tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338494541633353642011-04-21T14:34:34.112-04:00A Green Bay Packers blog. Includes news stories, opinions, and everything else to do with the green and gold.Kyle Chartershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07570373322524443966noreply@blogger.comBlogger1041100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133849454163335364.post-78716541816885974512009-05-14T10:23:00.002-04:002009-05-14T10:35:43.304-04:00

So it's been over a week since my last post, and I promise to try to not let that happen again this summer. I'm done with school so I'm at home and have already begun working, and I'm going to be a slave to jobs this summer trying to make as much money and do as much as I can to bulk up my resume. I'm glad that this busy week I just had came when it did, so I didn't have to follow up close the

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Alright well it's finals week now, so expect a slow week from me. I apologize, but I basically have a pretty much impossible paper. Expect things to pick back up possibly later this week or right at the beginning of next week. Let's just spend our week praying we don't have to see Brett in purple. That's all for now.

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Oh, summer is in the air. Yesterday was my last day of classes as a junior undergrad student, and by this time next week, I'll be on my way home to Long Island for a wonderful summer of working my butt off in order to afford school next year. Yesterday, the Packers announced the numbers that all of the drafted rookies will be wearing in Green Bay (via the Journal-Sentinel blog):90 - B.J. Raji52 -

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Yes, that's right, the Jets have released Brett Favre. Yes, he is technically retired, but now what? If he comes back, he is free to go wherever he would want to go (aka Minnesota if interested). I, however, truly believe that he is done. You can probably count me as the lone believer. Some people may argue he doesn't want to go out after having the type of end to a season that he did with the

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No, really, they did. Al Afalava was listed in Oregon State's media guide as the team's 2007 Rock, Paper, Scissors champion. Not really much to say here, just a lot of laughing on my part. Hope others enjoy this story as much as I do. Only 137 days until Packers vs Bears on Opening Weekend 2009!

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Ok so now that I've taken a few days off (it was way too nice outside to be in at the computer all weekend, between 80 and 90 degrees and beautiful, which is rare in Ithaca, NY), I'm back with a list of all of the players that the Packers have either drafted, signed, or have announced plans to bring in for tryouts in the past few days.DRAFTED (8):DT B.J. Raji - Boston CollegeOLB Clay Matthews -

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While this isn't directly Packers related, it is something I find to be pretty cool. Recently, I had started trying to find out what athlete's "Tweet", or use the site Twitter. I couldn't find anywhere a list of all of the athletes, until today, when I found AthleteTweets.com. Its homepage updates as each and every athlete included on their list on the right side of the page Tweets. Nick

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Yesterday, as I went through my usual list of Packers sources (newspapers, blogs, websites) I came across a post on Ol' Bag of Donuts which stated the same case that I had back in February. Naturally, I commented on their post saying "Thank you for noticing this as well. I thought I was the only one." And I linked to my post. Cheesehead TV later posted on the same topic, linking back to Ol'

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Bob Wolfley at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel included in his SportsDay article today that the odds of who the Packers are going to take with the number 9 pick have been released. B.J. Raji leads the way, followed by Brian Orakpo and Aaron Maybin.

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Although it had already been leaked onto the internet because of a mistakenly released toy truck, the new Detroit Lions logo was officially revealed yesterday. I don't know about everybody else, but the the ferocity of the new lion has me forgetting all about that 0-16 season they had last year. I'm even worried that they might win a game. I mean, come on Detroit, it's just like MJD said over

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I don't know if fans in Wisconsin feel the same way that I do, but growing up in New York, I have a severe hatred of the New England Patriots. Bill Belichick and his dirty cheating ways have made me despise of that entire franchise. Not to mention Josh McDaniel's running a franchise quarterback out of town the second he got to Denver and sending him along to the Chicago Bears. That is why I

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As we lead into Saturday's draft, ESPN is covering/talking about/rambling about the NFL draft like none other. Figures though, as they will broadcast it live over the weekend. During Sportscenter, Todd McShay gave his most underrated and most overrated players, which naturally segued into a piece about Tony Mandarich, who I had posted about nearly two months ago. While I was too young to know

