Game Day 10/29/2007
Comeback?
Woodson doesn't buy it
DENVER -- The music usually emanates from the back corner of the Green Bay Packers locker room, where cornerback Charles Woodson dresses. The team's resident gadget guy -- he was the first one to own Apple's new iPhone -- he could be an honorary member of the Geek Squad at Best Buy, if only the unfashionable uniform didn't clash with his impeccable sense of sartorial style. So while the rest of his teammates listen to their respective iPods privately through headphones, Woodson has a portable speaker set which, on occasion, he blares. But each time, thanks to Woodson's varied musical palette, the tunes are different. Jazz one day, R&B or hip-hop the next. Clearly, the dude needs a theme song. So may we humbly suggest one: L.L. Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out. " [More]
Packers might want to scrap zone scheme
DENVER -- Upon being named coach of the Green Bay Packers in 2006, Mike McCarthy promised to build a strong running game based on the zone-blocking scheme pioneered and perfected by the Denver Broncos. In light of that promise, it is painfully ironic that, six games into McCarthy's second season, the Packers will bring the NFL's least-productive running attack to Denver for tonight 's game against the Broncos. Maybe McCarthy can watch the master -- Denver coach Mike Shanahan -- to see how it's done because the Packers' 5-1 record would be a lot more solid if they could run the ball even half as well as the Broncos have for the last 13 years. "The run game is something we've addressed over and over again," McCarthy said. "I think there needs to be more of a commitment from myself, the play-caller, and we need to do a better job of fundamentals." [More]
Teammates, family honor McGee
Eden Prairie, Minn. - The Lombardi fraternity gathered once again on a crisp fall Sunday afternoon, and though they move slowly now, their hair either long gone or all white, they still move fluidly together as a solid unit of one. Even when they've lost one of their own. Paul Hornung, Bart Starr, Ron Kramer, Bob Skoronski, Zeke Bratkowski, Fuzzy Thurston and Boyd Dowler bid farewell to lifelong Green Bay Packers teammate Max McGee with a toast of favorite old stories and more laughter than tears. "It was not only the best football team that ever played the game, it had the greatest bunch of guys ever put on the same football team," Thurston said before the service. "We'll miss him and we love him." [More]
Published by PackerPundit On Monday, October 29, 2007 at 5:26 AM.
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