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Here is a list of the top kick off returners (by average return) for the Packers since 1997: Year Player Average Weight 2009 Jordy Nelson 25.4 217 2008 Will Blackmon 21 202 2007 Koren Robinson 23.8

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Passing offense aside, pretty dismal start: terrible special teams, weak defense, non-existent running game.I don't understand the decision to move Pickett out to end. I understand wanting to get Raji on the field, but let Raji earnhis way unto the field. Why play key players out of position? Last year it was Kampman, but that was excusable as it was out of necessity. Rather then worrying about

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Cliff Christl argues that the Packers should retire #5 in honor of Paul Hornung (sub req'd). I completely disagree. As a preliminary matter, if any running back should have his number retired, it should be Jim Taylor.The fact is the Packers have too rich a history to retire every great player. If the Packers retired the numbers of all their great players, the Packers would run out of numbers.

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Nagler says that the Packers need to blitz more:"The coach abandoned the run!""The play calling was too conservative!""The defense needs to blitz more!"This is the type of crap you can hear every Sunday during football season coming from the mouths of slobbering drunks with Buffalo wing sauce on their shirts. And its usually wrong.Now, that said, sometimes---sometimes---the slobbering drunk is

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Says some dude named Jeff Hughes at Chicago Now Dot Com. Apparently the news is "just in" that the "Chicago Bears are Good."Is it that time of year again?Yes it is..

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Here's an interesting story from New Zealand. The CEO of small-market rugby team the Southland Stags is vacationing in Green Bay:Meanwhile, Clark spent yesterday looking at the infrastructure of NFL team the Green Bay Packers, ahead of a holiday in the United States"It's a dream come true. I'd planned a holiday around doing the Green Bay thing because it's so close to Southland and the

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Sad (and somewhat strange) news: Harry Galbreath passed away at the age of 45.Galbreath signed with the Packers shortly after before Reggie White. Both of the Packers first two big free agents have passed away a very young ages. Like, Reggie, Galbreath attended the University of Tennessee..

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Mark Chmura claims that he has heard that Jolly failed 20 drug tests. We can forgive Chmura for his rumor-mongering because he has never faced legal troubles of his own that could have learned from. There actually is a possible explanation. Under NFL substance abuse policy a missed test is the same as a failed test. One possibility---this is speculation---is that Jolly was worried about

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Here is a piece of Packer-lore that I had never heard before. Vince Lombardi recommended piano lessons to his players. From the obit on Ms. Sadie Berman Jerry, a Green Bay musician and teacher:She taught piano and organ for over 70 years and it was not uncommon for her to have taught several generations of students within one family. More than a piano teacher, Sadie helped her students with life

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Gross revelations:"Two locations were cited after an employee "did not wash hands after blowing nose or eating food prior to handling customer food or ice."This is a teachable moment: drink more beer.

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Al Harris and his reformed childhood friend are dropping an album:In 2008, the two finally got serious about putting together an album, but this time with the religious twist. Both have teenage sons, and each says his hope is to use the music to steer their children and their peers away from falling into the street hustle."If all they listen to is, 'I am smoking weed,' or, 'I am going to shoot up

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From today's paper:"In truth, general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy could hardly have hoped for any more from Aaron Rodgers after they mortgaged their futures by trading Brett Favre."How does this make sense? When you give the bank a mortgage on your house, the bank gives you money today. If you fail to pay the bank, the mortgage gives the bank the right to take your home.To "

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Here's a story that I apparently missed during my hibernation: McCarthy is not going to bring in competition to Mason Crosby.I just don't understand this (non)move. The only explanation that I can come up with is that McCarthy is trying to rebuild Crosby's confidence. But if Crosby can't handle the pressure of another kicker in camp, how is he possibly going to handle the pressure of kicking a

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One of the most intriguing questions (to me) regarding the upcoming season is whether Adrian Peterson will bounce back from his disappointing 2009 season. While Peterson did have 1300+ yards last season, that doesn't tell the whole story (and besides Ryan Grant had 1200+, but no one would confuse him with a franchise back). Peterson averaged 5.15 per carry during the first six games of the

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I have been laying low for a few months but it is definitely time to ramp up again. I missed some great stuff like the NFL draft, the Bucks playoff run, and the Lost series finale. Suffice it to say that all these events were awesome except for one half of the Lost finale (purgatory? really?). Anyhow, I'm sitting here plucking through the Football Outsiders 2010 Almanac. While it is still

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TWo week ago, Some-Guy-Who-Writes-About-"Sports" at OnMilwaukee.com wrote:Rodgers played a great game against Arizona and ran up incredible statistics. He led his team. He made tough passes and spread the ball around. But he missed on the big one.And just for the sake of getting under everybody's skin, I will maintain that Brett Favre doesn't miss that pass.Well, well, well. After Favre's

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Fist bump to the Daily Drink.