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After a long weekend of beautiful weather, writing papers, and playing softball, it is time to get back to the Packer Blogosphere and wish everyone a Happy Draft Week 2009! As a rookie in the NFL blogging world (I just started in January), I am quite amazed at how long and often people blog about the draft leading up to it. It started all the way back in January and will culminate on Saturday

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On Tuesday, the Packers signed defensive tackle Brian Soi. Soi has the size of a NT in the 3-4 at 6'3", 334, but hasn't been able to catch on with the Dolphins in '07 or the Giants in '08. In trying to research Soi, I found some interesting information. While only these two stints with NFL teams have been documented, and he has never actually played, he is quite the veteran and should bring

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Well, if you're looking for a breakdown of the schedule, Greg Bedard of the Journal-Sentinel gives a great one. When I ask what this schedule means, I ask it in a more personal way. Basically, how does this affect me? Ah, quite drastically. Now that all information has been released, I can more specify my dreams of a roadtrip, and update them in the future. Please excuse any repeating as I

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So it has been released! We now not only know who and where we play, but when we play them. The NFL released the 2009 schedule last night at 7:00PM EST, and I would have posted on it earlier, but I had class. The class is actually quite pertinent to what I do; it's called "The Evolution of Sport Media." Anyways, the schedule is as follows:Much more to come about the 2009 schedule!

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We are now less than five hours away from the release of the 2009 NFL regular season schedule. I have talked much about my plans to roadtrip to Madison and hopefully Green Bay in the fall. If you haven't read about it yet, read here. Because the home game against the Bears and the road game in Detroit have already been released, I currently have a 7 in 15 chance that the Pack have a game at

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The Journal Sentinel has an interesting article, or more-so a list of players that played either high school or college football in the great state of Wisconsin that have a legitimate chance at being picked in next weekend's NFL draft.

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Pro Football Talk is reporting that the Packers have worked out Duke University's Greg Paulus. What may be peculiar to many is that he is known as the Blue Devils former point guard whose role basically disappeared during his senior season. What many people do not know, however, was that in high school he was just as good a quarterback as he was a point guard. He was offered scholarships to

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While not at all Packers related... This is what I do.

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BREAKING NEWS: Ted Thompson is elated. HE NOW HAS ANOTHER DRAFT PICK!... in 2011's draft. The Packers have traded longsnapper J.J. Jansen, who spent his entire rookie season last year on IR, to the Carolina Panthers for a conditional pick in 2011. The pick will depend on how long Jansen lasts with Carolina. Jansen would have been the longsnapper for the Pack in '08 if he hadn't torn his ACL,

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Again news is slow coming out of Titletown today, so there isn't much to talk about. The anticipation, however, for the NFL's release of the 2009 schedule tomorrow is immeasurable right now... At least for me.

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I thought that I had heard something recently about the building of a "green" (environmentally friendly) city in the US. MJD of Yahoo's Shutdown Corner allowed a non-news-consumer like myself get the lowdown on this amazing idea.Former Packer Syd Kitson (drafted in 1980) is leading the development of Babcock Ranch in southwest Florida. Kitson, whose career as a guard lasted six years of

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The Green Bay Press-Gazette understands my yearning for the schedule to be released. And the NFL has answered my call for the schedule. Tuesday night it will be! Ah, excitement fills the air, as I await the announcement of the Packers game on October 18th, PRAYING it is a home game. Help me out NFL! I'm just a kid with a dream!

