Week 4 — Favre Fuels Fans’ Fury
Week 4 Recap
Chicago Bears 48, Detroit Lions 24
Coming off their first victory in two years, the Detroit Lions performance on Sunday was a lot like having a new puppy. He finally acts like he can be trusted, but as soon as you come home from your first night out, the leather couch is chewed up and there’s poop everywhere. The Lions were the pooch on Sunday afternoon, leaving poop all over Soldier Field.
The Matt Stafford/Calvin Johnson connection has people noticing Detroit for something other than another closed auto plant. With the game tied, 21-21, at the half, you couldn’t help but think about last year and wonder if the Lions had finally turned a corner. Then, to open the second half, Bears WR Johnny Knox returned the kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown. The Bears defense shut down Detroit with five sacks, including one that left Stafford visibly shaken (and questionable for this week’s game against Pittsburgh). Matt Forte reappeared for the Bears, rushing for 121 yards and a TD on 12 carries.
Monday night’s “Wrassle In Tha Dome” lived up to its lofty billing, as Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers combined to throw for 655 yards, 5 TDs and an excessive amount of admiration from John Gruden. Minnesota capitalized on two Aaron Rodgers turnovers in the first half, scoring touchdowns after each miscue. The Packers defense managed to limit Adrian Peterson to 55 yds rushing, but had scarce success against The Gunslinger. Favre completed 77 percent of his passes and threw for 3 TDs, with none of the customary interceptions.
Despite the overwhelming pressure that the Vikings defense put on Aaron Rodgers, the game was strangely still within the Packers’ reach late into the fourth quarter. The difference came down to a weak performance from the Packers offensive line, which allowed 8 sacks and was spotted asking for Jared Allen’s autograph after the game. Rodgers panicked footwork helped him avoid at least another 5 sacks, but a third quarter knee injury to left tackle Daryn Colledge forced the Packers into a two running back formation that limited Rodgers’ downfield options and ultimately sealed their fate.
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Curiously employed Journal Sentinel jort enthusiast, Jim Stingl, recently penned a fluff piece about one ad man’s novel idea to redesign the Green Bay Packers logo. After looking at the Bud Light-esque designs of said marketing exec that we won’t name so as to not encourage him any further, we set out to create our own redesigns of the historic Packers logo. Behold:
1) Brian created an homage to the tool that made Green Bay famous: the meat cleaver. 2) Matt went conceptual with a cheesehead impaled by a football.
3) Rob whipped up a Jorts themed helmet design in order to entice Jim Stingl and 4) a design inspired by the preferred restaurant of Packer fans everywhere.
If you have a Packers logo of your own that you’d like to share with us, send it to Divisionaries – at – gmail.com
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Week 5 is going to be pretty intense for the NFC North, so get ready for a rollercoaster ride full of fun, terror and tears. It’s going to be a playoff atmosphere as the teams battle it out for … wait, nevermind. The Packers and Bears have a bye week, and the Minnesota and Detroit games are going to be snoozefests. Maybe this is a good weekend to actually work on that dining room table you keep talking about building.
Minnesota at St. Louis (Consensus Minnesota)
Game starts at Boring o’clock. A dominant dome team playing a weak, defenseless dome team. I’d rather watch video surveillance of a box factory. Vikings 38-3 —Kenny
Multifaceted Viking wideout Percy Harvin, who has already scored a running, receiving, and return TD this year, is rewarded a rare fourth-phase score. Harvin’s disorienting Viking Horn blast sends Rams QB Kyle Boller past the back of his own endzone for a safety. —Brian
Pittsburgh at Detroit (Consensus Pittsburgh)
Displaying the blue-collar work ethic symbolic of Detroit, the Lions waste no time starting their next 20-game losing streak. —Rob
Pittsburgh is not the most disappointing team this year, but that’s only because the Titans seem to have lost all direction. But even at second most-disappointing, the Steelers will manage to defeat the Lions. I don’t really have anything funny to say about this one. —Matt
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Divisionaries is created by Rob Vosters (Milwaukee), Brian Howe Battle, Kenny Bernat and Matt Kroll (Chicago).
