Minnesota Vikings yuav nyiam tsoo Green Bay Packers 'Playoff Dreams

Lovie Smith paub.

Yog li Tim Jennings thiab cov tswv cuab suav tsis txheeb ntawm Chicago Bears.

Nyob rau xyoo 2010 tsis tu ncua lub caij kawg, Smith coj nws Bears rau hauv Lambeau Field.

Chicago tau raug kaw rau hauv No. 2 noob hauv NFC, yog li nws muaj me ntsis ua si rau. Green Bay xav tau kev yeej los ua kom lub rooj sib tham thib rau thiab zaum kawg playoff.

Tab sis qhov ntawd tsis txwv Smith thiab Bears los ntawm kev ua si zoo li nws yog Super Bowl.

"Peb tab tom ua si kom yeej qhov kev ua si," Smith hais.

Thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov uas Chicago tau ua, ua si nws pib txhua 60 feeb. Thaum cov Bears twb tau koom nrog NFC North lub npe thiab thawj qhov kev sib tw, lawv xav tsis muaj dab tsi ntau dua li khob lawv cov neeg sib tw qub tshaj plaws ntawm lub caij nyoog.

Qhov ntawd tsis tshwm sim, txawm li cas los xij.

Green Bay tau txais kev tiv thaiv zoo heev, txwv Chicago rau 227 yards tag nrho, cuam tshuam lub quarterback Jay Cutler ob zaug thiab downing Bears, 10-3.

Qhov yeej tau muab cov Packers qhov chaw ua si zaum kawg hauv NFC. Thiab thaum Chicago lub tsheb npav tawm hauv Lambeau Field hmo ntawd, ntau Bears muaj kev xav txawv txawv ntawm qhov yuav los tom ntej.

"Kuv pheej xav tias peb yuav rov pom lawv dua," Jennings, tus thawj coj zoo, hais txog Packers. "Kuv tau xav tias, 'Tus txiv neej, peb yuav tsum tau khob lawv tawm.' ”

Yog, lawv yuav tsum muaj.

Peb lub lis piam tom qab, Packers yeej Chicago hauv NFC Championship Game. Thiab tsib lub lis piam tom qab Bears tau plam lub sijhawm kub los xaus Green Bay lub caij, Packers yeej 45^th Super tais.

"Peb nyuam qhuav txuas ntxiv ua kom zoo dua txhua lub caij," Packers cornerback Charles Woodson tau hais. "Peb txuas ntxiv tawm tsam txawm tias peb dhau los ntawm kev nyuaj siab dab tsi."

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Kev nrawm nrawm rau 12 xyoo - yuav luag txog hnub - thiab Minnesota muaj lub sijhawm los xaus Green Bay lub caij thaum nws mus rau Lambeau Field rau 3:25 teev tsaus ntuj (CST) kev sib tw hnub no.

Cov 2022 Packers tsis yog ze li qhov muaj peev xwm zoo li 2010 Green Bay pab pawg. Tab sis tom qab 4-8 pib, Cov Packers mam li nco dheev liab-kub thiab tau ripped tawm peb ncaj yeej.

Green Bay (7-8) yog khi rau No.8 noob hauv NFC, ½-kev ua si tom qab Washington (7-7-1) rau qhov thib xya thiab zaum kawg playoff chaw. Cov Packers yuav tsum yeej tawm thiab cia siab tias Cov Thawj Coj yuav plam ib qho ntawm lawv ob qhov kev ua si zaum kawg.

Tau kawg, Minnesota tuaj yeem ua qhov Chicago ua tsis tau rov qab rau xyoo 2010 - thiab qhov ntawd yog crush Green Bay qhov kev cia siab tom qab. Thiab cov Vikings - uas xav txog Packers lawv cov neeg sib tw loj tshaj plaws - yuav tsis nyiam tsis muaj dab tsi ntau dua li kom Green Bay tawm ntawm kev ua si.

"Lawv ua si ncaws pob zoo, lawv tab tom ua si ncaws pob pub dawb tam sim no, thiab muaj laj thawj vim li cas lawv thiaj li yeej thiab nce siab," Minnesota tus kws qhia Kevin O'Connell tau hais txog Packers. "Lawv tau txais kev cob qhia zoo thiab pom tseeb tias lawv tau txais kev paub dhau los ntawm kev ua si ntau lub ntsiab lus hauv lub Kaum Ob Hlis thiab rau lub hli, yog li cia siab tias yuav muaj ib puag ncig zoo nyob ntawd thiab pab pawg ncaws pob uas ua si tiag tiag, zoo heev."

Minnesota quarterback Kirk Cousins ​​pom zoo tias Green Bay mam li nco dheev zoo li ib pab tub rog txaus ntshai. Thiab txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws los xyuas kom cov Packers tsis yog kev ua phem tom qab lub caij yuav ua kom lawv tsis yog ib feem ntawm pawg playoff.

"Koj tsuas yog ib txwm muaj kev hwm rau lawv pab neeg, lawv cov players," Cousins ​​hais. "Thiab kuv xav tias lawv tau qhia, ob peb lub lis piam dhau los tam sim no, lawv muaj peev xwm ua dab tsi thiab peb nkag siab tias yuav mus rau qhov no."

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Cov Packers no tsis yog qhov sib sib zog nqus lossis muaj txiaj ntsig zoo li 2010 ib pab tub rog uas thaum kawg yeej Super Bowl.

