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<blockquote data-quote="gator" data-source="post: 294182" data-attributes="member: 651"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ONCE AGAIN IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THOUGH THE REALITY SEEMS QUITE HARD</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS THE GREEN AND SHINING LEAVES OF SUMMER</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">FORM</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> DRIFTS IN THE CORNERS OF OUR YARDS</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THIS NOW SEEMS TO BE THE TIME</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">WHEN SUMMER'S HEAT AND PASSION SLIP AWAY</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">WITH THE SUMMER SUN SETTING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">SHORTENING THESE EARLY AUTUMN DAYS</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THERE ARE SOME SAVING GRACES FOR THIS SEASON</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">LIKE THE LEAVES' BRILLIANT COLORS BEFORE THEY FALL</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> WHAT'S BECOME OUR FAVORITE PASTIME</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">WATCHING AND PLAYING AMERICAN FOOTBALL</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">MOST OF US WHO CALL OURSELVES FOOTBALL FANS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">FIND IT HARD TO WAIT FOR THE SEASON TO BEGIN</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS WE WONDER, PLAN AND REALLY HOPE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">OUR FAVORITE TEAMS WILL DOMINATE ONCE AGAIN</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE TEAMS THAT MOST OF US FOLLOW CLOSELY</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">GREEN</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> BAY</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">'S PACKERS AND THE MINNESOTA VIKES</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">LAST YEAR PLAYED LATE INTO THE POSTSEASON</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THOUGH THEIR FINAL SCORES WEREN'T ANYTHING TO LIKE</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE VIKINGS ENTERED LAST FOOTBALL SEASON</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">UNSURE OF JUST WHERE THEIR FUTURE WOULD LEAD</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">FEELING LIKE THEY WERE NEAR A BREAKTHROUGH</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">BUT KNOWING THEY CARRIED SOME SERIOUS NEEDS</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE VIKES WERE IN NEED OF A BIG-TIME QUARTERBACK</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">SO THE REACHED OUT FOR A FAMILIAR FACE AND NAME</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">RECLAIMING THE GAME OF BRETT LORENZO FAVRE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">WHOSE PLAY AGAINST THE VIKINGS CONTRIBUTED TO HIS FAME</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THIS WAS THE SORT OF MOVE THAT CARRIES MUCH RISK</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS THE QUESTION IS CAN HE STILL BRING HIS LEVEL OF PLAY</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">BUT IN WHAT SHULDN'T HAVE REALLY BEEN A SURPRISE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">BRETT CAME ROLLING BACK EASILY ALL THE WAY</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">IN FACT HE LOOKED AS GOOD AS HE HAD IN RECENT MEMORY</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">LIKE HIS GAME HE GONE THROUGH A REBIRTH</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">DESPITE THE DOUBTS SHOWN IN THE PRESEASON</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THERE COULD BE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS WORTH</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">BETWEEN THE REBIRTH OF BRETT'S GAME</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> THE BEST DEFENSE THAT COACH CHILLY COULD DEVISE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS THE SEASON WORE ON MINNESOTA'S FANS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">STARTED SEARCHING FOR SUPER BOWL TRAVEL BUYS</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">HOWEVER THEIR SEASON CAME TO A SUDDEN END</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS HAS HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES BEFORE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">WHEN THE VIKES FACED THE SAINTS FOR A SUPER BOWL BERTH</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> WOUND UP SHORT ON THE FINAL SCORE</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">VIKINGS' FANS HAVE COMMENTED THEY THOUGHT THE SAINTS EXCEEDED</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE REGARDED AS “OK”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">BUT THEY STILL HAD A CHANCE UNTIL AN ERRANT PASS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">SIMPLY GAVE ANY CHANCE TO WIN AWAY </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">NOW</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> AS THE VIKINGS KICK OFF THIS YEAR'S SEASON</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THEIR FIRST OPPONENT TURNS OUT TO BE NEW ORLEANS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> WHILE FOR SOME REASON SOME THINK THE SAINTS ARE DOOMED</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE RESULTS WILL HAVE TO REMAIN TO BE SEEN</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE VIKES GO INTO THIS YEAR'S MEATGRINDER</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">BEING PRETTY MUCH THE REINCARNATION OF LAST YEAR</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">OTHER THAN A FEW CHANGES DUE TO INJURY</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">WHICH ARENT SEEMING TO CAUSE THE COACHING STAFF MUCH FEAR.