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Ever since I decided on my road trip to Wisconsin, the question as to whether or not the whole trip will work out the way I want it to has been in the NFL's hands. And they just won't let me know! When they released the opening weekend games and the few prime time matchups, I was sure that the rest of the schedule would soon follow. Not so much. PLEASE NFL, I'M BEGGING OF YOU, RELEASE THE REST

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While many Packer fans probably knew about CWA, some other music that has come from Titletown went a little bit less noticed. Well, at least as far as I can tell. Remember Robert Brooks? Yeah, thought so. Number 87 was a great receiver for the Pack from 1992-1998, and after tearing his ACL in the Super Bowl championship season of 1996, he came back to help lead the team to Super Bowl XXXII

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In honor of Aaron Rodgers weekend in Vegas, more specifically his Sunday night with Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, a couple of music-themed posts have found there way to my fingertips at a perfect time.After one of our many family trips to Wisconsin, years ago, we returned home with a CD by a group called Cheeseheads With Attitude. It was called "Straight Outta Wisconsin," and it was hilarious

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Right now is quiet time, it seems, around 1265 Lombardi Avenue. While the organization is hard at work still breaking down draft prospects and some players are working hard with the new strength and conditioning coach, not much that is going on is newsworthy. That's why Aaron Rodgers is making news for being in Vegas this past weekend. Being a ladies man. See here. Oh, but A-Rod wasn't done

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Green Bay, Booze, and Broads posted a video yesterday "In honor of Jay Cutler", who is known to have diabetes. Because I am basically a religious The Price is Right viewer, I see these commercials all the time and find this absolutely hilarious.

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So by now it is old news that Jay Cutler has been traded to the dreaded Bears. I talked about my thoughts of possible trades to the NFC North the other day. Acquiring Jay Cutler definitely helps Chicago, but I think that they definitely slowed their all around team improvement process by making this deal:Chicago Gets:Jay Cutler2009 5th Round PickDenver Gets:Kyle Orton2009 1st Round Pick2009 3rd

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First of all, I realize that this does not fill one of the immediate needs that has been created by either the switch to the 3-4 or the aging and injuries to our offensive tackles. This pick, however, could do so much for the team. And we know Ted Thompson likes to take highest value/best player available over need. So at number nine, Michael Crabtree has inexplicably fallen because of his

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Packer Update took an interesting look at Ted Thompson's strategy of being pretty quiet during free agency and building his team from within (ie the draft). Only 17.7% of the players currently on the Packers roster have worn another team's jersey in a regular season game. This is much lower than a team like the Minnesota Vikings, at 29.3%, which Packer Update claims is near the league

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Cheesehead TV posted "Peppers To The Packers: It's Official" and then linked to a Youtube of the muppets. I'm loving this Twitter thing. Nick Barnett, just minutes ago, tweeted "Hey every one. I have some bad news.. I have just been traded to the Minnesota Vikings :-( " Oh man, April 1st it is, and tweet on Nick Barnett, tweet on.

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In yesterday's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Tom Silverstein wrote an article entitled "NFC North Still Has Call to Arms." While his point is well made and well taken, the news out of Denver this evening is disheartening for any Packer fan. Broncos CEO and president Pat Bowlen released the following statement:"Numerous attempts to contact Jay Cutler in the last 10 days, both by Head Coach Josh

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A follow up to Nick Barnett's tweet about meeting new defensive coordinator Dom Capers... "Ok meet with capers so far I have a really good feeling about him.. Also the strengh program is real good!!" Barnett also added soon after, "Kevin Greene seems like he's going to be intense LOL imagine him moss together whoa!!!" Nick seems to take his involvement with Twitter quite seriously; in the past

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Twitter is the new thing to do. I mean, everybody's doing it (except me I guess). Railbird Central informed Packers fans that Nick Barnett has an account on the site that encourages you to let people know what you're doing. Athletes like Charlie Villanueva and Shaquille O'Neal have become well known for their use of Twitter. Villanueva "tweeted" during halftime of a Bucks game vs the Celtics.

