Tampa Bay vs. Green Bay: Slow and Stupid Meets Smart, Fast and Physical

It is so very tough to imagine that anything good could happen for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they take the field at Lambeau on Sunday.

Watching the Green Bay Packers methodically dismantle the Vikings on Monday night made it so very clear that the Packers are everything the Buccaneers are not.

Green Bay is fast, furious, smart and physical.

Tampa Bay is slow, stupid and non-physical.

Green Bay has a quarterback who is so engulfed in becoming better at his craft that he is in the midst of an unbelievable season. Aaron Rodgers made it look pretty simple Monday night, and that's what great ones do. This guy has thrown 28 touchdown passes, only three picks and is completing better than 72 percent of his passes.

Rodgers was 23-of-30 against the Vikes and threw four touchdown passes. And the Viking defense looks better than Tampa Bay's.

It was hard to imagine on Monday that Raheem Morris was right when he said the upcoming trip to Green Bay is the best thing that can happen to this Bucs team that was soundly thrashed and embarrassed by Houston at home on Sunday.

It is frightening to imagine what could happen to the Buccaneers up there if they look like they did against the Texans.

Hard to imagine what could happen to Josh Freeman, who, despite what the team isn't telling us, is hurt.

Freeman also tells us he's a better quarterback this year.

Humbug.

The Buccaneer defense can heed this warning from its former coach, Jon Gruden, who before halftime declared: "No defense has figured out this Green Bay offense."

Good luck, Raheem.

One thing we can do on Sunday is put to bed this "youth" excuse everyone keeps hitting us with. You know, the Buccaneers are the youngest team in the NFL.

Well, youngest team in the NFL, get ready to meet the second-youngest team in the NFL.

The second-youngest team will show you what highly-motivated, well-coached, dynamic youth can do to sloppy, stupid, mistake-prone youth.

Get out your notebook, Josh Freeman. Aaron Rodgers will show you what an All-Pro quarterback should look like; he'll show you how it's supposed to be done.

Mark Dominik should take notes as well.

Take a look at what dynamic playmakers look like. Take a look at Greg Jennings and Donald Driver, and ask yourself if Mike Williams and Arrelious Benn will ever look like those guys?

Look at tight end Jermichael Finley, and you'll know that Kellen Winslow is more trouble than he's worth. He makes catches, but he's the master of stupid penalties. And he's a veteran.

Now for the bad news.

The Green Bay defense that looked vulnerable in a lot of games earlier this season seems to have solved some of its problems. It could have very well shut out the Vikings on Monday night—instead, the Vikes did get one cheap touchdown.

Raheem Morris wants fast and physical. Well, the Green Bay defense will give that to him.

If only his own defense was half of that.

So, remember what Raheem told us when you tune in on Sunday. This game is a good thing for his team.

Sure it is.

The undefeated masters of the fast start will take on the NFL masters of the slow start.

Need we say more?