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Your team just finished 6-10, your defense is going from a 4-3 to a 3-4, yet the GM is “confident” in his team as it is made up now and doesn’t feel that he should have added anyone through free agency.
The good news is the league is considering going to an 18-game schedule in 2011 so the Packers can go 6-12.
Unless it’s a sign and trade, the Packers have made yet another fatal error by picking up the option on CB Jarrett Bush and his seeing eye dog.
During your 20 years of bad football, your GM will squander cap room money on players who led your team to a 6-10 season, like Jarrett Bush (DB-Helen Keller Institute), rather than use this money for football players.
OK, throw this year out and get on to the next one. Let’s look at positions and figure out where we need improvement.
Quarterback – We’re OK here as long as Rodgers stays healthy. We got by with two rookies as back-ups and thankfully they’ve now got a year under their belts. We need to figure out which back-up is going to be a longer term answer and whether we need to get a veteran back-up in case Rodgers gets hurt. We could see Rex Grossman in a Packer uniform. I’m not necessarily happy about that, but I know he’s well thought of by the current administration.
Running Back – Ryan Grant is OK, he should be better next year, but I’m not impressed by his back-ups. Multiple running backs is the new idea in the NFL. We could use an upgrade here.
Fullback – We’re OK here.
Wide Receiver- We’re OK here. Nelson was surprisingly good. I was wrong. Again. Jennings can be a number one. Driver can play for me as long as he wants. Martin and Jones are capable back-ups.
Tight Ends – I think we’re OK if Finley continues to develop.
Offensive Line- It’s time to look at taking a lineman in the first round. Tauscher is probably done, Clifton was not very good this year. Scott Wells gets injured too much. A tackle would be preferable, but a center might be good as well. Less of a need at guard.
Kicker – Crosby hits most of his kicks. He’s no Ryan Longwell, but he’s good enough to keep.
Punter – Keep looking.
Defensive Line – Time to put the Justin Harrell mistake behind us and go after a pass rusher or three to compliment Kampman. A younger, meaner fat guy in the middle might be good.
Linebackers – The fact that we missed Nick Barnett so much proves the need for a new middle linebacker type. Hawk is painfully slow in pass coverage, Poppinga wouldn’t even be on many other teams and there’s no depth. Chillar might be OK on the weak side.
Defensive back – Quality depth is needed. How long can Al Harris and Charles Woodson play? A strong safety who can tackle and cover the myriad of good tight ends in the league would be nice. Please, please, please tell me that you can do better than Jarrett Bush.
Coaches – Funny how good the coaches look when they have good players. The problem, as I see it, all over this team is lack of quality depth. This is especially apparent on special teams, which is why the special teams coach always gets fired. Maybe the backups are just young, as Ted Thompson seems committed to having the youngest, cheapest team he can field. Unless the team spends some money and fills the backup roles with people who are both good and experienced, injuries to starters will continue to weigh this team down.
Defense is where they have the most needs. But, as always, my philosophy is to draft the best player available regardless of position. That being said, all things being equal, I’d say that the Packers should concentrate on defense early in the draft unless there’s a Joe Thomas available at left tackle. A big, fast defensive end or monster inside pass rusher would be my hope. I’m still looking for one in the bowl games I’ve been watching. He may not be in this draft. If he’s not, then the biggest, fastest linebacker you can find. If there aren’t any of those worth first round money, then a center or running back. No defensive backs under 6′2″!
Today is the 50th anniversary of the NFL Championship between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts dubbed the “Greatest NFL Game”. Fifty years later we have the Green By Packers and their wet tissue paper defense taking on the winless Detroit Lions. What hath God wrought?
This game raises numerous questions. Why are the Packers one of the youngest football teams in the NFL for, what, the third year in a row? Are they trying to come in under budget and pay a big dividend to their stockholders? If American Motors had operated in the past like the Green Bay Packers have under Fred Thompson, they’d still be in business and wouldn’t need a bailout. Of course, the only car they would produce would be a Rambler Ambassador station wagon.
