Gut Reactions: NFC Championship
Aaron's Gut Reactions from the Packers' victory in the NFC Championship over the Chicago Bears.
By PackerAaron
- Dallas. Texas. Super Bowl.
- I did not cheer once - but I did have to run out of the press area when Raji scored.
- Tim Masthay, and the special teams overall, were just unbelievable today.
- Loved McCarthy's opening script. His use of playaction to open up the area in front of the safeties was great.
- Of course, as usual, once the script was done, Lovie seemed to get the better of Mike.
- Aaron Rodgers did not have his best day after his hot start.
- And yes, after the shot to the head he took from Peppers he was absolutely lost throwing the football. Just did not look right at all.
- Major props to T.J. Lang who played some huge snaps after Clifton went out. He was shaky the first drive and impressively solid on the second.
- James Starks knocked Lance Briggs silly in the first quarter. That kid is a keeper. Runs hard, has great vision and doesn't shy away from contact at all.
- All that said - beyond dumb play running out of bounds there in the 4th quarter.
- B.J. Raji is a nose guard, a fullback and a cornerback. He can do it all.
- Sam. Shields.
- Looking forward to the Super Bowl - Rodgers and this offense on the carpet in Dallas will be a handful for whoever they face.
- Say it with me - the Packers are going to the Super Bowl!!!!
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Comments (82)
January 23, 2011 at 09:17 pm
Yahoo! I just hope the Packers are the underdogs to the Steelers (or, if miracles happen, Jets). One more game to a championship for Charles, Donald, Chad, Mark, Ryan...
January 23, 2011 at 09:22 pm
Is that you Aaron behind clay http://bit.ly/ibaedW
January 23, 2011 at 09:26 pm
Nagler is everywhere!
January 24, 2011 at 03:03 am
Nope...That's Grizzly Adams ;)
January 23, 2011 at 09:23 pm
It's never pretty when we play the Bears - but I'll take the win and a trip to Dallas!
(and at least they called the helmet hit on Rodgers this time)
January 23, 2011 at 09:24 pm
Do players on I.R. get Super Bowl rings?
January 23, 2011 at 09:51 pm
Abso-freakin'-lutely they do. Ken Ruettgers even got one after retiring midway through the '96 season (although initially he wasn't going to get one)...
January 23, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Don't think he retired, his body just broke down and he couldn't do it anymore. I think they just IR'd him. Anyway, he did initially play, so he did contribute to the season.
Even Justin Harrell contributed to the season, even if it was just for a few plays. Grant too.
January 23, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Nope, he retired. http://gazettextra.com/news/2010/sep/29/tackling-retirement-ruettgers-kn...
January 24, 2011 at 12:19 am
Maybe it's me being a sentimental sap, but, should we win in two weeks, I would love to send one to Al Harris and Aaron Kampman.
January 24, 2011 at 08:06 am
I had the same thought WRT Al. Didn't think of Kampman, since it was his choice to leave (and don't call me a hater as I have one of his '05 season game-worn jerseys)...
January 24, 2011 at 11:11 am
I thought we released Kampman after his injury, since he wasn't taking to the 3-4 scheme too well?
January 24, 2011 at 11:04 pm
Kampman was a FA - we'll get a compensatory draft pick for him.
January 24, 2011 at 10:44 am
I feel like Al Harris will get one.
January 23, 2011 at 09:25 pm
A-rod made the biggest play of his career, the Urlacher INT.
A-rod chased him across the field and made one hell of a diving hand tackle to save the pick 6.
Thats determination and playing all 60 minutes. very impressive
January 24, 2011 at 10:38 am
Agreed. This would have been a whole different ball game if Rodg hadn't caught him! Thank God he was still up & alert!
January 23, 2011 at 09:29 pm
Whatever you do, don't tune into NFL network. Jamie Dukes is making an ass out of himself equivocating on Rodgers. God I hate him....
January 23, 2011 at 11:05 pm
He always talks shit about Rodgers, let him hate.
January 24, 2011 at 04:48 am
Him n sapp just talk crap n hate more often than not. It's all good. Dallas baby!!!!!!!!!
January 23, 2011 at 09:53 pm
"Say it with me - the Packers are going to the Super Bowl!!!! "
Let me correct that for you: The Packers are going *to win* the Super Bowl!!!!
January 24, 2011 at 01:02 am
What Buckyor said. You kids don't remember the last win. This is an incredibly close feeling. :)
January 23, 2011 at 10:01 pm
The packers have to be one of the luckiest teams to make it to the superbowl, ever. But their luck has just run out.
They barely beat a team with a third string qb...and rodgers played like shit today. Two picks and they still win? Total luck they were playing the bears.
