Looking forward to a full day of quality football tomorrow. As you may have heard Aaron Rodgers is indeed out, so it will be Matt Flynn going for the Packers.
It’s time for the Patriots young defense to prove that they can shut a quarterback and his offense down. I’m talking a dominating performance. The opportunity against a back-up is sitting in front of them.
If they can show they’re capable of that they’ll intimidate the AFC teams that have to come to Foxboro in the playoffs.
If Matt Flynn suddenly looks like he can’t throw an incompletion the questions surrounding this defense will continue.
I feel confident that our offense will score. Dom Capers is a Dick Lebeau disciple, and we know what the Pats usually do to that defense.
A lot of Clay Matthews vs. Vollmer coming, I think it’s Vollmer’s chance to shine on national tv by shutting him down.
Will Gerard Warren play? If not it will be interesting to see how they hold up against the run, and how much inside pressure they get in passing situations.
Brandon Meriweather in the doghouse or rebounding? Or is Jarrad Page starting to show he’s better than Meriweather is?
I think McCourty plays.
I think Tony Carter plays McCourty’s special teams spots though.
Will we see more Dane Fletcher at OLB?
Finally some thoughts on the playoffs. An unofficial twitter poll had Indianapolis as the number one team my Patweeps didn’t want to play, though some had Baltimore or San Diego as their top teams as well.
For me it comes down to keeping our weakness (pass defense) hidden. I’d prefer not to give Manning or Rivers a crack. But we’ll probably have to beat one of them.
I’ve seen a lot of Baltimore and I’m convinced of two things. The Ravens defense is not what it once was, and Joe Flacco isn’t consistently clutch. I respect the Ravens of course, except for you Terrell Suggs, the new Joey Porter in my life, but I’d far rather face Flacco than Manning or Rivers.
The potential Kansas City match up would be something really cool to me. I just don’t see Tom Brady losing to Matt Cassel. But to see Charlie, RAC, Vrabel, Pioli on the other sideline? That’d be cool. Almost as cool as ending their season.
Enjoy this last prime time dress rehearsal before shit gets real.
I like 84 Branch just as much as I liked 83 Branch.