Forget Favre
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I read ya loud and clear babe and I agree 10,000%.and who's to say Rodgers is at his peak YET?
May Rodgers not hit his peak for many more years to come.
I read ya loud and clear babe and I agree 10,000%.and who's to say Rodgers is at his peak YET?
One very underrated factor is rules.
If it's the 2011 rules, the 2011 team has a CLEAR advantage with it's wide sets. If it's the 1996 rules, then Rodgers would get knocked down A LOT.
One very underrated factor is rules.
If it's the 2011 rules, the 2011 team has a CLEAR advantage with it's wide sets. If it's the 1996 rules, then Rodgers would get knocked down A LOT.
Field conditions is also another one. But that one, interesting, if it's a very snowy or rainy day, it will go to the 2010 team. Favre always made mistakes in bad weather, Rodgers doesn't make mistakes.
When did they struggle in cold weather? Against the Bears, a team that they ALWAYS struggle?Actually, in his prime, Favre was THE BEST cold weather QB in the league. I believe he had streak of 24 wins when the temperature dropped below 32 degrees. In cold or sloppy weather the edge would definitely go to the '96 Packers as they were built for that condition. The latest versions of the Packers seem to struggle in cold weather.
One very underrated factor is rules.
If it's the 2011 rules, the 2011 team has a CLEAR advantage with it's wide sets. If it's the 1996 rules, then Rodgers would get knocked down A LOT.
Field conditions is also another one. But that one, interesting, if it's a very snowy or rainy day, it will go to the 2010 team. Favre always made mistakes in bad weather, Rodgers doesn't make mistakes.
That's a good point, though I didn't say exclusively cold weather, I said bad weather, which includes rain and wind, conditions where Favre himself said he struggled with, IIRC. He said that he wasn't as bothered by cold weather as he was by rain and wind.that is an awesome point on the rules..
But for cold weather, Brett was at one point somewhere around 30 wins (someone verify? ) and no losses when starting game temp was under 34..
The 1st loss in cold weather, may have been that Falcon playoff loss in GB
Cant someone sim that game on Madden or something?
Too funny. About as accurate as Tom Silverstein's picks.Made a simulation at that site.
2010 Green Bay Packers x 2010 Pittsburgh Steelers, at Cowboys Stadium
Result:
Green Bay Packers 3
Pittsburgh Steelers 31
Made another one, Steelers 20 Packers 13
1962 team was the best football team ever assembled. 13-1, offense had 29.6 PPG in that era (1st in the league), defense 10.5 PPG (1st). 3 shutouts in the season, 7 games total with the defense giving single digit scores, 26 was the most points given (loss to Lions), but 7 of those came from a fumble recovered and 2 of them by a safety (so the defense allowed 19 points). 4 games where the offense scored more than 40 points (again, in that era), and the team won 10 games by 2 possessions.I'd have to go for the 1929 team which went undefeated. I mean it was our first championship. Nothing is better than that. During the 1929 season the Packer defense registered eight shutouts. It was the first of three consecutive Championsips for Green Bay, bettering teams from New York, Chicago and throughout the league, with all-time greats and future Hall of Famers Mike Michalske, Johnny Blood McNally, Cal Hubbard, and Arnie Herber. During this period the Packers won 30 consecutive home games without defeat, an NFL record which still stands.
I remember listening to those games on the radio.
Yeah but you don't remember that 1929 team. I think the entire squad totaled 11.1962 team was the best football team ever assembled. 13-1, offense had 29.6 PPG in that era (1st in the league), defense 10.5 PPG (1st). 3 shutouts in the season, 7 games total with the defense giving single digit scores, 26 was the most points given (loss to Lions), but 7 of those came from a fumble recovered and 2 of them by a safety (so the defense allowed 19 points). 4 games where the offense scored more than 40 points (again, in that era), and the team won 10 games by 2 possessions.
And those are just the stats. The lineup is the classic Lobardi era lineup, with most at their prime:
QB: Starr
RB: Hornung
FB: Taylor
WR: Dowler
WR: McGee
TE: Kramer
LT: Skoronsky
LG: Thurston
C: Ringo
RG: Kramer
RT: Gregg
DE: Davis
DT: Hanner
DT: Jordan
DE: Quinlan
LB: Currie
LB: Nitschke
LB: Forester
CB: Adderley
CB: Whittenton
S: Wood
S: Gremminger
That's 11 Hall of Famers, including Lombardi.
I don't remember the 62' team either. Can't remember when I wasn't alive...Yeah but you don't remember that 1929 team.