The sports writers and announcers do not seem to have grasped what the game plan was for the great game between the Packers and the Cowboys. It was obvious to me that the Packers thought they could jump all over the Cowboy corners with long passes.
There were two goals: one, wear out the corners for more success against them later in the game, and two, get a lead so that Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo would have to play from behind, something he may not be able to do yet.
It almost worked. But the Cowboy corners held up well enough to stay with the wide receivers of the Packers and Favre was just a little off in his throws. Also, the offensive line was not as capable of holding off the Cowboys defensive line as they had hoped.
Even if Favre had not been hurt, the Packers' plan was most likely to go back to the short pass/five receiver scheme with which they had been successful and proved to be early on during the opening series of plays.
Now the Packers know how far they have come as a team, having played mostly teams with losing records. They know they need all their troops and that they cannot look on any of their up-coming games as "easy." They are capable of winning them all, but sometimes, having one or another key player out will make them vulnerable.
But they also know they can run with Dallas and are not afraid to return to Dallas for a play-off game. Favre still has to win at Texas Stadium. And he will.
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