NFL 2009 Season Week 12 Picks

Happy Thankgiving everyone! (doesn't look like a lot of people are going to make their Thursday picks!)

I love how Jeremy always points out that the Packers play teams that have hurt players just one week after the Packers lost 2 of their best defensive players for the season in 1 qtr. In fact, one of the Packer writers for JSOnline.com wrote that you have to go back to the 60s the last time the Packers had two more devastating injuries in one game. It would just be nice to hear a more creative critique at some point.

And furthermore, Stafford did play, his shoulder didn't seem to affect him that much, but the Packers defense is just that good.

First of all those are always tounge in cheeck. Secondly, I'm not sure pointing out that you have to reach back half a century for when the Packers lost two of their better players at once is the best way to make your point that I'm being uneven.

Except that everytime the Packers play anyone where anyone on that team is injured (with no consideration for the injury situation for the Packers at the time), that's what come out. Also, Stafford actually played! So did Johnson! They weren't out for any time at all, not even 1 week. Sure, they weren't 100%, but the Packers lost 2 of their best players for 10+months (they may not be ready for next year even!).

That's second time this year that the Packers have used a challenge where the "good" outcome is giving up a safety.

Well obviously we know now they played. I'm not a soothsayer.

Remember when there was a penalty called "pass interference?" That would have gotten the lions a first down on the 1 yard line on their last 2 drives. Too bad they got rid of that.

This may be the most unbreakable record in NFL history.

This is the first time this season I made correct picks on the Thursday game, and I hit the jackpot getting all 3 games correct on thursday! But then again, so did the one person I'm chasing.

I'm looking at some stats from NFL.com and I think Aaron Rodgers is really coming into his own. He seems to be figuring some things out where he struggled even as recent as three weeks ago. For one thing, he hasn't gotten sacked much in the last three games, I think like 4 total in the last 3 games. Considering he was averaging about 5 per game, that's a pretty big improvement. But aside from that, because we all knew that he needed to improve that area there's this: he is becoming a big play QB who still has a high completion percentage. Rodgers is second in the NFL in number of completions over 40 yards, and 4th in completions of 20 or more. And he's still in the top 3rd of completion percentage, and he's 2nd in yards per attempt.

Now I'm not saying that he is the next re-incarnation of Favre, but in the 2nd half of his 2nd year as a starter, he is playing very well, and I think a big part of the Packers' success must be attributed to him. Some of their failures should be attributed to him, but I guess that's how the QB position goes. All-in-all, I am very excited about the current and future of the Packers QB position where I once was a bit skeptical.

And by the way, for anyone who didn't realize (me being one of those) Aaron Rodgers has a fricken cannon of an arm. He threw a pass against Detroit that traveled 70 yards in the air. I watched the replay over and over again, and it didn't even look like he put everything into it. Maybe that's sort of like a baseball player overswinging doesn't mean he's going to hit it farther, but still, he seemed to plant and throw, and the ball just took off. The announcers even mentioned that it would have been a touchdown but that it was "underthrown" a bit so Driver had to come back to it. Ok, 70 yards in the air, does it qualify as "underthrown" at that distance?

I should boycott this week because picks weren't up Wednesday morning.

They're always up, they maybe just weren't "live" because someone hadn't posted any comments yet. But if you don't want to make picks, all the better for me!

Damn you Chris Kluwe!!!