Packers Fall Short of The Super Bowl.

I'm checking in from the Lambeau Field Press Box and it's safe to say the Packer locker room was stunned that they are going home after a 23-20 OT loss to the New York Giants. The bottom line is that the Green Bay Packers didn't deserve to win this game. Their offense was horrible all day long. They totally abandoned the running game and the New York Giants had field position the entire 2nd half. At this point, you may have to say that this is the worst Packer playoff loss ever. A home game in the NFC Championship is a much worse game to lose than that Atlanta game or the Minnesota game, or even the Philly 4th and 26th. If the team goes to Dallas and loses the NFC Title Game, you feel a little better, but losing at home in the way you did, was just plan disappointing. Anyways...here are some quick hit thoughts on the game.

1. Early on the Packers seemed to be playing cold while the Giants step the tone for their offense with a great first drive. Almost every player on both sides was huddling around the heaters between series but once you got into the 2nd half, those big airplane engine type things didnt have too many bodies huddled around.

2. I was sitting near a high ranking member of the NY Giants Front Office, let me tell you this...he was cussing like a sailor the whole game....There were more four letter words in the press box today than ever before. It was mildly entertaining. Bob Harlan would never act remotely like this. He's a class act. In the locker room after the game, Mr. Harlan looked like he was going to cry. We'll miss him as the leader of the organization.

3. The Packers got no YAC. Donald Driver's TD aside, every time a Packer receiver caught the ball, they fell down.

4. Where was Ryan Grant. It was almost like the Packers reverted back to their early season selves. Yes, they were struggling with the run, but Mike McCarthy has said he would always keep pounding the football and he didn't tonight.

5. Plaxico Burress was the man tonight. He owned Al Harris. If I were the Giants, I would have kept chucking his way to make a play. At one point he caught 10 of Eli Mannings 12 compleitions.

6. Eli Manning has arrived. He was big time tonight. He didnt make any mistakes and managed a solid game. He has now moved out of Peyton's shadown.

7. Before we were let into the Packer locker room we were talking about if players would still be in their uniforms. Most of the time guys are getting dressed and on the way out the door when the media enters. I thought it might be different tonight. Greg Jennings was the only guy just sitting in his locker with his uniform still on. There he sat, in silence about 30 minutes after the game. Those are the kind of guys that take losses hard. You could tell he was shocked that his season was over.

8. Many fans were waiting for Brett Favre to save the day and somehow find a way to win this one. It didn't happen. The NYG gave him many chances but the old gun slinger ran out of bullets on this cold night. I think if the weather had been better Green Bay would have had a better a chance of winning. The cold weather actually helped the Giants....that and flat out beating Green Bay in all three phases of the game.

9. I hope that local law enforcement is watching all bridges in the state tonight. Some Packer fans may be ready to jump.

10. On to the Super Bowl for the Giants.....early predictions.....New England 35 NY Giants 21.