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Name: BigE
Email: bige@idatasports.com
Date: Wed Oct 17 22:41:06 2001

Headline: Green Bay Packers vs Baltimore Ravens Game Summary

Wow! Where do I begin? The Green Bay Packers Simply demolished the Super Bowl Champion Balitmore Ravens 31-23, in front of an appreciative crowd of 59,866. The Packers showed the rest of the NFL, that this is a team to be reckoned with! The Packers just spread the field out by using four, and sometimes five reciever sets, and our three time MVP Brett Favre picked apart the Ravens defense. The Packers were also very effective out of the shotgun formation. This allowed Favre to get a quick read of the corners and Blitzing linebackers, and also allowed him to get to his drop quicker. Credit is also due to the men upfront. Mark Tauscher, Mike Wahle, Mike Flannigan, Marco Rivera, and Chad Clifton, THIS BUDS FOR YOU! These guy's certainly deserve the Game Ball!

THE OFFENSE
The Packers offense started out with a fumble on their first drive. Looking at an early 7-0 deficit, Favre went to work after Leroy Butler created a fumble, and hit Bubba Franks for a 2-yard touchdown. There were several key plays on this drive, including a short pass underneath to Bill Schroeder that went for 14 yards on a 3rd and 3. Then the forgotten man, Antonio Freeman, got into the act. After an early drop, Freeman made a nice snare of a Favre bullet for 19 yards. He then sat nicely in the zone and made a sure handed grab for 8 yards. It was great to see Freeman break out of his slump. Truth is, the Packers were not going to be running the ball against this vaunted defense, so they needed Freeman to step up... and he did in a big way! Freeman finished with 9 catches for 138 yards.

Later in the second quarter, after a Ryan Longwell field goal gave the Packers a 10-7 lead, Favre then struck deep for a 47-yard bomb to Corey Bradford. Favre then threaded the needle for 13 yards to Freeman. With 8 seconds left in the half, Favre rolled right and found Freeman in the front corner of the endzone for an 8-yard score that gave the Packers a 17-7 lead at half. After giving up a field goal to make the score 17-10, the Packers needed to get back to work. Favre was incredible on this drive. He first hit Freeman for a 14-yard gain, then drilled Donald Driver for 37 yards on a critical 3rd and 10. Tom Rossley, the Packers Offensive Coordinator made the call of the bame by running a draw to Ahman Green. After our passing game dinked and dunked down the field. This play call was magnificent! On 3rd and 9 Green exploded through a huge hole for 19 yards. After a pass interference penalty brought the ball to the 1-yard line, Green went right up the middle for the score to make it 24-10. The Packers then scored with 6:59 left in the fourth quarter to seal the deal. GAME OVER MAN!

THE DEFENSE
First things first, the Packers defense did what they had to do. Don't let the 2 meaningless touchdowns at the end, taint this victory. After an early fumble, the Packers defense looked suspect, as Ravens quarterback Elvis Grbac found open recievers on consecutive plays. The second open reciever was Travis Taylor, who scored to make it a 7-0 game. After that drive, the Packers defense completely shut down the Ravens. The run defense was strong, as it limited Terry Allen to 75 yards on 18 carries for a 4.2 yard average. That number was padded by a few of his longest carries of the day, with the Packers holding a 31-10 lead. Darren Sharper was spectacular, as he ran all over the field making 10 takles. Sharper also knifed in front of Quadry Ismail to pick Grbac's pass in the third quarter, to stop the drive at the Packers 22-yard line. Keith McKenzie and Santana Dotson also produced key turnovers. Grbac went deep to Travis Taylor, and at just the right moment McKenzie looked back and found the ball to make the pick. (This kid is a Real Player!) Dotson's came in the second quarter when he blew past the offensive lineman and knock the ball out of Grbac's hand. In a game where the Packers defense would not mount much of a pass rush, the play was huge.

If the Packers defense can continue to create turnovers, and the receivers play the way they did on Sunday, this team is ready to challenge for NFC supremacy. The Packers are still struggling in the return game and kick coverages, but with Allen Rossum due to return, (No Pun Intended) you have to figure the Packers will only get better. One last note: Thank You Ron Wolf for showing people that you can make a few mistakes in the first round, but recover nicely by taking guys in the later rounds, that would be Prime Time Players. Some of the players:


• Mark Tauscher - 7th Round
• Chad Clifton - 2nd Round
• Mike McKenzie - 2nd Round
• David Martin - 6th Round
• Bill Schroeder - Free Agent
• Tyrone Williams - 2nd Round


I could go on and on! Mike Sherman is already a great coach, I just hope some of Wolf's draft saavy rubbed of on him! And That's they way I saw it!.... BigE

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