Archive for January, 2010
Packers’ Priorities
Greg Bedard has not been sitting around twiddling his thumbs down in Mobile. His piece in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is stuffed with information regarding the Packers’ plan of attack when it comes to their mammoth free agent class. As was reported toward the end of the year, the Packers are talking contract extension with [...]
The Greatest Quarterback Ever
Before the Favre post below devolves into another hundred comments about a completely different subject, I thought I’d give the subject in question its own post: Who is the greatest quarterback to ever play the game? For me, the argument begins and ends with Johnny Unitas. As I said below, he, and all the guys [...]
History Should Not Be Kind To Favre
Obviously, the part of me that hates Brad Childress felt like a kid on Christmas last night. The Packer fan in me that hates the Vikings was over-the-moon with joy. But as a fan that respects the game of football and the way Brett Favre plays it, I felt, and still feel, a bit numb. [...]
New Podcast: Across the League
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] audio player – press play button Episode 1 Where Aaron Fails at Life In the inaugural episode of “Across the League”, Aaron takes a look at the hiring of John Schneider in Seattle, the hiring of Chan Gailey in Buffalo and gives his thoughts on the Conference Championship [...]
Why Campen Should Stay
I understand Packer fans calling for James Campen’s head every year. They see lots of sacks and a mediocre running game and they want someone to blame. It was even rumored that he was on thin ice last offseason, though there was never anything close to official word on that. When one looks at the [...]
Slocum Should Go
It’s that time of year where the fans and media alike look for the team to make drastic moves in areas where the team clearly underperformed the year before. This year, it’s first year special teams coach Shawn Slocum that has fans asking Mike McCarthy to do his best Donald Trump impression. In this case, [...]
Wolf’s Tree Grows Another Branch
With Packers’ Director of Football Operations John Schneider reportedly being hired as General Manager of the Seattle Seahawks, yet another personnel man from the Ron Wolf tree has landed a job as General Manager of an NFL franchise. There’s Thompson, of course, as well as Mike Reinfeldt of the Titans and Scot McCloughan of the 49ers. All [...]
2009 Season Defensive Player Grades
Nose Tackle: Ryan Pickett: B Quieted doubts about his ability to fit the scheme. Was a first-rate run stuffer and more than held his own against constant double teams. Set to be a free agent, the team is currently in discussions with his agent to bring him back. A big (no pun intended) positive in [...]
Illuminating Those Murky Free Agency Waters…
Every, and I mean every, single Packers fan in the world should read this article from Packer Report’s Bill Huber. Bill does a great job of using Adam Caplan as a resource and giving fans, both casual and die-hard, a good overview of what the realities of the coming offseason are all about when it [...]
Wolf: Jennings Could Be Best ‘In Green & Gold’
When Corey and I were at Fan Fest last March, nothing made me more nervous than getting to meet Ron Wolf. This is the man responsible for basically saving the franchise I had grown up knowing would never win a Super Bowl, the man responsible for the team I loved so much no longer being [...]
2009 Season Offensive Player Grades
The defense, specialist and coaching grades to follow tomorrow. Look forward to your reactions. Quarterback: Aaron Rodgers: A- Rodgers became one of the leagues best quarterbacks throughout the course of the season and did a great job attacking his major flaw – holding on to the ball too long. Next season should cement Rodgers as [...]
Did Michael Lombardi Watch The Game?
How else do you explain this: The Cardinals’ wide receivers weren’t just open, they were wide open, and this must force defensive coordinator Dom Capers to make adjustments. Clearly, the Cards copied the game plan of the Steelers by stacking their wideouts and creating problems for the Packers’ defensive backs. When playing a pure man-to-man [...]
On Defense, It’s (Mostly) The Players
Good stuff from Tom Silverstein today about McCarthy needing to get to the bottom of the issues his defense had against the likes of the Cardinals and Steelers – namely, teams with good QBs and deep recieving corps that spread the Packers out and threw the ball all over the yard. As McCarthy noted: Trust [...]
Dear Mike Vandermause: WTF?
Dear Mike, Seriously? SERIOUSLY? Two days. You wrote that TWO DAYS after the debacle in the desert. I was just starting to ease into the offseason when you go and pen what can only be described as a fan’s lament in your ‘column’ for today’s Green Bay Press Gazette. TWO DAYS. Aren’t you supposed to [...]
Video: Season Ending Packer Transplants
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Live Blogcast: Historic Heartbreak
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Season-Ending Packer Transplants Tonight
And so it ends. It’s been a great ride, doing these live shows every week with all of you tuning in, or at least catching them later on the replay. But tonight will be the last live Packer Transplants broadcast probably until around the Draft in April. Joining us to wrap up the season will [...]
Priority Number One: Left Tackle
With the season over and the dust settling, the long slog that is the offseason is upon the Packers and General Manager Ted Thompson. (Not to mention us, the fans…) Much will be written, and indeed is already being written, about what the Packers need to focus on to make 2010 more successful than 2009. [...]
Opening Struggles Perfectly Illustrated
This just dumbfounds me: Quarterback Aaron Rodgers offered up an interesting detail in explaining his interception on the Packers’ first play of the game. According to Rodgers, tight ends Donald Lee and Jermichael Finley ran the same pattern. “We had a little bit of miscommunication,” Rodgers said. Emphasis mine. And here’s Rodgers’ full quote regarding the play: It [...]
#1 Run Defense: A Paper Tiger?
It would sure seem like it from the way the Cardinals tore through them with Hightower and Wells yesterday. I was worried about the possibility but thought they would do a better job of controlling them after watching how well they did corralling Adrian Peterson and Marion Barber. Of course, the big difference was Wisenhunt sticking with [...]
