Pulling for Lions over Dallas

[JARROD]

Rodgers is better than Ryan when his team scores early and gets a jump on someone, but when games are close or Green Bay is behind a different story emerges,..

 

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/comebacks_career.htm

 

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/skeptical-football-the-aaron-rodgers-enigma/

 

Read into the article. Rodgers has ZERO comebacks of 9 or more points,...EVER.

 

When losing by 4-8 points,.. 31.8% winning percentage.

 

So beat the hell out of Rodgers like we have Brees, Ryan and the others,... and get a 9 point lead on Green Bay.

 

[WesleyM]

I'll be a lions fan because I hate the boys, but I too would love the NFCC to come to Charlotte.  Those of you that were there thought it was crazy tonight, imagine if we host the championship

[PanthersClinic]

Why would we host the NFC Championship? Detroit has a better record.

[lightsout]

If Dallas finds a way to fug up tomorrow, I really hope Detroit can take out Seattle and I pray we don't get shredded by GB. GB scares me.

I'm pulling for Dallas just because I know we can beat Seattle. And, like Arizona, we owe Seattle. Big time.

[WesleyM]

Why would we host the NFC Championship? Detroit has a better record.

 

Records don't mean poo in the playoffs, we are the higher seed due to winning the division

[PanthersClinic]

Records don't mean poo in the playoffs, we are the higher seed due to winning the division

 

I still don't know if this is true but if it is I'll take it. Though I wouldn't bet on Detroit beating anybody. Their coach has impressed but they have some really stupid players and Stafford is a ticking timebomb.

[CarolinaCoolin]

Seattle sounds like the better match-up for sure... Y'all realize we would still have to go to Green Bay or Dallas if we win in Seattle though, right?

It's post season. We used up our match-up graces when we were gifted the Cardinals. It's big boy football time, you play who you play. Quit being scared.

Going to Dallas is favorable. They are choke artists at home

[cptx]

I still don't know if this is true

 

It's true and it's how the playoffs work. 1 and 2 seed get the wildcard weekend off. 3 and 4 host 6 and 5, respectively. After that, lowest seed travels to highest for the rest of the playoffs. Record isn't a factor.

[MurkN]

I don't care what the circumstances are. I will never root for the Cowboys.

[firefox1234]

I don't care what the circumstances are. I will never root for the Cowboys.

I feel the same way but it's the Packers.....

[FuFuLamePoo]

Why anyone would want to play GB instead of Seattle is crazy.

Sea wants to play the type game would do....which is why we almos beat them (and shouldn of) every time we play.

Aaron Rodgers has too many weapons and is too good. We can't score with them and we can't stop them.

yup.  green bay is the one team in the playoffs i literally think we would have 0 chance to beat.  i mean i really don't see any chance we could beat them at their place.  not trying to be a debbie downer but they are just better than us and we don't match up well with them at all.  seattle would be a slug fest, and if we catch some breaks we could possibly pull it out

[firefox1234]

I just can't trust our offense to be able to slug it out vs Aaron Rodgers....I always believe and root for the Panthers will win regardless but I am a realist when it comes to expectations. This offense hasn't shown it can consistently put up point even when the D gives them numerous breaks, until then GB would be a scary prospect and lesser teams have blown us out...

[Woodie]

Seattle is a much more complete team than Green Bay.  Green Bay's defense is good, but not great.  No question that their offense is stellar, but I trust our revamped and improved defense to contain them.  The defense they would face is NOT the same defense they saw a few weeks ago (nor would they be facing a team in the midst of a serious mental funk).  And January football is in GB is not like what it was earlier.  It becomes much more physical and less finesse, and I think we have the more physical team.  So, I genuinely believe we can hold their offense to a reasonable score and do enough on offense ourselves to have a better chance to get the win.  We're running the ball so well now, that I think we would have a good chance to control the game.  I truly believe we can exploit their defense while containing their offense. 

 

I would much rather face GB's defense than the top ranked unit in the league.  Seattle's offense is good enough to score just enough points to let their defense win the game for them.  We've shown we can play with them, but we haven't shown we can get over that hump and actually pull out the win.  So, to me, I think Seattle is a much more difficult assignment than Green Bay...particularly in Seattle, which may be the most difficult place to play in the league.  

 

 

[Woodie]

I just can't trust our offense to be able to slug it out vs Aaron Rodgers....I always believe and root for the Panthers will win regardless but I am a realist when it comes to expectations. This offense hasn't shown it can consistently put up point even when the D gives them numerous breaks, until then GB would be a scary prospect and lesser teams have blown us out...

 

You don't have to.  Trust our suddenly dominant defense!!!

 

Our offense only has to slug it out with their defense, and I think we are certainly capable of that.