What would it take for you to stop following the Packers? I’m asking because of the hullabaloo over the Packers signing troubled Oregon tight end Colt Lyerla and the “risk” that people think comes with signing a guy like him. Really, what risk is there? Let’s say Lyerla gets arrested for cocaine again. The Packers can just […]
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Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived
Well, I had a column about Michael Sam and his misguided decision to become a reality TV star ready to publish, but since Sam wisely chose to eschew his reality TV career for the time being, that column wouldn’t have made much sense. So, it’s 8 p.m. on a Saturday night, the in-laws are on […]
Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived
I finally got around to watching “Last Day at Lambeau, the excellent film that chronicles Brett Favre’s painful separation from the Packers. Even though I am probably the last Packers fan on Earth to see it, it still brought back all the memories I thought it would, plus a few more. There are many things […]
Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived
The Packers 2014 schedule was released on Wednesday and it contains five night games. If the Packers have another successful season, odds are another night game or two could happen due to flex scheduling. Night games are a good thing in my situation. My son is going to turn 1 year old in early October, […]
Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived
As we sit here waiting…and waiting…and waiting for the NFL draft to come around, now is as good a time as any to look back on Packers general manager Ted Thompson’s draft classes. This draft will be Thompson’s 10th. Let’s rank his first nine classes best to worst, even if it’s still too early to […]