2008 April » Brats & Beer

April 26, 2008

Well what a long wait just to get to the #30 pick and then Ted Thompson trades down — big surprise! — into the second round, but at long last we have our first name: WR Jordy Nelson from Kansas State. Who? Just keep repeating the mantra, “Best player on the board.” Actually, Nelson looks like […]

April 25, 2008

The Journal Sentinel reports this afternoon on its blog the Packers have placed Brett Favre on the reserve/retired list. This clears an extra roster space and salary cap room just before the draft. Despite whatever coy replies Favre may give to questions from here on out, and despite the fact he has yet to file […]

For the most part this Spring I have avoided making predictions about the draft because honestly I don’t have a clue what’s going to happen. And unlike two years ago when I was excited about the prospect of Ted Thompson picking AJ Hawk, I just don’t have any early favorites this year. That’s why I’m […]

Pretty good performance by Brett Favre on Letterman last night. He told a funny story about going bow hunting before a Bears game, he got a chance to reiterate that he is retired and no it had nothing to do with Randy Moss, and he had a little fun with everyone when Dave tried to […]

April 24, 2008

While blogging is slowly making inroads into mainstream media outlets and other corporate environments, there aren’t yet a lot of 9 to 5, regular paycheck jobs out there for bloggers. James Arndorfer, though, has landed a pretty good gig running Brew Blog for Miller Brewing.
According to a piece in the Wall Street Journal, Miller started […]

April 23, 2008

So I’ll admit, when I read that Daunte Culpepper was in Green Bay to visit the team I was at first horrified. No way do we want this guy on the Packers. He’s broken down, washed up, and he does that terrible arm roll thing. Certainly Ted Thompson could do better than that.
But then I […]

April 22, 2008

The Green Bay Packers and the rest of the NFL are slowly getting their act together for this weekend’s draft, but I’m desperate enough for football that I’m checking out scores in the international leagues.
Back around Christmas, former Badgers quarterback John Stocco signed a contract to play football for the Milan Rhinos in the Italian […]

April 20, 2008

Annual surveys of sports fans regularly show that Green Bay is one of the most popular teams in the NFL, with a fan base that stretches across the country. It’s also not uncommon to see celebrities attending games at Lambeau Field (though some need to keep their distance). But apparently we Packer fans have an […]

In a sign that the dearth of football news will lead Packer bloggers to post on anything, packergeeks recently opined on the universal battle for control of the television remote and the consequences of losing that all-important struggle. Facing a similar situation last night — Mrs. BratsNBeerGuy decided she wanted to watch the movie Enchanted […]

April 18, 2008

If I would have waited a few hours to publish my last post, I could have saved myself the trouble of speculating on which game the Packers would choose to retire Brett Favre’s jersey number. The team announced yesterday it plans to enshrine #4 on the facade of Lambeau Field during the season opener on […]