As of this moment on Saturday evening, I haven’t heard definitively whether or not Aaron Rodgers will be playing in the season finale against Detroit. And as of this moment, I’m still not sure what I hope.
I’ll be taking my youngest daughter to the game, and she is a huge Aaron Rodgers fan. It’s her first pro football game, and for her sake I’d like him to play. On the other hand, as a Packers fan in general, I think I’d like to see him far, far away from the action (i.e., the danger). Still, I suspect that he wants to play, and I don’t think McCarthy is the kind of guy who coaches scared. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Rodgers play for a half or so, therefore.
It should be a Sunday of good viewing with a number of significant games. Much is still up for grabs, including a couple of divisions, several playoff spots, a number of seeds -- plus the number one pick in the 2012 NFL Draft!
For myself, I am rooting in these ways tomorrow…
First, I want the Packers to win. I don’t want them to lose their edge. I don’t want them to lose at Lambeau. I don’t want them to enter the playoffs as losers. And I want them to end this year’s campaign tied for the second-best record ever: namely, 18-1. (Only ours will be a preferable 18-1 to the 2007 Patriots’.)
Second, I want the 49ers to win -- a pretty good likelihood against the 2-13 Rams. I much prefer the prospect of San Francisco keeping the #2 seed in the NFC than the Saints earning that advantage on the final week of the season.
Over in the AFC, I’m rooting for the Broncos, for I rather enjoy the Tim Tebow story and all the debate that accompanies it. I’m rooting against the Jets, however, for I do not enjoy their stories, coach, and players. And I’m rooting against the Steelers raising their seeding at all, which at a practical level means that I’m cheering for the Ravens on Sunday. (That, incidentally, should be a great game, as the Bengals host Baltimore in a win-and-they’re-in game.)
Finally, I want the Cowboys to beat the Giants in New York. What a great Sunday Night game for the regular season finale! If we have to face one of those two NFC East teams in the postseason, I would prefer to welcome the Cowboys into Lambeau than the Giants.
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