Qhov kev ua txhaum ntawd tau ua rau cov neeg ntes tau zoo heev Greg Jennings, Donald Tsav Tsheb, Jordy Nelson thiab James Jones. Pab pawg Green Bay no tsis yog ze li qhov tawg hauv qhov kev ua si dhau los thiab nyob qib 16^th nyob rau hauv tag nrho kev ua txhaum (342.6) thiab 18^th hauv cov ntsiab lus ntawm ib qho kev ua si (20.9), zoo tom qab 2010 pab pawg uas yog cuaj hauv tag nrho kev ua txhaum (358.1) thiab 10^th hauv cov qhab nia (24.3).

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers tsuas yog 27 xyoo rov qab rau xyoo 2010 thiab pib ua si zoo ib yam, qib siab football uas tom qab ntawd coj mus rau plaub qhov khoom plig MVP. Niaj hnub no, Rodgers tab tom tawm tsam los ntawm lub caij nyoog nruab nrab thiab tau mus 19 qhov sib tw ua si yam tsis muaj pov tseg rau 300 yards.

Thiab xyoo 2010 kev tiv thaiv yog ib lub zog muaj zog uas nyob rau qib thib ob hauv cov ntsiab lus tso cai (15.0) thiab thib tsib hauv yards tso cai (309.1). Green Bay's 2022 tiv thaiv tau ua ib pawg poob siab uas nyob qib 17^th nyob rau hauv cov qhab nia (22.3) thiab 17^th hauv kev tiv thaiv tag nrho (336.8).

Cov Packers - zoo li 2010 pab pawg uas ua tiav lub xyoo nrog rau rau qhov yeej ncaj ncees - tau xaiv lub sijhawm zoo kom kub, txawm li cas los xij.

Green Bay yog qhov nruab nrab 27.8 cov ntsiab lus hauv ib qho kev sib tw hauv plaub qhov kev sib tw kawg tom qab qhov nruab nrab 18.4 hauv nws thawj 11 qhov kev ua si. Cov Packers tau tso cai 23.6 cov ntsiab lus rau ib qho kev ua si hauv thawj 12 qhov kev sib tw, tab sis tau tso tseg tsuas yog 17.0 cov ntsiab lus thaum lawv qhov kev sib tw peb-kev sib tw tam sim no.

Thiab pab pawg tshwj xeeb - qhov teeb meem loj rau ze li ob xyoo caum - tau ploj mus los ntawm qhov tsis muaj zog mus rau lub zog.

Rodgers tau hais rau lub lim tiam dhau los, "Kuv xav tias peb tuaj yeem kov yeej txhua tus neeg.

Qhov ntawd yog li cas cov 2010 Packers xav tau tom qab mus txog lub caij nyoog kawg. Pab pawg ntawd ua si xoob thiab so - yuav luag zoo li nws tau ua haujlwm nrog nyiaj hauv tsev - thiab yeej txoj kev ua si ntawm Philadelphia, Atlanta thiab Chicago ua ntej ntaus Pittsburgh hauv 45^th Super tais.

“Peb ib txwm ntseeg. Peb paub tias peb yog leej twg, "linebacker Desmond Npis Sov hais txog pab pawg xyoo 2010 ntawd. “Peb paub cov txuj ci uas peb muaj hauv pab pawg no. Thiab, peb tsuas yog yuav tsum xav txog ib txoj hauv kev los muab nws tag nrho ua ke. Kev nrhiav tsis tu ncua ntawm kev ua tiav thiab peb pom qhov ua tau zoo. "

Cov Bears muaj lub sijhawm kub los xaus Green Bay lub caij nplooj zeeg xyoo 2010 ua ntej nws txawm pib - thiab ua tsis tiav.

Minnesota tau txais lub sijhawm zoo sib xws hnub no.

Thaum 2022 Packers zoo li tsis zoo li yuav ua rau lub suab nrov uas pab pawg zoo 2010 tau ua ib zaug, txhua yam thiab txhua yam ua tau thaum ib pab pawg nyob hauv playoffs.

Cov lus nug tam sim no yog Minnesota puas tuaj yeem tsis lees paub Green Bay lub sijhawm ntawd?

"Thawj qhov kev ua si ntawm lub caij, nws tau txais qhov kev xav ntawm yuav luag yuav tsum yeej," said Minnesota wideout Adam Thielen, uas nws pab neeg yeej Green Bay, 23-7, hauv Lub Limtiam 1. “Thiab lub lim tiam no muaj qhov kev xav zoo ib yam li kev sib tw. yuav tsum-yeej, rau ob tog.

"Qhov no yog qhov kev ua si loj thiab lub Kaum Ob Hlis football, Lub Ib Hlis football yog kev ncaws pob ncaws pob, yog li koj yuav tsum tau kho cov kev ua si no zoo li nws yog koj qhov kawg thiab koj yuav tsum ua si koj qhov kev ncaws pob zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lub xyoo no. Peb tab tom sim ua qhov peb yuav tsum tau ua kom npaj thiab npaj tau thiab tom qab ntawd cia siab tias yuav tawm mus thiab ua si peb qhov zoo tshaj plaws football. "

Thiab hauv cov txheej txheem, xaus Green Bay txoj kev npau suav tom qab lub caij.