Let the Falcon Hunt Begin: After a strong week 1 performance, the Green Bay Packers took the practice field yesterday, to prepare for their week 2 showdown against the Falcons in the inaugural regular season game at Mercedes Benz Stadium. With visions of last seasons NFC Championship game still fresh in their minds, The Packers…
Beginning the Twenty-Two Week Journey to Minneapolis: After a long offseason program that brought many changes to the 2017-2018 Green Bay Packers roster, opening day finally arrived yesterday afternoon, and with it a fresh new start filled with dreams of winning a Superbowl, and the opportunity to realize that dream over a twenty-two-week journey. The…
The season opener for the Packers was ugly. The Green and Gold didn’t even score a point in the first half. Seattle couldn’t even muster a first down until late in the 2nd quarter. Punts were a key factor in the first half of the game. It was ugly…but even more, it was beautiful. By…
2013 was the last time Aaron Rodgers threw for at least 300 yards in a season opener. It resulted in a loss. Today, the Packers won a much needed game 17-9. Rodgers’ 311 yards were dimmed by a stout defensive performance. His foe, Russell Wilson, attained a whopping 158 yards through the air as the…
Early Bird Breakdown Week 1 – Seahawks @ Packers Hello and welcome back to Early Bird Breakdown. It’s week one of the regular season and the biggest match up in football this week in a likely playoff preview. With no previous week to recap, let’s jump straight into the breakdown: The Breakdown: Packers’ Offense vs Seahawks’ Defense:…
It took just a shade under a decade for Ted Thompson and Co. to realize that sometimes they can benefit from not being passive when it comes to upgrading personnel from the outside. As I inferred the other day, the signing of Ahmad Brooks would be out of character for Thompson and Co. in a…
“I like to line up, punch a guy in his face, in his mouth, in his chest, then disengage, locate the ball, throw [my defender] and make a tackle.” “I really wanted to be the biggest, baddest guy—not to mess with anybody, just so nobody would mess with me,” “That’s got to make you angry…