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December

Packers vs. Titans Week 16 Game Predictions from AllGBP.COM (with Podcast)

Posted in 2012 - 2013 Season,2012 Regular Season,Adam Czech,Chad Toporski,Game Predictions,Jason Perone,Jersey Al Bracco,Kris Burke,Marques Eversoll,Thomas Hobbes by Chad Toporski
GAME PREDICTIONS
Week 16: Green Bay Packers vs. Tennessee Titans
Name Record To-Date This Week’s Pick Score Prediction
Kris Burke 10-4 Green Bay Packers 27-10
Now that we know the Mayans were wrong, here’s a sign the world still may end: the Packers will put this thing away early.  With the pressure of winning the division off, the Packers return to an aerial attack and put this one away early. I think we’ll even see Graham Harrell in the fourth quarter.
“Jersey” Al Bracco 9-5 Green Bay Packers 31-17
NFC Champions Baby! The Packers host the hapless Titans, so surely that must mean a Packers win, right? As we’ve seen in the past, the Packers can play down to the level of their competition, but I don’t think even that would be enough to lose to the Titans. Wacky prediction: Crosby goes one for five on field goals and is mobbed by his teammates on the one he makes. Yeah, that’s where we are…
Adam Czech 11-3 Green Bay Packers 28-13
I was going to predict 34 points for the Packers, but then I remembered Mason Crosby is our kicker. The goal in this game should be to avoid more injuries. I watched the Titans vs Jets game on Monday because I had money on the Jets. Now I’m scarred for life after witnessing that debacle. The Packers need to get ahead early so the Titans quit playing and start thinking about what last-minute gifts they need to buy for their wives and mistresses.
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December

Packers vs. Bears: 5 Observations from Green Bay’s 35-21 Win over Chicago

Posted in 2011 - 2012 Season,2011 Regular Season,Aaron Rodgers,Defense,Features,Game Recaps,Greg Jennings,James Jones,Jermichael Finley,Jordy Nelson,Marshall Newhouse,Mike McCarthy,Offense,Offensive Line,Quarterbacks,Ryan Pickett,Seasons,Special Teams,Tight Ends,Tim Masthay,Wide Receivers,Zach Kruse by Zach Kruse

Jermichael Finley was a catalyst for the Packers' opening touchdown drive. (Photo: Rick Wood, JSOnline)

Behind five touchdown passes from Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers wrapped up home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs and won a franchise record 14th game in 2011 with a 35-21 victory over the Chicago Bears.

Five observations from the game:

1. Next man up

The Packers makeshift offensive line bounced back in a big way Sunday night. Facing one of the better defensive lines in football, Rodgers wasn’t sacked and rarely was hurried. The banner performance came from left tackle Marshall Newhouse, who all but took All-Pro defensive end Julius Peppers out of the game. This was a big time performance with just two players, Scott Wells at center and Josh Sitton at right guard, starting at the same position they did to begin the 2011 season.

2. Missing Pickett

It’s been shockingly evident how much the Packers miss Ryan Pickett up front. Without him the past two weeks, the Packers’ run defense has been gashed repeatedly. On Sunday night, third-string running back Kahlil Bell ran for 121 yards as the Bears totaled 199 on the ground. If not for a big lead in the third quarter that took the Bears out of their game plan, Chicago could have ran for 250 or more yards. Getting Pickett back will help, but the gap discipline from the run defense has to be much better. They were all over the place against the Bears. Frank Gore, Michael Turner and the rest of the NFC running backs had to be salivating watching Sunday night.  Read more... (658 words + 1 image, estimated 2:38 mins reading time)

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December

Packers vs. Bears Preview: 5 Things to Watch

Posted in 1 - Injuries,2011 - 2012 Season,2011 Regular Season,Aaron Rodgers,Bryan Bulaga,Chad Clifton,Evan Dietrich-Smith,Jermichael Finley,Mike Neal,Offensive Line,Predictions,Quarterbacks,Ryan Pickett,Seasons,Tight Ends,Zach Kruse by Zach Kruse

Jermichael Finley caught three touchdowns back in Week 3.

The Green Bay Packers (13-1) and Chicago Bears (7-7) face off in Week 16 of the NFL season Sunday.

