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We Suck
And I can give you 26 reasons why!
Bears: 26 / Packers: EmBEARising
By Patrick Stuckey / Packer Pundit
When I started this blog I promised you [as well as myself] that I would be honest and truthful about the state of the Packers. The team in general. The coaches and management. So let's have at it.

01 and 02) Brett threw 2 really really really stupid interceptions. Hey I'll cut him some slack when the ball gets tiped or a defense rolls coverage or somebody misses an assignment. But this FREAKING CHUCKING THE DAMN BALL DOWNFIELD shit has got to go! Thanks Brett for not allowing us to be shut out since you've been a starter. Thanks Brett for personally stopping two damn good scoring chances with your stupid 'gunslinger' passes. Nulling some damn fine efforts by Driver... Green... and even Robert Ferguson. It's not acceptible. McCarthy.... okay I have to move on but believe me my sharpest knives will be out for our 'quote' coaching staff 'un-effin-quote'
03) Clifton... What the hell was that? Do you really want paid for the performance you put in yesterday? I'm effin' 5'8" and roughly 205 pounds (hey... I'm big boned... don't judge) and at least I could have stuck my fat body in front of somebody to block. Next time... just hold up one of those school crossing guard signs that says GO in big Green letters!
04) Vonta 'hands of stone' Leach... if Henderson wasn't hurt you'd be on the waiver wire!
05) David ole' Martin... it's called a block... when the defender rushes Brett... you and Mr. Clifton need to decide which one of you would prefer to block said defender... insterad of doing your matador impersonation and watching as Brett gets the crap knocked out of him. Dave... your not a rookie... you just suck!
06) Somebody put out a missing persons report for our star rookie reciever Greg Jennings... couldn't he find the stadium? One catch... unacceptable... and I don't want to hear Brett didn't throw it you you... Get your ass open!
07) Bubba Franks (see above)
08) Samkon Gado is showing signs of what made him the stand out 3RD STRING running back he was at Liberty College. 2 carries for minus 7 yards. 3 Kick off returns for a 19 yard average. We cut Davenport for this? 09) Jason Spitz stepping on Brett's foot on a crucial down!
10) KGB Ummm... didn't you used to be a top pass rusher? I doubt he even got close enough to Grossman to see what his number is. It's 8 KGB... 8!!!
11 and 12) Free Agent Loads Pickett and Allen. Specialist at shutting down the run. Pickett had 4 tackles... Allen zip!
13) Woodson was lost in the backfield. He did redeem himself with some flashes of excellence in returning punts.
14) Al Harris jusat flat out sucked! Muhammad made a fool of him and Woodson. Some one... two punch we got in the D back field.
15) Manuel got burnt bad on the Bears first TD and gets the "Toast Award" However I will concede he played excellent run support.
16) Jon Ryan should go back to playing hockey. Just pathetic hang time. And his audition for back up QB didn't exactly thrill me.
17) Dave Rayner missed a long... 53 yard field goal attempt... which isn't that bad... except... he missed it really really bad! I don't even think it made the goal line??? And speaking of that... his only kick off went to the 5. Not good enough. Longwell could kick it that far (as long as he had a 15 mile an hour wind to his back)
18) Noah Herron... Noah Herron... Noah.............. again... we cut Davenport why?
19) The whole stinkin' kick off team. Let's try blocking somebody next game. We had 7 effin KO attempts and we averaged 18.3 yards a kick. Pathetic!
20) Punt coverage... or lack there of? Honestly... do I need to expound on this?? I think not.
21) Brady 'where did he go' Poppinga who let a No Body Tight End look like an All pro.
22 - 25) Coaches McCarthy... Jagodzinski... Sanders... and Stock. I hope you don't think your jobs are secure??? Especially McCarthy... you may want to check with Ray Rhodes.
26) Triple T... Teddy Thompson. You've got a short leash to Ted... this is your team... you better hope they get better.

Game Balls:
Not all was bad... I want to hand out Game Balls to:
Donald Driver: 7 catches for 96 yards
Ahman Green: 20 carries for 110 yards
Nick Barnett: 4 tackles... 5 assist... 1 interception and he wasa a force all over the field.
Aaron Kampman: earned his lunch bucket reputation by actually (pay attention KGB) pressuring the quarterback AND... he had the only sack.
Nick Collins: had 5 tackles and 2 assist and also played his heart out.
Honorable mention: Cullen Jenkins and A.J. Hawk

And Now here's what others are saying...






Bears 26, Packers 0
An ugly beginning to the McCarthy era
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Chicago Bears barely let Brett Favre touch the ball Sunday, shutting out the three-time MVP for the first time in his career in a 26-0 victory over the Green Bay Packers. -- More


'Reality check' in rare shutout to Bears
By Jason Wilde / madison.com
As he stood on the sideline, wearing his commemorative 10-year anniversary jersey, Santana Dotson couldn't believe his eyes.

In 1996, the Green Bay Packers were in the midst of a 10-game winning streak over the Chicago Bears, a stretch so dominant the Bears ceased being the team's primary rival. And Dotson, along with the 30 or so other members of the Super Bowl XXXI-championship team being feted before Sunday's game, almost took that one-sidedness for granted. -- More


Packers embarrassed in 26-0 shutout
in season opener against Bears
By Pete Dougherty / greenbaypressgazette.com
The Green Bay Packers might not have scored Sunday if the game had lasted eight quarters instead of four. So begins the Mike McCarthy era, with a goose egg. The Packers' new coach walked into a classic early-season mismatch in his regular-season debut: The Chicago Bears, with all 11 starters returning from the NFL's second-ranked defense in 2005, against McCarthy's rebuilding Packers who are learning a new offensive system and starting two rookies at guard. It made for a humbling regular-season opener at Lambeau Field, a 26-0 manhandling by Chicago that marked the first time the Packers have been shut out since 1991, the year before Brett Favre took over as their quarterback. -- More



Bears exploit supposedly stout defense
Grossman dissects Packers
By Rob Demovsky / greenbaypressgazette.com
In a season filled with unknowns, the Green Bay Packers undoubtedly thought they had a sure thing in their defense. After all, it was a unit that ranked seventh overall in the NFL last season and first in passing defense. The rest of the league is probably laughing at that now after watching one of the least dynamic offenses pick apart the Packers. -- More


There's nowhere to go but up
By Chris Havel
The Green Bay Packers and first-year coach Mike McCarthy did the unthinkable in Sunday's regular-season home opener against the Chicago Bears. They lowered expectations. They also transformed this NFC North Division rivalry into a Super Bowl of sorts by making some fans look forward to the commercials more than the game itself. If Packers defensive coordinator Bob Sanders could shut down opposing offenses the way McCarthy stifled the Packers' offense, this team might go places. -- More


Chicago views Poppinga as
Packers' weakest link on defense
By BOB McGINN / journalsentinel.com
Not many linebackers in Green Bay over the past few years have been taken advantage of quite to the extent that Brady Poppinga was victimized Sunday by the Chicago Bears. Still a certifiable project at outside linebacker, Poppinga allowed tight end Desmond Clark to have a field day at his expense in the Bears' 26-0 rout of the Packers at Lambeau Field. -- More