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The big blogging news from yesterday is that Sportsbubbler.com is shutting it down. While some blogs, like Railbird Central will thankfully live on, the Daily Drink is hanging them up. This really stinks. For the record, Daily Drink readers are not saying "boo-urns." Anyhow, there remains but one acceptable tribute when good blogs are found bloated on the bathroom floor. Good bye, Daily

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Last May I wrote:The combined choking power of the Vikings and Favre has the potential to be the Hall & Oates of choking, the Cagney & Lacey of season ending disasters, and the Tango & Cash of missed opportunitiesWell, the Favrikings choked. I know this much is true. But, I was expecting something epic, like Favre intercepting his own pass and returning it the wrong way for a safety. I guess I

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Think about this: if the Packers could have kept the Steelers out of the endzone they would bhave the same record as the Vikings right now with an outside chance of getting a first round bye in the playoffs. A "game of inches" pretty much sums it up..

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It is overshadowed by Woodson's year and the emergence of Clay Mathews, but Johnny Jolly is flirting with becoming a superstar. It's a contract year, and he will certainly get paid. I know some fans don't like his "attitude" but having a player with a little (or a lot) of a nasty streak isn't the worst thing in the world for a defense.McCarthy needs to find someone on the roster that will

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Schadenfavre: (n.) The joy associated with watching an arch rival suffer through a 40 year old quarterback's fourteen year old antics.

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As I describe here, Jolly's alleged crime is most accurately described as possessing at least 200 grams of soda containing some tiny fraction of codeine.Some fun facts from my previous post:If you are on sitting on the front porch relaxing with 27.9 grams of cough syrup, the most you can be charged with is a Class B Misdemeanor (punishable by the still way too extreme six months in jail). If you

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Football Outsiders has popularized the "Curse of 270" which states that: "A running back with 370 or more carries during the regular season will usually suffer either a major injury or loss of effectiveness the following year, unless he is named Eric Dickerson."Last year Peterson "only" carried the ball 363 times, short of 370, so he should be in the clear, right? Well, it doesn't really work

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Interesting post at Volohk about instant replay. The thrust of the post is that NFL officiating would be better served if the instant replay reviewer gave absolutely no deference to the on-the-field review.I must agree, sort of. How many times have you seen an official who was completely out of position make a call and then the instant replay was denied because there was not

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I interrupt your snarky comments to remind you that both Tramon Williams and Atari Bigby were undrafted free agents cut by their first teams and signed by the Packers in November/December..

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The Packers and the Niners have six players that will always be linked in the mind of fans. The announcers made a big deal about Smith and Rodgers, but the Packers also passed over Vernon Davis to draft AJ Hawk and passed over Crabtree (who was #1 on Thompson's board) to draft Raji. Davis has been a lot of nothing for his whole career, but he showed up big time today. And, its way too really

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That's right. Iraqi prisoners are taunting our soldiers about Brett Favre.,

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This is the best sports weekend in a long time:The Badgers rough up Michigan;Brandon Jennings does something that hasn't been done in over 40 years;The Packers beat the Cowboys.Absent a championship, it really doesn't get any better. We should all take time to enjoy it.

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If the Packers played like they did today, there are no games on the schedule that the Packers can't win.Oh, there are also no games on the schedule than the Packers can't lose.Instead of challenging whether Nelson scored a TD, why didn't McCarthy challenge the spot instead. The ball was spotted at the 1 yard line but the replay clearly showed that Nelson was at around the one foot line.

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Now that was something to see.Just surreal..