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">SIDNEY RICE HAD SURGERY ON A HIP</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> WILL MISS A MONTH AND A HALF</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> OF ALL THE UNUSUAL AILMENTS, PERCY'S SLEEP APNEA</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">HAS</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> GOT TO MAKE MOST PEOPLE WANT TO LAUGH.....</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE GREEN BAY PACKERS ALSO PLAYED QUITE WELL</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">LOOKING CLEARLY LIKE A FIRST-RATE CONTENDER</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THEY TOOK ARIZONA’S CARDINALS TO OVERTIME</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A FEAT THAT PROVED THEY WERE FAR FROM BEING PRETENDERS</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">UNFORTUNATELY YOUNG AARON RODGERS SHOWED US</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THAT HE HAS LEARNED SOME CRISIS-MOVES FROM BRETT</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS HIS PASS TURNED OUT TO BE A BIT OFF-LINE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">CAUSING ALL PACKER FANS TO BREAK INTO AN ICY SWEAT</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> YES THE CARDINALS INTERCEPTED IT</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">RUNNING EASILY INTO THE ARIZONA END ZONE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ENDING</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> GREEN BAY</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">'S ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE IN THE PLAYOFFS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> LEAVING AARON RODGERS STANDING ALL ALONE</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">IT WAS THE END OF A MOST PRODUCTIVE SEASON</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ONE</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> WHERE PROBLEMS AND SHORTCOMINGS WERE OVERCOME BY THE PACK</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">PROBLEMS LIKE AN OFENSIVE LINE THAT STRUGGLED EARLY</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> WAS CAPABLE OF YIELDING FIFTY-ONE SACKS</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">BY SEASON'S END HOWEVER THAT OFFENSIVE LINE HAD HEALED</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS THE RUNNING GAME BECAME MOST EFFECTIVE AT LAST</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> THE PASSING GAME WORKED LIKE A FINELY-TUNED MACHINE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">RIVALING THE PLAY OF A FAVRE-LED TEAM FROM SEASON'S PAST</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE QUESTION THAT'S BEEN CARRIED OVER FROM LAST SEASON</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ISN'T TOO DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE CARRIED OVER EVERY YEAR</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">CAN THE PACKERS CARRYOVER THE THINGS THAT WORKED</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">WHILE MAKING THE THINGS THAT DIDN'T SIMPLY DISAPPEAR</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">REALLY THERE ISN'T A LOT TO BE ABANDONED</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS MOST THINGS WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">OR AT LEAST THAT IS THE WAY THAT IT LOOKED TO US</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">SO FAR AS OUR VANTAGE POINT COULD TELL</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AARON RODGERS WILL STILL BE AT THE HELM</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">DEMONSTRATING HIS RIGHT ARM AND HIS BRAIN</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS THE SCORING PASSES HE FIRES DOWN THE FIELD</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">FALL INTO THE ENDZONES LIKE SO MUCH SCOING RAIN</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">RYAN</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> GRANT SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO CARRY THE TEAM</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS THE RUNNING GAME FILLS THE ROLE THAT'S NEEDED</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">BECAUSE THE OFFENSIVE LINE GETS NOTHING BUT BETTER</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> AT GAMES' END THEIR PLAY HAS CLEARLY SUCCEEDED</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE PACKERS' DEFENSE LAST YEAR CAME TOGETHER</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AND</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> WERE ABLE TO SHUT MANY OPPONENTS DOWN</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">WITH SUPERIOR TALENT AND A WINNING GAME PLAN</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">OTHER OFFENSES FOUND THEMSELVES BEING PUSHED AROUND</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS THE TEAM PREPARES FOR THIS SEASON</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">MANY EXPERTS IN THE PRESS AND ON TV</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ARE</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> PREDICTING GREAT THINGS FOR THE BOYS</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">-I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE GUYS WHO'RE WEARING GREEN AND GOLD</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">HAVE SOME HUGE EXPECTATIONS TO LIVE UP TO</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AS LONG AS THEY DON'T LET THEIR EGOS GET IN THE WAY</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THERE MAY BE NO LIMIT TO THE THINGS THEY CAN DO...