Does Green Bay deserve more respect?

**Cooler Tom Schuler** · 10-31-2007, 03:33 PM

Green Bay was a 3 point underdog to Denver, and as of right now they are a 1.5-2 point dog to Kansas City. Now, I'll be the first to admit that it wouldn't make sense to have Green Bay as a huge favorite against anyone, they seem to play just well enough to get the W.

The thing that really bothers me is GB being ranked consistently below Dallas in most power rankings. Lets look at some numbers.

Dallas has beaten the Giants (6-2), Dolphins (0-8), Bears (3-5), Rams (0-8), Bills (3-4), and Vikings (2-5). The combined records of the teams Dallas has beaten? 14-32.

Green Bay has beaten the Eagles (3-4), Giants (6-2), Chargers (4-3), Vikings (2-5), Redskins (4-3), and Broncos (3-4). Combined record? 22-21

The only real advantage I see is that Dallas' loss came against a more respectable opponent than Green Bay's. However, Green Bay's loss can be completely attributed to a mistake-filled game, as opposed to being the inferior team. In GB's loss they committed 12 penalties to lose 93 yards, as well as giving up 5 turnovers. That's not to say Green Bay wouldn't be blown out by the Patriots as well...but that's not the point.

Anyway, I just needed to vent about that. You may carry on. Nothing to see here.

10-31-2007, 03:33 PM	#1
Cooler Tom Schuler Sleepy Bitch Posts: 6,336	Does Green Bay deserve more respect? Green Bay was a 3 point underdog to Denver, and as of right now they are a 1.5-2 point dog to Kansas City. Now, I'll be the first to admit that it wouldn't make sense to have Green Bay as a huge favorite against anyone, they seem to play just well enough to get the W. The thing that really bothers me is GB being ranked consistently below Dallas in most power rankings. Lets look at some numbers. Dallas has beaten the Giants (6-2), Dolphins (0-8), Bears (3-5), Rams (0-8), Bills (3-4), and Vikings (2-5). The combined records of the teams Dallas has beaten? 14-32. Green Bay has beaten the Eagles (3-4), Giants (6-2), Chargers (4-3), Vikings (2-5), Redskins (4-3), and Broncos (3-4). Combined record? 22-21 The only real advantage I see is that Dallas' loss came against a more respectable opponent than Green Bay's. However, Green Bay's loss can be completely attributed to a mistake-filled game, as opposed to being the inferior team. In GB's loss they committed 12 penalties to lose 93 yards, as well as giving up 5 turnovers. That's not to say Green Bay wouldn't be blown out by the Patriots as well...but that's not the point. Anyway, I just needed to vent about that. You may carry on. Nothing to see here. I just went to reupload the dramatic readings and all the files I had archived were 0 bytes.