NelsonsLongCatch
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PACKERS (-10) over Bears
At stake: The No. 6 seed and a playoff spot for Green Bay; a potential No. 1 seed for Chicago (with a win and some luck); and the upper hand in a nine-decade rivalry that dates back to 1921 (when the Bears were known as the Chicago Staleys).
Why you should pick the Packers: If Atlanta takes care of business at 1 p.m. ET, the Bears lock into that 2-seed before this game starts (making it meaningless for them). And also, we've been playing musical chairs for "They look like a Super Bowl team" NFC honors for four straight months; doesn't it make sense that we'd go into the playoffs with the No. 5 and No. 6 seeds riding the most momentum?
Underrated subplot: If Atlanta wins and Chicago tweets this game in, that would mean Philly killed the Giants three times -- twice on the field, then a third time when it choked against Minnesota (handing that 2-seed to Chicago and by proxy handing this game and the 6-seed to Green Bay). A triple homicide! Hey Eagles fans, would you rather have the 2-seed, or the 3-seed with the added bonus that you destroyed Giants fans a third time? (Waiting.) You picked the 2-seed ... but you had to think about it, right?
Another underrated subplot: Mike McCarthy doing his Andy Reid impersonation -- it's like watching the Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker of Bad Clock Management grabbing their light sabers for three hours. Don't sleep on McCarthy: He's the one who prompted Brad from Tampa to e-mail me, "Can you ask one of your readers to make a YouTube video of Mike McCarthy as MacGruber? Whenever McCarthy has to battle the clock, the clock always wins. I'm waiting for the day when he calls for a fake FG in the two-minute offense with the Packers down four. MCCARTHY!!!!!"
Love it. Here, I re-wrote the theme song for the YouTube clip maker ...
MCCARTHY!
He can't understaaaand that three zeroes are a bad thing
MCCARTHY!
It's like crossing Herm Edwards with Andy Reeeeeeid
MCCARTHY!!!!!!
He goes through timeouts like an all-you-can-eat buffeeeet
MCCARTHY!!!!!!!
Heshouldspendthesummerplayingvideogamestopracticethecloc-
MCCARTHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At stake: The No. 6 seed and a playoff spot for Green Bay; a potential No. 1 seed for Chicago (with a win and some luck); and the upper hand in a nine-decade rivalry that dates back to 1921 (when the Bears were known as the Chicago Staleys).
Why you should pick the Packers: If Atlanta takes care of business at 1 p.m. ET, the Bears lock into that 2-seed before this game starts (making it meaningless for them). And also, we've been playing musical chairs for "They look like a Super Bowl team" NFC honors for four straight months; doesn't it make sense that we'd go into the playoffs with the No. 5 and No. 6 seeds riding the most momentum?
Underrated subplot: If Atlanta wins and Chicago tweets this game in, that would mean Philly killed the Giants three times -- twice on the field, then a third time when it choked against Minnesota (handing that 2-seed to Chicago and by proxy handing this game and the 6-seed to Green Bay). A triple homicide! Hey Eagles fans, would you rather have the 2-seed, or the 3-seed with the added bonus that you destroyed Giants fans a third time? (Waiting.) You picked the 2-seed ... but you had to think about it, right?
Another underrated subplot: Mike McCarthy doing his Andy Reid impersonation -- it's like watching the Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker of Bad Clock Management grabbing their light sabers for three hours. Don't sleep on McCarthy: He's the one who prompted Brad from Tampa to e-mail me, "Can you ask one of your readers to make a YouTube video of Mike McCarthy as MacGruber? Whenever McCarthy has to battle the clock, the clock always wins. I'm waiting for the day when he calls for a fake FG in the two-minute offense with the Packers down four. MCCARTHY!!!!!"
Love it. Here, I re-wrote the theme song for the YouTube clip maker ...
MCCARTHY!
He can't understaaaand that three zeroes are a bad thing
MCCARTHY!
It's like crossing Herm Edwards with Andy Reeeeeeid
MCCARTHY!!!!!!
He goes through timeouts like an all-you-can-eat buffeeeet
MCCARTHY!!!!!!!
Heshouldspendthesummerplayingvideogamestopracticethecloc-
MCCARTHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
