Well my bestie who I have mentioned a few times on my blog has started talking trash about how her Green Bay Packers are going to beat my Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Its true this is a big match up against 2 storied NFL franchises. But instead of just telling HER all the reasons why Dallas is better than Green Bay, I decided to dedicate an entry of my blog to it on my top 10 reasons why her Packers should lose to the Cowboys,
1.This time in Lambeau is not the NFC championship or "Ice Bowl" as it is also referred to as of 1967. For those that are not familiar with that game, the Ice Bowl was the coldest game ever plauyed in the NFL. It had a -47 wind chill. The Packers won the game 21-17 on a Bart Starr quarterback sneak on the 3 yard line with 16 seconds left on the clock. The Packers went on to win Superbowl II against the Oakland Raiders much to the disappointment of the Dallas Cowboys. This game will not be that cold this Sunday. It is supposed to be a chilly 44 and Dallas has a quarterback leading our offense who is from Wisconsin. So those are favorable conditions for a southern team.
2. Green Bay Offensive Line. Their o-line is flat out a wreck this year playing mix and match a lineman each game. It sure doesn't hide they are hurting when looking at the amount of sacks on Aaron Rodgers this year. They are on pace to break David Carr's most sacks in one year record. Rodgers is a mobile quarterback so its hard to explain 39 sacks without looking squarely at the o-line. But this week they are doing up against one of the better defenses in the league who can get to the quarterback.
3. T.O.-less locker room. Without Owens this year the team has not only come together but also taking accountability for their play on the field. You had leaders like Ratliff taking sole ownership for giving up 2 long rushes against the Eagles. And instead of putting blame on his teammates or coaches he took the blame. With him, Brooking, and Ware leading the defense and Rome finally starting to be a leader on the offense, it is starting to show on the field with wins. They are starting to use a scary term from the past superbowl championships and that word is TEAM. When you play as one the results come through.
4. Green Bay's pass defense. Their pass defense is banged up to go right along with that O-line. They have a safety questionable with concussion, Woodson nursing a hip, and linebacker Chillar out for the year with a hand injury. That leaves holes in a pass defense that has to go up against a hot spread defense that doesn't just rely on 1-3 receivers but more like 6-7. That makes it very hard to cover them with such a banged up defense.
5. Hawk can't cover Witten. Flat out the way Dallas has 2 tight ends that are all around players that block, run passing routes with speed and have good hands their linebackers can not match up. Especially Hawk. Bennett and Witten create such large mismatches.
6. Tony Romo is undefeated in the month of November. As bad as he plays in December and January without a playoff win to his name, he is surprisingly undefeated at 14-0 in the month of November. Also he is coming off his 4th straight 300 yard game. So he is not going into this game without chemistry with his receivers including Roy Williams.
7. Dallas defense is healthy and hungry for sacks. Ware and Ratliff and the rest of the defense are coming on strong after having a slow start without a sack in the first few games. Now they have compiled 20 sacks this season. They stay in the quarterback's face all game, keeping him out of rhythm that eliminates the deep bal. Ask Eagles’ receiver Jackson how many yard he got against the Cowboys mainly because they stayed in McNabb's face all game. By doing that the defense compiled 4 sacks, 2 interceptions.
8. Razorback formation. This Dallas’ new look formation finally showing signs of life this past weekend, has created headaches for opposing defensive coordinators. Named after Felix Jones’ alma matter because most of the time it has him taking the direct snap. Our o-lineman Davis is paving the way for Jones, Barber, and Choice leaves so many possibilities of where the ball is going when they line up in this formation.

10. Finally The Green Bay Packers Lost to Tampa Bay Buccaneers! They let the game get away from them with a rookie quarterback leading the Bucs and gave the Bucs their first win of the season. They are a banged up football team and to let a team that ESPN has ranked dead last in power rankings beat you when you are trying to catch up to the Minnesota Vikings who are 3 games ahead of you in the division just equals the Dallas Cowboys should beat the Green Bay Packers to give them their 3rd straight loss.
Enjoy the Game yall!!!
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