7 Reasons that give you hope next week vs GB, 7 reasons to worry

[perrykemp]

Quick thoughts:

7 Reasons why to be hopeful:

• Cowboys are 8-0 on the road
• Conditions may favor the Cowboys style
• Cowboys running against a Packer rush defense that ranked 23rd this season
• Momentum -- the Cowboys have momentum and they believe
• Aaron Rodgers likely not 100%
• Packers offense was good not great in December
• Emergence of Cole Beasley and the performance of T. Williams gives the Packers 4 legitimate threats to worry about on every play from the WR/TE positions

7 Reasons to worry:

• Packers are 8-0 home this season
• When Rodgers is on his "A" game he is virtually unstoppable.
• This is the best Packers OL Rodgers has played with. Lions sacked him 0 times
• Eddie Lacy has averaged 5.0 ypc in the 2nd half of the season Green Bay rushed for 1,137 yards in the 2nd half of the season
• The Packers in the 2nd half of the season allowed only 86.4 yard rushing per game and 3.6 ypc
  
• Packers have a pretty good secondary
• The teams that have slowed Rodgers down the most (the Lions, Seahawks, and Bils) all had top 5 secondaries.

 

[CF74]

Hopeful because:
1) Jason Garrett has the eye of the tiger
2) Undefeated on the road
3) Running weather game
4) Rodgers has one leg
5) Packers D not so good
6) Momentum
7) Halftime adjustments are superb


No more worries, I feared Detroit's Defense more than the Packers offense.....

 

[cowboys1981]

Hopeful
GB run defense
Dal Oline
Romo
Dal run defense
Dal shook off playoff jitters
Dal receiving core
Team resiliency


Worry
Rodgers
Receiving core
Mathews and Peppers pass rush
Carr on Nelson
Corners Shields n Williams
Lacy
GB Oline's pass protection

 

[remdak]

Hopeful because Green Bay with Rogers at QB has lost 3 of their last 4 home playoff games

 

[perrykemp]

Hopeful
GB run defense
Dal Oline
Romo
Dal run defense
Dal shook off playoff jitters
Dal receiving core
Team resiliency

These two in spades.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

Hopeful because:

4) Rodgers has one leg

Thanks suh!

 

[Staubacher]

I think we put our worst play out of the way. Everyone on the team knows they have to bring the A game from the getgo.

It will be a real tough challenge but I am confident our offense will start out quickly this time.

Detroit was our toughest defensive matchup. GB is our toughest offensive matchup.

 

[Tobal]

cowboys1981, post: 5907298, member: 36391"]Hopeful

GB run defense
Dal Oline
Romo
Dal run defense
Dal shook off playoff jitters
Dal receiving core
Team resiliency


Worry
Rodgers Agree nothing more needs to be said
Receiving core
Mathews and Peppers pass rush
Carr on Nelson This is my huge worry I keep a safety over the top and put Scandrick on Cobb
Corners Shields n Williams
Lacy Keeping the safety over Nelson makes it important that the front 7 control Lacy.
GB Oline's pass protection

 

[perrykemp]

cowboys1981, post: 5907298, member: 36391"]Hopeful
Carr on Nelson This is my huge worry I keep a safety over the top and put Scandrick on Cobb
Lacy Keeping the safety over Nelson makes it important that the front 7 control Lacy.

It's a strange new world when the thought of Carr on Jordy Nelson is much more terrifying than the thought of Carr on Megatron.

Megatron looks like a shell of what he looked like last year and previously.