Looked around a few Packers message boards

[erod]

Sure they do.

What's so scary about playing Dallas?

 

[kramskoi]

GB is about the perfect victim for Dallas.
McCarthy will be very focused on beating his former team.
Love is terrible outside the pocket and this pass rush will get after him.
Knowledgeable GB fans expect to lose.
The line is DAL by 7.5

Might not be as bad at Tampa last year but this shouldn't be close.

This. He's a middle triangle guy. 31st in the league throwing on the run. He's also, at times, late with the football on longer developing routes. If Dallas rolls out the 40 point offense then it will be very tough for the Packers to keep pace. IOW, if they play to the form of their SIX home blowouts they should prevail. The Packers defense is ranked 27th in DVOA. If they can't consistently move Prescott off the spot with their d-line it will be tough sledding.

It should not be close, which makes me think it may be closer than some predict. What Dallas doesn't want is a close game in the fourth quarter...although I wouldn't bet against the defense and Prescott at home in that scenario.

 

[Ebnorice]

Most of their fans are very confident that they'll win. And I have no problem with that.

The thing that stuck with me the most is that they keep bringing up past wins over us as a reason they should beat us....

....but don't seem to understand that they had Aaron "The Devil Himself" Rodgers as a QB back then.


I have nothing against Jordan Love, but I really hope we destroy them.

Yeah it is pretty comical. A buddy of mine has been spouting off all week. So I told him to make a straight up bet. He bet $200 and I have to give him no points. Confident cocky or just plain dumb ? I guess we will know Sunday.

 

[jgboys1]

I mean we lost to them in ‘16 when they had off the street guys starting for them in the secondary, couldnt do anything till the second half

It seems like Uber driver and shoe salesmen have carrier games against us when they dress up in the opposing teams uniforms in the playoffs.

 

[DripTooHard]

I mean we lost to them in ‘16 when they had off the street guys starting for them in the secondary, couldnt do anything till the second half

I blame the soft culture and mindset leading up to that game. Resting players, especially a rookie QB, was a bad idea. I also got the sense that Dak and Zeke took the mindset that they would be back to the playoffs in future years, so what’s the big deal right?

Oh and I do also place blame on the DC social media folks, especially Taylor Stern. They did these videos on each player’s journey, further contributing to the soft culture. It was like they were celebrating for entering the divisional round when this franchise hadn’t won anything since 1995. I hope the DC social media folks stay away from the players for the rest of this season. Stop contributing to the soft culture!

 

[EPL0c0]

Most of their fans are very confident that they'll win. And I have no problem with that.

The thing that stuck with me the most is that they keep bringing up past wins over us as a reason they should beat us....

....but don't seem to understand that they had Aaron "The Devil Himself" Rodgers as a QB back then.


I have nothing against Jordan Love, but I really hope we destroy them.

I worry more about Aaron Jones than Aaron Rodgers.

That guy has owned AT&T and he's probably the healthiest he's been all season right now.

 

[bonafidebanter]

That was when we were being "smart" by shutting down our starters not just in the regular season finale but the 2nd half the week before against the Lions. Add in the bye week and they went a month without their starters playing a full game.

Come out flat in the first half and fall behind big and then rally to just come up short against a team you beat at their place during the season.

We eliminated ourselves that year by being gutless.

OMG, don't remind me. We got too big for our britches that season. What a waste.

 

[cowboyed]

Straight up, and don't reply to this with the holier-than-thou BS, I hope I see a Packers fan act stupid and get handled.

Ok Don Corleone. But the wise cracking Packers fan could already have love handles. Come on that would be an embarrassment of riches.

 

[LBPick]

In the parity era and with a seemingly “snakebit” franchise this could get very nerve racking late in the game lol

Jimmy Johnson has exorcised all curses, hexes, jinxes and snakebites with his HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS war cry during his ROH induction. Rest easy, friend.

 

[jterrell]

This. He's a middle triangle guy. 31st in the league throwing on the run. He's also, at times, late with the football on longer developing routes. If Dallas rolls out the 40 point offense then it will be very tough for the Packers to keep pace. IOW, if they play to the form of their SIX home blowouts they should prevail. The Packers defense is ranked 27th in DVOA. If they can't consistently move Prescott off the spot with their d-line it will be tough sledding.

It should not be close, which makes me think it may be closer than some predict. What Dallas doesn't want is a close game in the fourth quarter...although I wouldn't bet against the defense and Prescott at home in that scenario.

Yup. GB should be able to run the ball on our defense but our offense should have a fairly easy time in general.
I don't know that we roll up 28 by halftime and cake walk it but I do expect it to be the 20-7 type game by halftime where we realize we can score at least a FG every possession we don't turn it over and they struggle to maintain first downs as when they get behind the chains the series ends.

GB is essentially in the playoffs because they beat the Rams when Rypien was at QB.
That kept them from falling into tank mode at 2-6 with a loss the following week they would have been 2-7.

These very low seeds are not traditional playoff teams in strength.

If the game was in GB I'd hate it because that run game and fluky road woes might knock us around and we lose to an inferior team but a home game in Dallas? I think we cover the points pretty easily.
If I have a knock on this team, it is that it is very front runnery.... When the passing game is going Dak gets the confidence to feast and the defense once ahead by 7+ flies under black flags asking no quarter and giving zero.
Up 20?? Micah will try to get a playoff sack record.

Games will get much tougher after this.

 

[jterrell]

I worry more about Aaron Jones than Aaron Rodgers.

That guy has owned AT&T and he's probably the healthiest he's been all season right now.

Aaron Jones has never faced us without Rodgers at QB.
Makes running a bit easier.

 

[Risen Star]

Pressure love up the middle and he's toast.

So is Prescott.

 

[Risen Star]

Sure they do.

What's so scary about playing Dallas?

We are scarier than anything Stephen King's ever written, hater.

Imagine looking over at the sewer drain and seeing our talent peering out of it.

 

[EPL0c0]

 

[Arkyvarminter]

The Packer Forums I read were not like that. They were saying that we were too talented and they had a slim chance of winning.

 

[texbumthelife]

Most of their fans are very confident that they'll win. And I have no problem with that.

The thing that stuck with me the most is that they keep bringing up past wins over us as a reason they should beat us....

....but don't seem to understand that they had Aaron "The Devil Himself" Rodgers as a QB back then.


I have nothing against Jordan Love, but I really hope we destroy them.

Let’s be honest, a few of those “wins” were because they had too many men on the field (when you count the refs).

 

[TexasHillbilly]

We owned them in the 90’s. Ask Reggie White how much he loves Erik Williams.

Reggie was Erik's raggedy Ann doll on the field.

 

[EPL0c0]

Aaron Jones has never faced us without Rodgers at QB.
Makes running a bit easier.

Jones did just fine today... without Rodgers.

Aaron Jones might be the most underrated, underestimated, and overlooked RB in the league