by Chicago Bear Jew
ChicagoBearJew

I remember it like it was yesterday. The Green Bay Packers were Super Bowl XXXI Champions and were heavily favored against the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII.

There were images of Packers fans dancing around Lombardi Trophies made of cheese and acting like the game was over before it started. And why not, the odds makers set the line well over ten points. However, the only thing that was left was actually playing the game. Of course, that is when the supposed Packers dynasty came to a screeching halt.

The Broncos ran the ball right down the Packers throats on their way to a 31-24 victory. Terrell Davis (who’s signature hangs in my parent’s basement) ran for 157 yards (despite missing the second quarter with a migraine headache) and scored three rushing touchdowns. An aging John Elway finally won his first title. The Packers didn’t return to the Super Bowl until last season.

Why do I mention this? Is it to anger my good friend John Rehor (on Twitter JRehor)? Nope. It is to remind the Green and Gold of the similarities between these two squads. The Packers team of that era featured a top young quarterback named Brett Favre. They had young positions in key skill positions and veteran leadership all over the roster. And yet, they only won one Super Bowl. The talk of a dynasty and an undefeated season keeps registering all over Packerland, but they actually have to win the next Super Bowl before claiming to be the best team in football.

Personally, I believe the Packers are the best team in football. Aaron Rodgers is the best quarterback in the league and better than Favre. But this isn’t a perfect football team and there are holes that can be exploited. Quarterbacks do have time to throw and teams are scoring points agains the vaunted Packers defense. While the Packers offense is about perfect, the defense and special teams are not.

As they say, anything can happen on Sunday. Here’s hoping the same applies to Green Bay. Follow me on Twitter at ChicagoBearJew.

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2 Rants to “Can the Green Bay Packers Arrogance Be Their Undoi...”

  1. Nic says:

    So the packer fans arrogance will cause the team to implode? I don’t think I’ve ever heard a team say “Yea…our fans, they were way to excited and overconfident…they thought we were going to win…it was just…too much”.

    Talk of dynasties and going undefeated, that doesn’t come from the team. It comes from the fans and media.

    It not like any player came out in preseason and declared this team to be the best in the NFL….ahem…Urlacher.

  2. Tyler Durden says:

    Jonathan -

    You’ve outdone yourself yet again. Another spot-on, hard-hitting, research-laden analysis of the state of the National Football League. Tip of the hat to you, kind sir.

    But let’s talk PSU…..Holy Shit! I am a 37-year-old white male, father of three (two are young boys), living in NY. If I killed Sandusky, do you think any jury would convict me? I say no way. Honestly, I think someone needs to castrate him, ass rape him with a tire iron and put a bullet in his head. Like, right now.

    But of course I’d be convicted. This isn’t a shitty David E. Kelley show. This is actual life. And in real life, you go to jail for that shit, even though Sandusky clearly deserves his fate.

    One of the shitty things about this Penn State scandal is that it forces you to completely reassess every single adult friend or acquaintance you have. Because the eyewitness reports about Sandusky are all the time: Hey, we thought he was just a super nice guy! We had no idea! Reading that caused me to go right down the list of everyone I knew to evaluate the odds of them being a pederast. Like my buddy Burnsy! He seems awfully peppy! DON’T YOU TOUCH MAH BABY!!!!

    I also took great pains this week to talk to my kids about showering with strangers. I sat my kid down and I was like, “Listen, don’t let anyone touch your hoohaa, or your dingding, or your biddle-dee-boo, or your giblets, or your bobo, or your ramalamadingdong. GOT IT?!” Pretty sure the message was clear.

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