Oh what a night!
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 10:55AM 
Xmas present to wife, who's never been to Lambeau and wanted a piece of this magical season.
ARod's career-high 5 passing TDs and first time GB ever wins 14 games and only second time it clinches home-field-advantage-throughout-the-playoffs. Plus, first time ever we beat Bears 4 times in calendar year (we also were at NFC Championship at Soldier Field last Jan).
Others: Driver becomes 36th receiver in NFL history to top 10,000 yards, and ARod breaks nearly 3-decade-old passing yardage record of Lynn Dickey (early 1980s).
Real nice seats behind Pack bench, on left 40-yard-line, and a surprisingly warm night - not onerous at all as far as the cold war concerned.
I did not think they would win the SB last year (felt they were a year early) and feel like Ted Thompson, the GM, erred a bit on the side of offense this off-season - over the far weaker defense, but who knows? I think they have a great opportunity to repeat, and that's all you can ask for.
Whom do I fear? Saints and Pats are our mirror images. The Ravens, Steelers and 49ers are more polar opposites, with the Steelers probably providing the worst match-up (strong-enough O, always strong D).
Then again, I would have said the same thing last year.
Reader Comments (1)
The Bears obviously were determined to avoid the playoffs this year. Fearing that an offense patched together with duct tape and post-it-notes might actually have a chance the Bear defense decided to take a dive. Now everyone gets to stay home, snack, drink beer and watch the other guys on T.V.
The Falcons are real "sleepers." Might be a surprise there. I think the Packers depend on their Q-Back too much. Look what happened to the Colts. I'm rooting for the 49rs. Coach of the year.