Jets-Packers: Game Wrap-Up

Jets 38 - Packers 10

Green Bay's defense was completely disemboweled by Chad Pennington, who went 25 of 35 for 263 yards and two touchdowns. His two picks were lost among three touchdown drives of 70+ yards in the second quarter alone.

Cruising on a 31-0 halftime lead, Pennington and company found it easy to produce yards and confuse the young Green Bay defense with occasional no-huddle offense, connecting with eight different receivers.

Jerricho Cotchery led the Jets in receiving with 99 yards and a touchdown with Chris Baker adding fifty and a score. Cedric Houston rushed for 105 yards with two touchdowns and Leon Washington contributed forty with his second TD of the year.

Brett Favre managed to complete 24 passes for 214 yards with 1 touchdown pass and two picks. Noah Herron led the Pack in receiving with a whopping 51 yards, while DoubleD produced forty-one with a touchdown. Ahman Green had yet another 100+ yard rushing game to no avail and to add to the constant suffering, David Rayner missed a field goal.

The Jets improve to 7-5 on the year while the Packers fall to 4-8.

The Packers head to San Fran to take on the 5-7 49ers for what could be their fifth win of the season. Or possibly their ninth loss, while Ingle Martin inches ever closer to his dream.

Fans booed the Packers several times throughout the game, but loudest as they jogged to the tunnel at halftime. Mike McCarthy sees why:

"I'd be booing too. Shoot, they should boo us. I've got no problem with that. This is a man's league, a man's business and a man's game."

Jets-Packers: First Half Update

NY Jets 31 - Green Bay 0

THIRTY-ONE TO ZERO.

The Packers have been shutout twice in Brett Favre's illustrious career. Both have come during this season. How hard is it to get into field goal position? Pretty difficult when you've turned the ball over twice and never even stepped foot into the red zone.

After 97 total Packers yards to New York's 340 and six first downs to the Jets' 22, something has got to happen. A field goal, perhaps? That would be swell.

UPDATE: Yep, you guessed it. A field goal! The Jets now lead the Pack 31-3 with just over seven minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter. It's all I've ever dreamed of.

UPDATE #2: Favre hits Driver in the end zone, Jets 31-Packers 10. McCarthy throws his flag and gets the call on a defensive reach-around.

UPDATE #3: Pennington hands off to Washington for a 20-yard touchdown run. Jets 38-Packers 10 with 11:35 left to play.

Do You Take Drugs, Danny?

Everyday.

Are you ready for some Packers football? Well, you’re really not until you shove a brat in your mouth and down a pint of Milwaukee’s Best, or twelve. After many tested hypotheses, I’ve found this season - and every one since around ‘98 - more entertaining and much easier to discuss after I’ve consumed mass amounts of alcohol.

On that note, let’s take an intimate look at Green Bay’s season up until this point.

Week 13 is upon us and the Packers stink like sauerkraut. After a 1-3 preseason, they’ve managed to muster a win against two division rivals: the 5-6 Vikes and the 2-9 Lions. Impressive, I know. Generally speaking, in a division such as the NFC North, a crappy record doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not going to the playoffs. Enter the 9-2 Chicago Bears.

The Pack started their season with high hopes. After all the retirement rumors at the end of last season and speculation throughout the entire off season, legendary starting QB Brett Favre returned for "what could possibly be his last first game ever". They were shut out 26-0 by the Bears in broad daylight.

Then the Saints came marching into Lambeau, coming off a vagabond year, all fired up about a guy named Reggie. Piss-pounding ensued and the Packers found themselves at 0-2.

They held on tightly to a shred of dignity and beat the Lions on the road before two straight losses to Philly and St. Louis. Whispers of Favre’s possible retirement slithered out of the Primetime woodwork while prayers for a less painful season could be heard in taverns throughout Wisconsin. Maybe a bye week was all they needed to regroup?

It seemed so, as they took down (ex-nemesis) Dante Culpepper and the Dolphins before putting the beat down on Leinart and the Cardinals. Holy crap, two in a row! Suddenly, they had a 3-4 record and the future didn't seem so dim. Next thing you know, they're in Buffalo, being held to one touchdown and a field goal for their fifth loss of the season.

The Pack then hopped across the river to Minnesota, where Fred Smoot runs wild with a broad on each arm, insisting he looks fabulous in purple. Or maybe that was Prince. Regardless, there were no water-recreation related shenanigans that weekend, unless you count the spanking that went down at the Metrodome, a 23-17 Vikings loss. Confidence rebuilding, now!

The Patriots arrived at what is normally a frozen tundra two weeks ago and shutout the Packers 35-0 before they were creamed by the recently refreshed Shaun Alexander and trigger-happy Hasselbeck on the national Monday night stage, in "what could possibly be Brett Favre’s last Monday night football appearance of his career". Pshh.

The Packers are now 4-7 with five games remaining, looking forward to a home game against the 6-5 Jets where they will strive to not play like the JV team we’ve been watching all year. Any playoff hopes flew out the window long ago, so all that can really be done at this point to save face is win out the season.

I've got my eye on you, McCarthy.