Packers to Super Bowl XLV

The Green Bay Packers have the chance to collect another one of these! First of all though, I want to congratulate the Bears on a tough game. I thought the game wasn't as close as it seemed, but the Bears refused to quit and you have to give them a lot of credit. Not exactly the cleanest game for either team, but I was nervous when Hanie had the ball with under a minute in the 4th quarter.  Again, amazing game, as we all thought it would be, and tip your hats to the Bears.

That being said, the Packers earned the right to go to this game and it really hasn't hit me yet.  My early thoughts are that we have a very good chance in two weeks to win the Super Bowl regardless of who we play, but again this game showed just how good the Packers defense is, even when our offense stalls.  Aaron Rodgers came out blazing and scored that first TD.  Then Starks pounds one in and I thought it was all over with the Packers up 14-0.  I think it's obvious that not having Jay Cutler actually helped the Bears, minus Todd Collins, but Caleb Hanie performed exceptional considering the circumstances. 

Another key to the game was Tim Masthay.  The punter proved his worth in this game limiting Devin Hester to no real dangerous punt returns.  I loved the way the special teams played with a chip on their shoulder.  Credit the playing surface for a little help in slowing down Hester, but they really had a sound, solid performance. 

There will be lots of analysis in the next two weeks I'm sure, and I hope to hear some opinion from Mike Fant about his Bears, who performed well after Cutler went down, and it looked like Matt Forte was single handedly going to beat the Packers, but in the end, Sam Shields made the play to seal the victory and send the Green Bay Packers to the Dallas for the chance to win Super Bowl XLV.

-Pat