That is the way they draw it up. With the Packers’ season hanging in the balance late in the first half, trailing 10-3 to the fading Seahawks, the Packers, led by the courageous Aaron Rodgers, scored 24 straight points and dominated the second half on their way to a 27-17 victory in Seattle. Rodgers was superb while playing hurt for the second week in a row. For the fourth time this season he didn’t throw an interception in the game and had another of his patented quarterback sneaks for a touchdown. Rodgers’ toughness should never be questioned again. I mean come on, Tony Romo is out 4-5 weeks with a broken pinky? Brett Favre played with a broken thumb, I think that is a little more important than a pinky. I mean, you have three other fingers.
But I digress, the Packers win Sunday was just what the doctor ordered, and I don’t care if Charlie Frye was the quarterback. When someone hands you a victory you damn well better take it. The Packers did just that and hopefully built some confidence in the process, because the big bad Indianapolis Colts come to Lambeau next week. A win over the Colts would shed a whole new light on the rest of the season, a loss and we are back to wondering what we actually have here.
The Packers have talent, that is for sure. Greg Jennings is fast becoming one of the best receivers in the NFL, he leads the league by almost a hundred yards in receiving yards and his 108 yards per game is also tops. Jennings right now is unstoppable, which should start providing more opportunities for Donald Driver and the up-and-coming Jordy Nelson. Nelson is going to be a player if you ask me. All the things you saw in his highlight film from college you see starting to come out. A little bit at a time. I predict a 60-70 yarder for him coming in the next few games. If Jordy keeps improving and replaces Driver in due time, he and Jennings are going to be quite a duo for Rodgers over the years, maybe a better duo than even Favre ever had to work with.
On defense Charles Woodson is certainly a Pro Bowl player. He just continues to shut down half the field and when they throw his way he picks it off. Almost had another pick-six yesterday. Tramon Williams played well again in replace of Al Harris and Nick Collins continues his much awaited emergence. The Seahawks were unable to run the ball but much of that of course was due to the fact the Packers knew Seattle couldn’t pass the ball. Still, secondary played well and they are the strength of the Packers’ defense. However, they will need to play twice as well against the Colts next Sunday.
No matter what, the Packers are off the snide and any chance they had of beating the Colts would have been down the drain had they lost to Seattle. I’m not going to predict a victory just yet, but if the Bears can beat the Colts, the Packers should be able to. By the way, wasn’t that one of the greatest moments in Packers’ history yesterday when the Falcons came back with 11 seconds on the clock to beat the mini-Ditkas? In fact, my NFL Ticket paid for itself in a nine minute span yesterday afternoon. All was good except for the Vikqueens winning ugly once again.
It appears the Packers didn’t suffer any serious injuries, but I’m extremely worried about Ryan Pickett. His injury I think is more serious than the team is letting on. Let’s hope I’m wrong as usual.
More to come. Let’s enjoy the victory and think positive this week. Is that too much to ask?