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As I have posted before, the Packers seem headed for a 2-3 year rebuilding project. One important factor leading to this conclusion was that the Packers simply have too many players heading into free agency this off season and can't possibly sign them all.If Florio is correct (and there is anywhere from a 10-30% chance he is), the equation could change. Namely, according to Florio the NFLPA is

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When did the Packers organization become so bush league? Did it happen overnight, or has it happened so slowly that nobody really noticed until it was too late.It breaks my heart, but the Green Bay Packers, once considered a model for all professional sports teams is now completely bush league. In the last couple of months we have seen the organization stiff loyal fans who showed up to "Family"

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According to Rodgers, teams have figured out how to shut down the slant pattern and that is why he is throwing down field so often. I'm not sure I totally buy it. After 17 years of success teams have finally figured out how to shut down the slant pattern. It seems to me that receivers are often covered pretty tightly when they run the slant but that Packer QBs would still be able to jam it in

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Quoth Silverstein: After games of 10.3, 9.7 and 12.3 in yards per attempt, he averaged 7 against Minnesota and 7.6 against Tampa Bay. You could assume from those numbers that Rodgers has been throwing deep less often and completing more of his passes in the short or medium ranges.Well, technically, you could assume anything you want. So I guess "from a certain point of view" (Kenobi, 1983)

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It happened. This weekend, the impossible happened. I am now more invested in the Bucks than the Packers. I went to the game last night and I watched the Bucks (without Redd) stomp on the one-win Knicks the way the Packers should have stomped on the winless Buccaneers today.I am certainly not the first person to say that Brandon Jennings is a star in the making, and based on last night Jodie

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With two wins against the Packers and two wins on against-the-odds last second plays, the Vikings don't look nearly as good as advertised. I doubt I will have to suffer through an excruciating Favre Super Bowl run.

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(1) The calls for McCarthy's head are starting to pile up. For my part, I am not quite ready to call for his head, but I think the writing is probably on the wall. When McCarthy came to the Packers he did two things that I really liked and that immediately separated him the Mike Sherman: (1) he seemed to know how to run the west coast offense, and (2) his teams won the games that they were

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[VERB] you.Seriously, [VERB] you and your whole hillbilly family. From your motor-mouth Mom right down to your [ADJECTIVE] daughters, who if they are anything like your [ADJECTIVE] wife are probably already sniffing jocks and [PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE] the whole football team. Hell, if they are anything like your wife they are probably already knocked-up by some [ADJECTIVE] hillbilly. But, I'm

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The comments to this summary are pretty funny..

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Packer Transplants Live - Favre Homecoming

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I have been insanely busy with work lately and haven't had any time for updates. Anyhow, here's are three moves that I advocated this offseason that were controversial to varying degrees but that sure look like good ideas now. (1) Trade Kampman.(2) Replace Clifton.(3) Cut Wynn.In the interest of balance, I plan on a future post in the near future pointing out all of the times I was full of

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From Railbird:Red zone offense sucks yet again. I'm really tired of this. Packers fans had to endure an entire season a year ago of awful red zone offense. Today illustrated that as good as the offense is, there is still a LOT of work to be done. If they could convert half of Mason Crosby's field goals into touchdowns today, I'd feel a lot better about the team going forward this year. In reality

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Yes. That is a very dated reference. What of it?I simply cannot get very excited about beating the Lion's scout team. I'm sure some fans are going to argue that "hey this Lions are the same team that yada yada yada." Wrong. This is not the same team that played the Vikings tough for a half or beat the Redskins. This was a team that was down to its third string quarterback and was playing

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It's been a while since I have done one of these. Here are my five favorite Packer/pop culture crossovers:(5) Don Majkowski covers "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Every rose has its thorn. Just like every night has its dawn. Just like every metaphor breaks down eventually.Back in 1990 the Majik Man has a minor radio hit in Wisconsin with his cover of Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." He donated

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Okay, I finally saw the (pitiful) "wedding episode" of The Office. I come to the realization that The Office is the Brett Favre of sitcoms:It is wildly inconsistent ranging from brilliant (the season premier) to cringeworthy (the wedding episode).Now matter how bad it gets, critics just continue to lavish praise on it.It is treated as if it is an "all time great" but it unworthy of the

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Ms. Tynes-Favre: you are on the list.I can see why she might be so bitter, considering the Packer organization and fans were so unsupportive during her health problems.You've come along way from getting into drunken shouting matches with your redneck baby-daddy. But I'm glad to see you haven't forgotten your roots and still have the same amount of class..

