I guess we’ll see what happens. I believe Green will help the team, but it’s obviously only a one year stint. I think the packers might be gearing up to make a big move at running back for next season if grant doesnt show up soon.

I’ve got bad news for some of you guys……… This team is getting better each week. Get rid of some stupidity and they’ll be fine. Alot has been self inflicted. They seem to be a few adjustments away from getting things where they need to be. Four blocking faults stand out. Two where the tackle blocked the guard instead of the end on a passing play, not sure why. Two blitzes that came from the left gap and the RB was far right. Center him better, cause Barbre is getting a little better every week. Their running game seems to be suffering from lack of push and more of a just trying to get in the way mentality. If I never see the empty backfield again in my life, I’ll be happy. Just don’t gain enough w/one extra receiver vs. the other options that keeping a back in gives you. There’s not enough time to look five receivers on that play anyway unless your going to use them as blockers on a quick pass. Refs were assholes again!!! Picking on Clifton once again (very ticky-tacky). A blocking penalty on kick coverage team LOL!!! This team is young, they’ll have some stamina at the end and are only going to get better w/game experience. I’m standing by my playoffs and more prediction, though I didn’t see the O-line blocking problem coming (at least quite this bad, though some of the sacks actually are OK). Kampman has looked good to me no matter what everyone else seems to think. He’s been getting the shit mugged out of him, surprise, no calls. The D will only get better each week also. By the end of the year, things should be peaking. Nice flea-flicker!!! Rest the guys that are injured this week, don’t think they’ll be needed for the Browns. I’ve noticed some passes going to WR’s that are covered (single covered) by teams this last week. Don’t think any turned out bad, some didn’t turn out, some did. AR needs to take that shot sometimes even when they’re covered cause more times than not you get an incompletion, completion, or pass interference.

DA,

If the team is getting better, why would that be bad news?

I think you’re being awfully presumptious with that statement also. If we got to play the Lions B-squad every week, we would definitely look better each game. Unfortunately, our three week bye ends after this week. Then we’ll see if we’re better or not.

LarryTex, there’s no doubt that luck is part of the game, on the field, on the sidelines with the coaches and in the GM’s office. That’s why evaluation isn’t on a one game or even a one season basis. I think over a 5 year run, luck tends to balance itself out and you can make an accurate assessment.

I do not challenge that logic p_b everything runs its own course. BUT, its sure bad luck to have these constant injuries for two years in a row. I also, agree that the injuries tend to average out for everybody, but teams that have them do not win.

We’ve played around the injuries at every other position on the team, including RB, but its most taxing on a young OL that needs to work together to find out all the idiosyncrasies of one to another. They’ve got to do it in games, not practice.

You know p_b, as well as I do, there are some who post here that would NOT be happy w/ a SB under this mgmt, regardless of their protest to the contrary. It will be either too late or they got extremely lucky or the other team laid down or something else; but not because of the expertise of the group who got rid of Favre.

Once again you proved the point I made above, Hayton.

Of course that 4-12 was due to injuries, just like the 6-10; and I might add our current 3-2 as well. Agree or not, doesn’t matter, it is what it is……!

Why so bitter, Hayton? If BF gets a MVP or playoff slot you’ll be the happiest guy on the blog. I may be alone in this, but I’ll go so far as to say you’d be happier than if Arod did, because it would destroy every point you have made for over a year. Opinion, of course, but reading between the lines of your posts……….Hmm.

” You know p_b, as well as I do, there are some who post here that would NOT be happy w/ a SB under this mgmt, regardless of their protest to the contrary. ”

This is true & so obvious…………. It’s funny that some haven’t learned by now to be a little more clever in their wording ………. they always expose themselves as the “Anti-TT/BF Bwashing” Packfan that they obviously have become somewhere along the line…………….. It would have been wiser for them to just switch teams when BF ended up as a Viking ……….. Less hypocrisy.

Look for them to fade away as GB’s record improves………

If he can stay healthy, “Batman” will pay dividends besides become GBs all-time leading rusher…. He deserves it.

I agree with the SB theory. I see a lot of oppostion to Mike McCarthy Way or Ave. if he were to win a SB here.

This blog makes me feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day…

Iccy, this Bud’s for you!
Ned: Phil? Hey, Phil? Phil! Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you!
Phil: Hi, how you doing? Thanks for watching.
[Starts to walk away]
Ned: Hey, hey! Now, don’t you tell me you don’t remember me because I sure as heckfire remember you.
Phil: Not a chance.
Ned: Ned… Ryerson. “Needlenose Ned”? “Ned the Head”? C’mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn’t graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well?
Phil: Ned Ryerson?
Ned: Bing!
Phil: Bing.

——————————————————————————–
Ned: Phil?
Phil: Ned?
[Punches Ned in the face]

LT- You are right and wrong about my big bro. Would he feel some sense of satisfaction that TT and MM were proved wrong about BF? Yes, as would I. However, he would love nothing more than to be proved wrong about TT and MM. He would love to see Arod win an MVP.

The problem is it seems TT is consistently failing in making a decent OL. He dismantled one of the best in football when he came here, which lets face it Rivera probably had to go, but then he has only put second rate talent there since. Clifton and Tausch made it possible for it to look decent for the first few years, but now that they are aging what do we have? I guess we will find out on Sunday if Lang has a shot to be a long term solution at LT, Sitton has a shot at RG, and Colledge is adequate to good at LG.

