Hold onto your butts, Packers fans: the long-awaited season opener is finally upon us! This is a huge debut game for the Green Bay Packers, as not only is this game against the hated Chicago Bears and opening the NFL’s 100th season, but also the first chance for Matt LaFleur’s Packers to define their existence.…
Considering it’s both Bears vrs. Packers week and will kick off the NFL’s 100th season, smack talk around my office has been relatively tame. The ratio of Bears to Packers fans at my office is about equal. Everyone appears to be cautiously optimistic for their team. No bold predictions or digs fired at the water cooler this…
Thursday September 5 will mark the 199th meeting between the Packers and Bears to kick off the 100th season of the NFL. The Packers hold the edge 97-95-6 in the series. The Packers have won 17 out of the last 21 games between the two. Aaron Rodgers is an impressive 17-5 versus the Bears, with…
The 100th National Football League season kicks off on Thursday, Sept 5th as the league’s oldest rivalry takes center stage once again. The Green Bay Packers travel to Chicago to take on the Bears. Soldier Field will host the leagues 2019 kickoff as both teams vie to become the early season King of the NFC…
A nugget I found amoungst the Green Bay Packers 100-season history content was Infographic: Packers’ retired numbers. The Infographic was published on the Green Bay Packers’ 100th birthday and can be found here https://www.packers.com/news/infographic-packers-retired-numbers I enjoyed the content and format, specifically reading career highlights of iconic players who played before I was born into…
Brian Gutekunst has done a lot to improve the Green Bay Packers in this crucial offseason. A brand-new head coach, significant free agents who are young, healthy, and in their prime, and an athletically gifted draft class (including two first round picks) should help the Packers retake the North. But their rivals haven’t been idle.…
There’s an interesting dichotomy to being an NFL team fan every year. Each season, you want your team to put itself in the best position to win a championship. But to do so, the team must make sacrifices, often getting rid of fan favorite players. This creates an interesting source of cognitive dissonance in the…