I just have one question, hypocrites. What are you hosers going to do when arodge throws the game ending pick in the superbowl as the Steelers are kicking your asses on the way to another championship season....???
January 23, 2011 at 10:03 pm
Get a life...
January 23, 2011 at 10:08 pm
It doesn't pay, Mel. Guys like this want nothing more than a fight and they're wired to be oppositional. They'll say the sky is green if they have to, never own up to their mistakes, and convince themselves of whatever they like. They spew garbage in hopes of making people's days just a little worse. Nothing will stop him - it frankly doesn't matter if the Packers win the super bowl or not in two weeks - Pack66 will pop in and out like a coward behind his computer screen, and do what he do.
January 23, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Lucky?? I don't think so. Cutler is (was) overrated to begin with (what a pussy). Tom (Todd) Collins should never have been #2 QB and what did Mr. Hanie have to lose? The Packers came out of the shoot like they were playing to win. The Bears came out playing trying to catch-up the entire game. I will admit that the Bears "finially" made a game of it with Hanie in the 4th quarter but not close to enough to take the game away from the Pack. I have to agree that after Rodgers took that nasty (and should be fined helmut to helmut) hit he wasn't the same.
Sam Shields - you earned your keep!!! Raji - you made my year.
January 23, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Oh, boy!!! Cannon fodder a comin'!
God, you're just so brilliant again, dude.
January 23, 2011 at 11:17 pm
"What are you hosers going to do when arodge throws the game ending pick in the superbowl as the Steelers are kicking your asses on the way to another championship season….???"
Pack66, you must not have gotten the memo..
That's not Aaron Rodgers you're talking about. The QB you're talking about who throws season-ending INTs was traded to the Jets in 2008 and has since retired from football.
January 23, 2011 at 11:28 pm
I think having a ball bounce off a receivers shoe and into the arms of your LB is luckier than anything that happened to the Packers today. And we won't even start on all the luck the Bears had throughout the season...
January 23, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Thought you were still holding Favre's jock. Nice job w/ your Queens finishing in the basement
January 24, 2011 at 01:02 am
SHUT THE F*** UP.
January 24, 2011 at 01:27 am
Hi. Here is the attention you are seeking. Yes, someone else is paying attention! You're very special and one day you'll grow up to be important and respected.
Ok, now move along. Adults are conversing.
January 24, 2011 at 10:06 am
Yea, it was all "luck" that got them road wins against the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd seeds.
You're an idiot.
January 24, 2011 at 10:46 am
"They barely beat a team with a third string qb…and rodgers played like shit today. Two picks and they still win? Total luck they were playing the bears."
Hmm... seems to me that 3rd string QB scored the only points for Chicago. Packers would have been much luckier if Cutler played the entire game.
Nice try, but like the Bears, you still suck.
January 24, 2011 at 12:06 pm
UR AN OLD GEZZER WHO IS TIRED OF LIVING.GO STICK YOUR HEAD IN BART STARRS AZZ.OLD SCHOOL MORON.O YEA FAVRE SUCKS TOO
PackerAaron
January 24, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Pack 66 - you are so CUTE when you're jealous....
January 24, 2011 at 12:53 pm
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 24, 2011 at 12:56 pm
check back in with us after we win the superbowl in 2 weeks
January 24, 2011 at 01:32 pm
Well Rodgers' 2 picks just about equals Roethlisberger's 2 picks... I guess.
I also guess that your reply to this could be like "Oh but arodge was lucky that he didn't face the Jets' D# - then he would have thrown 18 picks. And Roethlisberger would have had perfect rating against that shitty Bears D#!!!"
Right?
January 23, 2011 at 10:04 pm
I've got my Aaron Rodgers Championship belt on in the Clay Matthews Predator pose and I can't wait to do the Raji Hip Wiggle two Sundays from now!
Thanks for all of the great coverage Cheeseheadtv!
January 23, 2011 at 10:08 pm
I'm pretty sure that Cullen Jenkins busted out the old Bushwackers dance. Remember those guys? "Australian" pro wrestlers from the 1980s?
January 23, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Damn! I missed that one. I'll watch for it again when that scumbag from Pittsburgh is writhing on the ground in terrible pain.
January 24, 2011 at 10:07 am
Indeed I noticed. I wasn't sure if he was doing the Bushwhackers or not, but that was definitely the first thing I noticed.
January 24, 2011 at 10:20 am
I love BJ Raji and his INT was epic ... but lord almighty - that sexy hip wiggle dance will haunt my dreams forever!
Still, it was well worth it!
