With three weeks left in the season, things are pretty much ironed out for Minnesota and Green Bay heading into the playoffs. Unless a sudden string of upsets hit Green Bay and the Purple, both teams have good ideas what seed they will have for the playoffs. (more…)
File in this under the “looking too far ahead” department, but some Green Bay writers are grasping at the opportunity to continue their wild card run, and upset the Vikings in a possible playoff game ruining the hopes and dreams of all Vikings fans.
A couple reasons for optimism exist. (more…)
The first half of the NFL season is in the books, and as for the NFC North, a few things have become apparent:
1. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED – When Brett Favre left Green Bay in 2007, he said that he felt that he had “nothing left”. When he decided he wanted to come back, Ted Thompson decided that he and the Packers were ready to move on to Aaron Rodgers as their starting QB. (more…)
When the Vikings finished their eighth game of the season against… it’s been so long I forgot. They established a two and a half game lead over the Bears and the Packers.
Now after eleven days, (and a Thursday night Bear loss) the Vikings will wake up tomorrow (more…)
A couple weeks ago, the NFC North had a great week where every team won… and that might have included the Lions. With the Packers and Bears off to quick starts, and Minnesota doing their thing, (more…)
I’ve been reading a fair amount of blogs this week about the Packer game. On both the Vikings and Packers side, I’ve noticed there are a few points that haven’t been made. Green Bay defenders will mention how it got to be a close game, (more…)
With almost half the season in the books, this is turning out to be one of the weakest seasons for competition in the NFL. For only being half way through the season, only half the teams are within two games of a 0.500 record. With teams having played only 7 or 8 games, it’s hard to (more…)
Boomer at BearGogglesOn makes a case of rooting for the Vikings this weekend despite leading the division. Read his thoughts on it as well as see his poll results on what other Bear fans think.
At Blog Down, Chicago Bears, they’ve also taken notice to the comeback year Darren Sharper is having with the Saints. As a Bears fan, any help on defense would be welcomed right now. Shea Johnson writes about the former Packer and Viking.
The Packersgeek blog predicts a Packer victory despite the old love for Farve. He’ll be booing on Sunday when Favre is announced, or on the field, or maybe even while Brett is driving home. He also finds good news in the injury report this week.