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Talk about overrated.All the experts on ESPN.com chose Green Bay to knock off the Seattle Seahawks in Saturday’s NFC divisional tilt at Lambeau Field...

Seahawks-Packers: Bet on Brett Favre to Flop

by KP Wee (Senior Writer)

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January 11, 2008


Talk about overrated.

All the experts on ESPN.com chose Green Bay to knock off the Seattle Seahawks in Saturday’s NFC divisional tilt at Lambeau Field.

Regardless of what happens Saturday, I don’t understand why everyone is on the Packers’ bandwagon.

True, the 10-6 Seahawks haven't looked great, and play in the weak NFC West. And yes, they had some lucky bounces go their way (the finish against St. Louis when the Rams botched their final scoring drive comes to mind).

But the 'Hawks won when they had to, including a huge win against the Cardinals in Week 14, and another in the Wild Card round vs. the red-hot Redskins, when their defense came up big.

And have the Packers really played that great themselves?

Don’t forget that soft schedule—they got to play the Rams (3-13), the Raiders (4-12), and and Chiefs (4-12)...and had to get a late rally in the fourth quarter just to pull one out against KC.

They also twice played the lowly Lions, who allowed a league-high 27.75 points per game (yes, worse than the 1-15 Dolphins)—and the Panthers (7-9) and Broncos (7-9) too.

Then there's the recent playoff past for Brett Favre and Co. at Lambeau Field. Seriously—what Lambeau mystique and Favre magic is everyone talking about?

Favre couldn’t beat the Falcons five years ago when former stud Michael Vick led Atlanta into Lambeau and won impressively. The score was 24-zip by the time Favre found the end zone.

The Vikings, an 8-8 outfit who had already lost twice to the Pack in the regular season, knocked off Green Bay at Lambeau in 2005, despite the controversy surrounding then-receiver Randy Moss and his mooning incident.

By the way—Favre threw four picks in that one.

Even the Seahawks took the Pack to overtime four years ago before Matt Hasselbeck’s interception cost Seattle the game.

Seattle, meanwhile, has more playoff experience. This could be the Seahawks’ final hurrah, and they should come out hungry. There’s talk of coach Mike Holmgren stepping aside if the 'Hawks don’t get it done this year—and how many more years does Shaun Alexander have to get his Super Bowl ring?

Obviously, Seattle has something to play for here. Outside of Favre, the Packers are a young, inexperienced team.

I’d go with Seattle in a nail-biter, with the game being decided on a last-second field goal. Seattle's defense, which looked good against Washington last week, is going to force Favre into more of those classic playoff INTs.

Favre continues to get all the love from the media, despite the Packers' having no postseason success since the QB's lone Super Bowl win against the Patriots in 1997.

Don’t all those subsequent playoff losses mean anything?

Six INTs in St. Louis in a 2002 embarrassment? Plus those home losses in 2003 (Falcons) and 2005 (Vikings)?

Yet that '97 win is all that people remember.

And no, there will be no New England-Green Bay rematch this year.



Prediction: Seattle 30, Green Bay 27, with Favre throwing three picks

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  1. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    What is with the Seattle news articles and their cocky attitude about this game? Reminds me of Hasslebecks attitude when he ran his mouth in the last playoff game against the Packers.

    You seem to have this idea the Packer season was some easy fluke. Yeah right.

    The Packers also easily beat the Redskins that Seattle struggled with last week.

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  2. chris wright about 1 year ago

    you should review facts b4 you run your lip Seattle is lucky, There D has one good game and now you think they can win it all.

    after Favre picks this D apart you will see what happens when you put good players around a great player.

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  3. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    you are an ass sir previous playoff run's was basicly becaue of Favre when he had little or no weapons just give the guy the respect he deserves and right about how the seahawk's gavethe game away tommorrow

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  4. Tony Stork about 1 year ago

    Great article, I agree with all of it!

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  5. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    Jeez, talk about Favre hatred. Hey for all Favre's success I guess it's only natural for that to happen. Good luck with trying to get a book published. chances are you are going to need it if all you can is spout off opinion rather than facts, other than wins and losses.

