The Return...Packer/Viking Week

Less than 48 Hours to Kickoff.

I'm going to touch on a couple points and make my NFC North Picks and call it a weekend.

All week I've been hearing Viking fans and Viking experts talking about two things:

1) The Vikings loss to Pittsburgh was a GOOD LOSS?!

2) The Packers have had two EASY WINS the last two weeks.

Let's cover the 2nd topic first.

Let's get this straight...the Packers beat two easy opponents...the same easy opponents the Vikings beat Weeks 1 and 2?

I heard a few murmur's from Vikings experts talking about how their first two wins were easy wins, so yes, some of the smart football minds out there knew, they won, but they were easy wins. The Vikes had a last second game winning touchdown pass against the 49ers and a missed field goal by Baltimore...in two games that were very close. Otherwise, I know the Vikings have been pretty dominant in their wins.

Let's get to my point. I'm going to compare the two wins by both teams:

Minnesota

Win 34-20 at Cleveland

Win 27-13 at Detroit

The Vikes were trailing both of these games at halftime.

Green Bay

Win 26-0 vs. Detroit

Win 31-3 at Cleveland

The Packers never trailed, and their defense was stellar.

I'm just saying you can compare the wins, you can say they were both easy, but the Packers defense stepped up against these teams, it should be a different game on Sunday.

My second complaint. How the HELL can you say this was GOOD LOSS? That sounds a little bit like an oxymoron. No loss is a good loss. Are you saying it was a good loss because it came against the World Champion Steelers? What if Baltimore made that Field Goal or Brett Favre overshot Greg Lewis? Would those be "GOOD LOSSES" as well? If you lose, accept it. The Packers lost to a better Bengals team and lost to a better Vikings team.

To quote Herm Edwards, "YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMk5sMHj58I

That's it. That's all I'm saying. It will be a fun fun game on Sunday.

Here is my NFC North Picks. I'm 7-0 after starting two weeks ago. If Chicago doesn't beat Cleveland on Sunday they just need to shut it down for the season. Detroit plays the winless Rams...this in a sense, is a coin toss...Heads Detroit...Tails Saint Louis....Detroit wins. Finally, the big game. Aaron and Brett will both have good games...Aaron will top 300 yards...2 or 3 TD's...and I'm calling Brett being picked off by one of 3 guys...Barnett, Woodson or Collins. Packers win 31-27.

There you have it. If the Vikings win Sunday, they're 7-1 and they control their own destiny. If the Packers win they improve to 5-2 and should be 6-2 after next Sunday when they play Tampa Bay and a dead heat atop the NFC North.

May all your teams win and your fantasy teams dominate.

Go Pack Go!