The fact is the “factions” you all rant about are just passionate Packer fans who differ in opinion. Some are optimistic others pessimistic and still others are wait and see. A SB victory and all is forgiven, another 6-10 season and change is imminent.

ON the improvement of the team the Defense has shown improvement over the course of the year. The offense is erratic and frustrating to watch. I am exploring a theory: one reason MM is in love with the long ball; a Rodgers throws a nice long ball and has plenty of weapons. b too much uncertainty up front to rely on consistent drives to win games.

DA- I see what you were saying now.

Pack4life- reason b makes no sense. The long ball takes the longest time to protect for and Arod is running for his life already. The only consistent way we can throw a long ball is on a boot.

I think MM is a good coach he is just trying to outsmart himself. I also think that he has to find a way to make his players not want to get penalties. I dunno put a certain number of penalties and they have to practice full pads on monday. Some kind of motivation. Something has to get done.

DA -

Penalties alone don’t explain the lack of pass rush, lack of productive rushing when we really need it or the sacks on Rodgers.

I expected the defense to be a work in progress this year, but the O-line just looks like hell so far. All that being said, I’m not going to judge too harshly at this point. Assuming we whip the Browns, I figure the season starts in earnest against the Queens at Lambeau. Win those two games and go against the Bucs with a 6-2 record, and even this realist will be looking up.

Honestly, there’s nobody on the schedule that’s looking really scary at this point. I expect the Queens to put up a fight, and Pittsburgh will almost certainly play tough. San Fran getting Gore back could give us a workout, but it will be at home. Dallas isn’t exactly lighting the ranch on fire, and they’re coming to Lambeau as are the Ravens. The Seahawks and Cards? Lions and Bears?

Is there any game there that shouts “We just don’t have a prayer on that one”? Pittsburgh maybe? 9-7 or even 10-6 just doesn’t look so far out of reach when you consider the schedule.

Jordan Hayton Says: “You are right and wrong about my big bro. Would he feel some sense of satisfaction that TT and MM were proved wrong about BF? Yes, as would I.”

Jordan – Matt commented multiple times prior to the Packer / viking game that he “hoped it would end in a tie because neither TT nor BF deserved to win.” I believe he showed his true colors with that one, namely he places Brett Favre above the Green Bay Packer organization. No true Packer fan ever wants less than a victory for the Packers, nor do they cheer for a division rival ahead of them in the standings.

Matt’s words (along with a couple of others – Mark comes to mind when he was happy Favre’s TD pass beat the 49ers) differentiate them from the rest of the herd.

iccy, glad someone reads my posts. I also posted that I hated(still do) the Raiders but loved seeing Blanda come off the bench to win 5 last minute thrillers after he turned 43. No championship for the Raiders but fun to watch.

Also, sidenote-
I rooted for Lofton as a Raider, Paup as a Bill, Reggie w/Carolina, Freeman as an Eagle and my dad cheered for Taylor as a Saint.

Think Reggie is the best recent example, I remember Carolina was close to going to the playoffs that year (don’t think they ended up making it though), but I was pulling for them to make it. If they would have made it, I would have been rooting for them to win a SuperBowl, because we didn’t make the playoffs that year (1 of the 3 out of 16 years w/favre and co., we didn’t make it) and I love me some Reggie.

BTW I watch football for the fun of it. If I see something interesting I like to comment on it. No big deal. If you get something out of what I post great, if you don’t, sorry. But I won’t question your love of the Pack, don’t question mine.

” Rock-
why don’t you do one of your frickin searches on the last 12 months of my posting and see how many times you find that statement on this blog. ”

You really don’t want to challenge me concening this issue because the bottom-line truth is I could make you look silly with your own words……….. I don’t need to do it because you do it all by yourself ………… you don’t need any help from me.

BTW, FYI, in BF’s 16 years in GB, he led GB to 11 playoff appearences….. That’s 5 non-playoff teams as opposed to your claim of 3….. Please, a little more accuracy on your part would help.

MATTHayton – Good stuff. Just b/c an ex-packer goes to another team, does not mean we can’t wish them success, especially BF. He had virtually the same O-Line when they went 13-3. MattH – BF just wanted the supporting cast around him to win another SB and TT foiled that plan. TT knew he had the 1 thing that BF did not and that was time on his side. Favre wanted to win now and TT said, I have a few years before I am forced to produce a winning team. BF would have won 1 maybe 2 more SB’s with the likes of Randy Moss, Tony Gonzolez or Greg Olsen, and Faneca. I believe that BF would have stayed if it weren’t for the fact that TT could have cared less about BF winning another SB. TT wanted to do it without BF and #4 knew that…..and Yes, Thats my Opinion before anyone says RAYL you need facts not just opinion.

Too much drama for me – I’m out to watch some Chuck Norris movies and drink some beer until Sunday, but I’ll still drink some beer on Sunday, but I’ll watch the Packers kick the shit out of the Browns instead of Chuck Norris kicking the shit out of the entire country of VietNam. Too bad we can’t sign Chuck Norris as a free agent.

oh no, we’re back to frickin’ norris!

I’ll tell ya one thing, people are exposing themselves as not so true Packer fans. Here again, attack, attack, attack, and then cover yer butt with a stupid “I hope they (Pack) win, and I’ll be so happy”. BS!

Yeah, right, a true fan can criticise, can’t they. Again, BS! Disgusting.