For not having a meaningful game in a long time, my emotions going into this huge game Thursday has me unable to find a side. Certainly the Green Bay Packers can win this game, the problem is most people didn’t expect the Packers to be in this position, including myself, which makes evaluating this game all the more difficult. In fact, the Cowboys, while making the playoffs last year were not exactly world beaters. Like the Packers, to me, anyway, they are a shocking 10-1.
For those who read this blog I have some bad news. I am leaning more and more toward the Packers in this game. Little things like the way coach McCarthy has his team prepared for the media onslaught that has come with the game. The fact that the Cowboys’ linebackers and secondary think that Packers’ quarterback Brett Favre is still throwing ill-advised passes into tight coverage. Favre has been the opposite of that this year and has 22 TDs and only 8 picks. If the Pokes are looking for gifts, it won’t come from Brett this year. The Packers’ defense is still my main worry.
Of course, my optimism could be totally wrong. My friend Scott thinks a total meltdown is in order – offense, defense, special teams. He feels like we have been dodging a bullet all year. I seem to lean toward Bill Parcell’s old line – “you are what your record is”. The Packers are 10-1 for a reason, and right now I think the Packers are going to be more relaxed than the Cowboys and at this very moment in time I think the Packers will win the game.
Of course, that may all change between now and my prediction tomorrow night.