The Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Rivals for 40 years and usually the games are big. It seems like these two teams are always good at the same time. The Cowboys knocked the Packers out of the playoffs three years in a row in the 90s and in the process also beat the Packers eight straight times. Things are different this time. Experience at quarterback is on the Packers side now. The eight losses in Dallas were during Brett Favre’s growing years and looking back might have been a good experience for the young gunslinger. Now it’s Tony Romo going against the aging veteran who is playing the best football of his career. Barring injury, Favre will soon hold every major passing record and may throw for over 4,000 yards this year. Amazing.
Romo is having a Favre-type year but the Cowboys run the ball much more than the Packers do so his stats are not quite as good, although in the convoluted way the NFL figures quarterback rating, Romo is ahead of Favre. To me, Romo might be the key to the game. If he stumbles even a little, the Packers should be able to notch a win. I don’t think the Cowboys can stop the Packers’ offense, only the Packers’ offense has stopped the Packers’ offense this year. If that remains true, this will be a shootout and I think Romo will misfire first.
I think the Packers will give up a ton of yards, but I just have a hunch Romo makes a critical mistake that gives the Packers the edge. Go figure, uh? Here I am, the guy that gets ripped every week for being so negative during the game blogs and here I am picking the Packers to beat the so-called second best team in the league, in a venue that has been far worse to Green Bay than even the House of Horrors in Minneapolis. I don’t understand it myself.
That said. Packers win 38-34. I will try to control myself during the game blog, but I have to call it as I see it. Thanks for all the comments and keep them coming. Lets do a good thing for football tomorrow night.