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Leno, Favre Have A Lot In Common
Feb 25th
Jay Leno returns to “The Tonight Show” after the Winter Olympics, and one of his first guests is a great one: Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre.
His appearance is listed for March 4 on the show’s Web site. It will be one of Favre’s first public appearances since — literally — throwing away the Vikings’ season [...]
Looking For Reasons to Watch the Pro Bowl
Jan 28th
If you’ve been looking for reasons to watch the Pro Bowl this weekend, you’ve probably realized there aren’t a lot. None of the Colts or Saints will play. A lot of the top-tier players have dropped out with injuries – Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Larry Fitzgerald, Steven Jackson and Charles Woodson, to name a few. [...]
The Jermichael Finley Explosion or The Demise of Donald Driver
Jan 19th
We could call this The Jermichael Finley Explosion or The Demise of Donald Driver. Either way, The Jermichael Finley Explosion is not to be confused with The Rock-afire Explosion, although they are similarly awesome.
To anyone who watched the Green Bay Packers down the stretch, it should be no surprise who was catching the most balls [...]
Packers Saved the Sports Book
Jan 13th
It appears the Green Bay Packers dramatically helped out two entities last weekend – the Arizona Cardinals, whom they lost a crushing 51-45 overtime contest to, and the Las Vegas sports books.
Not surprisingly, bettors were going big on the Packers, who had beaten the Cardinals 33-7 to end the regular season. The Cardinals opened the [...]
Aaron Rodgers – Elite Quarterback
Jan 12th
If anything positive can be taken out of the Green Bay Packers debacle in the desert – a 51-45 loss to the Arizona Cardinals – it’s the certifiable arrival of quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Those of us who have watched Rodgers all season know he is a solid performer, but his 422-yard, four touchdown performance on Sunday [...]
The Season-Ending Facemask
Jan 11th
The Green Bay Packers 51-45 loss to the Arizona Cardinals has taken a bit to digest, but we know three things for sure.
First, it was a great game. I don’t think anyone can argue with that.
Second, the Packers shit the bed. The league’s second-ranked defense gave up 531 yards of offense to the Cardinals, and [...]
Cardinals End Packers’ Season In Stunning Shootout
Jan 10th
It was a playoff game for the ages, although Packer fans may not look back on it too fondly.
Kurt Warner and Aaron Rodgers put on a passing extravaganza, tossing for a combined 801 yards and nine touchdowns in the NFC wild card game Sunday night. But it was Arizona’s defense that came up with the [...]
What Can We Expect From Aaron Rodgers?
Jan 8th
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will make his first playoff start on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. That got me thinking about what we might expect from Rodgers.
Sure, it’s reasonable to think Rodgers will go out, be his unflappable self and throw for 250 yards and two touchdowns. However, the real question is how [...]
Injuries Could Play Major Factor in Cardinals, Packers Rematch
Jan 7th
The Arizona Cardinals suffered three key injuries during their 33-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Wide receiver Anquan Boldin, cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and defensive end Calais Campbell all left the contest and are in varying degrees of disrepair heading into the teams’ wild card matchup.
Boldin, who recorded 84 receptions for 1,024 yards [...]
Round One: Packers…Doesn’t Mean Much Though
Jan 3rd
It’s hard to take too much away from the Green Bay Packers’ 33-7 drumming of the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
It was a dominating performance, but Arizona rested most of its starters and coach Ken Whisenhunt played it safe, not showing much of what he will do when the two teams meet again next week in [...]
Aaron Rodgers: Player of the Decade
Dec 30th
We’re speaking of the next decade, of course – the teens I guess you wold call them. And actually, we’re not speaking in this case at all, the Sporting News is.
The Sporting News named their players of the next decade in the four major professional sports, and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was the [...]
Packers Wrap Up Playoff Berth With Dominating Effort
Dec 27th
The Green Bay Packers destroyed the Seattle Seahawks 48-10 and in conjunction with a loss by the New York Giants, wrapped up their first playoff berth in the Aaron Rodgers era.
The Packers defense was dominant again, rebounding from their terrible performance in Pittsburgh a week earlier. They intercepted Seahawks’ quarterback Matt Hasselbeck four times and [...]
Darryl Tapp: Might As Well Play For the Vikings
Dec 24th
Who is Darryl Tapp?
He’s a mediocre defensive end for this week’s Green Bay Packers opponent, the Seattle Seahawks. And, according to Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, he’s also a guy who bites people on the football field.
We don’t have confirmation of this yet, but we hear the Minnesota Vikings are trying to work a trade for [...]
Packers’ Defense Fails to Show in Steelers Loss
Dec 20th
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense was suspect Sunday without its injured star safety Troy Polamalu, and the Green Bay Packers took full advantage.
The problem was the other side of the ball, where the Packers’ supposedly stout defense was decimated by Ben Roethlisberger and the flailing Steelers offense.
Roethlisberger was 29-of-46 for a franchise record 503 yards and [...]
Packers Killing Them Softly
Dec 13th
The Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 21-14 to keep the team in playoff position. It was a satisfying win for the team, but one that should or could have been a blowout.
The Packers lead 13-0 in the first half, but as they’ve done all season, let their opponent back into the game with [...]
Bart Starr on Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers
Dec 4th
From one great Green Bay Packers’ quarterback to another. Well, not exactly.
Bart Starr was on the Brian Kenny radio program the other day, where he touched on various subjects, including your least favorite ex-Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Brett Favre and our main man, Aaron Rodgers.
Interestingly, Starr seemed to infer that Favre’s success this season is [...]
Troy Aikman Jumps on the Brett Favre Bandwagon
Nov 30th
Since joining Fox Sports as an NFL color commentator in 2001, former Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback Troy Aikman has made little attempt to hide his disdain of the Green Bay Packers and, in particular, the team’s former ageless quarterback, Brett Favre.
Maybe it’s because Aikman hated doing so many Packers’ games or because his career was ended early [...]
Five Reasons To Be Excited About the Green Bay Packers
Nov 29th
Yesterday, we took a look at five reasons not to be excited about the Green Bay Packers, making the argument that the team has major flaws that may haunt them down the stretch and into the playoffs.
That said, we fully expect the Green Bay Packers to make the playoffs. However, this isn’t a team that’s [...]
Just Like Old Times, Packers Beat Lions
Nov 26th
Or maybe just like last time.
The Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions 34-12, in a game reminiscent of the last time the two teams met in October. The game wasn’t really in doubt at any point, but the Packers hardly looked dominant against an opponent that was clearly overmatched.
That was less due to the [...]
Predictions: Packers vs. Lions
Nov 25th
Monty: The Detroit Lions once again demonstrated how bad their defense is in their victory over the Cleveland Browns last week. The Lions allowed Brady Quinn to throw for 304 yards and four touchdowns in that game. Quinn previously had thrown three touchdowns – in his career.
In other words, the Green Bay Packers will have [...]