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As many football fans have heard the story already, Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats was pulled over by a policeman outside of a hospital while his mother-in-law took her last breaths. The video of incident was either leaked or released onto the internet, and I came across it on Yahoo! Sports' Shutdown Corner blog. This cop disgusts me and should be fired immediately, and he should never

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Yesterday, the NFL released the 2009 preseason schedule. The Packers schedule is quite peculiar to me. In order, they host the Browns and Bills, then travel to Arizona and Tennessee. Why would the NFL schedule the Browns and the Cardinals during the preseason if they were already set to square off during the regular season? Also, why does the Pack have to travel to Arizona TWICE now? Their

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Both Cheesehead TV and Ol' Bag of Donuts have posted about Brian Brohm over the past couple of days, and Adam over at OBOD does a great job trying to look into Ted Thompson's thought process behind choosing Brohm in last years second round. CTV links to Adam's post, but gives a bit of their own insight as well.Going into the 2008 draft I thought that Aaron Rodgers had a good chance of being a

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Again over the past week, my posts have become few and far between, but I promise it has been for good reason:That is now what you'll find when you search my name on ESPN.com. While I continue to pursue my undergraduate degree, I get busy with school and classwork quite often, especially when I am in the process of producing, shooting, and editing stories for ESPN. So forgive me, I was spending

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My roommate and best friend from college is a HUGE Buffalo Bills fan. So when I heard the Packers were interested in Duke Preston, I immediately went to him for his insight into the former Bill center. His response, and I quote, "When the Bills don't resign a player it is for one of two reasons. Either they can't afford him, or he's so bad that even they don't want him. Good luck." Clearly

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While Ted Thompson insists that he is confident in the Packers' roster as is, many people still feel that there are holes that need to be filled in order to improve on 2008's 6-10 record. Offensive tackle, the defensive line, and cornerback are three of the main areas of concern, and Jeff Maillet pointed out this morning that there are still many quality free agents who can fit Titletown USA's

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Wanna get to know possible future Packers? ESPN has an assortment of videos that feature many prospects in the upcoming 2009 NFL draft that is now only a month away. Names that have been linked to the Packers that are featured in these videos include Andre Smith, Brian Orakpo, Alphonso Smith, Aaron Maybin, D.J. Moore, and Michael Oher.

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Two players important to the Packers over the last few years are notably trying to recover from ACL surgeries. Nick Barnett, according to Mike McCarthy, is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a surgery that took place only 17 weeks ago. He suffered the injury in a November 9th game at Minnesota, and while it was originally only diagnosed as a bruise or a sprain, depending one where you read,

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::cough cough:: Brett Ratliff ::cough cough::... According to Shutdown Corner (via the New York Times), this May, owners will vote to lengthen the regular season. Roger Goodell explains this is part of "increasing value" in the struggle to generate more revenue in the current economic times. I like the decision more for the fact that it gets rid of one preseason game, because four is way too

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Cheesehead TV has been putting up videos that they shot during Fan Fest a couple weeks ago, and many have been interesting. Today's brought back some childhood memories, and it also linked to something very interesting that I had never heard before.As I've stated before, my love for the Packers, both now and when I was very young, is immeasurable. Especially for a kid who has never lived any

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Because the Packers are a publicly owned entity, their financial records are open for anyone to see. This leads to the NFLPA using them as an example for how much other teams make, and it appears that the Pack is quite an exemplary franchise. While Ted Thompson continually receives criticism for his offseason strategies (myself semi-included), Fox Sports highlights his way of work.

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This morning as I was going through my usual set of Packers links, I realized that on ESPN they had two videos projecting who the Packers would take at the number nine overall pick in the draft next month. While they are between a week and two old, I will say now that I just can't agree with either choice that Jason Wilde of the Wisconsin State Journal or Todd McShay of ESPN projects for the

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Well, the title of my blog is "Beers, Brats, and Beating the Bears" and the Packers will get the shot to do just that on opening weekend in the 2009 NFL season! The Packers have the featured Sunday night game on NBC for opening weekend as they play host to the Chicago Bears. Also, it was announced that they will face the Lions on Thanksgiving in the early afternoon game. That's two primetime

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This morning I was browsing through my normal assortment of Packers sources online. On the Packers official website, there was a link to a feature they will be running called Packer Fan Memories. It's self explanatory. Basically, fans can submit up to 100 words and a picture that tell of their best memories as a fan of the green and gold, and the organization (or the people who run the website

