SkippyX Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 30 minutes ago, notthatbluestuff said: Thank you. I see everywhere “Brady and Gronk know how to play in the cold!” That’s great; what about the rest of the roster?! Arians coached in Pittsburgh Bowles coached in NY Suh played in the NFC North for years Brown played in Pittsburgh JPP played in NY and lots of cold playoff games Fournette played in cold playoff games in Pit and NE McCoy played in Philly, Buffalo, and KC. Winfield Jr played college in Minnesota Godwin played at Penn State Brate played at Harvard Donovan Smith at Penn State Jensen at Colorado State Cappa played in far Northern California (Humbolt State) Not the Yukon but not exactly Miami Wirfs grew up in Iowa and played at Iowa Shaq Barrett went to school in Colorado and played 5 years in Denver David went to college in Nebraska Murphy-Bunting played at Central Michigan Not a whole lot of college sun birds on the roster. Ronald Jones played at USC in LA. White played at LSU If your hopes for the game are weather based like they will freak out because its cold then good luck with that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) The entire Bucs team played a night game at 40 degrees at kickoff 8 days ago. The Packers - Rams game was 35 degrees at kickoff. Edited January 18, 2021 by SkippyX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 This will be Rodgers 5th NFCCG. One team had zero at halftime in the previous 4 games. Packers 14 Bears 0 Packers 16 Seahawks 0 Falcons 24 Packers 0 49ers 27 Packers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy86 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Next year I'm just going to look at who the biggest matchup nightmare for the Packers are, and will bet the house, car, and my unborn children on them making the NFCCG. Going to be a fun game though I think any and every GB fan was hoping for a Saints win last night as the matchups are much more preferential from Green Bay's perspective. Had the Browns done the improbable last night this would likely be getting referred to as the 'real Superbowl' for 2020. The absolute key to the game for GB will be establishing the run to a reasonable level at least, and protecting the interior of the pocket from collapsing. If the Buccaneers can stop both of those things from happening, they win quite easily in my opinion (I love Matt LaFleur, but his one biggest weakness by far has been a 'plan b' when the initial setup fails - SF twice, TB, MIN, and to a lesser extent if I recall PHI losses were all due to this). If GB can establish this, I think some of the cracks that emerged in the Bucs defense in the last month or so of the season will likely be exploited enough to get the win themselves; I don't expect the Packers defense to dominate, but do think they will make some very important splash plays throughout that should turn the tide if the offense is ticking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTrav Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 My prediction is this exact thing will happen, but in red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTrav Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Ah I see we've already started on the weather. Tell me, what does the DVOA say? Might as well get the full set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notthatbluestuff Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 2 hours ago, SkippyX said: Arians coached in Pittsburgh Bowles coached in NY Suh played in the NFC North for years Brown played in Pittsburgh JPP played in NY and lots of cold playoff games Fournette played in cold playoff games in Pit and NE McCoy played in Philly, Buffalo, and KC. Winfield Jr played college in Minnesota Godwin played at Penn State Brate played at Harvard Donovan Smith at Penn State Jensen at Colorado State Cappa played in far Northern California (Humbolt State) Not the Yukon but not exactly Miami Wirfs grew up in Iowa and played at Iowa Shaq Barrett went to school in Colorado and played 5 years in Denver David went to college in Nebraska Murphy-Bunting played at Central Michigan Not a whole lot of college sun birds on the roster. Ronald Jones played at USC in LA. White played at LSU If your hopes for the game are weather based like they will freak out because its cold then good luck with that. You’re really reaching for some of those. Lavonte David went to a cold weather college a decade ago? Great. Arians coached in Pittsburgh so he loves the cold? Freaking LeSean McCoy? Sure, huge part of the team. Fournette played in TWO cold weather playoff games several years ago?! This is your grand point? The point is whether or not they’re recently accustomed to playing in extreme temperatures. Packers players live in that climate; they’re a lot more used to it than players who went to college in places that get a little chilly occasionally. And there’s a difference between Landover and Green Bay. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, notthatbluestuff said: You’re really reaching for some of those. Lavonte David went to a cold weather college a decade ago? Great. Arians coached in Pittsburgh so he loves the cold? Freaking LeSean McCoy? Sure, huge part of the team. Fournette played in TWO cold weather playoff games several years ago?! This is your grand point? The point is whether or not they’re recently accustomed to playing in extreme temperatures. Packers players live in that climate; they’re a lot more used to it than players who went to college in places that get a little chilly occasionally. And there’s a difference between Landover and Green Bay. Not to mention, November/December in Lambeau ain’t the same as January in Lambeau. Now do I think the weather and conditions will have an adverse effect? Not really. We’ve seen multiple teams go into Lambeau and win in this scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeptunePenguins Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 It looks like another 25 to 30 degree game. Slightly above the average high of 24F and low of 9F for GB this time of year. Not too crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman5252 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 3 hours ago, SkippyX said: This will be Rodgers 5th NFCCG. One team had zero at halftime in the previous 4 games. Packers 14 Bears 0 Packers 16 Seahawks 0 Falcons 24 Packers 0 49ers 27 Packers 0 This is the first time AR will be favored since the Chicago game. GB was a 7 point underdog in his last 3. The team that played ATL had no business being there in particular (Played a perfect game against Dallas). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berlin calling Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 nobody is stopping the packers this season and that includes KC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyponGrey Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 9 hours ago, 40Year Pack Fan said: It's not like it's mono on mono between the two.... I wish we could end this game with a boxing match between the QBs. I have far more confidence that Rodgers could knock Brady out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyponGrey Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 2 hours ago, NeptunePenguins said: It looks like another 25 to 30 degree game. Slightly above the average high of 24F and low of 9F for GB this time of year. Not too crazy. They keep putting us on the early game to make sure it's as warm as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Year Pack Fan Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 12 minutes ago, HyponGrey said: I wish we could end this game with a boxing match between the QBs. I have far more confidence that Rodgers could knock Brady out. I can hear Tom say, Below the belt is okay, but Not the face!..Not the face!... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notthatbluestuff Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 28 minutes ago, HyponGrey said: They keep putting us on the early game to make sure it's as warm as possible. Playoff games are rotated each year in terms of which conference goes first on Championship Sunday etc. Last year the AFC game was played in the early slot. Year before, NFC and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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