Packers Vs. Cowboys Pregame chat/thoughts

[brewcityboii]

Thoughts:
Slow down Barber and make Romo beat us and I think we should come home with a W. I am little nervous with our DT's Jolly and Cole out Hopefully Harrell can step up.
I can not wait to see The T.O. Harris Matchup that is going to be entertaining.
The Key to this game IMO is going to be who can put the most pressure on the opposing QB, I think if you get in Romo's face he is very prone to make mistakes.


GO PACK GO

[MickeyDavis]

We are definitely the underdog but this is absolutely a winnable game. I wish this was at Lambeau but win this game and the rematch will be at Lambeau.

[Fandom]

Shut TO down, get in Romo's face and I think we win.

Offensively, I don't think any team's secondary can hang with our 5 receivers right now. When we get into a rhythm like that and Grant gets going, who do you stop?

[Neusch23]

Favre has never won in Texas, and he is having what I would argue his best season ever....will we continue our winning ways in Texas? I hope so!

I can't wait for this game!

Anyone hear if this game will be locally broadcast in GB yet?

[brewcityboii]

Favre has never won in Texas, and he is having what I would argue his best season ever....will we continue our winning ways in Texas? I hope so!

I can't wait for this game!

Anyone hear if this game will be locally broadcast in GB yet?

It is locally Broadcast in Milwaukee so I don't see why it wouldn't be broadcast in GB but I do not know for sure.

[Captain Erv]

Favre has never won in Texas, and he is having what I would argue his best season ever....will we continue our winning ways in Texas? I hope so!

I can't wait for this game!

Anyone hear if this game will be locally broadcast in GB yet?

That's not entirely true. Favre did beat the Texans in Houston a few years back. But yeah, if your referring to Dallas, he is 0-8 there.

[DelaneyRudd]

Really the whole season may come down to this (not literally) as I do not want to go on the road at any point in the playoffs. (SB withstanding of course)

[crkone]

I think we need to put a saftey on Witten the whole game since I think he is the safety valve for the Cowboys offense. He needs to always be accounted for.

[Neusch23]

How do you guys think that we are going to game plan for TO?

[xTitan]

With the likelyhood of Woodson not playing on Thursday, I would like to see Harris shadow Owens everywhere he goes.

[El Duderino]

I'm not overly concerned about their running game outside of the fact we quickly got thin at DT. The defense has to double TO whenever possible and try to avoid at costs having Witten matched up with linebackers, especially Poppinga. I really do hope KGB can play. Dallas is mainly a passing team and if Romo gets alot of time to throw, they will score quite a few points.

I see it being a fairly high scoring game. If KGB and Woodson don't play, Favre and the offense is going to have to win this game.

It is crazy that quite possibly the most important regular season game in the NFL this year won't be seen by large chunks of the country. You have all these Sunday/Monday night football games that are boring and unimportant, yet the biggest game of the season that likely would draw a huge rating won't get viewed by millions of football fans that would watch if they were able to.

[MadCityBucky]

I hate the Cowboys passionately, even more so than the Bears.



So nothing would make me happier than a Packers win, though I might not be able to watch this game

I expect Witten to get his yard and maybe even a TD, but definetely got to prevent the big play for Owens.

The Cowboy like most teams don't have great depth at the CB position so the 5 WR set should be effective barring a offensive line collapse. But if the Cowboy get a lot of pressure, it could be a long day. I think the Pack o-line vs. Cowboys d-line is maybe the biggest factor in a Packer win/loss

Also can't have the poor run D the Pack had in the first half of the Lions game.

Expecting a Pack run game similar to the Vikings game, don't run straight at the big D-line but to edge.

Also pretty obvious from the NYJ game that the Cowboys are going to

play up, jam them, stunt, blitz, zone blitz and basically sale out to get pressure.

[MickeyDavis]

Woodson of course is important but our LB's HAVE to step up or Whitten will kill us.

[NeedsMoreCheese]

Woodson of course is important but our LB's HAVE to step up or Whitten will kill us.

Youre going to need more than Linebackers to cover PickleJuice
especially linebackers that have made average TEs look like pro bowlers.

[ReasonablySober]

To be honest, I don't see our defense shutting them down. One way or another, they'll probably be able to move the ball for the most part.

