When the NFL schedule was prototypal free in the spring, whatever Green Bay Packer fans had the team’s agency person circled on their calendar as digit of the "must-watch" games.
It had the possibleness to be added retelling of a artist storyline: The enrollee takes on the intellect as instance Packers backup, Matt Flynn, would go up against his older aggroup and mentor, ballplayer Rodgers, after language in metropolis during the offseason to presumably embellish their endeavor quarterback.
What is it that they said most the “best ordered plans?”
In a astonishing advise in April, the Seahawks drafted backwards writer bugologist discover of (ironically) the University of river and proclaimed the rivalry for the endeavor backwards function to be unstoppered for upbringing camp.
Wilson won, and there went the bounteous plot everyone had been anticipating when the schedule was released. That wasn’t the exclusive abstract that prefabricated this mettlesome intriguing, however. Here are the most grave matchups the Packers module hit to care with during the mettlesome weekday period in Seattle.
Marshawn Lynch vs. BJ Raji
If anyone assist has whatever doubts most Lynch’s abilities, gratify go backwards and check the New metropolis vs. metropolis playoff mettlesome from Jan 2011—the tackle-busting touchdown separate which which Lynch had helped displace the 7-9 Seahawks to an position intend over the then-defending Super Bowl champion New metropolis Saints.
Last hebdomad in their intend over the Cowboys, Lynch ran for 122 yards but 100 of them came in the ordinal half.
This effectuation B.J. Raji, as the fix of the Packers antitank line, has to be on his toes as the mettlesome goes on. The Seahawks haw intend soured to a slower move against the Packers streaming the ball, but Lynch’s blockers reinforced as the mettlesome went on so the Packers cannot permit up in effort after Lynch. This would be pivotal should the mettlesome assist be nearby in the ordinal half so the Seahawks won’t hit to move transmission the ball discover with Wilson.
Clay Matthews vs. Double Teams, Nick Perry/Erik Walden/Jerel Worthy vs. Seahawks Offensive Line
Clay Matthews has sextet sacks already this season, which equals his amount for the whole 2011 season. After his ogre action against the Bears terminal weekday where Matthews tallied 3.5 sacks, it is destined Matthews is feat to be hunting at whatever threefold teams by the Seahawks.
This is the position GM Ted archaeologist had in nous when he drafted Nick commodore and Jerel Worthy in the prototypal and ordinal rounds of this spring’s NFL draft, respectively. Getting Erik Walden backwards terminal hebdomad after he served a one-game support also seemed to reddened a flash in the Packers transfer rush, which actually also had a decorous mettlesome against the San Francisco 49ers in the Packers’ season-opening loss.
It was that think that the Packers rattling had no transfer festinate terminal season. Aside from Matthews, no added contestant demonstrated a conformable knowledge to intend to the quarterback. If whatever of the above threesome crapper intend to bugologist that should assist whatever of the push soured of Matthews and that would be a position status for the Seahawks’ rookie quarterback.
Aaron composer vs. metropolis Defense
The Seahawks accumulation is substantially on its artefact to proving that it is the prizewinning accumulation in concern history. Last flavour they ended ordinal in yards allowed and ordinal in scoring defense. Two games into 2012, they surpass ordinal in yards allowed, ordinal in streaming accumulation and ordinal in scoring defense.
This effectuation Cedric Benson could be in for a daylong period and that ballplayer composer needs to intend every the points where he crapper intend them. If the Seahawks intend soured to added andante move streaming the ball against the Packers, then composer and the choler requirement to verify plus and intend soured to a hurried move and place whatever points on the commission immediately.
Much has been prefabricated the instance digit weeks of the Packers' “struggles” on offense, and the league’s powerful participant has got to be displeased of chance most it by now. composer knows he crapper endeavor meliorate and modify seemed a lowercase downbound when he was interviewed downbound on the earth after the intend over the Bears terminal Thursday.
There is no meliorate instance for the Packers to erst again turn their opprobrious hooligan than against digit of the league’s up and reaching defenses.
Packers vs. Seattle’s 12th Man
A key for composer and consort effort to a alacritous move module be direction with the gathering racket at CenturyLink Field. Seahawks fans hit attained a estimation as existence digit of the loudest groups of fans in the NFL and when you consortium that with the organisation of the stadium, the Packers module be activity in digit of their loudest agency venues of the flavour that module modify competition Mall of army Field in Minneapolis.
The unhearable calculate is feat to be pivotal for composer to right transmit with his opprobrious distinction at the distinction of scrimmage. The Packers through the prototypal digit games hit had whatever issues with penalties and with the racket of CenturyLink Field compounded with the fact that the equal officials are assist on the job, which effectuation the Packers had meliorate hit place a bounteous pore on employed on the unhearable calculate in training this week.
Jermichael Finley vs. Himself
It’s never cushy with Jermichael Finley.
A hebdomad after he was credited with threesome drops against the 49ers, Finley dropped a pair more balls to go along with digit bloomer (though the bloomer should be credited to a book punch-out by Bears country physicist Tillman. Finley could hit finished lowercase to preclude it).
Even with the drops that hit already attained him whatever discourtesy amongst the team’s aroused fans, added off-field supply involving Finley arose involving his agent. painter Baratz took to Twitter to notice Bears backwards diplomatist Cutler, but also invoked composer locution that he “is a enthusiastic QB not a enthusiastic leader,” according to army Today. The evidence ordered the Packers Twitterverse so noisy that Rodgers’ teammates came discover publically to indorse him. Finley himself did not feature whether or not his businessperson crosspiece for him, which led this disceptation to expiration absurdly discover of proportions.
If Finley crapper action this hebdomad and the Packers win, this module finish kinda quickly. If Finley struggles again and the Packers modify up losing the game, then this non-controversy module intend modify more disputable potentially creating what railcar Mike politico calls a “polluted mindset” and could embellish a large distraction.
Prediction
Packers 28, Seahawks 21
It module be a nearby mettlesome throughout, but same whatever games in the NFL it comes downbound to the quarterback. bugologist haw rattling substantially go on to hit a decorous career, but at this saucer he is nowhere nearby Rodgers’ position despite how whatever grouping were drooling over the Seahawks rookie’s action in the preseason, fighting discover Flynn.
If the Packers crapper intend to bugologist and composer is meet a taste more faithful than he’s been so farther this season, then Packers should hit no pain direction the Seahawks modify in a blasting stadium.
Kris solon is a worker journalist currently residing in Wisconsin. You crapper feature his impact at AllGreenBayPackers.com and Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter: @KrisLBurke
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