</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Carl "Gator" Nelson</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Packers 'verses' Vikings: A Poetic Perspective</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> <a href="http://www.PackersversesVikings.com" target="_blank">Packers Verses Vikings | Book of NFL game day football poems</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gator, post: 294182, member: 651"] [FONT=Arial]ONCE AGAIN IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THOUGH THE REALITY SEEMS QUITE HARD[/FONT][FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS THE GREEN AND SHINING LEAVES OF SUMMER[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]FORM[/FONT][FONT=Arial] DRIFTS IN THE CORNERS OF OUR YARDS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THIS NOW SEEMS TO BE THE TIME[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]WHEN SUMMER'S HEAT AND PASSION SLIP AWAY[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]WITH THE SUMMER SUN SETTING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]SHORTENING THESE EARLY AUTUMN DAYS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THERE ARE SOME SAVING GRACES FOR THIS SEASON[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]LIKE THE LEAVES' BRILLIANT COLORS BEFORE THEY FALL[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] WHAT'S BECOME OUR FAVORITE PASTIME[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]WATCHING AND PLAYING AMERICAN FOOTBALL[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]MOST OF US WHO CALL OURSELVES FOOTBALL FANS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]FIND IT HARD TO WAIT FOR THE SEASON TO BEGIN[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS WE WONDER, PLAN AND REALLY HOPE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]OUR FAVORITE TEAMS WILL DOMINATE ONCE AGAIN[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THE TEAMS THAT MOST OF US FOLLOW CLOSELY[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]GREEN[/FONT][FONT=Arial] BAY[/FONT][FONT=Arial]'S PACKERS AND THE MINNESOTA VIKES[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]LAST YEAR PLAYED LATE INTO THE POSTSEASON[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THOUGH THEIR FINAL SCORES WEREN'T ANYTHING TO LIKE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THE VIKINGS ENTERED LAST FOOTBALL SEASON[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]UNSURE OF JUST WHERE THEIR FUTURE WOULD LEAD[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]FEELING LIKE THEY WERE NEAR A BREAKTHROUGH[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]BUT KNOWING THEY CARRIED SOME SERIOUS NEEDS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THE VIKES WERE IN NEED OF A BIG-TIME QUARTERBACK[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]SO THE REACHED OUT FOR A FAMILIAR FACE AND NAME[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]RECLAIMING THE GAME OF BRETT LORENZO FAVRE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]WHOSE PLAY AGAINST THE VIKINGS CONTRIBUTED TO HIS FAME[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THIS WAS THE SORT OF MOVE THAT CARRIES MUCH RISK[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS THE QUESTION IS CAN HE STILL BRING HIS LEVEL OF PLAY[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]BUT IN WHAT SHULDN'T HAVE REALLY BEEN A SURPRISE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]BRETT CAME ROLLING BACK EASILY ALL THE WAY[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]IN FACT HE LOOKED AS GOOD AS HE HAD IN RECENT MEMORY[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]LIKE HIS GAME HE GONE THROUGH A REBIRTH[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]DESPITE THE DOUBTS SHOWN IN THE PRESEASON[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THERE COULD BE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS WORTH[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]BETWEEN THE REBIRTH OF BRETT'S GAME[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] THE BEST DEFENSE THAT COACH CHILLY COULD DEVISE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS THE SEASON WORE ON MINNESOTA'S FANS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]STARTED SEARCHING FOR SUPER BOWL TRAVEL BUYS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]HOWEVER THEIR SEASON CAME TO A SUDDEN END[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS HAS HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES BEFORE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]WHEN THE VIKES FACED THE SAINTS FOR A SUPER BOWL BERTH[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] WOUND UP SHORT ON THE FINAL SCORE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]VIKINGS' FANS HAVE COMMENTED THEY THOUGHT THE SAINTS EXCEEDED[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE REGARDED AS “OK”[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]BUT THEY STILL HAD A CHANCE UNTIL AN ERRANT PASS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]SIMPLY GAVE ANY CHANCE TO WIN AWAY [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]NOW[/FONT][FONT=Arial] AS THE VIKINGS KICK OFF THIS YEAR'S SEASON[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THEIR FIRST OPPONENT TURNS OUT TO BE NEW ORLEANS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] WHILE FOR SOME REASON SOME THINK THE SAINTS ARE DOOMED[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THE RESULTS WILL HAVE TO REMAIN TO BE SEEN[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THE VIKES GO INTO THIS YEAR'S MEATGRINDER[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]BEING PRETTY MUCH THE REINCARNATION OF LAST YEAR[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]OTHER THAN A FEW CHANGES DUE TO INJURY[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]WHICH ARENT SEEMING TO CAUSE THE COACHING STAFF MUCH FEAR.