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OFFICIAL Packers VS Lions - The Matt Flynn Game
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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 418380" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Yesterday’s jsonline “notes” tells us Rodgers may not play at all and McCarthy’s comments at his press conference infer the same. We know Jennings, Cobb, Bulaga, and Starks won’t play. Matthews and Woodson are both “questionable” which indicates to me they won’t play either (each would be probable if this game meant anything at all). The article notes there are 5 healthy CBs and 5 healthy LBs without those two. If Rodgers doesn’t take a snap, this game won’t even match the usual roster for a preseason game. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Pickett will play but I’ll be surprised if he takes a snap after halftime. The most interesting part of this game for me will be watching: </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/rodgers-might-sit-this-one-out-ng3kga5-136467118.html" target="_blank">LINK</a></span></u></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">As long as the Packers suffer no injuries, I don’t care at all who wins the game. As Desmond Bishop is quoted as saying in the article, “</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Nothing really will matter," said Bishop. "<em>The playoffs are a whole new season</em>."</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">I enjoy a civil “back and forth” with fans of opposing teams as long as they act as guests in this forum. So to answer one such fan: Iron Lion, it looks like Clifton can finally play Sunday but whether or not he can get up to game speed is a question that won’t be answered at least until Sunday and probably won’t be fully answered until two weeks later. Newhouse isn’t a sure thing but he’s got a chance to be. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">As to another Lions fan, I suggest you step back and consider the contrast between your team and ours. The last time your team was relevant was in the 19<strong>50s</strong>. Since then our team has won seven NFL titles. <strong>Seven</strong>. Your team hasn't even appeared in a single title game over that period of time. Our team is arguably the most storied in the NFL. The greatest coach in the history of the league coached our team; became a legend in Green Bay and the championship trophy bears his name. For the last half century, your team has just filled up opponents’ schedules. So, <span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">mister “<span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">I'm a walking dictionary</span></span>”, here’s another word for you to look up: <em>Perspective</em>. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Also consider you have come into our forum and chirped about a meaningless game for our team. The reason it’s meaningless doesn’t appear in your dictionary so I’ll spell it out: It’s meaningless for us because we have secured home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Unlike your team, absolutely nothing changes for us, no matter the outcome of this game. One last word for you to look up: <em>Irony</em>. It relates to you typing, “this is the I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T, where people of all kinds type all kinds of things”. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 418380, member: 4300"] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Yesterday’s jsonline “notes” tells us Rodgers may not play at all and McCarthy’s comments at his press conference infer the same. We know Jennings, Cobb, Bulaga, and Starks won’t play. Matthews and Woodson are both “questionable” which indicates to me they won’t play either (each would be probable if this game meant anything at all). The article notes there are 5 healthy CBs and 5 healthy LBs without those two. If Rodgers doesn’t take a snap, this game won’t even match the usual roster for a preseason game. [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Pickett will play but I’ll be surprised if he takes a snap after halftime. The most interesting part of this game for me will be watching: [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][U][FONT=Tahoma][URL='http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/rodgers-might-sit-this-one-out-ng3kga5-136467118.html']LINK[/URL][/FONT][/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]As long as the Packers suffer no injuries, I don’t care at all who wins the game. As Desmond Bishop is quoted as saying in the article, “[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]Nothing really will matter," said Bishop. "[I]The playoffs are a whole new season[/I]."[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]I enjoy a civil “back and forth” with fans of opposing teams as long as they act as guests in this forum. So to answer one such fan: Iron Lion, it looks like Clifton can finally play Sunday but whether or not he can get up to game speed is a question that won’t be answered at least until Sunday and probably won’t be fully answered until two weeks later. Newhouse isn’t a sure thing but he’s got a chance to be. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]As to another Lions fan, I suggest you step back and consider the contrast between your team and ours. The last time your team was relevant was in the 19[B]50s[/B]. Since then our team has won seven NFL titles. [B]Seven[/B]. Your team hasn't even appeared in a single title game over that period of time. Our team is arguably the most storied in the NFL. The greatest coach in the history of the league coached our team; became a legend in Green Bay and the championship trophy bears his name. For the last half century, your team has just filled up opponents’ schedules. So, [FONT=tahoma]mister “[COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]I'm a walking dictionary[/FONT][/COLOR]”, here’s another word for you to look up: [I]Perspective[/I]. [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Also consider you have come into our forum and chirped about a meaningless game for our team. The reason it’s meaningless doesn’t appear in your dictionary so I’ll spell it out: It’s meaningless for us because we have secured home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Unlike your team, absolutely nothing changes for us, no matter the outcome of this game. One last word for you to look up: [I]Irony[/I]. It relates to you typing, “this is the I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T, where people of all kinds type all kinds of things”. [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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