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So the word has already spread that Nick Collins hasn't shown up in Green Bay for the beginning of the offseason program. That is interesting considering he is currently under contract, and Tramon Williams, who has yet to sign his exclusive rights tender to remain with the team, is taking part in the strength portion of the program. Collins obviously wants the Packers to look into extending his

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Both Cheesehead TV and Acme Packing Company have been talking about the offensive tackle positions today. CTV quotes a Pro Football Weekly article that talks about Mark Tauscher pretty much being out of the mix because of surgery, and that the coaching staff is looking at moving bodies around and putting them out of position again. I don't like how the team has moved around so many lineman to

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In an earlier post, I blogged about how former Packers linebacker George Koonce was one of the candidates for the athletic director position at my mother's alma mater, UW-Milwaukee. Yesterday, Koonce was named to the position, a job he has dreamed of having for a long time now. He had been working as senior associate AD at Marquette since 2007, but now he will be moving across town to become a

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Mike Montgomery and Jason Hunter both resigned yesterday as well. Two more non invigorating moves. It adds depth to the front seven, something the Packers definitely need to work on, but only in the reserves. Neither will start barring a multitude of injuries, but Montgomery is a tweener and the coaching staff will have to decide whether he will play end or outside linebacker. Expect special

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Jarrett Bush. While he isn't an amazing player and keeping him isn't a very exciting move, I don't see how matching the Titans offer sheet can be knocked. He was second on the Packers in special teams tackles in '08, and special teams was obviously a weak spot. It can't hurt to keep your second best special teams tackler, even if his role changes. Bush is only 25, so there is still a ton of

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According to a 2000 Census Report on the state of Wisconsin, 10.9% of the state's population is Irish. Behind German at 42.6%, that is the second highest percent of ethnic origin. That surprised me. I knew German would be number one, but I assumed that Polish and possibly Norwegian would both be ahead of Irish. Ah, but what a wonderful surprise!I come from a pretty interesting Irish

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While most people are talking about how the attendance of Fan Fest was down this year, and about how it did not sell out, it has brought about another reason while I love the Packers. What other team would have their coaches sit down and talk X's and O's with fans? The relationship between franchise and community in Green Bay is like no other in professional sports, and while I'm many miles

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I flip my calendar every day hoping to learn something interesting about the Packers. Most times, I know the fact or the answer to the trivia question. This morning, I learned something new, and something that could be very important to the Packers defensive success in 2009. Aaron Kampman's move from defensive end to outside lineback might not be as big of a transition as most people think.

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Ahhh, and it's back to blogging for me. And while this story doesn't directly link to the Packers, Jay Cutler wants to be traded out of Denver. He and Broncos' rookie head coach Josh McDaniels have not gotten along ever since Cutler found out that he was being shopped around for Matt Cassel. Today, Cutler did not attend the first team meeting since McDaniels has taken over or participate in

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Ok so it's been a while... Things have been hectic lately. Last week was midterms week. I had a test, paper, and a big project I was working on for ESPN so I was busy out of my mind. This week I've been picking up some work so I haven't been around the computer much. I have a couple more days of busy-ness but I hope to get back on the blogging train by the end of this week. If there are any

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Former Browns safety Mike Adams is in Green Bay today to visit with the Packers. He is the first player outside the organization that the team has had in for an official visit. The Pack already has Atari Bigby and Nick Collins looking to start in 2009 with Aaron Rouse, Charlie Peprah, and Jarrett Bush also listed as safeties. Adams, however, would bring another cover safety into the mix, which

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We all saw the Vikings trade for Sage Rosenfels, a career backup, last week. The sad thing for Minnesota: that is still an upgrade. Their next step was to get Rosenfels a quality receiver, so they pursued T.J. Houshmandzadeh. They lost out on the former Bengal receiver to Seattle (which could shake up projected draft picks, since many people expected the Seahawks to be taking Michael Crabtree)

