El Guapo
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Last night I combed through some of the old threads, comments, and predictions from the past offseason. Here are a few of my favorites when viewed through the Week 12 lens:
- The "Here We Go Again" injury thread after Abbrederis and Barclay had their pre-season injuries. It about stopped there.
- The Packers are stuck in neutral while the Bears, Vikings, and Lions all got better through the draft and free agency: https://www.packerforum.com/threads/unrealistic-expectations.50044/page-2
- The "Move Clay to ILB" thread. Big props to Eli Haugen for posting it this summer. Some of the replies were that the move would be illogical, people respectfully disagreed that it would be a good move, and even asked if the thread was a joke. No joke.
- The "Breakout Player of 2014" thread featured guesses primarily for Colt Lyerla, Raji, Brad Jones, Datone, and props to JBlood for guessing "whomever plays center." So far Linsley has been that guy.
- A side bet in the "Breakout" thread was who would get more snaps this season, Nick Perry or Datone Jones. So far it's HyponGrey's Nick Perry with 343 snaps vs ThxJackVainisi's Datone Jones with 227 snaps - through Week 11 stats.
- Will Rodgers win a 2nd MVP before winning a second Super Bowl? Surprisingly we are on track for both, which was Amish's prediction for this season
- Las Vegas win predictions for the NFC North: Bears - 8, Lions -8, Packers - 10, Vikings - 6
- Props to Oshkosh for predicting that the Cleveland Browns would be much improved
- Props to Ted Thompson for the newbot reporting of "Packers Decline To Pick Up 5th Year Option On Sherrod"
- And finally, the list of Top 10 Concerns entering the 2014 season thread:
- Safety Learning Curve (not an issue)
- Smaller D-Line (kind of an issue still)
- ILB Woes (partially solved with the CM3 look)
- Aaron Rodgers' collarbone (not an issue)
- OL Uncertainty (rock solid starters)
- Tight End Situation (not resolved)
- Julius Peppers in a 3-4 (not an issue)
- First Game At Seattle (as feared)
- NFC North Has Gotten Better Around Us (not an issue)
- Injuries (knock on wood)