Mcyrulik's Blog

This is my take on Packer fans: are we the biggest bunch of whiners in the NFL? Come on now, seriously folks, do we need to produce more cheese for all of our whine? This entire Brett Favre saga has had me really thinking, and if I were an outsider looking in, I would have to concure with my own evaluation so far. Dump Ted, bring Favre back, the fans own the team...blah blah blah!! First of all, the fans, the city, the shareholders, none of them own the team, PERIOD. Yes, the Packers may be a team that has now owner, but if you think for two seconds that as a fan or resident of the city of GB you have even a small say in what happens with the Packers regarding football operations........think again!! Even someone who has multiple shares of this team has no say, sure they can go to sharholder meetings and feel important, but next time your at a shareholders meeting, try telling the organization to make a trade for another player you like better. If they dont laugh at you then, they sure as hell wil be once they are alone. Does anyone who is NOT wearing the rose-colored Brett FAvre glasses remember March 3, 2008? Anyone? Wait a second, that was the day Brett Favre retired, my bad. How about te reports that he wanted to come back a few weeks later and at the 11th hour re-retired. What on earth does this oraganization owe him now? Is he not a millionaire and a stud superstar because of the GB Packers? Is his family not completely taken care of for generations to come? What do we owe him? I say Nothing!!! Sure I bleed green and gold and loved Brett Favre, but I am also an educated man with my head on straight. he retired, not once, but twice. Has he filed his paperwork yet to return? Whoops, sorry, no again. Why not? He says he is 100% committed, so why not just file the papers and say look, Im in it to win it, lets play some football Ted and Mike!! You want to know how fast he would be back in GB if that were the case? Tomorrow!! I think we all need to take a step back and think.......15 years ago had this been a GM by an other name, we would have named a street after him after last season, along with talent he has assembled on the field, today, we want to hang with with a short rope on a tall tree. Are you kidding me? Yes, Favre had a fantastic year last year, but is that a guarantee he will have an equally impressive season this year? I just think we are showing the world that we are nothing but idiots and come football season, this will remain a huge distraction, but not to the team or the players on the team, but to the fans, the ones who will find fault in every teensie-weensie little mistake this year that Rodgers makes, and again we will be laughing stocks to the world when you idiots start chanting.......bring Brett Back, Bring Brett Back, Bring Brett Back.

Is anyone else out there as disappointed in the hire of Murphy as Packers new CEO as I am? I realize what they were looking for, but I always felt that the team would hire from within and not go to an outside source, especially hire a person who has zero ties to the Packers organization. I will give him the benefit of the doubt for now, but I am a little disappointed in this decision at this point. 

I found a great column written by Micheal Silver for Yahoo! Sports. Here is the link to the colum...I could not agree more with his assessment.                   http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-thegameface11
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This was absolutely a statement game! Not doubt about it. However, who made the statement? I can tell you without hesitation, the Green Bay Packers made a much bigger statement than the Dallas Cowboys. I'm sure some of you are saying, this guy is an idiot, the Cowboys beat the Packers. Yes, they did beat them, HOWEVER,  with Woodson and KGB out of the game, and Favre knocked out, the Packers showed heart and resiliance and did not allow the Cowboys to put them away. I was shocked and amazed at Rodgers performance, it gave me great pleasure to see him play that well. But in the grand scheme of things, if the Packers need to go back to Dallas and play a playoff game there, I think the game will be completely different. Plain and simple, the difference in the game? Turnovers. Two huge turnovers by the Packers cost them the game in the end. Eliminating even one of the two would have made that game closer than it even ended up being. I just feel that the Packers didn't play their game. And yet another point to be made, the season is not over yet, if Dallas doesn't find a killer instinct soon, they may very well lose another game (or two) and the Packers could still find themselves with home-field advantage. So, to all of you who are loving life right now and feel that the Packers just proved they aren't as good as Dallas, think again, I think the Packers showed they are actually better than Dallas.

Ok now, isn't it time the media finally break down and face the facts: the New York Giants, the Arizona Cardinals, and Denver Broncos are total pretenders. All three lost games to teams they should have beaten easily, at least if they were legit playoff contenders. I am tired of the media pumping up teams who can't beat the teams they should beat, but then in the same breathe, telling me that the Packers have not beaten anyone yet and are still perhaps a notch below the Cowboys. Seems to me the PAckers have beaten everyone the schedule has thrown at them, including teams that the media hyped as playoff contenders.......Denver, Chicago, San Diego, Philadelphia, New York, and Washington. Not to mention a few teams that were riding high...Detroit anyone? And Kansas City who at the time they played Green Bay had won 4 of 5. Don't tell me I say, show me, and right now, the Packers are showing everyone.

Up until the Thanksgiving Day game, I was not a true believer in the Packers as a dominating, conference leader. Something changed that day however that has made me think differently.

In years past, even during the start of the Sherman years, when the Packers faced a game that would be considered a 'must-win' they would flop. Not that the game against Detroit was a must win game, but in the grand scheme of this season, if the Packers wanted to be considered elite, or competitors in the NFC, winning in Detroit would be a must!

Heck, had they lost, who could have blamed them right? I mean, short week, on the road, already have exceeded nearly everyones expectations already this season, they really had nothing to play for and could have easily overlooked Detroit in anticipation of Dallas week.

But they didn't. Not only did they not overlook Detroit, they manhandled them. They showed the entire country that day, the same entire country that looked at Detroit as the NFC love-child, the sleeper team, loaded with talent, young, confident, and after losing to the Giants would have something to play for at home on the teams biggest stage every year. This was a trap game for the Packers.

But what ended up happening was perhaps even more shocking than the Packers being 9-1 going into the game; they truly dominated the game! Ok, so the first quarter wasn't exactly dominant, but then again, Detroit had controlled time of possession, started in Packers territory, and were basically running up and down the field, but at the end of the first quarter, the score was 6-0 Detroit. 6-0? After all that, the Lions could only score 6 points. And only a few minutes into the second quarter, the Packers came alive and never looked back. 

Now I dont know about any of you, but thats a different team I see out on that field than in years past. Even the imfamous #4 seems like a different player out there. Who in the NFL has MVP-like seasons at 38? No one I tell you. Moreover, who at 38 in this league is willing to subjugate to a guy who has never had headcoaching experience before? I know that list is very short, and may only have one name on it.

I am now a believer in this team. They showed me that they have heart, determination, confidence, and something no one thought they had at the start of the year; talent! This team has accomplished something that most experts will tell you is nearly and impossibility in the NFL, they have so far gone undefeated on the road. Not only that, but they have won in stadiums that are hard to win in; Kansas City, Detroit, Minnesota, New York, and Denver! 

Now Im not sure how Thusrdays game against Dallas will go, for sure the Packers toughest challenge of the year, but I can say this, it will be close, the Packers will never show signs of giving up, and #4 will have a huge game. If they can get healthy quick, limit the turnovers, and play good defense, we will be talking about the Packers being  11-1 and have the inside track on homefield advantage.