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NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay Packers Are the Epitome of Team

Posted: 30th December 2009 by MJ Kasprzak in NFL
The Green Bay Packers are fourth in the league in yards and scoring offense. We are second in the league in yards and ninth in scoring defense. It all adds up to 10-5 and a playoff berth. So when the Pro Bowl rosters were announced, you may have been expecting a lot of players to be on the list. If so, you would be disappointed: Charles Woodson is starting, Nick Collins ...

NFL Pro Bowl: My Picks

Posted: 29th December 2009 by MJ Kasprzak in NFL
Later today, the roster for the NFL Pro Bowl will be announced. The following are the players I think should be chosen (those in parentheses are players I think will make it but I would not put in), with the starters listed first: -QB: Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Brett Favre in the NFC; Philip Rivers, Peyton Manning, and Matt Schaub (Tom Brady) in the AFC. I would put Schaub in over ...

NFL: Packers Return to Playoffs in Impressive Fashion

Posted: 28th December 2009 by MJ Kasprzak in NFL
The Green Bay Packers won decisively over the Seattle Seahawks Sunday in front of their home crowd. Even as that crowd watched the scoreboard of the Carolina Panthers doing the same with the New York Giants. It was very reminiscent of 2004, when an inferior team helped the Packers make it into the playoffs by beating the Vikings even as the Packers thrashed the Denver Broncos. The only question that remains ...

NFL: Packers-Seahawks Preview

Posted: 26th December 2009 by MJ Kasprzak in NFL
The Green Bay Packers go into Sunday's game with an outside chance of clinching not only a playoff birth, but the fifth seed in the NFC overall. In order to clinch that spot, we need a win and either a Dallas loss in Washington or a Giants loss at home against the Panthers. To clinch the fifth seed, Philadelphia would also have to beat the Broncos at home. I figure two of ...

NHL: San Jose Sharks Back on Road, Back to Winning Ways

Posted: 23rd December 2009 by MJ Kasprzak in NHL
The San Jose Sharks have responded to their five-game losing streak with a three-game winning streak. The key may be in getting away from home. In San Jose's longest homestand of the season to date, they were 1-1-3. In the three road games since, they are 2-1 after winning on back-to-back nights in Dallas and Chicago. However, the trend began to turn around at home against the rival Anaheim Ducks. In an ...
The Green Bay Packers travel to Heinz Field to take on the defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday in what could be a season-defining contest for both teams. The skidding Steelers would be officially eliminated with a loss after having started the season 6-2. By contrast, the Packers look to complete their recovery from a 4-4 start that culminated in a loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in what looks to be ...

NFL Final Standings Predictions for 2009

Posted: 15th December 2009 by MJ Kasprzak in NFL
With three weeks left in the season, the rest for the season is coming into focus. No longer are there those games where you wonder, can the Vikings win on the road over a good Cardinals team (at least if you ignore last night's seven-turnover debacle) or beat a good Bengals team at home? With that in mind, here are my predictions for each division, followed by those for the playoffs ...

Green Bay Packers Run Past Chicago Bears, Toward Playoff Berth

Posted: 15th December 2009 by MJ Kasprzak in NFL
With a win over the rival Chicago Bears Sunday, the Green Bay Packers moved one step closer to the playoffs. If the December-challenged Dallas Cowboys lose on the road to the unbeaten New Orleans Saints, the Packers could lock up a playoff berth by beating the Pittsburgh Steelers. Even should Dallas somehow win, a Packers victory followed by a New York Giants loss on Monday in Washington would achieve the same ...

NFL: Packers-BearsùPreviewing the Rematch

Posted: 12th December 2009 by MJ Kasprzak in NFL
The Green Bay Packers travel 180 miles down the shores of Lake Michigan Sunday for a 10 AM PST tilt against the only team in NFL history that has been in its home longer. But the two most storied franchises in the league have completely different goals... With a win Sunday, the Green Bay Packers can ensure a winning record and at least second place in the NFC North. We cannot, ...

Packers-Ravens: Green Bay Wins Flag Fest

Posted: 9th December 2009 by MJ Kasprzak in NFL
ItÆs official: with Monday nightÆs 27-14 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, the Green Bay Packers are sitting in the driverÆs seat for the playoffs. The team controls its own destinyùwin three of four and there is no mathematical possibility of missing the playoffs; win two of four and there is little chance of it, especially if those two wins are against the three NFC opponents remaining. á The remaining schedule is kind ...