I have heard parents, employers, and educators all insist that attire impacts performance. Dress like someone who doesn’t care, and you’ll work like someone who doesn’t care.
I don’t know how true that is in all areas of life, but it surely seemed to be true in Lambeau Field on Sunday afternoon.
After a mostly dismal first half, I think that if I were Coach McCarthy, I would have had the Packers change into some non Civil War era uniforms during halftime.
Much to our relief, the Packers prettied up their game a good bit during the second half. Still, it was not the sort of wire-to-wire domination that we should have exhibited against a team like the 49ers at home.
Rodgers looked great. The running game showed some signs of life. It’s nice to be able to double another team’s score in a game when you didn’t play a full 60 minutes of good football. And I was impressed by the Packers’ capacity to eat up the clock late in the 4th quarter.
In the end, it wasn’t a thing of beauty, but a win by any other name would smell as sweet…?
Meanwhile, there are four “big cat” teams in the NFL: the Panthers and Lions in the NFC, and the Jaguars and Bengals in the AFC. Except for the resurgent Jaguars, all the other big cats are playing like declawed kittens this season. And the two of them that we needed to play well this week -- the Bengals and Lions -- both failed us in the end. Cincy and Detroit both led their opponents (New Orleans and Chicago, respectively) in the fourth quarter, but neither could hold on for the win.
Since the Packers also won, it’s not super-costly. Still, it would have been nice to get a little help.
The one bit of help we did get this weekend was from last week’s foe. The Atlanta Falcons came from behind to beat the surprising Buccaneers. Since last week’s loss essentially sealed the deal in terms of our trying to catch and surpass Atlanta, our rooting interest was for a Tampa Bay loss. That happened, and that means one less NFC team knotted up at 8-4. It’s a crowded field vying for this year’s NFC wild card berths, and Green Bay can’t afford to stumble, as a result.
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