Week 1

Have to love that somehow a 2007 World Cup Irish rugby jersey found it's way into the Lambau field!!!!

Cutler gone to bits!

lads this packer defense is unreal ,capers is really doing a great job of getting to the qb and stuffing the run. There top pick raji isnt even playing aswell

Depressing...

theothers108 wrote: »

lads this packer defense is unreal ,capers is really doing a great job of getting to the qb and stuffing the run. There top pick raji isnt even playing aswell

Is he hurt or just can't crack the starting lineup?.

I watched three games yesterday. Firstly the Vikings and Browns. I was hugely impressed by the Vikings in the second half, I'm wondering though if their OL is up to it, Favre got sacked too many times last night and it wasn't like he had loads of time on all them plays, he did play well though. AP is just unreal and the main reason I decided to watch this game. When I did my season projections Brett was retired, now I really think the Vikings are going to be hard to stop.
On the Browns, their defence did a mighty job in the first half. I think they could be decent enough on defence, but unfortunately Brady Quinn is not the answer at QB. He can throw some nice balls but he does stink too often. Their ground game is decent but they really need a QB who they can trust and allow them to spread Ds so they can get the best from their running game.

The I watched the Giants/Redskins. Eli looked a lot sharper than I've seen him for some time, Skins were exceptional against the run so they were depending on him quite a lot. Hakeen Nicks looks the business but he got injured and it will be a huge loss for them if he is out for a couple of games. Steve Smith seems to be the no.2 WR right now and he did a very good job last night, Kevin Boss made a couple of critical receptions also.
On the Skins, they couldn't get their running game going last night. Campbell looked like he was having a stinker too, but based on the very end of the game when they went to the hurry up and he looked good, I'm wondering if the Giants defence is just that good. Campbell had loads of time on many occasions but seemed unable to find an open receiver. It seemed he was holding on to the ball just too long, but that hurry up at the end of the game when he found guys quickly makes me think that the coverage by the Giants D was the cause of his problems.
One more thing, as good as Eli looked last night they still struggled to convert their possession into scores. At the end of the day their win was a defensive win.

Finally I watched the Bears/Packers. What a game, very, very tight affair. Defense on top on both sides of the ball. I'm still not convinced by Aaron Rodgers, he seems to hold on to the ball too long too often, the guy has a serious arm but he needs to get rid of it when their is nothing on. Ryan Grant was the differnce maker last night. He got the Packers out of trouble many times. The twin threat of the Jennings and Driver was also important. People keep saying that Donald is finished but he just keeps producing.

People are dishing Cutler here, my personal opinion is that the Bears are not ready yet. They looked confused at times, a running team trying to become a passing offense. They never got their running game going, Matt Forte was under 60 yards, not sure excactly of his figures but his yards per carry was very low last night. Thats down to the Packers D and they were immense last night.


Overall out of all the teams I watched I really only seen one impressive Offensive team and that was the Vikings. I seen a lot of good defensive performances with the Giants leading the way, followed by the Packers and then the Vikings. In two of those games the Defense won the game.

Urlacher is out for the season apparently. What a nightmare.