I guess Mother Nature is a Packer fan.After three ugly minutes, the Packers settled down and took care of business yesterday, sending a message with a 42-20 win over the Seahawks.
The Seahawks have a lot of ties to the Packers - coach Mike Holmgren, offensive coordinator Gil Haskell and quarterback Matt Hasselbeck - and if we hadn't knocked them out of the playoffs they'd be the team I'd be rooting for.
It was an ugly first three minutes. You could just sense the sportswriters were already trying to come up with their stories. Hm, should we say the Packers are rusty from their bye week? Or that they're a young team and couldn't handle the post-season pressure? Or maybe they weren't "battle-tested" because they played an easy schedule?
But after spotting them two touchdowns, the Pack roared back. Brett Favre stayed cool, Ryan Grant redeemed himself in a huge way, and Atari Bigby was flying around like a lunatic. It was a great game. Even a vintage Favre "what the hell is he doing?" pass - that stumbling, wobbling, no-look underhanded toss to Donald Lee.
You gotta love it.
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