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I worried back in January that a switch to the 3-4 would doom the Packers to a few seasons of rebuilding. Then a couple weeks back I noted that this season is starting to feel like a rebuilding year. At this point, if I had to bet, 2009 is the first year of a 3 year rebuilding project.Next offseason the Packers are going to need cornerbacks, safeties, linebackers, defensive linemen, offensive

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A couple weeks ago, I almost posted a question asking who Packer fans (and Packer bloggers in particular) would promote to #1 scapegoat now that Packers fans can't hyperventilate about Bob Sanders after every loss.The mob has spoken and the answer appears to be James Campen. Andy Hayes goes so far as to suggest that the Mark Tauscher could step in and do a better job than Campen. Really? How

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From his chat (sub req'd):I think Bigby would have helped, but it was just Favre's night. He was at the top of the game. Every time he faced a third down, he picked out the weak spot in coverage and attacked it. It was a thing of beauty. The guy knew every blitz the Packers threw at him -- which wasn't that many, but anyway -- and seemed a step ahead of Capers. He was on. He'll have games when

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Last night I had to go to the men's room and I wanted to get in and out as quickly as possible, so I was watching a Packers' third quarter drive from the bottom of the stairs, thinking I would have a head start on the change of possession rush.4th and 1 from the goal line. Rodgers hits Lee for the TD. Sweet. I immediately turned and speed walked to the john.Then I came back and the Packers

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If you are reading this right now it means that I am in a a very dark place: Minnesota. Where do I start? Trying to write about this game, I was reminded of Chuck Klosterman's review of "Guns N' Roses" (really just Axl) Chinese Democracy:Reviewing Chinese Democracy is not like reviewing music. It's more like reviewing a unicorn. Should I primarily be blown away that it exists at all? Am I

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This is simply great. I read it twice it was so good.I hope to see more pieces like this in the future. Less puff stories and more stuff like this. Many months ago I bemoaned the trend of newpapers becoming too much like bloggers. Bedard's piece is a prime example of what a good journalist can do that a silly blogger can't do. Journalists still have access to people that we don't have access

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The Wisconsin Tourism Federation becomes the Federation of Wisconsin Tourism.Too bad. I sort of like the slogan, "WTF: Visit Wisconsin."Polite nod to Prof. Turley..

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Packer Transplants -

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Silverstein writes:All Capers has to do after crafting a defense that ranks tied for first in the NFL with nine takeaways is come up with a plan to stop Favre and the VikingsI'm all for Capers and everything but let's not pretend that it was anything special about his defensive schemes that created the turnovers unless we are going to laud Bob Sanders for doing the exact same thing last

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This really happened.Here is another shameful example (embedding disabled). This time from the hit sitcom "Mama's Family."Incidentally, Steven Hyden (my favorite AV Club writer), recently named Mama's Family "the worst sitcom of all time." Tough to argue against him..

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The Packers can't constantly be placed in 3rd and long on offense, that means "abandoning the run" (at least on first down). I'm sick of the "you have to run the ball to keep the defense honest" cliche. That's like saying I have to keep beating my head against this brick wall to keep the wall honest. The Packers just can't start every single drive with a one yard run from Grant. This is leading

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Poor defensive third down play again in the first half allowing the Rams to convert 3rd and 10 on two consecutive drives for two consecutive touchdowns. Much better in the second half, although the Packers defense was aided by some Rams miscues, dropped passes, poor throws, etc.Where's the pressure?Through three games, this season sure is taking on the feel of a "rebuilding year."Nice to see Raji

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Never forget..

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I came across an interview with retired NFL referee Bill Carollo. Some interesting stuff..

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If I could talk about something serious for a second. Something awful happened in the 1980s. Nobody will talk about it. In fact it was so terrible that to cope we have repressed all memories of it. We have been, and remain, in a state of cultural amnesia. For a time in the 1980s it was considered "cool" for a heterosexual male to wear a half-shirt. This really happened. And, nobody stopped

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Everyone is a-twitter (see what I did there?) about the Nick Barnett's samurai celebration two plays after he allowed a first down by missing a tackle. Carriveau says that Barnett should "act like he's been there before." Nagler says that everyone should just "shut the hell up." I sympathize more with Carriveau's position over's Nagler's somewhat pious "reminder" that Barnett is "not your kid

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The Thirty Point Buck..

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Check out this picture from NFL.com.Is it just me or is something missing?.

