We’re coming to the end of one of the worst weeks in recent Packer memory. And we’re not really coming to the end of it, for while the “L” is notched and we can move on to the next opponent, the carnage continues. I don’t know if we would have come out any worse if the Redskins had come into the game with a conscious bounty on our best players.
So now we enter a week of uncertainty. Will Rodgers play? Will the team make a hundred-percent against a non-Conference opponent with the Vikings on deck? Did our hopes go down for the season along with Grant, Finley, and Barnett?
We host the Miami Dolphins at Lambeau on Sunday afternoon. If we were at full strength, I’d pick the Pack in a heartbeat. As it is (and has been), though, I’m not so sure.
As I mentioned, it’s a non-Conference game, and so it would not be as costly a loss as either of our other two have been. I’m thinking especially, therefore, about whether the Packers should rush Rodgers back from his concussion, or whether they should save him for the Viking game.
Meanwhile, it is conceivable to me that we’ll play our best football of the season this Sunday – not because we’ll have our best talent out on the field, but because our handicaps might force us to concentrate better than we have to date.
That, plus Lambeau, makes me predict a Green Bay win.
Elsewhere, I am predicting a Lion loss. I was actually rather pleased to see them finally get a victory, for they deserved one ever since getting hosed against the Bears in Week One. I don’t imagine them running it to a two-game win streak, however, as they go on the road against the resurgent Giants.
Speaking of teams likely to lose on the road, the Seahawks are coming to Chicago this weekend. I’d sure like to see the Division-leading Bears stumble, and I don’t believe they’re that good, but I think they’ll continue to nurse their delusional fans by running their record to a gaudy 5-1 this week.
Finally, the most fascinating game of the week is the Cowboys playing in Minnesota. The storyline, of course, is the match-up of two colossally disappointing clubs. One of them is going to drop to a 1-4 record, and it’s hard to make the playoffs from such a deep hole. Accordingly, this is being billed as a “must win” game for two teams that entered 2010 with grand playoff hopes.
The Vikings, you recall, were ever so close to making the big game last year. And the Cowboys figured on hosting the Super Bowl this year. For the moment, however, they are both bottom-feeders, along with all the unpleasant issues (and attention to those issues) that surround disappointment. I’m hoping for a Viking loss, naturally, and so that will be my prediction.
Bottom line? Wins for the Packers and Bears; losses for Vikings and Lions.
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