NFL Week 14: Jim Harbaugh's first number

The Bears won't beat a 3-4 team anytime soon.

 

If Matthews plays, the Bears have no chance. If he's still out, they have little chance.

 

Stafford with a very Cutleresque performance tonight.

 

Wilson handed the ball off today. They had two backs go over 10 yards.

He looked fine. Flynn came in and looked perfectly good, too, but he was sitting on a 50 point lead against a team that quit. Not the best measuring stick.

 

Stafford is the guy who scores 40 in a loss at home to the Bobcats. He belongs on the Wizards. He throws great early on does the stupidest thing imaginable and gifts the Packers 7 when they were struggling big time. Then he comes back and throws a pick. He makes Cutler look like Aikman (careful with the ball.)

 

Two backs over 10 yards? Well, when you have that, you don't need much from your quarterback.

 

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/steelers-left-guard-colon-likely-lost-for-rest-of-the-season-665721/

Steelers probably lost left guard Willie Colon for the rest of the season. Just dumb to count on him staying on the field at this point. He spent almost all of the past two seasons on IR with different injuries.

 

What people are overlooking this year is that the Packers just aren't very good this year... I think, almost like with the Giants, people are giving them a pass and just assuming they'll be healthy and ready to go when the playoffs come around.

I would not be surprised to see the Bears win on Sunday, assuming Cutler is healthy.

 

Thought the Packers looked very good last night. Defense not giving up big plays it did last year, running game getting better, and best QB in the league.
Not being 15-1 will help the Packers. Passing teams cannot just stop playing Week 15 or so and then turn it back on in the playoffs. (See Colts, Indy 2000s). A split second off here or there on timing and you're done. Would be surprised at this point if Packers didn't make it out of NFC.

 

You watched a different game than I did... Although, I agree that the running game looked better. They can't stop most running backs, which will be a problem when they face Forte and Peterson down the stretch. They did a decent job on Megatron yesterday. I think Brandon Marshall will create more problems than Megatron did.

I agree that not being 15-1 is a good thing and I think we're only a couple years away from the NFL adding two more playoff teams and eliminating the playoff bye week for the top two teams, which I think will be a good thing.

The Packers are probably a decent bet to win out, but any playoff run seems contingent on Nelson, Matthews and Woodson being healthy.

 

I think my hopes of the Giants missing the playoffs were probably dashed on Sunday, but it would be interesting to see them have to play the Redskins in the first round.

I think the Falcons will hold on to the No. 1 seed.
I kind of think the Packers will jump over the 49ers to No. 2.
The 49ers will be No. 3
The Giants will be No. 4.

I think the Wild Cards will be the Seahawks and the Bears or Redskins

 

The Packers are a tough read. Until they make that second trip or win that second SB, it will be tough for me to shake the thought that the Bears had the possession to go ahead late in fourth quarter with a QB from New Mexico Tech leading the comeback.

That said, they have as good a shot as anyone right now.