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This is insane:Some evaluators are even convinced backup Matt Flynn has a brighter future than Rodgers, having shown great ball placement in the preseason and much better escapability, which is more valued behind a line playing as poorly as the Packers’. If Rodgers should go down, as he has had a tendency to do early in his career, it could be a blessing in disguise.I have always been a huge fan

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I haven't heard a lot of chatter about McCarthy's decision to take the field goal on second down at the Bengal's 27. Which is surprising, because there is no doubt that McCarthy made the wrong decision. McCarthy should have gone for the touchdown first.There are two reasons. First, by scoring the touchdown the Packers would have at least preserved the possibility of winning the game in regulation

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Today's game was bad. Really bad. But cheer up. Step away from the ledge. Things will get better. In fact, things can only get better. Here are some silver linings to help you through next week.The offense is playing poorly in part due to a leaky offensive line, that just got a little worse with Clifton rehabbing his ankle. That's the bad news. But that's only half of the story. The

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This defense has some work to do. A lot. I have faith that it will get done but, no, Rome was actually not built in a day after all. This defensive performance could have held its own with any of the absolute worst performances under Bob Sanders, bar none.This defense was terrible against the run (like last season) and terrible on third down (like in the preseason).Speaking of which, the

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A wise man once said that "a town with money is a little like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it and danged if he knows how to use it." As part of the Great Stimulus Swindle of 2009 (TM), the City of Milwaukee received $64 Million earmarked for a rail system that it doesn't need. Today the City unveiled its plans. The plan is aimed at "east side commuters" (read:

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Cutler is just missing spectacles and an eight:

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Another interesting point by Baranczyk (sub still req'd) :Against Chicago, they had a lot of one-on-one matchups that they won that maybe last year they wouldn't have won. So I think the improved play of the defense so far comes down to coaching more than scheme. I think they have a good, experienced defensive coordinator and a lot of good assistant coaches.Baranczyk goes on to list some examples

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(1) If you have not read C.D. Angeli's post about Michael Jordan and Brett Favre believing their own hype, you should. Really good stuff.(2) Great point by Eric Baranczyk (sub req'd) : "Here's a difference between [Rodgers] and Brett Favre. When a game wasn't going well that was when Favre threw a lot of his stupid interceptions. Rodgers doesn't try to force the ball.".

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Some out of the box thinking here. Combining the best part of Kyle Orton with Jay Cutler.It's so crazy, it just might work. If nothing else, it would help with his multi-chin..

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Packer Transplants Live - Jay, Meet Dom

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It doesn't look like the Packers are going to make a move for Tauscher this week. I think this is a mistake, not because the Packers should immediately bench Babre (they should not) but because they should have a better back-up plan in place just in case Babre just doesn't work out. The stakes are too high. As much as I like Flynn, the Packers need Rodgers to be a legitimate contender.

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Jay Cutler leads all NFL QBs in number of chins. Favorite part of the game. Bears dial up the mind boggling fake punt at their own thirty. Camera cuts away to show a ref laughing his ass off.Credit where it was due, Rodgers made the throw that counted. But he has way too many weapons to be so locked in to Jennings and Driver.Speaking of Rodgers's weapons, anyone else catch the play in the

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That's a good sign. McGinn's record is well-known, and his predictions mean far more to me than any other predictions. But I am not quite convinced. The offense looks lights out, but the defense still has a lot to prove. The starting defense forced seven turnovers but only 3 punts. This ratio is completely unsustainable. The defense's play on third down was completely unacceptable in the

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Amusing quote from McCarthy:at the end of the day football is football. You have to go out and play football. Our football team played very good footballWait, what was he talking about again?.

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Over at Volohk Prof. Lindgren has a great post examining George H.W. Bush’s 1991 address to school children. Bush's speech was almost identical to Obama’s proposed address right down to the creepy request that school children write “Dear Leader” letters to Bush to pledge their assistance.And you know what? Republicans were fine with it.And you know what else? Democrats were pissed about it.Go

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I like to goof on those that argue that the Packers should just copy everything that Belichick does (even though what people "think" Belichick does is not always what he actually does). Well, now its time to turn the tables. The Patriots did something pretty bold and pretty smart today: they traded Richard Seymour for a first round pick. Why? Because: (A) they could get a first round pick for

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The Eagles will apparently let him go. I wouldn't mind Thompson bringing him in as the 2nd or 3rd QB. He'd be a better fit than some of the other names that I have heard tossed around like Booty and Garcia..

