In the wake of this past Tuesday’s elections, I am struck by the variety of interpretations I’ve heard of just what happened across the country.
The interpretations, predictably, are very supportive of whatever the individual interpreter is eager to believe.
“It’s anti-incumbent anger.”
“It’s a repudiation of Barack Obama.”
“It’s a Republican mandate.”
“It’s the usual off-year correction.”
“It’s the reaction of a center-right country to governance of a left-leaning President and Congress.”
And so on.
I mention it because I was dismayed on Monday by much of what I read and heard about Sunday’s triumph over the Jets. Specifically, this: rather than hearing (what my Packer-fan heart was eager to hear) that Green Bay is a good team that played a gritty game on the road, I heard a lot about the Jets not being very sharp following the bye.
Hmmm…
Now as I recall, the Jets coming of the bye was one of the reasons frequently mentioned as to why they would beat us. Now it’s the reason why they lost to us?
I’m not buying it.
I believe the Packers have shown much more discipline in recent weeks. I believe that if it were Bill Belichick at the helm, the coach would be receiving national adoration for how he has led such an injury-decimated team to the top of their division. I believe Dom Capers is showing his defensive genius, flexibly working with whatever he has to get the job done. And while it was not a pretty victory, I believe that gut-check win on the road against supposedly one of the best teams in the league was a real statement by our Packers.
Contrary to some of the discontented talk I heard from fans, I think McCarthy did a good job of trying to play-call our offense into a more balanced attack. I think Tim Masthay had a Pro Bowl punting performance. I think our defense was amazing, pitching a shut-out in such a close game on the road.
And I think we need to apply some sort of adhesive to our receivers fingers.
I have my own opinions, of course, about the rhymes and reasons behind Tuesday’s election results, too, but this is not the place for such partisanship. Here,I am only a Packer partisan. And I believe Sunday’s victory was every bit as much about the Packers playing well as it was about Jets playing poorly. Well done!
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