Early Bird Breakdown Week 16 – Vikings @ Packers Hello and welcome back to Early Bird Breakdown. It’s week sixteen of the regular season. Before diving into the breakdown, let’s look back to last week’s game. The Recap: Last week the Packers traveled to Carolina with their playoff hopes on the line and the return of quarterback…
The Pro Bowl rosters were named this past week. To the shock of no one, not a single member of the Packers made the original squad. However, there will be multiple Packers playing in the game as a result of: The Patriots and Vikings won’t send anyone because they’ll be squaring off in the first…
Evaluating the Favre-Rodgers Era: On Monday night, The Green Bay Packers saw their dream of winning a Super Bowl officially come to an end. The Packers loss to the Panthers along with the Falcons win against the Buccaneers eliminated the Packers from playoff contention for the first time since 2008. When you are a franchise…
Well, the Packers pulled out all the stops against the Panthers, bringing back an (almost) healed Aaron Rodgers from IR in order to preserve the fading playoff chances they had. It didn’t work. So, with two games left in the season, the Packers find themselves again Rodgers-less, and out of the playoffs. The Cheesehead Radio…
The guys discuss the decision to put Rodgers on IR, which side of the ball needs more attention this off season, and how good the team might have been if Rodgers was healthy. Eric Thompson of the Daily Norseman joins once again to help break down the game to come. Then the guys do a…
Any speculation of Rodgers playing again this season is over as of Tuesday. The Packers have placed him on IR for the second time this season after being officially eliminated from playoff contention Monday night. The announcement should come with no surprise if you witnessed the struggle Rodgers endured in Carolina. His arm strength was…
I have long been an advocate for both Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy. Some would go as far as to say that I’m an apologist for both. During their tenures the Green Bay Packers have achieved nearly unmatched levels of success in the free agency era (here’s to you New England Patriots). It’s clear the…