Packers will NOT play Giants in Season Opener

Hawkfan191 · Joined: 01 Feb 2010 Posts: 350

all over twitter (Ty Dunne, Mike Lombardi, Jason Wilde)
the Packers will not be featured in the game
it will be Dallas and the Giants

GoPackGo25 · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:03 pm Post subject:

Dallas? You have got to be kidding me. Sure its a rivalry but if that was the case last year it would have been Green Bay vs Chicago or something. Every single year Dallas underachieves and does nothing. Could have at least picked a good team.
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{Family Ghost} · Joined: 08 Jun 2010 Posts: 1025

McCarthy will be happy about it ... gives him a few more practices to get his guys ready for showtime. I'd rather our schedule be as normal as possible. Starting on a Wednesday seemed a bit odd.

GBPackers79 · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 19236 Location: New Jersey

GoPackGo25 · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:11 pm Post subject:

CentralFC · Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 2144

NBC's January 1st primetime game between these two teams was the most successful for them in their history, so naturally they're shooting for ratings (i.e an underachieving team led by a quarterback who does everything except win gets great ratings apparently).

Regardless, I'll take the Sunday game.
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PackFan4Life · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 3530 Location: De Pere, WI

Oh well. The sooner we can kick their can and re establish the proper heirarchy the better.

WIsportsfan · Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Posts: 2061

Never seen a team that has done nothing on the field since the 90's get talked about as much as the Cowboys do. Whatever. Let people get their fill of mediocre Jerry Jones ball right away. Who's up for some more "superstar"-esque play from Tony Romo?!

spilltray · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 8650 Location: Green Bay, WI

Id doesn't matter how good or bad Dallas is. Ever.

The Cowboys could be 0-16 Lions bad and they'd still get a couple prime time games the next season AND good ratings. They have one of the more wide spread and devoted fanbases in the NFL. A Cowboys-Giants opener is a huge draw from every commercial interest.

Personally I'm glad. That early game is especially hard on the visiting team and I'm glad to see the Packers avoid it.
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ChaRisMa · Joined: 08 Mar 2007 Posts: 5330

It was annoying not having a normal schedule last year. We played on every marque day.
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I Am Rodgers · Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 6400 Location: New Jersey

.flash · Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2751 Location: <- Coast

That's too bad, I was looking forward to beating the last world champs on opening day and setting the tone for the rest of the season. But, like others have stated, its nice to be on a "normal" schedule.
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Sandybaby716 · Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 3526 Location: Rhode Island

They probably wanted a close matchup for the first game. No one wants to see a blowout to begin the season.
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kgthekid · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:13 pm Post subject:

I was hoping the Packers would get the Giants on opening day so that they'd get a chance to beat the defending champ in the opener. In fact, I was 99 percent confident that GB-NYG would be the opener but oh well.
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vang_evo9 · Joined: 13 Aug 2011 Posts: 704 Location: Fresno, CA

yeah, i guess they didn't want the packers to end that winning streak!