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Now that Chris Canty is out of the picture, Ted Thompson should move on to Igor Olshansky of the San Diego Chargers, and the Journal-Sentinel is saying that is exactly what he plans to do. His numbers aren't amazing, 29 tackles and 2 sacks in 2008, but his experience in the 3-4 in San Diego could definitely help the Pack's transition. Also, he will probably come much cheaper than Canty did to

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So a few things happened over the weekend... Colin Cole left for Seattle. He wasn't an amazing talent, but the defensive line depth is becoming thinner by the day; and it wasn't very deep to begin with. Ted Thompson let Chris Canty slip away to the Giants without even being able to meet with him by refusing to give Canty's agent a ballpark figure of what his offer would be. I wasn't very

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National Football Post is reporting that Bart Scott, a linebacker that some Packers fans had hoped Ted Thompson would go after, has agreed to terms with the New York Jets on a deal that would make him about $8 million per year, although the length is yet to be known. Some who have been monitoring the transition to the 3-4 had hoped to sign Scott and move A.J. Hawk to the outside spot opposite

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So there is obviously a lot to talk about today, but knowing Ted Thompson, not a whole lot will be because of the Packers. But to get things started, the team's official website has an explanation of different rules and such about free agency that many people may not fully understand. It should help.The Press-Gazette explains how the Pack started with $36 million in cap space. It got knocked

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At the combine, a hidden gem was discovered. Watch here. And yes, that is sarcasm you can read in my voice.

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Yeah that guy. Tony Mandarich. The guy the Packers took number two overall in the 1989 draft, AHEAD OF BARRY SANDERS. He held out to begin his career, and then spent much of his first season on special teams because of it. Mandarich never panned out and left the team after the '92 season. He attempted to make a brief return with the Indianapolis Colts between 1996-98. Not so much. He was

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Ted Thompson has been the GM since early 2005. In each draft that he has been in charge of, the Packers have taken a wide receiver in either the 2nd or 3rd round, which would imply that he is getting ready to replace Donald Driver as he continues to age. However, Thompson recently said Driver was still a "top-flight receiver" and he hasn't seen "any drop-off in (his) play at all." DD is now 34

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Well not quite... But opposites nonetheless. Mike Vandermause of the Green Bay Press-Gazette had an interesting column comparing the different outlooks and strategies of Ted Thompson and Ron Wolf. Thompson values draft picks above all else while Wolf was not afraid to delve into free agency and the trading market, two places where the former GM made key acquisitions that helped the Packers to

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Packers cornerback Charles Woodson has his own wine. It's called Twenty Four and it was started in 2001 when Woodson was a member of the Raiders. Oakland's training camp was in Napa Valley, California, well-known wine country, and wine first struck Charles' interest there. Only 22 cases of the first edition were made, but he is slowly trying to increase the production. For the first three

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I thought this was sorta funny that the day after I happened to mention former Packer Don Beebe, I found a recent interview with him on MouthpieceSports.com. Especially since he was such a short-tenured Packer (1996-97). It's also related to the combine, which is the biggest thing going on in the NFL right now. Check it out.

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Well, a lot of people have a lot of different opinions on how to finish that sentence. But this morning, USA Today's Michael Hiestand reported that Favre may be first in line to fill the void created by the firing of Emmitt Smith. The Press-Gazette simply relayed a report of the story. Others have given their opinions. Aaron at Cheesehead TV feels pretty strongly about Brett not taking up

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ESPN The Mag's blog had a cool post this morning. It included that same video I had mentioned in an earlier post. In essence, the post questions who owned February, and makes a strong argument for NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth and rapper Lil Wayne. The mention of Lil Wayne has a clear reason; he blogs for ESPN The Mag (but he did also win 4 Grammy's). Matt Kenseth has won two races including the

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It has been well reported that Texas Tech wide receiver, and the player some consider to be the best in the draft, Michael Crabtree, has a stress fracture in his foot and will be out 6-10 weeks. But that's old news by now. But what might not be old news to you is the way that Deadspin.com is reporting it.Yes, that's right. If you didn't already follow the link, the title to their two line post

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Well, I didn't really know what else to title this post. But the Press-Gazette had a post that got me excited on Thursday (sorry I'm a little late.) While I don't believe there really is much of a chance that he slips down to the Packers at number 9, Baylor's left tackle Jason Smith provided some excitement, something an agent usually curses a player doing, during his interview at the combine.

