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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 409220" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Would I prefer the Packers D give up points this season at the same rate the '96 Packers D did? Certainly but Packers RS is correct, of course it's a team game and the Packers per game point differential this year is +14.1. The 2007 Patriots point differential was an astounding +19.7 and that leads me to another point about this Packers team and their D. Perhaps one of the reasons the Pats couldn't finish that season with a title was they were involved in so many blow outs, they weren't as prepared mentally for close game as they otherwise would have been. Whether that's true or not my point is this Packers team is mentally tough. They're down 13 or 14 points early? No problem. The opponent is driving to tie or take the lead in the fourth quarter? No problem. Their only up by 2 late in the game and need a long TD drive to wrap up the win? No problem. No, this doesn't guarantee they'll go 19-0 or win a title. But after overcoming extreme adversity last year, they have been hardened by a bunch of close games this season. BTW, this years' D is giving up about 7 1/2 more points/game than the fantastic '96 version and about 3 1/2 more per game than the '07 Pats. (All stats are for the regular season.)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">I understand the lure of saying except for this or that the stat would be different. Except for so-and-so's 50 yard run… Except for those 2 INTs, so-and-so's QB rating would have been… Problem is facts are facts and stats are stats. Subject to interpretation of course but for example when Greenbayphil says except for these two games the Packers D would be… don't you have to go through every team in the league and throw out the blowouts against "bad teams" they were involved in too? Also, you want to throw out the 45-7 blowout vs. the Vikings, how about the 33-27 win against the same team three weeks earlier? </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 409220, member: 4300"] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Would I prefer the Packers D give up points this season at the same rate the '96 Packers D did? Certainly but Packers RS is correct, of course it's a team game and the Packers per game point differential this year is +14.1. The 2007 Patriots point differential was an astounding +19.7 and that leads me to another point about this Packers team and their D. Perhaps one of the reasons the Pats couldn't finish that season with a title was they were involved in so many blow outs, they weren't as prepared mentally for close game as they otherwise would have been. Whether that's true or not my point is this Packers team is mentally tough. They're down 13 or 14 points early? No problem. The opponent is driving to tie or take the lead in the fourth quarter? No problem. Their only up by 2 late in the game and need a long TD drive to wrap up the win? No problem. No, this doesn't guarantee they'll go 19-0 or win a title. But after overcoming extreme adversity last year, they have been hardened by a bunch of close games this season. BTW, this years' D is giving up about 7 1/2 more points/game than the fantastic '96 version and about 3 1/2 more per game than the '07 Pats. (All stats are for the regular season.)[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]I understand the lure of saying except for this or that the stat would be different. Except for so-and-so's 50 yard run… Except for those 2 INTs, so-and-so's QB rating would have been… Problem is facts are facts and stats are stats. Subject to interpretation of course but for example when Greenbayphil says except for these two games the Packers D would be… don't you have to go through every team in the league and throw out the blowouts against "bad teams" they were involved in too? Also, you want to throw out the 45-7 blowout vs. the Vikings, how about the 33-27 win against the same team three weeks earlier? [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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