Packers - Cardinals

There are a lot of reasons to be excited about this game.
1)There could be 100 points scored.
2)Aaron Rodgers could cast his own shadow.
3)The Cardinals are back for revenge after losing the Super Bowl that they should have won.
4)The colorful uniforms.

Yes I said colorful uniforms.
There's also a very bad thing about this game.
1)One team has to lose.

I can also understand why most people don't care too much about this game.
1)The media orbited around Green Bay, Wisconsin for so long then ditched it after Favre went to New York and there's no coverage of Green Bay like there used to be.
2)Aaron Rodgers always smiles and never takes the bait in interviews.
3)Kurt Warner's fumbling and pinkie problems.
4)Kurt Warner's wife.
5)And the everpresent Anquan Boldin contract situation.

In fact, I'm willing to bet that if you are interested in this matchup its probably only because you had one or more of players on your fantasy football team. It's okay, you don't have to admit it. I have always been a Cardinals fan since I had the brain capacity to follow the NFC teams. Really it was because I was tired of seeing Dallas win Super Bowls in the early 90s.

I think we all feel the same way about Kurt Warner. That is, we enjoy watching his success like last year all the way to the Super Bowl, the same way we enjoy seeing him get drilled by a 300lb lineman into the ground, forcing a fumble, concussion and jamming his pinkie all in a few short seconds play. And of course it always happens in the pivotal point of a game. But in all seriousness, what's not to like about the Cardinals. Larry Fitzgerald is probably the best receiver in game. Who doesn't like a football player that looks like a dragon but speaks like a Harvard business man. Anquan Boldin is a name I wish was mine. Not to mention defensive players Karlos Dansby and Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie, how can you not like watching this team on tv?

Then there are the Green Bay Packers. No offense to the legend Brett Favre, but it's nice to follow a team that's not all about one player. The Packers resemble the Cardinals in many ways: big fast receivers, a strong armed quarterback, and a resilient defense. This game is sure to be filled with big plays and potentially 2 300 yard passing games. You hear it over and over again, but if you win the turnover battle you win the game. I think that rings true in this match up especially. With a lot of passing plays being called, there will be a defense that's deflects a ball for an INT, or maybe a timely sack/fumble. I see the Packers Defense being the victors here.

Although I may lean a little toward the Packers in this one, I will be cheering for the losing team come 4th quarter.