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August 8, 2008

The first preseason game against Cincinnati is just three days away when we get our first good look at what the 2008 squad can do. Get your Week 1 dope sheet here. Packer Nation has been through a lot the past few days (weeks? months?), so maybe a good way to get in the mood […]

September 3, 2007

I’m convinced now that Ted Thompson is not lying and he is not trying to whitewash the issue when he says he has complete confidence in running backs Vernand Morency and Brandon Jackson, because he’s pretty much staked his professional career in Green Bay to those two players.
Over the weekend the Packers cut their roster […]

September 2, 2007

The Green Bay Packers cut 20 players yesterday to get to their 53-man roster, but there are still some sizable holes leaving me to believe this is far from the final roster we’ll see on opening day next week.
The best move Ted Thompson made was cutting quarterback Paul Thompson. With iron man Brett Favre under […]

August 31, 2007

There’s a school of thought out there that says the pre-season is a worthless waste of time and talent, and I’m starting to move closer to that line of thinking after Noah Herron suffered a knee injury in last night’s 30-14 loss to the Titans. That brings the Packers down to two healthy backs. Assuming […]

August 25, 2007

A fierce opponent of making any definitive statements, Ted Thompson said at a press conference he thought Donald Driver would be healthy again to play in the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, though he stopped short of making any guarantees. “Thats’s what we think will probably happen, but you never know. But that’s what […]

The Packers cut almost a dozen players from the roster yesterday in advance of Tuesday’s deadline, including backup quarterback Ingle Martin. The second-year pro and fifth-round draft pick enjoyed cult popularity status in Packers Nation because of his dual threat capability at QB and as a punter. Unfortunately he never panned out as either a […]

August 23, 2007

Watching Green Bay fall to Jacksonville 21-13 in their third pre-season game leaves me wondering, “Were the Seahawks really that bad, or did the Packers take a big step backwards?” I didn’t think the Green & Gold would have a repeat performance of their huge win over Seattle but this was a pretty disappointing game […]

We are just hours away from the third pre-season game and thank the stars this one is on national television so I finally get to see all these players in action. I’ll be studying hard to learn the new guys by jersey number so when the regular season starts I can yell the right name […]

August 19, 2007

It might have been a meaningless exhibition game, but anytime the Packers put up 48 points it has to make you smile.
Aside from the almost ridiculous Madden NFL score, there was a lot of good news in this game. Rookie James Jones had an outstanding performance with four catches for 58 yards and two touchdowns. […]

August 14, 2007

I know we’ve sliced, diced, and dissected last Saturday’s pre-season match against Pittsburgh for all its worth but there was one thing that I haven’t seen mentioned too much that deserves highlighting: the absence of penalties on the part of the Packers. Last season Green Bay near drove me to drink with the constant flags […]