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  6. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    Hit the nail on the head. The Lambeau Field (playoff) advantage has disappeared in recent years. The Hawks are due for a win against the Packers. Look for the Seattle linebackers to create a lot of disruption and stuff Favre's quick slants. If they need to double team Kerney, it's over with the quality of Seattle's front seven. Defense wins Championships and Seattle's D will give Hasslebeck a lot of opportunities today. Green Bay is just a lil' too young but as the youngest team in the NFL they'll be a force to be reckoned with in the years to come. Seattle 27 Green Bay 17

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  7. Paul Salman about 1 year ago

    I disagree on many fronts and have way to much to say. Just one thing, don't just focus on his bad because obv Brett has ton of great stats. I will let the game today speaak for itself and hope itwill prove u wrong

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  8. Po Clyde about 1 year ago

    Packers are a young team and it will be interesting how they respond in the playoffs vs a solid Seahawk team. I believe the homefield will be the difference and the Pack will win a close one.

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  9. Bob about 1 year ago

    Writing an almost 3/4 of your preview story about seasons prior to this season is a bit overkill.

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  10. Paul Salman about 1 year ago

    Great point ryne....hope this author is watching this game...FAVRE is having an amazing game..even after the team started awful....im posted this at halftime and favre has been great...that underhand flip at the end of the half was vintage favre..GO PACKERS...oh and zero pics thus far

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  11. Andrew Kneeland about 1 year ago

    This looks like one of the top 20 Favre starts. Not a flop...

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  12. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    BWAHAHAHAHAHA. Did you see...Are you for real...Did you really write that...BWAHAHAHAHA....

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  13. Po Clyde about 1 year ago

    Want to change your prediction? Tool.

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  14. Paul Salman about 1 year ago

    favre is the man. Always was always will be. I'm a bills fan FYI. I'm also not a hater and see tha favre is great. Hope u write a follow up to his article now that favre is playing a great game.

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  15. Gregory Salyer about 1 year ago

    It's 42-20 Packers right now, and Brett Favre looks amazing... and theres almost an entire quarter left...

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  1. jeff tydeman about 1 year ago

    Well, that prediction didn't go too great! I heard you picked the Washington Generals once...they were due....thanks Krusty!

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  2. Paul Salman about 1 year ago

    somewhere vick is celebrating that he is still the only guy to win at gb...since u like that vick example in ur artilce

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  3. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    SO much for your prediction. What were you thinking? Favre is a pimp and Ryan Grant is the man.

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  4. Andrew Ungvari about 1 year ago

    Who do you like in tomorrow's game? I need to know who to bet against.

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  5. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    Wow, I thought Brett was going to throw 3 interceptions and lose by 3. That's real funny because I don't think Brett threw a interception and the Seahawks couldn't even score the 30 you predicted. Pack and Pats in the Superbowl and it will be the same outcome as the 96' Superbowl.

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  6. Patrick Houston about 1 year ago

    SO much for your prediction. What were you thinking? Favre is a pimp and Ryan Grant is the man.

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  7. PackSmack about 1 year ago

    Ya. Lots of guys have bet against Favre. And he made many of them feel like you do now. I bet you don't bet against him again.

    As for Michael Vick, well, while Favre was throwing touchdowns in the snow at Lambeau, what was Vick doing, trading some candy bars for cigarettes in the prison yard?

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  8. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    Hey! What happened? Did Green Bay beat the Seahwks? They did didn't they?

    Why don't you let that hatred and anger stew a bit and write another article about how "overrated" Brett Favre is and bring out all the negative stats to support that ridiculous argument.

    I find it interesting how those who would detract from Favre's ability end up quoting his playoff losses (complete with scores) not realizing they are showing just how MANY times Favre has gotten Green Bay to the playoffs. Yeah.. Brett sure is a fly by night quarterback who's on a lucky streak.

    Give the man his credit he didn't get those records by being mediocre.

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  9. KP Wee about 1 year ago

    Gee, I wonder what happened to Green Bay in the NFC title game... None of those Cheesehead fans coming on here now, are they?

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  10. KP Wee about 1 year ago

    And yes, GB fans, I WAS watching the Giants-Packers game and SAW Favre throw two picks, including the one that led to the WINNING field goal in OT. AH yes, Favre is sure amazing....

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