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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 1, 2015, 9:12 pm
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LOL.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 1, 2015, 9:12 pm
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Mike from Milwaukee, WI
Keith from Texas should also note the NBA’s salary cap is
expected to drastically increase in the coming seasons, which
has led more players to not take a payday this year, as they
plan for more lucrative contracts in the future. Athletes
playing with better teammates at a discount is a feel-good
story, but it’s just that. If my career were as short as an
average NFL player, I’d cash in, too.
I interviewed Ron Wolf at his Hall of Fame induction. I asked
him to talk about signing Reggie White to a free-agent contract,
and Ron talked about the hard recruiting job the Packers did on
White, and then Ron said with a smile, “I still think it was the
money.” You bet it was, and that’s the way it should be, in my
opinion. Professional football is a cold game, and that’s what
gives me such a warm feeling about it.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 1, 2015, 9:21 pm
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Will from Milwaukee, WI
Vic, I think the reason a lot of fans hate the garbage time
mentality our team sometimes plays with is a result of the loss
in Seattle. Sure, there were some crazy plays we should’ve
handled to seal the win, but the logic goes that if we had kept
the pressure on for four quarters, the game would not have come
down to a couple of plays.
These late-game complaints have jammed my inbox since the first
year I covered the team. It’s the result of fans that only care
about the scoreboard. They don’t see the big picture. They don’t
see the danger in remaining aggressive. A tipped ball can change
the game in a snap. They also don’t see the need for a coach to
protect his players. The potential for injury is constant; don’t
invite more of it. There’s a way to play. That’s why all teams
practice four-minute offense. It’s kill-the-clock stuff and the
Packers were very good at it last season. Monday night’s game
ended with the Packers holding a 10-point lead and having won
time of possession in the fourth quarter. I’ve really had enough
of this. I don’t respect complaints about not having won big
enough. That’s college football. This is the NFL.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 1, 2015, 9:22 pm
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Aaron from Post Falls, ID
So, the Bears seem to be checking out of this season, trading
veterans away for draft picks. Does that kind of action make it
harder for the current roster to focus on playing, thinking they
could be traded away at any time?
The Bears are moving into their future, and it’s exactly what I
would do if the decision were up to me. That approach carries
with it a message: If you want to move into the future with us,
you better play for it now. I’ve covered teams that have used
that approach to salvage seasons and create an up-arrow feeling.
They’re teams that were dangerous late in the season because
they played with the feeling next season had already begun. Hope
is a wonderful motivator, and young teams are all about hope.
I’ll be interested to see where the Bears are when they play
here on Thanksgiving. I have a very strong feeling they’ll be a
team brimming with hope.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 1, 2015, 9:27 pm
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Curtis from New Ulm, MN
Any team that can come to Lambeau in 23-degree-below-zero
weather and win a playoff game can’t be overlooked, no matter
how bad they looked last week and regardless of how good we
look.
The temperature hadn’t dropped that far, yet, – that wasn’t
until the following day, when I nearly died pumping gas – but it
was near zero and I was in awe of the disregard for the cold
with which Kaepernick played. He was the difference in the game.
He made the plays at crunch time, when the game was on the line
and the temperatures were the coldest. The 49ers have my
respect, and I guarantee they have the Packers’ respect, too.
<b>I still don't like SF. Haven't since the Favre/Young
days.</b>
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 1, 2015, 9:28 pm
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Jack from Chicago, IL
Vic, yesterday you spoke of reading vs. penetrating defensive
linemen. I personally prefer attacking linemen because I favor
an aggressive approach on the defensive line. Can you give me
some examples of some great defensive lines that used either
strategy?
The “Steel Curtain” was a read-and-react, two-gapping front. The
1985 Bears were all about getting into the gaps and attacking.
That’s your kind of football. The “Steel Curtain” allowed 29
points and scored five shutouts in the final nine games of 1976.
You’d probably accept that, right? Players, not plays.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 1, 2015, 10:01 pm
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Jeff from Brooklyn, WI
The defense seems to be coming together early this year. Do you
get the feeling they have already found their identity?
You can’t find your identity this early because the sample isn’t
large enough. Success isn’t always identity. Failure can also be
identity. Your identity is what you’ve done and how you’ve done
it, but over a long period of time. The Packers defense’s
early-season identity is improvement. If that identity continues
throughout the season, it’ll be true and defined. The Packers
are off to a great start, but it must be maintained. No snowmen.
They melt.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 1, 2015, 10:03 pm
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Ross from Sioux Falls, SD
I feel like the Packers defense is on its toes always pushing
forward, almost seems to be running downhill, and once they get
to the ball they come in a bad mood. My question is: Do you
believe it is a mentality?
First you do it, then it becomes a mentality.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 1, 2015, 10:24 pm
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HTML http://www.packers.com/media-center/videos/Julius-Peppers-breaks-down-Kaepernicks-play-style/bf2441ea-d138-45c1-8fdb-08d7013a6fea
Julius on Kaepernik , Matthews.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
DIR By: packrat
Date: October 2, 2015, 9:46 pm
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Nicholas from Superior, WI
The 49ers have a whole tape of Rodgers drawing defenses offsides
and catching them with 12 men on the field. Doesn’t that take
time away from preparing to cover receivers, tackle running
backs and block rushers?
That’s the idea. The more you can do, the more your opponent has
to do.
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