Jared Allen and the Green Bay Packers: Crazy Enough to Work

The Green Bay Packers have enjoyed a long run at (or near) the top of the NFC North and their divisional rivals are trying anything to knock Green Bay off of their perch, particularly the Minnesota Vikings. It’s been a running joke amongst Packers fans for some time now that Minnesota is taking retread Green […]

Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived

With Sam Shields locked up for the next four years, it’s time to focus on the Packers other free agents. News of the Packers offering B.J. Raji a short-term contract to return as the team’s nose tackle brought out all kinds of reactions. Many Packers fans want nothing to do with Raji after he fell […]

Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived

The WWE Network debuted on Monday and my wife immediately began filling out divorce papers. I try to limit my classic wrestling viewing to the television in our room before bed or my iPad if I have a free minute or two in the living room. With WWE Network, I can now literally watch old […]

Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived

Forgive me, Packers fans, I’m about to stick up for the Chicago Bears. (*The author pauses for a moment to put on his bullet-proof vest, change the locks on his home, and take a deep breath*) I have no problem with the Bears one year, $2 million contract offer to Brian Urlacher. I’m actually insulted […]

Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived

Of the many things that make the NFL great, one of my personal favorites is how new trends tend to pop up out of nowhere.  Just when know-it-all types like yours truly think we have it all figured out, some new wrinkle arises that brings us crashing back down to Earth. For example, we all understand that the […]