662 yards on 162 carries...

Older than dirt Julius Peppers has 9.5 of the Packers 238 QB sacks.

Cardinal QB Carson Palmer (312 of 485, 4,277 yards, 32 TDs, 9 INTs) has AARP wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (99 carries, 1,311 yards)

The Arizona defense will go without DB Tyrann Mathieu (5 interceptions) ..who is now out for the year

Cards have only 21 QB sacks but old Colt Dwight Freeney was 4 of them

 

Cardinals (12-2) have won eight in a row and lead the NFL in scoring with a team record 445 points.

Packers (10-4) have won 3 in a row and they are the No.2 seed in the NFC if they win their last 2 and Arizona loses their last 2 (to GB and Seattle)

 

I like Green Bay a lot here. Rodgers is tough to sack and Cards don't sack the QB much. Pack runs the ball better.

I just think the Packers are the better team. The 'over' seems likely but getting 4 1/2 ..take the Pack and the points

[Synthetic]

 

Carson Palmer reborn > Aaron Rodgers. 

 

Go Cards! 

[amfootball]

I like the Cards to win by 10-14.

[oldunclemark]

I'm not buying into the Aaron Rodgers isn't as good or the packers aren't as good story-line.

They're 2 late drops away from being 12-2

  

[oldunclemark]

CB Sam Shields out for Green Bay

[BloodyChamp]

The NFC West owns Green Bay and Green Bay used their get out of the NFC West free card against Seattle on the Lynch fumble way back then. 

 

But for some reason I think the Packers are back so...

[oldunclemark]

2 hours ago, BloodyChamp said:

The NFC West owns Green Bay and Green Bay used their get out of the NFC West free card against Seattle on the Lynch fumble way back then. 

 

But for some reason I think the Packers are back so...

Nothing that didn't happen this year matters

[BloodyChamp]

If Rodgers did that (incomplete pass just now on 3rd and long) more he'd be so much better. He took a risk, a huge risk, and all that happened was that it was incomplete. It wasn't the end of the world.

[BloodyChamp]

2 minutes ago, oldunclemark said:

Nothing that didn't happen this year matters

Huh

[oldunclemark]

23 minutes ago, BloodyChamp said:

Huh

Things that happened in past years just are not relevant to this years teams..this year's games..

Teams change.

[BloodyChamp]

57 minutes ago, oldunclemark said:

Things that happened in past years just are not relevant to this years teams..this year's games..

Teams change.

Well duh unc...but nobody is ever going to dismiss the notion completely. I could just see you saying the same thing if Peyton was healthy in time for the AFCCG against Brady (not).

[snkdy]

GB has been so disappointing this season.

 

I hope Arizona wins the SB.

[teganslaw]

Cory Redding just scored a touchdown for Arizona. Why did the Colts ever let him go?

Anyway, I want Arizona to go to the Superbowl; they totally are outplaying Green Bay and  IMO is the best team in the NFC right now.

[Qwiz]

Cardinals/Panthers Championship Game seems set in stone. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

If anyone is on steroids it's Freeney (sarcasm)

[Gramz]

In light of the other games today, anyone else think Carson is now a strong candidate for MVP

[BloodyChamp]

12 minutes ago, Mrs. Misunderstood said:

In light of the other games today, anyone else think Carson is now a strong candidate for MVP

Somebody doesn't...but you won't see them here if you get my drift.

[jvan1973]

Wow.   That was a beat down

[oldunclemark]

true words..so much for somebody who thought green bay matched up well...

Bulaga and BJ Raji left the game....

 

Pack vs. Minnesota next week for the Division.....should be drama

[oldunclemark]

3 hours ago, BloodyChamp said:

Well duh unc...but nobody is ever going to dismiss the notion completely. I could just see you saying the same thing if Peyton was healthy in time for the AFCCG against Brady (not).

You know what I'm talking about, BC..

Trends over years don't wash....you are different ..they are different

I do it, too. We always talk about how some team 'owns' some other team or they have a 6-game win streak in that town.  But its meaningless because of the changes.

The more I watch, the more it sinks in that teams are new and different every year and what your record is in that place in past years is only in fans minds.

[BloodyChamp]

Of course I know what you're talking about, as you did me but like everybody else on this forum you can't let that slide...gotta hit that quote button...gotta make that automated, cardboard response to sound relevant or smart. You can't have somebody going around telling people that the Packers could lose to the NFC West because that's all they've done for the last 40 years (incoming it hasn't been 40 years, it's been less)!!!!!!!!