This one felt like a real squandered opportunity. And yet, I wasn’t as frustrated as I’ve been after other close defeats. The youth of this team, and key injuries against Atlanta, are reframing my expectations. The bad Two dropped first-half … Continue reading →

I like when my team does smart things. Two trends led the Packers to trade Aaron Rodgers. His age trend, like all ages, only goes up. His performance trend, like that of all athletes, goes down proportionately with that aging. … Continue reading →

The Bears are not good. The Packers might be. Winning in the NFL is hard, and convincing wins are rare. Although it’s a cliché, a win is a win. Having lived through the 80’s Bears-Packers rivalry, there’s no bad time … Continue reading →

Releasing Pat O’Donnell is one more confirmation. This team is going young. Choosing the young, unproven punter, is picking the promise of youth over the safety of experience. I believe it’s the right choice. After back-to-back seasons of trading their … Continue reading →

It’s nail-biting time for guys on “the bubble.” The 53-man roster limit needs to be reached by this coming Tuesday. It’s not fun when people lose their jobs, or their dreams. But every pro-athlete knows the risks and competition for … Continue reading →

There’s an awful lot of chatter this time of year about things that, ultimately, don’t matter. The third QB, the 6th or 7th WR, the 4th tight end. Yes, these are real position and roster battles, but do they matter? … Continue reading →

The smart fan doesn’t over-value reports from mini-camps and training camp. But you don’t ignore them either. Many times, training camp hype gets hopes so wildly off base that it all seems like fools gold. The best, most concrete news … Continue reading →

Jaire Alexander’s performance against Justin Jefferson last January is one for the ages. Holding the best wide receiver in the league to 1-catch for 15 yards is a career performance. Surrounded by my Viking fan in-laws, I was giddy for … Continue reading →

“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don’t … Continue reading →

Devout Packer fans need no “darkness retreats.” We have the grim march from the NFL draft in late April until camp opens in late July. These, the darkest 10+ weeks on the entire sports calendar. So, with little actual news … Continue reading →

Ok, I’ll admit it. I was hoping for offense. Jaxon Smith-Njigba or maybe one of the stud tackles, or a trade back to grab one of the tight ends. If I’ve learned nothing from Ted Thompson and Brian Gutekunst, I’ve … Continue reading →

If there’s a word more overused during the Packers-Jets-Rodger’s saga over the last 6-weeks than leverage, it may be the word “fleece,” in the last 2-days. As in, “Brian Gutekunst really fleeced the Jets” in the Aaron Rodgers trade. Yes … Continue reading →

Eating Cheetos. The daily horoscope. Playing candy crush on your phone. Nutritionally, and intellectually, these are empty activities. In that way, they’re just like post draft grades. And yet, they’re the junk food my sports junkie mind can’t resist. Grades … Continue reading →

I’m ready for trip down the draft board. As a fan watching the first round of the draft and your pick is up and Rodger Goodell goes to the podium and says “The Green Bay Packers have traded their 1st … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever visited the Big Apple, you may have seen a game of 3-card Monty. It’s a game for grifters, and those foolish enough to think they can win. I’ve seen it on buses and subways. It’s pretty fun … Continue reading →

The day Ron Wolf traded for a relative unknown named Brett Favre, he poured the cement foundation for his Green Bay Packers legacy. More than signing Reggie White or hiring Mike Holmgren, trading for Brett Favre is the reason Ron … Continue reading →

The Green Bay Packers and a certain QB are, very much, at a crossroads. Since there’s plenty of media chatter about that, this may be a good time to consider other Packers, yes, there are more than 50 who don’t … Continue reading →

This is not about Aaron Rodgers vs. Jordan Love. It’s about Rodgers, or the future. If you’ve been on any of the internet chat strings with people commenting about whether to trade, or bring back Aaron Rodgers, you know it’s … Continue reading →

Bad plays. So. Many. Bad plays. The loss to Detroit was more painful because it looked like a microcosm of the entire season. Like this one, most games looked very winnable. But consistently unimaginative play calling in the red-zone, mental … Continue reading →

Sleep came hard Sunday night into Monday morning. Like many Packers fans, I have more emotional investment in the team than serves my inner peace. People say we’d have gotten crushed by San Francisco anyway. No matter, it was a … Continue reading →

“We’re going to win. I guarantee it.” That, the legendary prediction from Joe Namath just days before Super Bowl III. His Jets were 18-point underdogs to the Baltimore Colts. No one game them a chance. Namath’s bold words rocked the … Continue reading →

It’s easy to forget how much fun a win can be. Even more fun? The final 2-weeks could be more exciting, and maybe, just maybe, not the final 2-weeks. In recent weeks posters on this site asked other fans “would … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year. Players’ aren’t thinking naughty or nice. They’re thinking performance and pay. If I were Elgton Jenkins, I’d have dollars dancing like sugar plums in my head, knowing what soon might be under the tree. Exerting … Continue reading →

Aaron Rodgers must be benched. Jordan Love has to play NOW! Joe Barry must be fired, yesterday. The defense needs to be torn down and rebuilt! We should tank for the highest possible draft pick. These and other over-heated takes … Continue reading →

Most of us know little or nothing about Kingsley Enagbare, Rudy Ford or Justin Hollins. If all was “right” with the Packers defense– you wouldn’t need to. But those three players showed up and stood out Sunday night. Meanwhile, previous … Continue reading →