January 23, 2011 at 10:05 pm
The Packers are going to the super bowl!!!
I love how some people pop on boards all bush-league, don't own up to their mistakes like men, and then feel like somehow they've contributed......in life.
January 23, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Wow! The Packers are going to Dallas!!!! Awesome. Such an amazing feeling. And I have to say it's so great to chat/tweet/comment with all of you folks about it. This season has been one challenge after another and it's been a lot of fun. But Cheesehead TV, wow. This site just brings good people, Packers people, together!
Bring on the Steelers! Go Pack Go!
January 23, 2011 at 10:19 pm
...and I like how some punks won't admit when their team got lucky in a weak division and how I'm gonna laugh my ass off when the Pack is exposed as the fakes that they are when the STEELERS pound them into mulch in a few weeks...right
January 23, 2011 at 10:23 pm
see, this is what I'm talking about. The Packers just won 3 straight road games against the 1, 2, and 3 seeds. Yet, somehow I have to call that "luck." If that's luck, I'll take it. Call it what you want, man - The Pack are in the Super Bowl.
Who is your team, Pack 66? Or, are you just anti TT?
January 25, 2011 at 07:30 pm
He's a queens fan and Favre slurper. Been coming around 4 ever, don't pay him no nevermind. Just like the queens, Pack66 (or JJ as we ALSO know him) is irrelevant.
GBP 4 LIFE
January 23, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Let me guess. Your always the worst guy at the party. Yes, you, are.
January 23, 2011 at 10:38 pm
This.
Yes, he is. Cannot resist being a killjoy, just going off and peeing all over others.
January 23, 2011 at 10:48 pm
Honestly - and I'm being completely serious - I don't doubt Pack66 is a fine guy. He's just gotten so caught up in all this, whatever his angle is. Maybe it was the Favre situation. Maybe he's been a lifelong Vikings fan. Or, maybe he's just anti-TT. The hatred has consumed him. I appreciate that his posts aren't taken down like some other sites would do. But I honestly pray that regardless of the outcome of some football games coming up, he finds peace.
January 23, 2011 at 11:17 pm
He's a BF lover and TT hater. He was one of the guys 2 years ago that became a Jets fan, then a Vikes fan last year. He hates TT, and he hates him even moreso now because deep, deep down he knows TT was right.
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Pack66 - You are a disgrace. You sound like an idiot every time you post. Do yourself a favor: Shut. Up.
January 24, 2011 at 11:02 am
He doesnt get invited to parties!....lonely, lonely kid.
January 24, 2011 at 01:47 am
So long story short, you're a fan of Favre exclusively? I guess what you're saying is this will be your last year watching football. Won't be anything for you to root for next year. Have fun with your bitterness.
ps. Must really suck watching Favre do the sudden about-face and start kissing GB's rear end.
January 24, 2011 at 04:04 pm
Wow, your gums keep flapping and all I here blah blah blah. Seriously, what's your point again? Go bake your jealouscakes elsewhere.
Nothing lucky about knocking out the first, second and third seeds in a playoff bracket. It's called in it to win. Luck ended as soon as the coin was flipped before the game.
January 23, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Tommy Boy?
January 23, 2011 at 10:30 pm
SUPER BOWL. It's been too long. What a run, what a run!!!
January 23, 2011 at 10:46 pm
The Pack is Back in the super bowl!!! YESS!!!
January 23, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Any chance you can search your comment archives for all the TT haters and revoke their Packer fan card? Depth and "no prima donnas" locker room = Super Bowl.
January 23, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Super Bowl 45, here comes the Pack! It was an ugly win, but a win is a win. Packers/Bears games are never pretty. What will be pretty is Rodgers and this offense on the fast track at Jerry World in Dallas.
January 23, 2011 at 11:33 pm
IN TED WE TRUST!!!
January 23, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Raji and Matthews in the same draft = dynasty.
January 23, 2011 at 11:50 pm
The loud, whirring noise you hear is coming from St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery in Niles, Illinois
January 24, 2011 at 12:07 am
Nagler,
Does it change your view of our heroes seeing them in the locker room with their twigs and berries exposed? Serious question. I would think that would be "nuts".
GBP 4 LIFE
January 24, 2011 at 12:25 am
Thanks Ted!
January 24, 2011 at 01:07 am
I swear if we win the SB, I'm buying a jersey with "Thanks Ted" on the back. I kid not.
January 25, 2011 at 03:25 am
Brava!
January 24, 2011 at 01:38 am
So, so, so awesome. Hope there's no concussion on Rodgers; that hit was scary. At least there were no other injuries to speak of, and hell with a 2-week layoff we might even get another Zombo sighting.
