Well, I don't know how else to start this, other than what the title says. The Green Bay Packers made it to the NFC Championship game after narrowly defeating the Dallas Cowboys with a 51-yard Field Goal by Mason Crosby on Sunday, January 15th. Today they take on the Atlanta Falcons, and I'm just as worried about this game as I was about the Cowboys. Almost everything that I read about the game from NFL.com and other videos on YouTube is saying the Packers are underdogs and that the Packers' defense is what could easily decide the game. I have to agree, as Green Bay's defense has always been a major sore spot all season, and ever since they went 6-0 last season and then started falling big time against the Denver Broncos and ended the season at 10-6 they've shown how much they struggle stopping solid run and pass defenses.
I haven't blogged since before Christmas last year, and have been meaning to get back to it before the football season is over. We've got the NFC Championship game today, of course, and then Super Bowl LI is on Sunday, February 5th in Houston. The Pro Bowl is next Sunday, but it's such a joke, not many people watch it. Anywho, the Packers went 4-6 to start this season, and Rodgers made another famous statement: "I feel like we can run the table, I really do. If we can just get one win, and get things rolling, I think we have a real chance." Wouldn't you know it, they go on to win 6-straight, win the NFC North, and make it to the Championship game, sitting just 60 minutes from another Super Bowl.
As for my prediction with this matchup, I'm thinking it's gonna be another big shootout. Being a Packer fan, I have to stick with my guns, and I'm pushing for a big game on Rodgers' plate. I'm saying, this time, it'll come down to a final big touchdown, sending the Pack to the SB, 42-35. No Field Goals, no onside kicks, just a solid 5 TDs on either side of the ball, with Rodgers sending a rocket into the endzone and continuing their ride. I'm actually watching the game as I anxiously type this stuff up, and it's not good as of yet. Atlanta just rolled through Green Bay's defense, and Rodgers just went 3-and-out, with Crosby's 41-yard FG NO GOOD. That really sucks, since he had a 22-FG streak going in the postseason. DAMMIT.
All that aside, it'll be a heck of a game. Or maybe not. Maybe Atlanta will just totally rip our defense apart and make them look like the Bears. Or the Packers will magically gain momentum and win by 10. Who knows? You won't know until the clock hits 0:00 in the 4th quarter. Unless, of course, somehow we tie, and you all know how that usually ends for the Packers in the postseason, a game away from the Super Bowl.
Alright, enough talking and potential jinxing. Onto the current game and praying the defense can do even something against Matt Ryan's full-throttle defense.
