Packers outside linebacker coach Mike Smith hasn’t been shy in the past about how he values quarterback pressures and hits just as much as he values sacks. Last August, Smith went on a near-five minute rant about the difference between good rushers who only get sacks, vs. great rushers who get sacks and pressures. “Sacks…
LempsTalkinPack: Hey Daddy-O, Packers Win, You Dig?
Chris Lempesis is back to break down Green Bay’s 24-10 win over the Washington Football Team on Sunday at Lambeau Field, a win that saw the Packers sporting their 1950s throwback uniforms. The podcast is arriving a day later than usual and that’s because he was at the game Sunday, so of course he shares…
Game Preview: Week 7 Green Bay Packers vs Washington Football Team
Week 7 in the NFL has arrived. The Packers are a little banged up heading into this matchup but so is their opponent the Washington Football team. The Packers have a big Thursday night matchup looming against the Arizona Cardinals. This could possibly be a trap game as the team looks ahead to that tough…
‘I still own you’: 5 times Packers QB Aaron Rodgers owned the Bears
When Packers future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers speaks, the National Football League and its fans listen. When he yells, the whole world listens. “I’ve owned you all my f—ing life. I own you. I still own you.” That’s exactly what Rodgers screamed after scoring the dagger touchdown in the fourth quarter of the…
Green Bay Packers: one up, one down from week 6
This season’s first edition of Bears week ended in a familiar way Sunday afternoon: with a Green Bay Packers win. The Packers knocked off it’s divisional rival 24-14 to improve its win streak to five in a row and its overall record to 5-1 on the year. Let’s discuss one up, one down from the…
LempsTalkinPack: I Still Own You
Chris Lempesis is back to break down Green Bay’s 24-14 road win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field. He, of course, takes great pleasure in discussing Aaron Rodgers’ instantly-classic trash talking to Bears fans following his fourth quarter touchdown run. He also tells you why the offense seems to have found its…
How Many More Packers Injuries Would Sink The Team?
The Super Bowl season of 2010 was marred by Packers injuries. A team that wasn’t down by double digits once the whole season somehow had six losses. Injury problems continued for most of Mike McCarthy’s tenure with the Packers, though never quite to the same extent. After two mostly big injury free seasons, Matt LaFleur’s…