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Low scoring game. Bears D is tops again...

Really liking how Rodgers is moving. Not much happening score wise, but he's moving laterally well. Just the O line not great Bears D line incredible.

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Are you kidding me Dolphins???? Unbelievable finish, one of the best plays I’ve seen in a while.

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Consolation prize for you @Gorgoroth  You're the winner of the post season tipping comp!  Well played and good tipping.  I'll post up the overall tallies sometime in the next day or so.  2nd goes

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I had nigh on given up when that pass went there. My thoughts on the game, Rams did well stifling their run and run pass option, but our offence just couldn’t finish. I couldn’t believe that hit

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Game over. Well done Pack. Helluva defensive effort by Bears. Mitch is no superstar though...

Chicago fans booing plenty tonight.

Packers have a D?

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3 minutes ago, Macca said:

Packers have a D?

Seems they do now. Should be an exciting win for them. Chicago was arguably the best defense last year, Rodgers was under pressure the whole time. So he can only play better. Meanwhile all those weapons on offense for Bears and they couldn't get a single TD... Bodes well for the Pack. Big upside.

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Trubisky will be the story but I'm not as concerned about him as the whole offense.

The rough start was due to the Packers defense just balling and terrible play calling, both of which continued for most of the night.

After the start he had a number of big plays miss by inches. Robinson shoved out of bounds early before the catch down the right side, commentators don't even mention it. The deep ball just missing the 2nd foot/just landing out of bounds to Gabriel. The offensive PI to Gabriel which is always going to be paid - especially after a stupid challenge that robs the game of momentum (such a terrible rule, wonder if it was a tactical challenge) - but had no bearing on the play, the defender was always having the ball sail over his head, Gabriel only puts hands on to balance, oh well. Then Trubisky makes a great throw under pressure to the RB near the goal line and it hits the Packers defenders trailing arm in a total fluke, ball would've been inside the 2. Then his tight end drops a simple out. O line was bad and run game never got moving. Penalties penalties penalties for all sorts of crap, some on the QB but a lot on the team.

Pretty much Nagy was missing his TE (weakest spot on the roster as well as the most important position in this and many other schemes) and has just shat the bed trying to get creative plays over the middle. A bad QB and a coaching crap show but credit to the Packers defense and a lot of easy improvement for the Bears to at least get a functioning offense which Trubisky can do.

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6 hours ago, Dappa Dan said:

Seems they do now. Should be an exciting win for them. Chicago was arguably the best defense last year, Rodgers was under pressure the whole time. So he can only play better. Meanwhile all those weapons on offense for Bears and they couldn't get a single TD... Bodes well for the Pack. Big upside.

Thanks Dappa

Got a lot of catching up to do as I saw nothing of the game and only heard bits & pieces of the 2nd half via tunein radio.

Always pleasing to defeat a true rival especially at Soldier Field.  In the whole scheme of things that's a big win.  We might just be a contender after all (with the new coach).

We've got a kind draw in the first half of the season so no excuses.  Eagles come to Lambeau 27th Sept (GF eve Oz time) 

 

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Packers D was solid, Savage looks fantastic. 

Bears D is immense.

Rodgers just did Rodgers things and they won the game. Packers now have 5 of their next 6 at home only traveling to the Cowboys. They could be heading 8nto the second half of the season pretty much guaranteed playoffs. 

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4 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

[censored] me. Brown released by Raiders and Joins Pats...

Unbelievable. 24 hours before he's ready to go... then this.

Had a mate mention a wacky thought... Apparently Steelers wouldn't trade him to pats, and this might have been how he orchestrated things to get out of Raiders once he realised they're a basket case.

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Unbelievable. 24 hours before he's ready to go... then this.

Had a mate mention a wacky thought... Apparently Steelers wouldn't trade him to pats, and this might have been how he orchestrated things to get out of Raiders once he realised they're a basket case.

Or the plan was to end up at Pats from the get-go.  Player acquisitions happen by hook or by crook.  And the Pats often end up getting what they want (or need)

You've got to play the long game in a league where parity exists.  Nothing surprises me these days Dappa.

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  • NFC East - Eagles
  • NFC North - Packers
  • NFC South - Saints
  • NFC West - Rams

Wild Cards - Bears,  Cowboys

  • AFC East - Pats
  • AFC North - Steelers
  • AFC South - Jags
  • AFC West - KC

Wild Cards - Browns,  Chargers

MVP - Mahomes

NFC Champions - Saints

AFC Champions - Pats

Super Bowl Winners - Saints

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Not a bad first half from the Rams. Two blunders in the last 2 mins after our second FG cost us a FG. 

McVay using a time out trying to get the ball back with under a min to go actually benefited the Panthers. And rushing 4 on a long giving them a big gain and moving the sticks. 

 

Goff has looked good at times, rusty at others. Gurley looks pretty free moving, they are def managing his game time. 

D has looked great, big plays, 3 sacks, 2 turnovers. Donald has been double teamed nigh on every snap which has allowed Fowler to sack Newton twice and Matthews got him the other.

Newton looks slimmer to me. 

Weedle got ko’ed which hurts. He is our D play caller. 

Well off to work soon, so will watch second half when I get home.

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Second half we really made things hard for ourselves. 

And right when we intercept the ball and run it back to the 18 yard line, Peters then taunts after the play, backs us up 15yrs, we then miss the FG from 43. 

For a good player, he does a heap of dumb [censored].

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Well the Pats will take some beating.

clinical vs the Steelers. I think other than a Brady injury they are already in the AFC championship game.

Belichick will probably find a way to bring Antonio Brown into line as well. 

They're odds on again to feature prominently.  Most here on this thread support NFC teams so the Pats aren't really a threat until the SB.  And even if a NFC team does have to play the Pats in season that same team gets to play the Jets,  Bills and the Dolphins because of how they do the scheduling.

So if you're any good it's 3 wins and 1 loss and you might strike the Pats at home.  But they can well & truly stay in the AFC!

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Interesting first week of NFL ... any number of teams showed a bit too.  And a number of teams got the job done as expected. 

My standout are the Patriots in the way they just dismantled the Steelers.  Early doors with regards to the other contenders.  Although nearly all the other challengers won.

The Browns were disappointing after all the hype but the AFC North is up for grabs.

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0 - The Usual Suspects

2 points on offer this week.  I'll post up the lines and Bill Simmons podcast preview tomorrow evening.   Friday's game sees the Panthers @ Tampa Bay (Divisional match-up)

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Was the last two mins of the saints texans game the best ever? 

It would sure take some beating. Very good game to watch with an epic ending.

Unbelievable... So glad I held off checking the scores & watched the condensed version on game pass. Divisional rival winning in that fashion did [censored] me off though

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