Anyway, regarding the Vikes-Pack game, I had opined previously about Pack QB Aaron Rodgers, and if you had any doubt about his greatness, it was all on display today. He's simply the best player in the NFL right now, regardless of position, and it's not even close. Yes, he was playing against a pretty lousy Vikings team with their B-squad secondary going, but he is just playing out of his mind, and I will be surprised if he doesn't break the NFL record for QB rating in a season. He's THAT good. En-fuego~! I will be shocked if the Pack don't find themselves in the Super Bowl again this year, simply because of him. That being said, the Packers are not totally unbeatable. Their defense doesn't do a lot for me outside of a few players, they're not "shut-down" by any means, they can be scored on and whatnot. But what's weird is, I don't think the Packers really care?? Oh, you score 27 against us?....we'll score 33. You score 38 against us?....we'll score 45. With Rodgers playing at this level, unless you get mass pressure on him, they're going to be tough to beat.
Also, in all honesty, I had no realistic expectation of winning today's game, but just to give those guys a good sweat for 60 minutes.....priceless. They're a better team than we are, and I don't have to like it, but I can accept it. Rookie QB Christian Ponder's first NFL start gives me hope for the future. He was only 13 of 32, but those are misleading numbers. He throws a very nice ball, and his accuracy was a welcome addition to the offense. He didn't hit any of his receivers in the foot all day~! Good Grief! He threw a couple of picks to Charles Woodson, who made nice plays in undercutting the pass routes, but that's what Charles Woodson does. He's a future Hall-of-Famer. No shame there. I think in Ponder, we've definitely got a kid to work with, and if we can add some weapons to stud RB Adrian Peterson and WR Percy Harvin, I think we can get something cooking.
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