erod
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Man, how stories and destinies change.
There's nothing like playing free and easy, riding a 4-game win streak without your two most expensive players in uniform. Dez and Romo are on ice, while the Bengals are down 28-0 and screaming at each other on the sidelines. Those boys hadn't been punched in the mouth like that in a good while. Did Geno Atkins even play? I don't recall.
Meanwhile up yonder in the southern suburbs of the North Pole, there's a bunch of blank stares and head-scratchin' going on, don'cha know. Pass protection is good, but Rodgers isn't finding plays down the field like normal. The Packer offense is stuck in 2nd gear, and nobody really knows why or what to do.
Now Lacy is ailing, or he ate a practice squad player. Nobody's really sure. Randall Cobb is seeing stars from an ugly hit, and Jordy Nelson is still shaking off the bubble wrap after a year's hiatus from injury. Questions without good answers abound.
Both defenses are doing fine, but only one was actually supposed to. Who are these masked men donning Cowboys uniforms? I know they can't be the same guys as last year. Rod Marinelli can't be that good, can he?
When the schedule dropped in the spring, our eyes grabbed on to a few "uh-oh" games. Cincy was one, but the two loudest were @ Green Bay and @ Pittsburgh. The stomach acid started rising in our throats. Too many nightmares have played out in those neighborhoods for our liking.
Yet suddenly, without warning, this picture has changed. Roles have reversed in Lambeau. Pittsburgh will have to wait for now.
Sunday's game inexplicably became simple and straight forward. The Cowboys get to just do what they do, with no real pressure to outperform themselves to have a chance. The Packers, however, have to find themselves, and fast, or they're going to be down two games to the Vikings, which already beat them once.
The psychology of this game isn't what it was six weeks ago.
Packer fans aren't feeling optimistic based on their No.1 defensive ranking against the run. They know they haven't seen the likes of this meat grinder. Zeke and the boys are primed, and the Cincy front seven is better than what the Packers roll out.
And if the Cowboys can play Nelson as well as they've played Beckham, Jackson, Jeffrey, and Green, then who exactly is Rodgers going to throw the ball to that scares anyone? And a second week of that same pass rush Dalton saw would go ahead and render this game all but over right now.
Green Bay can forget about a Dak and Zeke rookie freakout. Prescott's taken teams to Alabama and won with lesser talent, and Zeke did things in college that make this place just another city park. I don't think they even know or care much about the lores of Lambeau. Nerves are not nervous, and cold, it won't be.
No Dez, no matter. No Romo, no frets. No real advantage for Green Bay that I can see. This team is loose and relaxed, and can't wait to play. The Packers, not so much. They weren't ready to be this concerned about this game.
Who'd have ever thought?
Dallas 27, Green Bay 20.
There's nothing like playing free and easy, riding a 4-game win streak without your two most expensive players in uniform. Dez and Romo are on ice, while the Bengals are down 28-0 and screaming at each other on the sidelines. Those boys hadn't been punched in the mouth like that in a good while. Did Geno Atkins even play? I don't recall.
Meanwhile up yonder in the southern suburbs of the North Pole, there's a bunch of blank stares and head-scratchin' going on, don'cha know. Pass protection is good, but Rodgers isn't finding plays down the field like normal. The Packer offense is stuck in 2nd gear, and nobody really knows why or what to do.
Now Lacy is ailing, or he ate a practice squad player. Nobody's really sure. Randall Cobb is seeing stars from an ugly hit, and Jordy Nelson is still shaking off the bubble wrap after a year's hiatus from injury. Questions without good answers abound.
Both defenses are doing fine, but only one was actually supposed to. Who are these masked men donning Cowboys uniforms? I know they can't be the same guys as last year. Rod Marinelli can't be that good, can he?
When the schedule dropped in the spring, our eyes grabbed on to a few "uh-oh" games. Cincy was one, but the two loudest were @ Green Bay and @ Pittsburgh. The stomach acid started rising in our throats. Too many nightmares have played out in those neighborhoods for our liking.
Yet suddenly, without warning, this picture has changed. Roles have reversed in Lambeau. Pittsburgh will have to wait for now.
Sunday's game inexplicably became simple and straight forward. The Cowboys get to just do what they do, with no real pressure to outperform themselves to have a chance. The Packers, however, have to find themselves, and fast, or they're going to be down two games to the Vikings, which already beat them once.
The psychology of this game isn't what it was six weeks ago.
Packer fans aren't feeling optimistic based on their No.1 defensive ranking against the run. They know they haven't seen the likes of this meat grinder. Zeke and the boys are primed, and the Cincy front seven is better than what the Packers roll out.
And if the Cowboys can play Nelson as well as they've played Beckham, Jackson, Jeffrey, and Green, then who exactly is Rodgers going to throw the ball to that scares anyone? And a second week of that same pass rush Dalton saw would go ahead and render this game all but over right now.
Green Bay can forget about a Dak and Zeke rookie freakout. Prescott's taken teams to Alabama and won with lesser talent, and Zeke did things in college that make this place just another city park. I don't think they even know or care much about the lores of Lambeau. Nerves are not nervous, and cold, it won't be.
No Dez, no matter. No Romo, no frets. No real advantage for Green Bay that I can see. This team is loose and relaxed, and can't wait to play. The Packers, not so much. They weren't ready to be this concerned about this game.
Who'd have ever thought?
Dallas 27, Green Bay 20.
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