The basics 

When: 7:20 CST, Sunday, December 25, 2011.

Where: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI.

TV: NBC; Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth. Also streaming online at NBCSports.com and NFL.com.

Radio: 620 AM WTMJ (Milwaukee); Packers Radio Network; Westwood One, NFL Sunday Drive.

Series: Bears lead, 85-92-6 (Packers won last regular season game, 27-17, on Sept. 25, 2011 at Soldier Field.)

Five things to watch

1. Banged up offensive line
Matching up against the Bears’ defensive line is a task in itself, but doing so with a makeshift offensive line only compounds the difficultly. The Packers will be without Bryan Bulaga (sprained knee cap) on Sunday, and other injuries to Chad Clifton and Derek Sherrod have forced the Packers to shift T.J. Lang to right tackle and replace him with Evan Dietrich-Smith at left guard.
Understandably, the Packers shifting offensive line had its share of problems against Kansas City. How they handle a Bears defensive line that has 28 total sacks, including 10 from Julius Peppers and seven from Henry Melton, will be a focal point on Sunday. Another rough performance could make scoring points a struggle.

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December

Packers vs. Bears Week 16 Game Predictions from AllGreenBayPackers.com

Posted in Adam Czech,Chad Toporski,Game Predictions,Jersey Al Bracco,Kris Burke,Michael Dulka,Predictions,Thomas Hobbes,Zach Kruse by Chad Toporski
GAME PREDICTIONS
Week 15: Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Name Record To-Date This Week’s Pick Score Prediction
Kris Burke 12-2 Green Bay Packers 27-21
The Packers will be an angry bunch but you have to throw out records and previous performances when these two teams meet. The Bears make it interesting late but Rodgers and the Packers get their mojo back and lock up home field advantage.
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“Jersey” Al Bracco 13-1 Green Bay Packers 42-6
It will be anything but a silent night as the Packers throw a wild Christmas Party at Lambeau Field.  The Packers will stomp on their arch rivals in a beatdown that will have the “Bears Still Suck” on continuous play all through the night.
Adam Czech 12-2 Green Bay Packers 35-14
Will McCarthy and Rodgers incorporate more runs and short passes into the gameplan? Probably not. And I don’t think it will matter.
Thomas Hobbes 13-1 Green Bay Packers 24-17
Offensive line is definitely going to be one problem, getting out of the funk that the Packers have been in lately will be bigger.  Will the Packers actually come out and really play?  I’m not sure, but it is the Bears so the game will have significance and the Bears are hurting too.
Zach Kruse 11-3 Green Bay Packers 23-10
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December

Game Balls and Lame Calls: Packers Rout Giants 45-17

Posted in 2010 - 2011 Season,2010 Regular Season,Aaron Rodgers,Authors,B. J. Raji,Coach/GM,Defense,Defensive Players,Dom Capers,Game Talk,John Kuhn,Kris Burke,Mike McCarthy,Offense,Offensive Players,Players,Seasons,Team Units,Ted Thompson,Tramon Williams by Kris Burke

I’m sure glad Packers general manager Ted Thompson listened to some fans last week and fired coach Mike McCarthy after that loss to the Patriots.

Ahem.

Moving on, the Green Bay Packers walloped the New York Giants 45-17 Sunday to keep their playoff hopes very much alive. A win next week at home over the NFC North champion Chicago Bears and the Packers are in the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

There were a lot of highs and even a few lows in this game for Green Bay so let’s get to it.

Game Balls

QB Aaron Rodgers

Did that new helmet Rodgers was wearing come from the Bill Belichick line? Did he have the defensive signals of the Giants literally in his head?

All kidding aside, what a comeback for Rodgers. Any potential for rust was quickly done away on an 80 yard touchdown pass to Jordy Nelson and Rodgers rolled from there. Finishing the day with a career regular season high 404 yards and a career high tying 4 TD passes, Rodgers showed there were no lingering cobwebs from his two concussions this season.

Even more impressive was his ability to evade the Giants’ all-star pass rush. Even with rookie tackle Bryan Bulaga getting beat by Pro Bowler Justin Tuck on just about every pass play, Rodgers was able to make enough plays with his feet and his arm to make this game a blowout.

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