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]SIDNEY RICE HAD SURGERY ON A HIP[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] WILL MISS A MONTH AND A HALF[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] OF ALL THE UNUSUAL AILMENTS, PERCY'S SLEEP APNEA[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]HAS[/FONT][FONT=Arial] GOT TO MAKE MOST PEOPLE WANT TO LAUGH.....[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THE GREEN BAY PACKERS ALSO PLAYED QUITE WELL[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]LOOKING CLEARLY LIKE A FIRST-RATE CONTENDER[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THEY TOOK ARIZONA’S CARDINALS TO OVERTIME[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]A FEAT THAT PROVED THEY WERE FAR FROM BEING PRETENDERS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]UNFORTUNATELY YOUNG AARON RODGERS SHOWED US[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THAT HE HAS LEARNED SOME CRISIS-MOVES FROM BRETT[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS HIS PASS TURNED OUT TO BE A BIT OFF-LINE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]CAUSING ALL PACKER FANS TO BREAK INTO AN ICY SWEAT[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] YES THE CARDINALS INTERCEPTED IT[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]RUNNING EASILY INTO THE ARIZONA END ZONE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]ENDING[/FONT][FONT=Arial] GREEN BAY[/FONT][FONT=Arial]'S ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE IN THE PLAYOFFS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] LEAVING AARON RODGERS STANDING ALL ALONE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]IT WAS THE END OF A MOST PRODUCTIVE SEASON[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]ONE[/FONT][FONT=Arial] WHERE PROBLEMS AND SHORTCOMINGS WERE OVERCOME BY THE PACK[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]PROBLEMS LIKE AN OFENSIVE LINE THAT STRUGGLED EARLY[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] WAS CAPABLE OF YIELDING FIFTY-ONE SACKS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]BY SEASON'S END HOWEVER THAT OFFENSIVE LINE HAD HEALED[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS THE RUNNING GAME BECAME MOST EFFECTIVE AT LAST[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] THE PASSING GAME WORKED LIKE A FINELY-TUNED MACHINE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]RIVALING THE PLAY OF A FAVRE-LED TEAM FROM SEASON'S PAST[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THE QUESTION THAT'S BEEN CARRIED OVER FROM LAST SEASON[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]ISN'T TOO DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE CARRIED OVER EVERY YEAR[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]CAN THE PACKERS CARRYOVER THE THINGS THAT WORKED[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]WHILE MAKING THE THINGS THAT DIDN'T SIMPLY DISAPPEAR[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]REALLY THERE ISN'T A LOT TO BE ABANDONED[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS MOST THINGS WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]OR AT LEAST THAT IS THE WAY THAT IT LOOKED TO US[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]SO FAR AS OUR VANTAGE POINT COULD TELL[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AARON RODGERS WILL STILL BE AT THE HELM[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]DEMONSTRATING HIS RIGHT ARM AND HIS BRAIN[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS THE SCORING PASSES HE FIRES DOWN THE FIELD[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]FALL INTO THE ENDZONES LIKE SO MUCH SCOING RAIN[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]RYAN[/FONT][FONT=Arial] GRANT SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO CARRY THE TEAM[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS THE RUNNING GAME FILLS THE ROLE THAT'S NEEDED[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]BECAUSE THE OFFENSIVE LINE GETS NOTHING BUT BETTER[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] AT GAMES' END THEIR PLAY HAS CLEARLY SUCCEEDED[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THE PACKERS' DEFENSE LAST YEAR CAME TOGETHER[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AND[/FONT][FONT=Arial] WERE ABLE TO SHUT MANY OPPONENTS DOWN[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]WITH SUPERIOR TALENT AND A WINNING GAME PLAN[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]OTHER OFFENSES FOUND THEMSELVES BEING PUSHED AROUND[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS THE TEAM PREPARES FOR THIS SEASON[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]MANY EXPERTS IN THE PRESS AND ON TV[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]ARE[/FONT][FONT=Arial] PREDICTING GREAT THINGS FOR THE BOYS[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]-I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THE GUYS WHO'RE WEARING GREEN AND GOLD[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]HAVE SOME HUGE EXPECTATIONS TO LIVE UP TO[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]AS LONG AS THEY DON'T LET THEIR EGOS GET IN THE WAY[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]THERE MAY BE NO LIMIT TO THE THINGS THEY CAN DO...[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] Carl "Gator" Nelson[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Packers 'verses' Vikings: A Poetic Perspective[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [url=http://www.PackersversesVikings.com]Packers Verses Vikings | Book of NFL game day football poems[/url][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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