Archive for September, 2009
Big Thank You
Just wanted to take a second and send out a big “Thank You” to the regular readers of the site who showed up at the event last night. It was incredible to hear how people came to know the site and how much it’s become a part of your daily routine. It was incredibly flattering [...]
Blogcast: We’ll Never Forget You Brent
We talk to Phil Hanrahan, author of the book “Life After Favre” live from Kettle of Fish Packer bar in New York City live at 8pm EST/ 7PM CDT. Packer Transplants – Go to our LIVE Page for a better/bigger experience. Tweet
Packer Transplants LIVE Tonight!
Coming to you LIVE tonight from The Kettle of Fish in the heart of Greenwich Village its the latest installment of Packer Transplants brought to you by Cheesehead Nation. PLEASE NOTE: We’ll be one hour earlier than our normal broadcast time tonight, going from 8pm edt/7pm cst until 9:30 edt/8:30 cst. Tonight we’ll be joined [...]
I Don’t Hate Favre, I Hate Childress.
So here we are, the week we’ve been dreading/looking forward to since that fateful day Favre flew to Minneapolis and signed his name on the dotted line and became a member of the Minnesota Vikings. And I have to be honest, I don’t feel the hate for Favre. I really don’t. Oh sure, it will [...]
What Is Wrong With The Running Game?
Three weeks in and you can count on one hand the number of times Ryan Grant has had a hole to hit. Of those times, you only need a finger or two to count the explosive runs from the Packers running game. What is wrong? A lot of things. The first thing to be addressed, [...]
Life After Favre
Just a heads up that tomorrow nights broadcast of Packer Transplants will be coming to you live from Kettle of Fish, without question the preeminent Packers bar outside of the confines of the Motherland, and will feature special guest Phil Hanrahan, the author of “Life After Favre” the book that chronicles the first Packers season After Favre. Scheduled to hit the [...]
Capers Reading Tundra Vision?
By now you’ve all read about “Big Okie”, the five linebacker formation Dom Capers revealed yesterday, with Brandon Chillar in as a “linebacker/safety hybrid.” This seemed to take a lot of fans by surprise - but not those who read C.D. Angeli over at Tundar Vison with any regularity. From this past Saturday: The safety turmoil of [...]
Has Capers Been Holding Back?
Now I know this is way out there in Jim Marrs-land, but after I got done re-watching the Rams game last night, I couldn’t help thinking that the blitz packages the Packers have run so far this season look awfully obvious and uncreative, especially the last two weeks. Yes, we saw one overload yesterday, which [...]
Packers: 36 Rams: 17
Donald Driver, Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Pickett Daryn Colledge, Allen Barbre, Nick Barnett Brandon Chillar Tweet
Gut Reactions: Week Three
Great win! (sigh) Why could I not get pumped up for this game at all? McCarthy is one stubborn SOB. Rodgers did a great job today feeling edge pressure and extending plays That said, he still held the ball too long on some 5 step drops in the first half Desmond. Bishop. Finally. The zone [...]
Gameday: Rams vs Packers
Packers win against the Rams 36-17. Thanks for joining us in the Live Gameday Chat Gameday – Packers vs Rams Please keep in mind that this is a blog and not a chat. Not all comments will get through, especially those that only say something like “Hi” or “Wow.” Also not allowed are any derogatory, [...]
Podcast: “Back to Square One”
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] audio player – press play button Episode 54 Back to Square One We interview Michael Lombardi from the National Football Post and Packers rookie linebacker Brad Jones. Check out a video broadcast and LIVE Blogcast of the show from Tuesday September 22nd here. Download Versions: Podcast 54 – [...]
Cheesehead TV Matchup: Week Three Defense
Stop. Steven. Jackson. Simple, right? Everyone knows the St. Louis offense is going to flow through Jackson. As he goes, so go the Rams. The Rams’ only real offensive threat, Jackson tore through a Packers defense manned by many of these same players the last time the Packers traveled down to St. Louis. Marc Bulger [...]
Cheesehead TV Matchup: Week Three Offense
Protect the Quarterback By Spreading the Field Mike McCarthy has caught a lot of heat, both in the last two weeks and over the course of his tenure in general, for running what some in the local media have dubbed a ‘spread offense’. Aficionados would scoff at this notion, but the truth is McCarthy was [...]
Packers Blowing It With Bishop
So let me get this straight – A.J. Hawk has been praised by Winston Moss and others on the coaching staff as being ‘assignment sure’ and yet time and again we saw Hawk out of position or just flat-out getting beat against the Bengals. Meanwhile Desmond Bishop sits on the bench, completely unused because the [...]
Fans: Shut The Hell Up About \’The Samurai\’
Seriously. I understand fans get upset when the team is playing poorly and I understand the frustration in watching Nick Barnett miss a key third down tackle. But let’s be honest – Barnett was far from the only one to miss a tackle on third down against the Bengals. So he follows that play up [...]
Opposition Research: St. Louis Rams
Holly does some digging on our upcoming opponent. This is gonna be our new mid-week special feature at The Other 31. Wow. If you don’t check this article out – you are not a die-hard. Seriously. Tweet
When You\’re Going To Go 11-5…
…you have to lose five games. Took a day away from the blog yesterday and I have to tell you, it did a world of good for my outlook on the rest of the season. Yes, the loss to the Bengals was as demoralizing as it was unexpected, but people need to get a grip [...]
Live Blogcast: Back to Square One
We talk to Michael Lombardi of the national Football Post and Packer’s Linebacker Brad Jones. Packer Transplants – Back to Square One Go to our LIVE Page for a better/bigger experience. Tweet
Packer Transplants LIVE Tonight!
Join us tonight at 9pm edt/8pm cst for another LIVE blogcast of Packer Transplants brought to you by CheeseheadNation. Joining us tonight will be special guest Michael Lombardi, who you all know from the National Football Post as well as his appearances on the NFL Network, CBS Sports and Inside the NFL. Also joining us later in the evening will be a very special guest, Packers rookie linebacker Brad [...]
McCarthy \”Big Time Pissed\”
That’s according to Jermichael Finely responding to my question about McCarthy and what he was like addressing the team yesterday. I can’t say I’m surprised and, in fact, think McCarthy getting pissed is a very good thing. It will be very interesting to see what kind of week it is around 1265 Lombardi… Tweet