Same with our offense and their defense. They won't get to Brett; nobody has all season and that isn't likely to change. Like the Pats did, the Packers are going to spread them out and move up and down the field.

Turnovers are going to be the big stat. Whichever team makes a key stop or gets a big fumble or interception wins IMO.

[rilamann]

I think Woodson will be a big key to this game,if he can't go its realy going to hurt our chances.

Being thin at DT won't be as big a factor.I actually think that if Dallas goes with a gameplan to run more than they usually do and pass less because of us being thin at DT that gameplan that could back fire on Dallas and actually favor the Packers over the course of the game.

Obvioulsy the Cowboys will be more effective with the run without our guys in there but even without them the Cowboys still won't be able to run the ball down the Packers throats.

And that gameplan makes TO and Witten less of a factor which would realy favor the Packers ecspecially if Woodson can't go.

The Packers being thin at DT could actually be sort of a decoy that could work in their favor in this game.

Just speculation on my part and knowing the coaching history of Wade Phillips.

Wade Phillips is the type of coach who is likley to change his game plan in a big game or go way from what has worked for them all season because of oppents having injuries or whatever.

You can't win the big games in the NFL with that mentality.

Thats the reason Wade Phillips has failed and never won anything anywhere hes been in the NFL.

The only reason the Cowboys are 10-1 with Phillips is the fact he's got some good players and has had a cupcake schedule.

I wanna see how the Cowboys play vs a good team like the Packers.The Cowboys are solid don't get me wrong but when you start talking about them as the clear #1 team in the NFC they become very overrated.


Also can't I see Wade Phillips outcoaching MM in a big game.

Dallas has a good chance in this game though because they are at home and we are banged up.

[El Duderino]

Wade Phillips is the type of coach who is likley to change his game plan in a big game or go way from what has worked for them all season because of oppents having injuries or whatever.

From what i've heard on TV at least, Phillips leaves the offense to Jason Garret and doesn't really involve himself in it to much.

[SugarRay34]

Threre are going to be 3 big matchups in this game. Number one of course is going to be Harris on TO. I really dont think Harris will be able to control Owens. Hes the most physical WR in the league today. Harris's game is the press coverage bumping the recievers and altering the routes. I dont think Harris is going to be able to keep up with TO the whole game. Im thinking Owens is going to have a big game. Something like 120 and a TD. I think the key matchup is going to be Witten. I dont know who is going to cover him. Bigby struggles in coverage. Poppinga wont keep up with him. Maybe Hawk/Collins if he plays. If Woodson doesnt play its going to kill us. Our 2 CB's are the biggest part of this defense. They are the best duo in the league. Bush is starting to play a lot better however he still doesnt compare to Woodson.

I know they line TO up often in the slot. What do you guys think the plan is as far as that goes. Does Harris follow him even when he is in the slot?

[crkone]

Safety Marviel Underwood is back. Cut in training camp this year after trying to come back from ACL surgery, Underwood was back on the field. While it's not known whether he was signed to the practice squad or active roster, it appeared that he's on the active roster because he got reps with the starting special teams units here and there. Underwood's signing may be an indication that Aaron Rouse's knee injury is worse than has been let on. A likely move to get Underwood on the roster would be for the Packers to place Colin Cole (broken arm) on injured reserve;
The Packers also signed former Rutgers cornerback Joe Porter to the practice squad. He was on the field and practicing, Porter was undrafted and signed with New Orleans. The only practice squad player not at practice was OG Chris Patrick. He hadn't practiced in about a week because of a concussion, but said last week he was close to returning;
Rouse attended the beginning of practice and then left. He didn't even attempt to run;
CB Charles Woodson (toe) was not at practice. RT Mark Tauscher (ankle) watched some of practice and then left for treatment. Junius Coston and Tony Moll took turns at RT;
DE Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (right ankle and knee) did not attend practice. Neither did Cole and DT Johnny Jolly;
The Packers seemed to get a boost from the return of S Nick Collins, TE Bubba Franks and CB Will Blackmon. All three went through the entire practice. Franks was a little more active, but Collins went through agility drills with no problem. Blackmon returned a few punts before slowing down. Collins worked at times with the first-team defense.

http://blogs.jsonline.com/packers/archive/2007/11/25/cowboys-week-sunday-practice-report.aspx

[crkone]

Marviel is back. Collins, Franks, Blackmon are all back. Great timing and great news.