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What's the worse loss: Seattle 2014 or Packers 1997?
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<blockquote data-quote="PackerDNA" data-source="post: 598616" data-attributes="member: 9965"><p>In looking back, it's hard to believe the Broncos were double digit underdogs.</p><p>That was an excellent team, that maybe had they not rested everyone the last two weeks of the season and took things more seriously, wouldn't have been stunned by Jacksonville in their first playoff game in '96 and would have been the Packers opponent in the previous Super Bowl instead of the Patriots.</p><p>But to answer the question, if I had to choose, this Seattle game was the tougher one to swallow.</p><p>Denver had a great plan. Neutralize White, Butler and Brown by keeping the ball away from them. Run away from White and Brown, make them chase and tire them out. Make Butler cover Sharpe, then don't throw to Sharpe( if memory serves, Sharpe was targeted once and had no catches). On defense, sell out and blitz . Favre missed a lot of open recievers, and for some reason Holmgren abandoned a successful ground game(sound familiar?Levens had what, one carry in the 4th qtr?).</p><p>Sure it hurt to lose a Super Bowl, but at the end of the day, you could live with it knowing you lost to a team a little better that just made more plays.</p><p>The "Hawks game was tougher because it was won- repeatedly- and given away. A season's worth of unbelievable mental errors gave the game away. That isn't to take anything away from Seattle; they didn't quit and in the end took advantage of their chances to get the win. The thing is, they were in no position to have those chances without the Packers giving them to them, blowing an all but sure win.</p><p>Hard times both, but I'll go with the Seattle game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PackerDNA, post: 598616, member: 9965"] In looking back, it's hard to believe the Broncos were double digit underdogs. That was an excellent team, that maybe had they not rested everyone the last two weeks of the season and took things more seriously, wouldn't have been stunned by Jacksonville in their first playoff game in '96 and would have been the Packers opponent in the previous Super Bowl instead of the Patriots. But to answer the question, if I had to choose, this Seattle game was the tougher one to swallow. Denver had a great plan. Neutralize White, Butler and Brown by keeping the ball away from them. Run away from White and Brown, make them chase and tire them out. Make Butler cover Sharpe, then don't throw to Sharpe( if memory serves, Sharpe was targeted once and had no catches). On defense, sell out and blitz . Favre missed a lot of open recievers, and for some reason Holmgren abandoned a successful ground game(sound familiar?Levens had what, one carry in the 4th qtr?). Sure it hurt to lose a Super Bowl, but at the end of the day, you could live with it knowing you lost to a team a little better that just made more plays. The "Hawks game was tougher because it was won- repeatedly- and given away. A season's worth of unbelievable mental errors gave the game away. That isn't to take anything away from Seattle; they didn't quit and in the end took advantage of their chances to get the win. The thing is, they were in no position to have those chances without the Packers giving them to them, blowing an all but sure win. Hard times both, but I'll go with the Seattle game. [/QUOTE]
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