Why are the Lions the worst team in football? Is it nature or nurture? If I said to you, “Something important died on November 22, 1963.” You’d say, “The American President, Jack Kennedy”. But it was a trick question because it depends on you believing that the Detroit Lions are important. That will teach you to trust the likes of me. But this is also the date the Detroit Lions died. William Clay Ford, Sr. purchased a controlling interest in the Lions for $4.5 million on that day and the Lions have gone from that day to this winning exactly one playoff game. They should have never fired Wayne Fontes. By the way, Wigderson, guess which team the Lions beat in the playoffs? Beat ‘em like a rented mule, too.
The most pressing question is, “Why are people willing to pay $75 for a ticket to this debacle?” The answer to that one is easy: there are a lot of stupid people in the world and many of them, including me, live in Wisconsin. Let us stick foam rubber cheese on our head and walk head-on into a spinning propeller, for this, and rooting for the Green Bay Packers, are our inevitable fates as stupid people. Wait until next year!
Packers 35 Lions 14
There’s nothing like working Christmas week to put me in a foul mood. I just listened to Chicago sports radio and the Packers have no chance. No chance. I tend to agree. Did you watch the Arizona Cardinals yesterday? It’ll be something like that. Chicago 44 Packers 7
Oh for the days of my youth when the season was only 14 games long. Ah jeez, who are they playing? Jacksonville? Who’s on their team? Their QB is David Gerard, right? That the only name I know. I think they’ve got a running back I might have heard of too. Some guy who will gain 200 yards against the Packers today. Fred Taylor. Is Fred Taylor still on their team? They probably have a receiver I’ve heard of who will prance, yes prance, through a Packer secondary auditioning for The Nutcracker as the Packer “pass rush” tosses oversized throw pillows at the Jaguar line. The Jaguar kick returner will run it back to the 45, their kicker will win the game, it’s like watching a SciFi Channel original movie. You say to yourself, “Why am I watching this?” Good day to go Christmas shopping. Jaguars 27 Packers 24.
Houston’s going to freeze their Texans off.
Several arms and over fifty fingers, having broken off of their owners, will litter the field by half-time. The cold will instantly cauterize any puncture wounds. Patton’s Third Army will drive north from Oshkosh and relieve the surrounded troops of the 101 st Airborne in the north end zone. More than a dozen people in the stands will take their shirts off.
Packers 28 Texans 12
This has been a weekend of really bad football, so it’s only fitting that the Packers join in. The Panthers not only have the purtiest (sic) uniforms, they have two running backs to run around over and through a Packer defense in name only. Besides, they have a QB named “Jake”. How cool is that? I suspect that after watching two nights of “Deadwood” on HBO, you won’t want to be able to hear me watching the game today.
Panthers 42 Packers 14
People, people, people, the Packers are 5 and 5. That’s actually pretty dam’ bad if you think about it too long. Anyway, the Packers are due for a stinker. Here’s why they will lose tonight:
- There is no reason they should lose this game.
- They need to win this game.
It’s just that simple. I’m sorry, it’s my fault. In my life, the Packers don’t win games they should win and that they need to win. Just doesn’t happen. Since you are all just innocent bystanders in my life as it goes steadily around the bowl and down the hole, you just get dragged along. Again, sorry. So sit back and keep that channel changer handy because you might just want to switch to the Badger game if you can find it. New Orleans 42 Packers 12.
No matter the result of today’s game, Chicago will still suck tomorrow.
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We’re the Minnesota Vikings, and we’re just a pile of junk
We play in a dome they call the Humpty Dump
Win a few games, make the Playoffs, and we choke
The Minnesota Vikings, and you know that we’re a joke
You think Wisconsin’s a blue state? Take a look west. Minnesotans voted to raise their sales taxes to build more bicycle paths and fund Garrison Keillor’s already lavish retirement fund. In the meantime, the Twins will play in a stadium outdoors in April in Minnesota and the Vikings will continue to play in the Humpty Dump. Thank goodness and foresight and Providence and just dumb luck that the Packers are the way they are from the concept on down.
Nevertheless the Gary Cuozzo … Joe Kapp … Fran Tarkington … Gus Frerotte-led Vikings will roll over the Packers 56-12 after Jared Allen knee-caps all three of the Packers’ QBs and Donald Driver has to take over.
How do you get “Fur Ott” out of “Free Rot”? Same way we got “Farv” out of “Favor”, I guess. And speaking of being out of favor, I see that Channel 58 is passing over Brett to show the hated Bears game today. I wonder how many people will protest?
