Gameday Jargon Day! Packers @ Bears

It's Monday night, the big game is on, everyone around you is whooping it up and jawing about "touchbacks" and "safeties" and "turnovers" and, dammit, you want to be part of the conversation too! Well here is your emergency pack of handy football phrases and when to use them!

You see: Aaron Rodgers completes a pass.
You say: "Aaron Rodgers, man. Talk about chemistry."
I heard an actual announcer say this in a game! If surrounded by Bears fans, use instead for Jay Cutler.

You see: The Bears tackle the Packers' ball carrier.
You say:  "Not in MY house!"
Since they're playing in Chicago, the Bears are the team defending their "home."

You see: The team you don't like is successfully moving the ball down the field.
You say: "Man, we could use a pick six about now."
A "pick" is an interception, when the ball is "picked off" or intercepted by a player on the team that doesn't have the ball right now (your team). A "pick six" is when (your team's) player makes the interception even cooler by running with it to the end zone for a touchdown, worth six points.

As always, if your handy phrase is too successful and you find yourself in a conversation that's over your head, quickly divert with the customary, "I think I'm going to get myself another beer... you want one?"

Some reasons fans are excited about THIS game:

• Green Bay and Chicago are both 2-0 ("two and oh") so far this season, meaning they've won two games and lost zero. They are HOT!
• The Bears-Packers rivalry is the oldest in the NFL. (Neither Google nor the Encyclopedia could tell me why, so maybe try asking a die-hard fan?) Since they are in the same division (NFC North) they'll play each other twice each year and both times it's a BIG DEAL.

Enjoy!