So I like GB's chances against PIT. I was going back and forth all AFCC game over who I'd rather see -- seems to me that the Packer O matches up better with the Steeler D, what with the heavier emphasis on run stopping and thinner CB roster relative to the Jets. I guess we'll see.
Can't help but wonder if this is enough to get people to chill out with the "Fire MM/TT they'll never take us all the way!!!" stuff for awhile. Winning the SB in a couple weeks would be absolutely amazing, and like I said I like our boys' chances. But the worst case scenario here has GB as the 2nd best team in football, and that's hardly something over which to hang your head -- or call for the coach's.
January 24, 2011 at 04:10 pm
I'm guessing even if Rodgers had more than a bell ringer, we'll never hear boo about it. With one game on the line, no sense giving any emotional ammo to Harrison and any other head hunters. I swear, once Rodgers sustained his second concussion of the year, like or not, he not only became the poster child for NFL head injuries but it also drew a giant bullseye on his back.
Case in point Julius Peppers. (Would love Nagler's take on that hit.) Sure as heck looked like he was gunning to knock Rodgers out of the game from where I was sitting.
January 24, 2011 at 01:38 am
Packers will know what to do with Rashard Mendenhall based on the school they went to with Turner.
Roethlisberger should not be able to get out of the pocket on the Pack but a DB will not be able to bring him down by himself.
We have a big mismatch with our secondary over their receivers if Collins can make sure he keeps Wallace in front of him. Over last few weeks, have found Peprah in coverage.
Gonna be REAL TOUGH to run against the Steelers. The Bares gave up seams, cutbacks and could be run over at times. The Jets couldn't find no a seam or run over anyone no matter what play they ran. And they are a very good running team. AR12 is going to have to light up the Dallas night.
Hey, we finally have a special teams advantage!
January 24, 2011 at 01:41 am
Not sure the Turner tape translates to Mendenhall. RM doesn't have the kind of lower-body strength of Turner (not that many do) but he's significantly faster and much more likely to take a run outside.
As for the Steeler run D, it sounds like you're talking mostly about the first half. Had the Jets run as well all game as they did in the 3rd & 4th qtrs. the Pack would be preparing for NY.
January 24, 2011 at 01:34 pm
Their punter is none other than Jeremy Kapinos.
January 24, 2011 at 07:51 am
As one of the bigger James Starks fan boys I was very happy to see him get his 1st NFL TD. The first of many to come. 74 yards on 22 carries, not bad vs a very good Bears run defense. He started off real hot, and then the Bears contained him more in the second half.
January 24, 2011 at 11:03 am
Who would want to play Arod in a dome for all the marbles?....NOBODY!! Come see us Steelers, we will be waiting with our amazing QB, sick wrs, shutdown corners, and oh yeah claaaaay Matthews and the bowling ball of butcher knives bj raji comin straight at big big bens face! Superbowwllll babbbyyy!
January 24, 2011 at 11:18 am
"Stick a fork in 'em"
Jimmy Johnson comments about the Packers chance to make the playoffs.
PRICELESS
January 24, 2011 at 01:23 pm
McCarthy has officially proven that the Bears Still suck for the next fifty years, if our next playoff game against the bears comes as quickly as our last one did.
I'm in awe.
January 24, 2011 at 01:44 pm
Loved it, loved it, LOVED IT! So freaking proud of those boys that have stepped up all season. Zombo, Walden, Matshay, Shields, undrafted free agents just hoping to make the team and contributed tenfold. Nobody's been perfect every game this season, but as a team, a TEAM, they held it together and got the job done. When so many gave up on our boys, they never gave up on themselves, played like champions all season, and are rewarded with a chance to bring the Lombardi Trophy home. GO, PACK, GO!!!!
January 26, 2011 at 12:18 pm
The Steelers are going to knock the crap out of AWad and he's going to be ineffective as usual against a good defense. The Pack won't be back to the show for a looooooooong time after that.
Mark my words. The
PackerAaron
January 26, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Wait - but you said they would NEVER get to the Super Bowl with Ted and Mike - and they have. So I guess you saying they won't be back for a long time means they'll be back a lot. Cool.
January 26, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Against essentially the same Pittsburgh 'D' (minus Troy P.)in the 2009 match-up, AR was 26/48 for 383 yards, 3 TDs (0 INTs) & a QB rating of 101.3 .....
The 'D' lost that game ..... AR looked good ......
January 26, 2011 at 01:36 pm
It wasn't the "same" D, dude...
They are MUCH better now!
January 26, 2011 at 01:37 pm
It wasn't the "same" D, dude...
They are MUCH better now!
Nice try, though...