Thursday night saw a lot of firsts for the Packers. Julius Peppers had his first Lambeau Leap. Davante Adams scored his first NFL touchdown. Letroy Guion recorded his first sack as a Green Bay Packer. One of the other firsts that I noticed, and one that excites me greatly, was the first career reception for…
The Packers did what they should have done last night. They dominated a team at home that was less talented than they were, more beat up than they were and less prepared than they were. While it is very satisfying to beat the Minnesota Vikings 42-10, the game was not perfect by any stretch. The…
I didn’t really realize how weird the schedule is this season until after the Bears game. After Thursday, the Packers will get their second 9 day rest in between games. They will also only have 3 division games left. The only road division game left on the slate isn’t really a home game for the…
I am glad that I relaxed. I was told to. Packers QB Aaron Rodgers instructed me and all the rest of Cheesehead Nation to just relax. I panicked a little. You can certainly go back and check the tape, there’s no question about that. During last week’s episode of From the Benches, which was recorded…
It was not long after the loss to the Lions that I had to record “From the Benches” with my co-hosts Jacob Westendorf and Ryan Hillesland. I was not in a great mood. I was sick. The team played terrible. Everything that I had predicted in last week’s Football Friday had basically gone awry. It…
I know that it’s hard to look at the positives right now. The team is 1-2 and Aaron Rodgers lost to the Lions while playing the whole game for the first time in his career. The team has mirrored it’s 1-2 starts from the past two seasons, and in very similar fashion. Losing a game…
It’s funny how people forget things. Negativity reigns this weekend as Vegas is giving the Packers points, fans are predicting a loss, and all of a sudden the Packers defense isn’t going to be able to stop anything the Lions do. Whatever issues that I have with Brett Favre, he nailed it this week. “In…