The Packer Pundit

Packer Pundit / Patrick Stuckey

Well the Packer and Falcons have reached half time and from what I can deduce... we've played a pretty good game. See... I have to 'deduce' things because I live in Pennsylvania We don't get the Packer games like you Wisconsinittes and I can't 'live stream' the effin' game off the internet without paying $30!!!

Bite Me!

So I'm stuck here having to watch game updates as they refresh on my comp. Here's how it looks...

Thank you NFL.com

Since when did radio live broadcast become pay per... ummm listen?

Hey I'm a Capitalist and I'm all for making a Buck but geesh!
This is un-American!

What happened to the FREE live stream Football games of my youth? I blame George W! (Why not... everyone else does)

Anyway... enough of my troubles... I plan on blogging a story about us displaced Packer fans at another time. I'll just bask in the 24-10 lead and enjoy!

And speaking of enjoying... here's two good stories I found.





Packers leaning on rookies
By Dylan B. Tomlinson
Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers

In the last five years, having a rookie as a regular in the starting lineup has been a rarity for the Green Bay Packers.

In 2001, the Packers had no rookies in their starting lineup. From 2002 to 2004, when the Packers were winning three straight NFC North Division titles, they had one rookie each year as a regular starter. There was safety Marques Anderson in 2002, linebacker Nick Barnett in 2003 and Ahmad Carroll in 2004. Last season, the Packers had two regular rookie starters — safety Nick Collins and guard Will Whitticker. That makes five rookie starters in the past five years. When the Packers host the Atlanta Falcons at 7 tonight at Lambeau Field, the Packers may have five rookies in the starting lineup. There's a slight chance there even could be six.

"Obviously, experience means a lot, and in a perfect world, you'd like to have everyone have two years of experience with preseason games and training camp to see how the NFL works, and then you put them in," Packers General Manager Ted Thompson said. "But it doesn't always work that way." MORE>>

When Favre gets hit, blame Thompson
By Mike Vandermause

The sight of Brett Favre getting pounded into the turf Saturday night against the San Diego Chargers obviously was unnerving for the Packers' coaching staff.

Favre endured two sacks and at least three other knockdowns in less than two quarters during the preseason opener. At this rate, Favre's incredible durability streak of 221 consecutive regular-season starts will end quickly and painfully this season.


What do you expect when the Packers' starting offensive line includes two rookie guards? Out of necessity, the Packers have nowhere to turn for help. Following last Saturday's debacle, the coaching staff shook things up, but it merely involved substituting one rookie guard for another. That leaves the Packers in the unenviable position of starting fifth-round draft choice Tony Moll at right guard in their preseason home game against Atlanta on Saturday. Moll never played guard before this week, and as recently as two years ago was a tight end at the University of Nevada. MORE>>