Miskolc Companion, Hungary
Hello, insiders! In one of your responses last week, you mentioned that you consider Russell Wilson to be a potential Hall of Fame. Are you sure it’s really HOF caliber? As mentioned several times this season, he doesn’t even have an MVP vote, let alone a real MVP, his only SB win was courtesy of the Legion of Boom and he was above average at most in his playoff appearances. In the past four years, even the Jaguars have had more playoff wins than Russ. What makes you think he should be at the HOF?
I am not saying that he is a sunken HOFer, but I think he deserves it and will enter. He has taken this team into the playoffs in recent years with the constant (and sometimes inferior) change of personnel around him. The playoff results lately are not good, but he is still 9-7 in the postseason of his career. I don’t like the MVP vote argument. Voters can only vote for one person per year. It is not a hierarchy ballot like in MLB. If that is the standard, it would disqualify several QBs that are already in Canton.
Daniel from Horsholm, Denmark
Bakhtiari was five times All-Pro. If he retired after this season, is he in the Hall of Fame? If not, what else does he need to do?
The HOF selection committee examines the selections of the first team more closely, and Bakhtiari is now two in eight years. Tony Boselli had three out of seven and is an HOF finalist again, on the verge. If Bakhtiari returns to his All-Pro level after the injury, it may block him.
I know all of our thoughts on adding another playoff team. I know it was not necessary. But after watching “Super Wildcard Weekend” I’m hooked. Three games are better than two. Six games are better than four!
I never said I wouldn’t like to watch the games. It was a fun and relaxing way to spend the weekend. I am happy that seventh place prevented a team of 11 wins in the AFC from being eliminated, but it also allowed a team of eight wins in the NFC that clearly did not belong. There will be pros and cons every year.
How wild was it for the Packers to have three defensive touchdowns in four games during their Super Bowl race in 2010? I don’t remember many defensive touchdowns in the playoffs in recent years, so I realized that three out of four games in a postseason must be somewhat rare.
It is not the norm. As I recall, the Packers have only had one since, Shields in San Francisco in Division 12 to open the game. The Rams and Browns certainly did their count this weekend. Both were tone-definers.
Nathan from Philadelphia, PA
Why are Sunday’s divisional games scheduled for two hours after normal (2:05 am and 5:40 am in the center)? Conference championships are always scheduled for these times, if one of the games is on the west coast, but this year, there could have been at most one divisional game in the west. Is it another qualifying decision to let the last game reach prime time?
Ding ding ding. I was sure that when the Bears lost the Packers-Rams I would get the spot on Saturday night, but at work I’m not complaining about an early kick off.
I’m not sure how different it is, but I see a game differently when I’m rooting for a team to lose rather than win. Do you know what I mean?
I don’t know why, but it made me laugh.
Rick from Trempealeau, WI
You do a fabulous job of keeping things fresh. So, my question: Obviously you don’t choose who to play with, but when you reach 13-3, it is more important that the Packers win only two teams with a winning history (NO, TN) OR that they only lost to just one team with record of defeats (MN)?
The most important thing is that they finished the regular season playing their best football on both sides of the ball.
A 13-3 record does not matter. Individual prizes do not matter. Season totals in passer rankings, sack totals and running yards do not matter. All that matters? Going to 3-0 in the next three games.
You don’t listen to LaFleur much, do you? All that matters is going 1 to 0 on Saturday. Happy Monday.