This Sunday afternoon’s game can’t come soon enough for me. I can’t live with the pain and frustration of the Monday Night mess much longer! And my expectation is that the Lions in Lambeau will help to make everything better.
There is little question in my mind, following in the wake of Monday’s game, that the Packers were the better team. I don’t really fear meeting the Bears again. And I certainly don’t fear the Lions. I only fear our own foolishness and underachieving.
I believe the Lions are on the right track for the future, and I think their D-line is going to give our O-line fits. In the end, though, we have more and better talent. If we can just cut our mistakes in half, therefore, I believe we’ll get back in the win column this week.
Meanwhile, our hope is that the Bears will enter the loss column. It will be their second consecutive week in prime time (Sunday Night Football), only this time they’ll be on the road. The New York Giants play host to the Bears, and honestly the Giants need this win more. They have truly underperformed – or at least performed quite unevenly – so far in 2010. They’re in a competitive division: any one of those four teams could hope to win the NFC East.
I’m not sure which of the two teams playing on Sunday Night is the better team, but I do think either one can win. And I certainly hope the Giants pull it off, for the Panthers, Seahawks, Redskins, and Bills are the Bear’s next four opponents – hardly Murders’ Row.
Meanwhile, believe it or not, the Vikings are already on their bye this weekend! ‘Way too early, in my judgment. I would think that they, as well as the Chiefs, Cowboys, and Buccaneers would all want to keep it going this Sunday, but instead they’ll have to shift into park already in Week Four. Ugh!
The Packers, on the other hand, have a lot of football left before getting their week’s vacation. We’re home for the Lions, at Washington, home for Miami, home for Minnesota, at the Jets, and home for the Cowboys – two of those games on Sunday Night Football! – before we finally get out break in Week Ten. Personally, I like that situation much better. I like a late rest just before the final stretch run.
Finally, there are several other interesting games around the league…
San Francisco at Atlanta will be interesting the way an accident is. The 49ers have clearly been one of the early disappointments in 2010, and Atlanta will be a tough place to make things right. Can you imagine Mike Singletary if San Fran starts 0-4?
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, meanwhile, will be a fascinating match-up. The Steelers have surprised everyone with their perfect start in spite of their most imperfect circumstances. But a divisional game against a good Ravens team… Could spell trouble for Pittsburgh.
Finally, Monday Night Football features another excellent contest. The New England Patriots head to Miami for an important divisional contest between a couple of real contenders. Should be a good one, and it carries a lot of early significance.
So, Week Four is almost here… and I can hardly wait!
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