Archive for November, 2007
1995 Again
Well. It feels like 1995 all over again. I’m headed to Wisconsin this afternoon (sure – the one week we lose, I get to go to the Motherland and grieve) but I’ll be back on Sunday to post thoughts and reactions to last nights game. But I will say one thing – this Packers team [...]
The Best Breakdown of the Packers Offense
Mike Tanier of Footballoutsiders.com and his Two Deep Zone column are treasures and all football fans everywhere are lucky to have them. His breakdown of the Packers offense in today’s TDZ is fantastic. (And great train reading for those of you commuting home before the game like your humble blogger…) Tweet
Why Didn\’t I Follow His Example?
BratsNBeerGuy took the week off work in anticipation of tonights game against the Cowboys. As I sit here at my desk on the 31st floor in our Park Avenue building, I find myself thinking – What the hell was I thinking coming to work today? I am absolutely useless. Tweet
Cowlishaw Picks The Pack
Almost every national prognosticator has picked the Cowboys to win tonight, but two of the most prominent beat writers for each team seem to favor the Pack. Bob McGinn (sorry, sub required) refuses to give a score (he never does) but clearly thinks the Packers will be victorious this evening. More surprising is Tim Cowlishaw [...]
The Wife Breaks It Down
Leave it to my wife to breakdown the upcoming match-up with Dallas and to allay my worries. I submit to you the email exchange we shared not 5 minutes ago. I love this woman. From: Carolyn Nagler Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:36 PM To: Nagler, Aaron Subject: Heads up I may be a little [...]
Proof That You Don\’t Need A Brain – Part II
The anonymous quotes from NFL Scouts, coaches and personnel people over at Pro Football Weekly are always worth their weight in gold, if only to remind me that I too could one day work for an NFL team. No, really, how hard could it be when they employ people who will say this: Look at [...]
Murphy It Is
Mark Murphy will be nominated to lead the Packers organization. He did an admirable job turning around the Northwestern athletic program. He played in the NFL, and seems like a competent individual. Still, I find myself somewhat disappointed the search committee did not choose Jason Wied to put forward before the Packer board of directors [...]
Packer Transplants – episode 16 now online
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NFL Network vs Big Cable
Several of you, (OK, two of you) have emailed me about my thoughts regarding the NFL Network’s ongoing battle with ComCast and Time Warner. I hadn’t wanted to address it until it was Packer-relevant, and boy, is it ever that this week. I won’t get into the ridiculous minutiae that is involved in the argument, [...]
Forget Owens – Witten Is The Real Threat
While the media likes to push anything T.O. related, what I haven’t seen a whole lot about yet this week is how Jason Witten could single handedly beat the Packers, at least from the perspective of the Cowboys offense matching up against the Packers defense. First, it was Antonio Gates, then Chris Cooley and then [...]
Impressive Depth
As USA Today noted in their recap of the Lions game, I was struck while watching Thursday how the Packers seemed to have a young replacement come in and play when one of their starters went down, and never really felt a huge drop off in performance. Whether it was Michael Montgomery and Jason Hunter [...]
The Woodson Quandry
“To play him or not to play him?” That is the question. Or is it, “Just how hurt is he?” Or is it, “Why risk Woodson when he only has to cover an ailing Patrick Crayton? Surely Jarrett Bush and Tramon Williams can handle that…” The mind swirls with possibilities, but one thing is clear: [...]
Alright, I\’ll Bite…
The Packers will beat the Patriots if they both reach the Super Bowl. If A.J. Feely can take the Eagles to the brink of defeating the New England juggernaut, what do you think Brett Favre will do? If the Patriots secondary can’t stop Greg Lewis, Kevin Curtis and Reggie Brown, how are they going to [...]
Harris Will Be Put To the Test
This Thursday, Al Harris will earn his paycheck, and then some. He will no doubt be given the assignment of covering one Terrell Owens. The conventional wisdom is that Harris will be the most physical corner Owens has faced all year, and that Harris has a good chance at ‘neutralizing’ Owens. Please. I’m not sure [...]
Patriot Way?
Just going over the Lions game again and noticed something interesting – At the start of the 4th quarter, Packers up 31-12, with 14:34 remaining, Favre hit Driver on a shallow cross and Driver, as he has so many times, turned the play into a huge gain, bringing the ball down to the Lions’ 4 [...]
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Brett Favre, Ryan Grant, Aaron Kampman Bob Sanders, Tony Moll, Mike Stock/Mike McCarthy Dominic Raiola Tweet
Packer Transplants – episode 15 now online
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Big Dose of \’Big Five\’
Having just said the Packers need to ‘keep it simple’, I still think fans should expect a healthy dose of the new ‘Big Five’ formation this Thursday against the Lions. With the Lions putting Indrees Bashir on Injured Reserve, the NFC North’s second-place team has been weakened further in the place they have been most [...]
Keepin\’ It Simple
As usual McCarthy is pushing all the right buttons, taking the guys out of pads for the two brief practices they’ll be having today and tomorrow. The biggest issue the Packers face during this ridiculous “3-games-in-11-days” schedule is getting a handle on each individual opponent and their tendencies but not tripping themselves up scheme-wise by [...]
RIP Jim Ringo
Lost amongst our first Blog Battle and the ridiculous ‘Bounty’ story is the fact that we have lost another Packer great. Jim Ringo, RIP. Tweet
Lessons from Lambeau
The Packers are 9 and 1. I am still in shock. My first Carolina game in Lambeau after 3 in a row being at Charlotte games. This is an amazing team to see live. I didn’t expect them to be this good and I know there is luck involved but you don’t get to [...]
Pabst For Everyone!
Less than 24 hours after it began, the great Blog Battle of 2007 between Packer Geeks and CheeseheadTv has come to an end. And lo, the Pabst did flow. And it was good. Tweet
