The 1982 NFL season will always be remembered as “The Strike Season.” A 57 day player’s strike reduced the 16 game season to a 9 game season, and turned the playoffs into a tournament style event. For the die hard football fan, having nearly half of the games eliminated was tough to stomach. Luckily for Packers fans,…
The spring and summer of 2013 should be renamed the Seasons of Favre. Over the past six months, the seemingly tumultuous relationship between the former quarterback and his former employer has gone from a Defcon 1 state of war to a Defcon 3. Not the huggy kissy relationship some would like the two sides to…
If you were a Packer fan in the 1970’s, success was often difficult to find. Following the dynasty of the Lombardi teams of the 1960s, the Packers of the 1970’s were often the complete reverse of that. More familiar with losing than winning for most of the first half (save for one playoff season in 1972) the…
If only they had a defense. That is the puzzle that will sadly never be solved regarding the 1983 Green Bay Packers. By the end of the 1983 season, goo gobs of points would be scored, records would be shattered, and the team would finish a mediocre 8-8 and out of the playoffs despite scoring 429…
It is difficult to try and select the top 10 players in the history of the Packers. A team which has been in existence for nearly 100 years, rich in tradition and history, has certainly had more than its share of top tier players. Last year, the NFL Network explored this very topic, coming out…
