divisional round predictions: Cardinals-Packers

Holy fuck am I excited. Its felt like forever since my cards had a game this big (2008 to be exact). A lot of people seem to think that our beatdown of the Packers actually meant something. Sure it did at the time but come on people this is playoff football we are talking about here. Plus anyone who watched the game last week knows the Aaron is back to his old tricks. I know it was against a shitty secondary but there is definitely something to be said about 5 straight scoring drives. Anyways, when I look at this game I see a couple of X-Factors. On the Packers side it has to be the running game. Whenever the running game is on this team is dangerous for the simple fact that teams cant tee off on rodgers. This means that fat fuck of running back needs to do something other then get three yards and fall down. This also means Starks needs to show something like he did last week. Im not going to lie, the cards front seven is dealing with some injuries at the moment which means they are more susceptible to the run right now. Another Pack X-factor is richard Rodgers. The Cards always have a tough time with tight ends and if he can get going then we might have some serious issues. On the Cards side of the ball its the pass rush. We all saw what this pass rush is capable of in the last game. If the front seven can get hot then this defence becomes nearly unstoppable. Not to mention the packers are fielding a makeshift offensive line that can be exploited. As far as the game goes its going to be a tough one to predict. The Cards are going to get their plays through the air but the run game is a big factor. If david johnson can get it going this is going to be a hard team to stop. Both offences can score and both defences can ball which makes this a hard game to predict.

Call me a homer but I say Cards in a nailbitter

Cards-28  Packers-24

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