John Madden PREGAME Report

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This game will be decided in the trenches. I think you can say that about any game, but this one especially. They have to control the line of scrimmage, dominate the line, protect the line, and open holes for the quarterback. Whoever does that will win. Whichever team makes the least amount of mistakes will win.

You know what the packers plan on doing. They are going to pass to the left, they are going to pass to the right, and they are going to pass to the middle. Nobody has proven that they can stop them so until someone comes up witht he defense to contain their passing game, they will keep on doing it. If they Packers are smart they will get the ball to their receivers and run with it. Aaron Rodgers will try to build up an early lead so that his team will have the confidence to win this game. He is no Brett Favre, but he has proved that he is a living legend.

Expect Manning look for Cruz a lot. Victor Cruz is a guy that when he has the ball, he runs fast. On the defensive side, Justin Tuck, Jason Paul, and Osi Umenwhatchmacallit are all finally healthy and will pressure Aaron Rodgers, which will cause him to make mistakes.

Both teams are good so it will come down to fundamentals: running, blocking, passing, and tackling, and of course - avoiding mistakes.