Minnesota(+3)(-105) over Green Bay (1 Biscuit)
- - As stated in my first Madjack's post in 2001, I bleed Green and Gold, with lots of opinions but only a handful of wagers in the last 20+ years, as Packers games are far too important to me to have money color the picture. Biscuits only, no bucks . . . This 2009 Packers team remains troublingly slow to get some fundamental shortcomings corrected, but (Green Bay) would have to be a sad sack of a disappointment if I haven't been expecting them to be possessed of their best effort of the season when the Vikings come calling this year. I?m not saying how good that best effort will be, or whether it?s good enough, but I've always been expecting it would be sufficiently in the neighborhood of good enough so that I was going to be there shoulder to shoulder with them . . . In the raucous Dome, the Vikings schemed to take away the quick slants and tosses while expecting QB Rodgers would not have enough time to exploit their secondary with the down field plays that take longer to develop, so proper adjustments need to be made by Green Bay to counter all variables of that equation. And the mighty Pittsburgh defense didn?t rock Favre out of his comfort zone enough to suit me, so I?m not sure what more I might see from Green Bay . . . Regardless of what either team did since their Monday night game, I never expected the Pack would be installed as a favorite at about the same line as the host was in that first game. Simply put, Green Bay has to be my pick, but I?m not crazy enough to be giving any points; I hope the good guys make me look like a fool for being such a worrier.
