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Mourning is over, lots of memories

It has taken me a few days to actually talk about the Packers, let alone write about them. But I am an adult and sports are well, just sports. There are far more important things to worry about in life. Will I be disappointed not to see the Packers get their shot at the Saints? [...]

Quarter report: Where are the Packers at on defense?

Let’s keep this thing moving along and talk about the first quarter showing by the Green Bay Packers’ defense.

(If you want to find part one, just scroll down a bit. There you go – keep scrolling and…you’ve got it! Congratulations!)

Defense

The Good

Charles Woodson (20 tackles, a team-high three interceptions, three passes defended) has been, not only [...]

Mid-week report: Injuries, Giordano, etc.

Starting on the injury front, courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Chad Clifton (ankle) will miss the next two games, at least. With the bye week falling after the Vikings’ game, he could be back against Detroit on Oct. 18. The Packers can get by without him for the Rams game, but to not have him [...]

Aaron Rouse, the bell tolls for thee

The Green Bay Packers have seen enough of Aaron Rouse.

The Packers released Rouse on Wednesday, signing Matt Giordano, formerly of the Indianapolis Colts, to take his roster spot.

The timing of the move is somewhat curious as Rouse had just taken over the strong safety spot against the Bengals in place of an injured Atari Bigby [...]

Regular season game two vs. Cincinnati: Re-examining the hyperbole

It didn’t seem like hyperbole a week ago.

Mike McCarthy had called a better game. The defense did look more aggressive. The Green Bay Packers were nothing like they were in 2008.

As it turns out, though, hyperbole is the only way to describe my, well, descriptions of Green Bay after last week’s win over Chicago.

Sunday’s utterly [...]

Mid-week report: Bigby out at least four weeks

For the duration of his two-plus years as a Packer, Aaron Rouse has always been a player with potential.

We all remember his 100-plus yard interception return for a touchdown off Peyton Manning last season, after all.

Yet Rouse has also struggled with inconsistency, injuries and an inability to pass Atari Bigby on the depth chart.

Well, it [...]

Wrapping up a day of cutting

The Packers have the group they want to go to war with.

But it’s not quite the group a lot of us thought it would be.

Saturday’s cutdown from 75 to 53 was certainly chock full of surprises, obviously the biggest being the release of quarterback Brian Brohm (I guess I was wrong when I said Friday [...]

These five have something to prove

Yes, the Packers have looked outstanding during the preseason and the upcoming season should be a good one.

Still, there are some players on the roster who need to use 2009 to prove that they belong on the team for the foreseeable future – by my count, five.

And here they are:

5. Donald Lee, tight end

Lee has [...]

Preseason game three vs. Arizona: Is it September 13 yet?

Remember last week when I said that, despite the Packers’ domination of Buffalo, we still had to temper our excitement a bit because it was a preseason game?

Yeah, screw that.

Get excited, folks. Get really excited.

Because if there’s one overlining theme from Friday night’s 44-37 road win over the defending NFC champion-Arizona Cardinals, it’s this: the [...]

Training camp stew- 8/20/09 edition (the series finale)

As Adam previously stated, he and I are pretty much done talking about Judas. In fact, we ARE done. Gene will be weighing in with his thoughts sometime soon, but after that, don’t expect any more Judas stuff from us.

We’re very glad that you all felt as passionate about the issue as we did – [...]

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