I am just happy it is over.
The field conditions were terrible and the refs seemed blind or stupid in the first half because I am kind of sure you can't grab a receiver (Nelson) with your off hand but whatever...

WE WON!

I'd be interested to see how Hawk graded out. He missed on a few crossing patterns, then seemed slow to recover. But, he had a few pressuess and it was cool to see him blasting thru the midfle. Still, pass pro is a liability, and that's a concern.

Devante will be a great receiver next year,
... if he doesn't kill us first.

I am pretty sure that there are defensive lineman that are faster than AJ Hawk. The ILB position needs a complete revamp after the season. A win is a win, but GB will get killed if they play like this against NE next week.

P.S. completely agree about the horn. Whoever operates that thing needs to have a horn shoved up where the sun don't shine

*The Ugly - Every time I come to this site I get Pilipino mail order bride and Sweet Asian dating ads. I completely understand using different approaches to monetize the site, but this is a bit out there. I mean, to each their own, but...

FTR - I don't visit dating, Pilipino, mail order bride, or Asian sites...like ever. So it seems targeted ads isn't what's happening.

Good - Lacy, Quarless, Burnett

Bad - Williams, Adams, Hyde

Ugly - McCarthy's challenge success rate.

I heard a theory yesterday on some of McCarthy's challenges, especially like the one he used yesterday. He wants to use it to disrupt the other team's momentum, and rather than just using a timeout he challenges the play called, because a challenge on average takes longer then a normal time out. Which in the end he uses a timeout, and like yesterday it disrupted the Vikings offense's momentum.

Ugly-Refs flagging every ticky-tacky little thing. I thought I was watching a college game.

I thought McCarthy tripped before he threw the challenge flag and that caused him to miss miss the replay.

Sometimes you have to pin your ears back and jump on Eddie "Convoy" Lacy's back...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le2bPRGvKXE

Feel like I gotta keep being the Hyde advocate. Agree he had an off day, but take away his pick and sack and where would that game have ended up. Seemed to me like even when he screwed up it was his aggressiveness that got the best of him. He's still a young guy that needs to learn when to be aggressive and when to play it smart. I like his motor and seems to me like when its on the line he's always in the middle of the play. Good or bad. Give him a year or so and he'll be all pro. IMO.

The Ugly : Packers fans who think that not scoring 50+ points is evidence that the Packers are doomed.

In the past a Vikings games was exciting - but this one didn't have much luster going in - it felt more like just a perfunctory "get the 'W'" game and get through it. Maybe some of the players were feeling the same. Who knows. But with New England looming, a game that has far more cache, how could there not be a little drop-off having to prepare for the Yawn...Vikings?

This season Green Bay has won just about every way you want a Championship caliber team to win:

Comebacks
Blowouts
Grind it out wins against good opponents
Grind it out wins against inferior opponents
Defensive dominance
Offensive dominance
Winning with the run game
Winning with the passing game
Regaining the Lambeau Mystique

A win over New England would just be another feather in the cap and it could well be the signature win everybody's been looking for.

I would add Jayrone Elliott to the Good as he had a fine game. I also hate that annoying viking horn. It'd be a good thing to have it go off when the vikes blow a play.

THE BET

OK, so the Packers are closing in on 9 wins. Lots of folks are looking forward to losing a certain frequent poster. To be clear, the bet was that he would not post for the playoffs.

I also want to be clear about WHY I did it. I didn't make the bet because I hate his posts; some of his posts are actually very smart. But some of his posts are just flat out pot stirring. After his first season with us he even openly admitted that he was deliberately trying to stir the pot, and he promised to get better. And he did, for about three months. Then it was back to baiting people.

His 8-8 call was flat-out baiting. Why is it baiting?Because when the Packers finish 8-7-1 the year before with their best player on the sidelines for about 1/3 of the season, you know 8-8 is a B.S. call. So I made the bet because I wanted him to chew on it all year long.

So here's the deal. He may welch on his bet. He may not. But you can enforce the bet by simply not mentioning him, not referring to him, and not replying to his posts. That's what I'm going to do starting the minute the Lions game is over. That's what I encourage all of you to do until the Super Bowl is over. And maybe next year we get more thoughtful posts. Or maybe not. Either way, if we as a group choose to ignore the baiters I hope that we will see more posts from some of the smarter football guys who have drifted away.

For those wondering, the early line for next week is -4 or -3 depending on who is making it. Packers are getting the home field points, so Vegas thinks it'll be a toss-up.

I am really looking forward to this game as a yardstick for the defense. I wasn't at the Vikings game, so not sure about receivers being open. Sat in the end zone for the Eagles game, seeing the whole field, and there were receivers frequently 1-2 yards open. Sanchez couldn't hit them. I'd like to see where this pass defense is against a top QB.

COW maybe the bet should be changed to allow you to stay if you man up and admit you are NOT a Packers fan ?you can continue to provide comedy relief here because you sure dont have any real football knowledge.