I listen to Wilde & Tausch on Wisconsin on Demand every day. I also listen to several other Podcasts during the week since I live in Los Angeles and it takes 1 1/2 hours to go 25 miles most days going to and from my office. Needless to say I have a LOT of time to listen to Packers Podcasts. EVERY ONE of them seem to be pissed the Packers aren't playing in the NFCCG...WHY?

I mean I get it. The Packers outplayed & out coached the 49ers last weekend for 55 minutes. But it was those last 5 minutes that killed the Packers. But my point is this...

ALL SEASON LONG just about everyone of us though 7 wins would be good, 8 would be great, and anything else would be GRAVY. Playoffs? Hey if they made the playoffs that was REALLY gravy.

First and foremost we all wanted to know about Jordan Love. Was he going to be the next "Dude"? I think the question was answered with a resounding YES. Even those hard to please fans like myself who want to see more of it next year before FULLY believing the Packers are set again for at least 10 more years at QB. What he did with rookies and Doubs (Watson hardly played) and basically AJ Dillon until the end of the year was amazing,

WE all wanted to find out about these WRs and TEs. We go SO MUCH more than what we expected. I mean there's so many to be excited about. Musgrave, Kraft, Reed and Wicks all IMO are going to be different degrees of special. Especially Wicks. Man I like that dude. We found out SO MUCH about this team and LaFleur this season I can't wait for the 2024/25 season.

The Packers have 5 draft picks in the first 91 picks. They have a few dollars to play with in FA, hopefully to add a Safety or even an ILB or CB. I trust Gute will get some holes filled while some others continue to grow. But this team is REALLY set up for the future. Again I can't wit for September of 2024.

With a future that's so bright in Green Bay, I'm not getting pissed about last weekend. Especially when I SAID I'd be happy with what they already achieved.

I wouldn't put it all on the last 5 minutes. The 2 missed interceptions and the missed FG went a long way to determining that game. Missed plays always go both ways but change even 2 of those 3 plays and odds weigh heavily in the Packs favor of winning.

With that said the Packers showed just how beatable the 49ers are even at home. As a Packer fan living in the heart of Lion country the last 30 years have given me a lot of opportunity to talk trash. Even so I think the Lions are going to win and I hope they do. No fan base in the country deserves it more.

Got plenty of time to comment since we are not playing.
I'm much more of a Packer only viewer. I might spot check the games a bit but if it's not the Packers playing, I'm much less interested.

Everyone seems so high on next year and the future. While I agree things are looking up, don't forget all those years with AR when it was always SB or bust and it always busted. That's why I'm still ticked off that management took things for granted this year and might have been happy with things as they were since we over-achieved. What might have happened in if they did fire JB earlier and signed Crosby for the playoffs? So while this season is still being played, I'll be thinking that we should have been there. I guess sometime after the 2024 season starts and we see if we are SB or bust, I'll be able to put those thoughts aside.

GPG

With 5:54 remaining in the second quarter, the Lions have already scored as many points against SF as GB did in an entire game.

re: kicking game...Packers M.O. is to fall on their sword. Having said that, it would have been a great storyline if they would have signed Gould before he retired last month.

I m watching this game and can’t stop thinking about last week and what might have been…
Last I predicted the San Fran D is hugely overrated and can’t stop the run—they are pass rushers only and their DBs are a shaky.
And now maybe the experts can give us a break from hearing about the genius of John Lynch and Sham-ahan.
All Lynch has done is sign high rent FAs. …and did did that smug self appointed genius get in the HOF before Butler?
I sure of this, Detroit felt better about facing San Francisco than the Packers.

Wow…another gift for the 49ers.

TWICE in VERY FG range and give the ball back to SF. 6 points in a 3 point game. The game is probably over and Shanahan will be called a genius because of 2 really stupid decisions by Detroit that he had nothing to do with.

Nags, you predicted the outcome to a tee.

Detroit has assembled a really impressive roster. But their head coach...well, they can have him. As much as everyone loves the "all gas, no brakes" style, you have to know when to say when. He made risky decisions that backfired in the second game against us, and his refusal to kick FGs in this game to at least stop the bleeding and reverse the momentum weren't helpful, either.

Campbell may be a great leader and motivator, but these qualities are neutralized by his tremendous stubbornness and appetite for risk.

Lions must not have watched the Packers game last week . Kick the field goals you win.
Wouldn’t hurt if you catch the ball too?

My favorite is the ball deflecting off a DB's shoulder pad and the SF WR catches it off the rebound.....You just can't make this shit up...LOL.
Reminds me of the incredibly ridiculous stuff the Patriots won games with. Lions let them back in the game...just like GB did.

I was hoping for San Fran - and then thought at half time - at least we beat the Lions on Thanksgiving in their park. Then when the game switched to San Fran's favor and a lot of it on Lions foolish gambling - I thought great what a bunch of chokes. Now I like some gambling /risk taking - but this was simply over the top - no matter what the announcers were saying. So now I am back and happy that San Fran is in the Superbowl. And I hope that they beat KC.

Lions say "we'll be back"....hey, no guarantees in the NFL...you will lose a couple of coaches, a player or two, got a target on your back now...Goff could easily revert to the Rams Goff...yup...nothing is promised...this division is going to be much better each team....Packers need a good draft and maybe a good FA pickup theyll be fine...work on the defensive side of things...

I think the biggest lesson of the Packers and Lions game is: take the points on the road. MLF and Campbell both passed on FGs to go for it. They were a combined 0-3. It used to be a cardinal rule before the stupid analytics took over.

The Niners got a gift, LeFleur passing on a field goal that would have won or tied the game and Cramballs who passed on two field goals because he is he man. They go to the super bowl because their coach coached and make adjustments to what the other team was doing successfully. Thats why they win. They arent a better team they are a better coached team and pre pared team.

The Ravens are a disaster that isnt waiting to happen it did happen. Cowherd said is best, they ran all over their opponents all year. That was their forte. In the KC game Lamar passed for 46 times and they barely ran the ball.
It wasnt like they had to play big time catchup the game was never that far off so why not do what you do best instead of play a totally different game? Bad coaching. Andy had game in hand and players keyed up to do what they practiced. Andy out coached Hairball.