The ascendency of Ryan Grant to the Green Bay Packer's starting lineup has been nothing short of phenomenal. I recall the first time the offensive line opened up enough of a crack for Ryan to slip past the front four and he actually took my breath away when he got into the open and really started motoring.
He is deceptively fast. He has proven it again and again this season. And he just keeps getting better! My guess is that Tauscher and Wells, Clifton and Colledge, are happier than pigs in shit to be able to blast straight ahead and lay into their opponent with a solid run block, because with a back like Ryan, they know he will run his heart out for the team.
I will be the first to admit that it has been hard for me to be a believer. Even up until the Snow Bowl I didn't give the boys much of a chance to go all the way. But they out and out bitch-slapped Holmgren's Seattle team -- handed them their asses and showed them how to get to Austin Straubel in a snowstorm.
In that game, the Packers truely became THE WHOLE PACKAGE. I saw things jelling like never before this season.
The defensive halfbacks were madmen! By the end of the first half Woodson, Harris, Bigby, Collins, Tramon Williams had all the Seahawk receivers hearing footsteps.
In the past (right after the Cowboys game) I was pretty down on Atari Bigby. In the Snowbowl he was absolutely insane!
Our linebackers have been really good all year and they continue to play even better. The defensive line is still hanging in there despite injuries. We have two of the finest outside rushers in the league. They held the Seahawks to diddly squat on the ground. Down right embarrassed them!
Brett Favre should have been MVP this year. Nuff said!
The fantastic five have been performing an aerial circus all season. The burden has been lifted from Donald Driver's shoulders! Every time they come out with five receivers you know it's showtime! so many receivers, so little time!
The New York Giants have the 2nd best defense in the NFL. That's okay. The Seahawks had the 4th best defense in the league. I have a real good feeling about this sunday's game. If I wasn't such a guilt ridden Catholic boy who would take the blame for a defeat, I might even make a prediction right here.
I will just leave it at this. In the middle of the season, if you asked me if the Packers would beat the Patriots in a Superbowl at the end lf the season I would have said absolutely not.
Now I say: BRING ON THE PATRIOTS!
Because like the Patriots, the Green Bay Packers are the complete package!
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Shared greatness
There are four people in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, one coach and three players, who were members of both the Packers and the Giants.
In their press guides, both teams claim coach Vince Lombardi and tackle Cal Hubbard as their own. That is, Lombardi is listed in the category of "Giants in the Hall of Fame" in the New York guide and in the "Packers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame" in the Green Bay guide.
Lombardi was an assistant coach for the Giants from 1954-'58 and the Packers' head coach from 1959-'67. Hubbard played for the Giants in 1927, '28 and 1936. He played for the Packers from 1929-'33 and in 1935.
The Giants also claim defensive back Emlen Tunnell, who played for 11 seasons in New York. Tunnell is listed in the Packers' guide among "Others in Pro Hall of Fame Who Played for Green Bay." He was in Green Bay from 1959-'61, at the end of his career.
The Packers claim quarterback Arnie Herber (1930-'40) as theirs. Herber is listed in the New York guide in the category of "Others in the Hall of Fame with Giants Experience." Herber played for New York in 1944 and '45.
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I was lucky enough to be at the "snow bowl!" it was a blast. here's a good article from seattle :
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/346940_pack11.html
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