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It's not an Onion headline. .

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Everyone seems surprised that Anthony Smith was cut today. Silverstein, Nagler at CHTV, Andy Hayes at PackerGeeks. I guess the question that I have (and I have deleted all the preseason games from my DVR) were the Packers in the dime on all of the Packers third down meltdowns this preseason? And if so, was Smith in the game. Anyone know? It is far more important how he played in the dime with

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There is a lot of excitement over the defense this year. Is it warranted?Unfortunately, not based on what we have seen so far this preseason. This preseason we have witnessed a defense that has created a ton of turnovers but has been gashed for big yardage and has shown a chronic inability to hold on third down. But the problem with last year's defense wasn't that it couldn't force turnovers.

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If not: get ready. Maybe he will pick up his game over the course of the season, but as of right now, Kampman looks just okay. Which signals that he probably will not be back with the Packers next season. Which means he will be on a new team.Which team is obsessed with former Packers? Which team actually signed Kampman to an offer sheet back in 2005? How many rhetorical questions will I ask?

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Little late on this but:Packer Tranplants - Last Days of Camp

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Public option, "single-payer system" (which I think is some sort of euphemism for "government run health care" which also raises an interesting question "if government health care is so great, why do you need a euphemism?"), blah, blah, blah.Brett Favre has stumbled on a simple two-part solution to our country's health care problem:(1) Citizens should diagnose themselves; and then(2) Not do

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I often worry that I don't have enough updates on this blog. But I try to live by David Byrne's classic advice from "Psycho Killer": when I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed. After today's piece, McGinn should follow the same advice. Subscription required, but I'll recap it for you. Rich Gannon made what McGinn admits were tame comments about Brohm looking "uncomfortable." McCarthy

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The well-meaning busy bodies are at it again. Now, they want to legislate how parents teach their children about alcohol. In Wisconsin, it has always been legal for parents and their kids to share a drink in bars and restaurants---as it is in many countries throughout the world (and perhaps most of the countries that you would ever want to actually visit). Apparently, that's not right!

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Awesome..

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No, it's not some moon bat separatist movement (yet). It's a live blog synchronized with the excellent Packer Transplants broadcast from CHTV.Will Nagler wear a silly hat? Will Behnke bust out his A.J. Hawk jersey? Will Larrivee answer his phone? Tune in and find out!<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=

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Good news.I guess Alex and the crew at Packers Lounge are not so much like "Candles In the Wind" as much as they are like "Those-Joke-Candles-That-People-Put-On-Birthday-Cakes In the Wind."Welcome back guys.It was almost like you never left..

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Maybe..

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(1) I wrote most of how I feel about Favre's complicated legacy in the "Separating Legend From Truth" series which you can find here: Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV.(2) You simply must read these three hilarious rants from a Vikings fan at Kissing Suzy Kolber: May. July. August. Read them all. Depending on where you work, the posts might be NSFW.(3) Check out this fascinating map

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Maybe.Right now, Thompson looks like a genius for cutting Favre loose last season. If he hadn't, Favre would be on his way to Green Bay right now, with training camp practically over expecting to be re-anointed at the starting QB..

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Packers Lounge: Gone but not forgotten..

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Well Justin Harrell thinks his career might be over. My fear is that if you think your career might be over, it probably is.It's a shame. Here's a kid that has undergone two back surgeries and countless hours of rehab to put himself in a position to try a comeback. That takes dedication and heart. It's also a shame that so many Packer fans are too preoccupied being snarky to realize the

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From Joe Arrigo's postgame recap:Brandon Jackson also looked good and will be a nice compliment to Grant, if he is the back up.I say if because DeShawn Wynn has really looked impressive this camp. Wynn has always had the tools but his attitude and work ethic left a lot to be desired. That seemed to have changed this year . . . .I don't know how someone can continue to puff Wynn up as a potential

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From Bedard's postgame chat (sub req'd) when asked a question about the amount of blitzing the first preseason game:[T]here are many, many coaches (Mangini, Belichick, Nick Saban, etc.) that would never show their hand. They like to think football is some great secret, like they're coming up with things no one has ever seen before -- think the football version of the Everlasting Gobstopper. While

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