The Packers 27-17 victory at Seattle was more about showing survival skills than displaying excellence. The good news is that the Packers won. The really good news is that the Packers didn’t lose.With the Seahawks playing third-stringer Charlie Frye at quarterback and featuring a decimated corps of receivers, losing to the Seahawks would have been embarrassing.
By winning, the Packers “vaulted” into a three-way tie for first place in the mediocre NFC North Division. Does anybody else think the Bears may look back to Sunday as when they “squibbed” away the division title?Aaron Rodgers took some hits and hung in nicely despite his shoulder injury. I guess Mike McCarthy subscribes to the “if you’re out there, you can play theory”. How else would you explain the logic in having Rodgers diving forward into a mass of bodies on quarterback sneaks? Ryan Grant rushed a career-high 33 times. Sometimes the running game isn’t about breaking off big chunks of yardage. Sunday, it was about establishing a mindset and also protecting the still-ailing Rodgers. It also helped the Packers dominate the time of possession.
The Packers defense broke out of its sack slump and Aaron Kampman led the way with a couple. Charles Woodson should have majored in film in college because his film study continues to produce interceptions despite any substantial practice time. Tramon Williams is doing a solid job of filling for Al Harris, grabbing three interceptions in three weeks.So, the first-place Packers won a game in which there wasn’t much of an alternative. Suddenly, you look around the rest of the NFC and only the Giants have fewer than two losses. Dallas is reeling and now without the injured Tony Romo for a month.
The NFC has yet to be defined. With 10 games left, neither has the Packers season.