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There have been a bunch of cool stories about the Packers organization considering changing the team's jersey back in the 90's lately. I'll just provide links below:Green Bay Press-GazetteESPN Page 2Packers Uniforms

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Well, the Lambeau faithful can forget about Julius Peppers wearing green and gold next year. Those dreams have come to an end as Carolina has put the franchise tag on him this afternoon, which means he will be paid near $16-17 million in 2009. It has been widely publicized that Peppers wants to be traded, to a team who plays the 3-4, and he has named the four teams to which he would accept

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Many people have been saying lately that 2009 could be a do or die year for Packers head coach Mike McCarthy. I am on the other side of that street, however, unless the Packers flop with another 6-10 record or worse. McCarthy took over a 4-12 team after the 2005 season, and after struggling out to a 1-4 and then 4-8 start, his influence began to take over as the Packers closed out the season

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Acme Packing Company has an interesting post up this morning. Not many people in Packer nation have been paying much attention to Matthew Stafford because, well, he's not coming to Green Bay, therefore he won't directly affect the Pack. We may, however, have to face him twice every year if the Lions, as expected, take him at the number one spot in April's draft. And Acme thinks this might be a

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First of all, that name sounds like a Vikings name. Like a real viking. Zygi Wilf. Yeah... Anyways...It seems like it really, REALLY is over for Brett now. Like, REALLY. Last night I read that the Vikings have no interest in Brett Favre taking over the throne of quarterback mediocrity that is Minnesota. And that has been the one place rumored to be able to spark Brett's interest to return

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It's getting closer and closer to the free agency period, and it's almost time for Ted Thompson to start making some decisions and moves. The Green Bay Press-Gazette is reporting the first couple of decisions that Thompson has made (reportedly):1. Re-sign Mark Tauscher. The practicality and probability of this re-signing "probably went up" after needing ACL surgery because he would not be able

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Yesterday, Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal Constitution made a blog post about Brett Favre. And in it, he ripped Brett to shreds. Even the most disgusted Packers fans that resulted from Brett's return and departure should take offense to the blasphemy that Bradley puked out (through his fingers of course). Bradley claims that Favre is the most overrated athlete of our time. No not just

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Pat Kirwan over at NFL.com started a short series of updates he will be giving on the Packers transition from 4-3 to 3-4. And the title of his first article is "Packers not far off from making 3-4 defensive conversion work." Kirwan talks about how it took Dallas nearly 2 years, New England three first round picks on the line, and the Jets a few years to get the right personnel in place for the

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First off, I'd like to apologize for slowing down my posts on the blog. I had a lot of car trouble that I was running around trying to get fixed and then I had a shoot for ESPNU to take care of. So, this post should have gone up a few days ago, but I just never got to it.The guys over at Cheesehead TV had an interesting post on Tuesday, linking to The National Football Post; and I saw it just

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The obvious big news of today is that ESPN's Ed Werder and Chris Mortensen are reporting that Brett Favre is retiring, this time minus the press conference. They're reporting that Brett has asked his agent, Bus Cook, to notify the Jets organization. He indicated in his e-mail to Werder that he had no regrets finishing his NFL career with the Jets, and not in Green Bay. That hurts Brett. Green

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Former Packers linebacker George Koonce (1992-1999) is in the news as one of four candidates to replace UW-Milwaukee's retiring Athletic Director Bud Haidet. Not only is this of interest to me because of Koonce being a former Packer, but my mother was a Panther for her undergraduate degree. And after reading Charles F. Gardner's article over at the Journal Sentinel, Koonce sounds like a great

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While at the Pro Bowl, Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers admitted to NBC's Tiki Barber he wants out of Carolina, saying, "I just feel it's time to move on." He also went on to admit he wants to play in the 3-4 next season. Could this be the moment Ted Thompson has been putting off making any big free agent splashes for? Peppers has averaged over 10 sacks per season in his career, and Aaron

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Greg A. Bedard over at the Journal Sentinel took the trip down to the Senior Bowl in Mobile, AL a couple weeks ago. Yesterday, he posted his "Packers All-Senior Bowl Team" about some players, while making sure to give the disclaimer, "I do not profess to be any kind of draft expert." It's pretty self explanatory and he did a pretty good job looking at holes on our roster.

