Your Arms Too Short to Box with the Gawd - Official NFC Championship Packers at Seahawks Thread
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Wish we had the night game though...that sunset crowd and noise 
Seahawks open as seven-point favorites vs. Packers
More than four months after losing at Seattle to begin their season, the Packers will get another crack at the Seahawks in the NFC title game next Sunday.
And as was the case then, the Packers are underdogs to win in the unfriendly confines of CenturyLink Field.
After Green Bay edged Dallas on Sunday, numerous Nevada sports books made the Seahawks seven-point favorites over the Packers. The prevailing Over-Under is 47 points.
Per the Spreadapedia database, the Packers have never closed as underdogs of seven points or more in any of Aaron Rodgers’s 113 starts spanning regular season and postseason play.
In fact, the Packers have only once been underdogs of even six points in any of Rodgers’ starts. They were six-point dogs at the Jets in 2010, winning 9-0.
Also, the Packers have only been underdogs of seven-plus points on three occasions in Mike McCarthy’s tenure as head coach. The Packers were 10-point underdogs at Seattle and 11.5-point underdogs at Philadelphia in 2006, and they were 14.5-point underdogs at New England in 2010, when Matt Flynn, not Rodgers, got the start.
Seattle rolled to a 36-16 victory over Green Bay in the NFL regular season opener between the clubs on September 4. The Seahawks closed as 4.5-point favorites.
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More than four months after losing at Seattle to begin their season, the Packers will get another crack at the Seahawks in the NFC title game next Sunday.
And as was the case then, the Packers are underdogs to win in the unfriendly confines of CenturyLink Field.
After Green Bay edged Dallas on Sunday, numerous Nevada sports books made the Seahawks seven-point favorites over the Packers. The prevailing Over-Under is 47 points.
Per the Spreadapedia database, the Packers have never closed as underdogs of seven points or more in any of Aaron Rodgers’s 113 starts spanning regular season and postseason play.
In fact, the Packers have only once been underdogs of even six points in any of Rodgers’ starts. They were six-point dogs at the Jets in 2010, winning 9-0.
Also, the Packers have only been underdogs of seven-plus points on three occasions in Mike McCarthy’s tenure as head coach. The Packers were 10-point underdogs at Seattle and 11.5-point underdogs at Philadelphia in 2006, and they were 14.5-point underdogs at New England in 2010, when Matt Flynn, not Rodgers, got the start.
Seattle rolled to a 36-16 victory over Green Bay in the NFL regular season opener between the clubs on September 4. The Seahawks closed as 4.5-point favorites.
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My sister stays at The Wave.... We were on the rooftop and u can literally hear the level of noise magnitude emanating from that stadium.
It felt so great to be a hawk fan.... Rain sleet skeet snow or hail, this town has been thru so much sports misfortunes that an event like this really unites the city.
Im quite disappointed the game is at noon but fukk it.
Its a privilege to be in the nfc champ game and as long as i dont have to hear about cowgirls fans boasting to ghosts.... Im good.
And smh at the delay from the television and the explosion that occurs during a score. You'd hear a boon aboot ten seconds before the actual scoring drive occurs on the tv screen... But it was always a good feeling, premature or not. Lol.
Leggo.
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Brief Keef
Superstar
nah that's his M.O. he was doing that with the Heat when we were going through our championship runs he basically tryin to do a reverse jynx on seattle
From espn.com's John Clayton:
Who will win the NFC Championship Game? The Seahawks will win and return to the Super Bowl. Over the past two years, this defense has become one of the five best in NFL history. It's slightly better than the 2000 Baltimore Ravens and is probably the best defense since the 1985 Chicago Bears. It will be interesting to see whether the Seahawks will be favored if they beat the Packers and wind up facing the Patriots in the Super Bowl. They were underdogs to Denver last year and ended up winning in a blowout.
Who will win the NFC Championship Game? The Seahawks will win and return to the Super Bowl. Over the past two years, this defense has become one of the five best in NFL history. It's slightly better than the 2000 Baltimore Ravens and is probably the best defense since the 1985 Chicago Bears. It will be interesting to see whether the Seahawks will be favored if they beat the Packers and wind up facing the Patriots in the Super Bowl. They were underdogs to Denver last year and ended up winning in a blowout.
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
I like his writing but miss me on the better than the 2000 Ravens. The defense gave up 151 points, 63 rushing yards a game, forced 48 turnovers, pitched 4 shutouts, and allowed 16 offensive points with 1 td allowed in the playoffs while scoring 2, one being in the super bowl where the d surrendered 0 points. Seahawks are historically great, but that was the GOAT sports defense.From espn.com's John Clayton:
Who will win the NFC Championship Game? The Seahawks will win and return to the Super Bowl. Over the past two years, this defense has become one of the five best in NFL history. It's slightly better than the 2000 Baltimore Ravens and is probably the best defense since the 1985 Chicago Bears. It will be interesting to see whether the Seahawks will be favored if they beat the Packers and wind up facing the Patriots in the Super Bowl. They were underdogs to Denver last year and ended up winning in a blowout.
His point is that the Seahawks have been historically great for 3 seasons now while the Ravens Defense had that one season. Clayton is talking longevity more than single season
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
Yeah the expansion draft cost us Jamie sharper and we lost rod Woodson to free agency
Rod Woodson was a fukking demon...ya'll should've paid him the day after the super bowl
We aren't as good as the Steel Curtain, but as far as stats and longevity, we are top 5 all time because we have been so dominant for 3 seasons now; Purple People Eaters, Orange Crush, Steel Curtain, '85 Bears, Legion of Boom
King Kreole
natural blondie like goku
The Ravens perennially were a top defense after 2000 though