Down Go the Packers........

After a blowout and a 4th quarter shoot-out on Saturday, we were treated to a very ugly Ravens win over the Texans and the Packers show they aren't who some hoped they were.  The Giants went to Green Bay, and picked a fight.  Something no one did all season, except for the Kansas City Chiefs.  Was this a case of the Packers not being able to shake off the rust of not playing since Christmas Day?  The answer is no.  The Giants are playing up to their potential.


Eli Manning has a Super Bowl ring but when the subject of "elite" QBs come up, his name isn't near the top.  Sure his numbers are mind-blowing like Brees, Brady and big brother Payton, but he has shown that if you give him a opening, he will find a way through.  While folks are throwing out MVP honors to Brees and Brady, Eli and silently kept his composure and guided his team to the NFC championship game.  A month ago, no one would have believed that possible.  All the Giants did was play "playoff" football for the last 4 games of the season and earned their way into the playoffs.  A beat down of the Falcons led to the 15-1 Packers.  The Giants didn't talk about being disrespected or under rated.  They went into the "frozen tundra" and beat the Packers.

The Packers, have no excuses and you cheese heads need to stop lying to yourselves about how good the Packers are.  Having a defense that was last or next to last all season, doesn't win championships.  The Packers enjoyed a schedule where they were able to play teams at the right time and racked up wins.  Don't forget, this same Giants team, without RB Bradshaw, and lost by 3.  So the Giants already knew they could score on the Packers coming into this game.  The only question was could they get to and rattle Aaron Rodgers.  The answer was yes and yes.  Rodgers was sacked 4 times and had a INT.  I don't want to hear about the 8 dropped passes.  Yes, there was a huge one in the endzone but what about the other 12 incomplete passes?  Who was at fault for those?  The Giants got to and hurried Rodgers, disrupting his timing and stopping the Packers pass attack.  Champs make adjustments and the Packers didn't.  The Packers are experiencing exactly what they made teams experience last year.  So for the second straight post season, the "best" QB in the NFL has gone home early.

I purposely don't want to talk about the Texans/Ravens game.  That game was so hard to watch.  It didn't seem like a playoff game but all to often, that is how the Ravens like to play.  I didn't think it was possible but TJ Yates looked worse at QB then Joe Flacco, and that's saying alot.  Yates threw 3 INTs and the Texan offense was overwhelmed by the Ravens.  Once the Ravens got the lead, that defense wasn't going to let it get away.  That is all I have to say about this game.  It was a typical Ravens football game.  Can't wait to see this defense against Brady and the Patriots.  AFC Championship Game, Sunday, January 22, 2012  3pm EST/12pm PST.