Are You Ready...?

It is now mid December, and the Packers have clinched a playoff position, and the NFC North division! Life is pretty good in football land. My team has only lost twice this season. That is a great thing. Brett Farve is Sports Illustrated's "Sportsman of the Year". He is very talented, and willing to play through adversity. The team may not have much of a running game, but what they do has been working fairly well this season. So I ask you, are you ready for the Packers to take the post-season? I sure am!

Here is the thing, we lost to the Bears at home (embarrassing) and to the Cowboys in Dallas. Losing to the Cowboys I could normally deal with, but did you see the game? I seriously want to know how much money the refs were paid by Dallas! The play calling was beyond horrendous. Now, I'm not totally blaming the results on the zebras, but they went out of their way to help Dallas.

So, if we can't even beat the Bears at home, how are we supposed to survive when we meet Dallas in the championship game, to see which NFC team goes to the Superbowl?

First of all, we need honest refs. Second, we need to band together as a team and not only bring our "A" game, but our "A+++" game. We need to play better than we have in any of our games this season. Favre can't throw any interceptions, and the defense needs to shut down TO and keep Dallas from converting on 3rd downs.

If we can do that, we have a good chance of pulling out a victory and making it to the Superbowl. Then, we face our toughest competition in a VERY long time, the New England Patriots. I have little doubt that the Pats will represent the AFC. They are 13-0 after all. Yes, it only takes in 1 defeat in the post-season to be finished, but I think the Pats are going all the way. So how in the world are the Packers going to beat the Patriots, when we lost to the Cowboys in the regular season?

That is going to take a mighty act of being a unified team. The boys have to give it all they have, and then some. The Patriots have proven to be a formidable foe, but a foe with holes in its armor. Yes, they are undefeated, but it has been very iffy a few times. They can be beaten. The Packers could very well be the team to do that. The defense cannot allow the Patriots to make it to Red Zone. The defense needs to sack the QB, and keep him scrambling. They need to shut down the run. The offense needs to be on the same page. Brett can't throw interceptions, and the WR's need to be open. The run game has to improve. If all this happens, then the critical defeat for the Patriots will come in Arizona (I think that is where the Superbowl is this season) against the Packers.

So, I ask you again, are you ready for the GREEN BAY PACKERS to WIN the SUPERBOWL???