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I don't remember the last time I actually watched a Pro Bowl. Not that I really watch the NBA or MLB All-Star games either. There was a period of time where the All-Star games were so important to a sport. Usually, that was because it was the only time that fans got to see certain players (TV, the internet, and the increase in number of franchises in each sport has dramatically changed that).

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Remember Danny Wuerffel? He was on the Packers in 2000, but when I think of him, I think of the 1996 Heisman Trophy winning Wuerffel. At Florida, he played alongside the likes of Fred Taylor, Reidel Anthony, Ike Hilliard, and Jacquez Green, who were all great collegiate players in their own right. They won the national championship the year that Wuerffel won the Heisman. And they did it under

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The running game in Green Bay has been a difficult one to try to dissect over the past 2 seasons. The 2007 season started off with absolutely no rushing attack. Short slants and screen passes essentially filled the void that the lack of a ground game had left. Then Ryan Grant came along, and was the savior of the Packers' run offense. In the ten games he saw significant carries (week 8 on),

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So I just got done watching "The Wrestler," and wow, what a movie. I suggest it to everyone. It shows a whole different side of the professional wrestling world, and Mickey Rourke does an amazing job as Randy "The Ram" Robinson. Watching this movie triggered some memories of days long, long ago. Well, not really that long ago. But the late 90's, for me, is half a lifetime ago.Kevin Greene

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On Monday, Pete Prisco, a writer for CBSSports.com, wrote an article arguing an idea that seems to be lost in today's football media: The Packers are STILL the greatest football franchise of all time. After winning Super Bowl XLIII, he agrees with many that the Steelers are the best of the Super Bowl era. How can anyone argue, however, against 12 championships? One in the 20's, four in the 30'

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Another hiring that I'm personally very excited about is Kevin Greene as the outside linebackers' coach. I was relatively young for most of his playing career, but I remember being scared for my life of that guy. He played outside linebacker in the 3-4 for most of his career, so he should know inside and out the position he is coaching. Not to mention he had 160 career sacks, most ever for a

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I'm excited. The hiring of Dom Capers means that the 3-4 defense is coming to Green Bay. If my research is correct, that's the 3-4 defense that has been used by 6 of the last 9 super bowl champions; and everyone wants the Lombardi trophy back in Titletown USA. However, the Packers will face big challenges ahead in order to make the transition. The people over at PackerChatters did a size

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Ryan Corazza and my good friends over at MouthpieceSports had a very interesting post today, and they interviewed Aaron Rodgers while he was down in Tampa for it. It's about a product called Coach ID. Check out the link to the story and video. You know those wristbands that quarterbacks wear? The ones that have like 8 million plays on them and help the QB's understand all those crazy hand

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Michael Hunt posted a short but amusing piece about the 10 reasons why Brett didn't get back in touch with Aaron Rodgers on the Journal Sentinel site. Check it out.

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First off, what a game. Two years in a row, Super Sunday has lived up to its name with spectacular football games. Although the game started out slow, it sure picked up and was one of the best finishes I have ever seen from a Super Bowl. Admittedly, I was rooting for the Cardinals. I mean, how can you not root for Kurt Warner? (unless he's playing the Pack of course). Not to mention he once

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ESPN has a couple of cool things on their Packers page today, both should be of interest. First, although I'm not a NASCAR fan in any way, shape, or form, I admit that I root for Matt Kenseth, knowing he began his career in Wisconsin. I remember the only stock car race I've ever been to was in Wisconsin, I believe in Kaukauna at Wisconsin International Raceway. While I didn't get to see much

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