Seahawk Sailor
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Hey, welcome to the board! Solid post, and while I agree with your assessment on Capers and the conditioning staff, I think you're being too hard on your team too. This was about the toughest game one could have imagined for any team to start the season with. I doubt any team would have come in here and won, or really even made it competitive. And in spite of the score, the Packers did make it competitive for a while.
I think Aaron Rodgers purposely avoiding Sherman's side of the field was not disrespect toward Sherman at all, but quite the opposite. He simply respects his abilities far too much to risk a throw in that direction. I think it felt a little disgraceful, but toward Rodgers, not Sherman. Rodgers is one of the best quarterbacks ever to play the game, and he didn't have the balls to test Sherman. As a Seahawks fan, that is amazingly cool to me. If I were a Packers fan, I'd have been downright ashamed that my future Hall of Fame quarterback wouldn't even test a top-tier corner with a couple of throws.
The Packers showed they were not in Seattle's league that game, but take heart; I don't think anyone is this year. The stars have finally aligned for a team and fan base with a lot of woulda-shoulda-coulda memories. We're making the history we can be proud of now. It's rare to have a legitimately historical defense coupled with a well-rounded team, and that's what you're seeing right now in Seattle. We're now the team that everyone in the league fears to go up against.
The Packers will be a good team this year. They've got a lot of things going for them. That offense, in spite of what you saw against the Seahawks, is a great offense. Lacy is a beast. You have a good pass rush. And as said before, a future Hall of Fame quarterback. A lot of things to hang your hat on this season. A few games from now you'll be sitting pretty and in the middle of the discussion for playoff-hopeful teams. We could well see you right back here at the end of the year with a trip to the big game on the line.
I think Aaron Rodgers purposely avoiding Sherman's side of the field was not disrespect toward Sherman at all, but quite the opposite. He simply respects his abilities far too much to risk a throw in that direction. I think it felt a little disgraceful, but toward Rodgers, not Sherman. Rodgers is one of the best quarterbacks ever to play the game, and he didn't have the balls to test Sherman. As a Seahawks fan, that is amazingly cool to me. If I were a Packers fan, I'd have been downright ashamed that my future Hall of Fame quarterback wouldn't even test a top-tier corner with a couple of throws.
The Packers showed they were not in Seattle's league that game, but take heart; I don't think anyone is this year. The stars have finally aligned for a team and fan base with a lot of woulda-shoulda-coulda memories. We're making the history we can be proud of now. It's rare to have a legitimately historical defense coupled with a well-rounded team, and that's what you're seeing right now in Seattle. We're now the team that everyone in the league fears to go up against.
The Packers will be a good team this year. They've got a lot of things going for them. That offense, in spite of what you saw against the Seahawks, is a great offense. Lacy is a beast. You have a good pass rush. And as said before, a future Hall of Fame quarterback. A lot of things to hang your hat on this season. A few games from now you'll be sitting pretty and in the middle of the discussion for playoff-hopeful teams. We could well see you right back here at the end of the year with a trip to the big game on the line.