NFL Week Eleven

[Vern Gagne]

Would the Packers of been better off letting Robinson score a TD? It would of given the Packers the ball with 35 seconds and two timeouts.

[Slayer]

Though now that I think about it, the Dodgers sucked before moving to California, while the Giants sucked after moving to California

 

That's kind of funny

[Guest Vitamin X]

Bears/Packers is the Yankees/Red Sox of the NFL.

While I can understand that the Bears/Packers rivalry is stronger than Vikings/Packers, your baseball analogy is much closer to the Vikings rivalry. The Packers have the rich championship history (like NY) while the Vikings have the "so close yet so far" history (like Boston before last year), and of course Packers fans love to remind Vikings fans of this at every opportunity (again, like NY to Boston)

 

The Packers and Bears both share rich championship history, so they'd be more like... I dunno actually.

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Yeah, I know.

 

Tell me about it.

[Slayer]

Don't make me stuff your Dominican head in that

 

You know, even when the Vikings do win one, it's gonna look all lonely in that case

[packwingfn]

Compare the Packers-Bears to Red Wings-Blackhawks?

[Slayer]

Blackhawks don't really have a championship history.

 

If you use hockey then I'd say Toronto and Montreal. Before '67, those were essentially the two teams of the NHL. Plus I know how much they (and their fans) hate each other

[packwingfn]

Even Boston-Montreal too I guess.

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

I don't live in Green Bay either, but Packers/Bears is much bigger than Packers/Vikings.  Green Bay has problems with both the Vikings and Lions, but the Bears will always be numero uno.  Bears/Packers is the Yankees/Red Sox of the NFL.  Honourable mention to Cowboys/Redskins.

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Packers-Lions isn't much of a rivalry, but Packers-Vikings is the only rivalry in professional sports that's right at or near .500 all the time (waits for alkeiper to come in and refute this claim about some AA minor league baseball teams that have had one at .500 since 1936)

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What amazes me is that many football teams have very close head to head records. Eagles/Cardinals is no kind of rivalry (unless you were a fan in 1947-48), but look at their matchup. 53 wins for the Eagles, 52 for the Cardinals, and 5 draws. That's simply amazing.

[The Niggardly King]

Lakers/Celtics?

[Failed Bridge]

Lakers/Celtics?

Up until 10 years ago that rivalry may have been the best in sports, even trumping Yanks/Sawx. Can't put Bears/Packers on that level.

[Slayer]

There's bad blood there, for sure, but they're not in the same division, and the Packers and Bears certainly couldn't meet in the Super Bowl

 

Up until 10 years ago that rivalry may have been the best in sports... Can't put Bears/Packers on that level.

That too

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

The only thing Bears/Packers are good for is the history. They have been at it since the 1930s.

[therealworldschampion]

Most like Ohio State/Michigan perhaps?

 

Then again if we were comparing college and pro rivalries I'd say that the NFC East rivalries are much more like the SEC than anything else...

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

Here's a fun one. The Philadelphia 76ers are 126-129 against the LA Lakers. 255 head to head games and only a three game difference.

[packwingfn]

What is the Packers-Bears all-time record against each other anyway?

[Guest Vitamin X]

74-87 in favor of the Bears. This is definitely due to the 80's, by the way.

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

I would like to correct my previous statement. Bears/Packers started in 1921. This year marks their 169th and 170th meeting. Bears lead, all-time, 85-78-6.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Huh. That's odd. I got my stats from the Packers' website, so they have to be pretty accurate.

 

Also of note, tonight's victory evened the Packers-Vikings rivalry at 44-44. The Packers are also tied with the Cowboys at 10-10 overall.

 

Interesting.

[Kahran Ramsus]

We don't like the Cowboys much either, but then again what other team does? Most of my venom for them is from that NFC Title game ten years ago.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Ditto. How about that Monday Night game the following season (the Super Bowl one!) where they had their kicker go for an NFL record in field goals in a game just to rub it in the Packers' faces? Bastards.

 

It felt good to get them back 45-17 twice, in `98 and last year as well.

[Guest *KNK*]

I like how teams like GB have multiple rivals dating back almost over 50+ years ago, while Cincinnati can't yet decide who it's #1 rival is, Cleveland or Pittsburgh but it doesn't matter because Cleveland/Pittsburgh is a bigger deal for those two franchises anyways.

 

Any teams in sports with absolute zero legit "rivals"? I'd imagine most of the recent expansion teams(last 30 years) in sports most likely fit that profile. They may have divison rivals but I mean RIVAL ala Yankees/Sox, Packers/Bears, Cowboys/Skins etc, etc.

[Guest]

New Orleans Hornets. The epitomy of non-rivalry. Not one.

[Guest StylesMark]

Ahman Green used to fumble all the time! This was retarded. They shit themselves in the foot tonight. 2-8 is not very hopefull.

[The Czech Republic]

You know, I love the Bears, but this team is worse than the 2001 Bears... seriously. The only thing they have going for them is their D. Then again "defenses win championships", so who knows?

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I dunno, it seems like this year's team has fewer fluke wins than 2001, but I'd have to give it more thought. But geez, will we ever have a good quarterback.

[CanadianChris]

Absolutely pathetic. The worst part about this, and probably the most telling, was the Packers' complete lack of a running game, forcing their offense to go one-dimensional. Oh, what about Samkon Gado, we're all asking?

 

He had one carry on the game and fumbled, so Sherman pulled this guy who just earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors last week, probably to "teach him a lesson". That's right. Samkon very well could've ignited the Packer offense a lot more, and gave the Packers a running game and of course control of the clock, but Sherman would rather throw a game and lose to a division archrival than GOD FORBID make the kid learn fumbling isn't a good thing. For christ's sake, Ahman Green was the starter, and he never got pulled no matter how many times he fumbled.

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He had 10 carries for 7 yards and was completely ineffective, except for catching a 30-yard pass early in the first quarter. He deserved to be benched. No one else could have been much worse.

[Hoff]

Bears/Packers is the Yankees/Red Sox of the NFL.

While I can understand that the Bears/Packers rivalry is stronger than Vikings/Packers, your baseball analogy is much closer to the Vikings rivalry. The Packers have the rich championship history (like NY) while the Vikings have the "so close yet so far" history (like Boston before last year), and of course Packers fans love to remind Vikings fans of this at every opportunity (again, like NY to Boston)

 

The Packers and Bears both share rich championship history, so they'd be more like... I dunno actually.

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Yeah, I know.

 

Tell me about it.

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I miss the NFC Central. The Vikings and Bucs was always a good match, and Tampa being the only loss in the 15-1 season laid the groundwork for a big rivalry. Then, bam, here comes Houston. Those fuckers.

[Slayer]

I remember Tony dungy pulling Tampa out of the basement and suddenly being competitive in the division, then Minnesota and Tampa starting having home-and-home wins (much like Minnesota and GB before last year).

 

One of the things that got me earlier this season was the Tampa loss in Week 1 and then realizing "oh wait, we don't get a second shot at them anymore"

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

Yeah I miss the old NFC Central... one of the most physically intense divisions in football... well excluding the Lions and Bears on some years...

[The Niggardly King]

You know, I love the Bears, but this team is worse than the 2001 Bears... seriously. The only thing they have going for them is their D. Then again "defenses win championships", so who knows?

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I dunno, it seems like this year's team has fewer fluke wins than 2001, but I'd have to give it more thought. But geez, will we ever have a good quarterback.

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Well you got Orton...

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

With his 61.8 passer rating... feel the greatness!