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Sunday Morning Musings

Preseason games in the National Football League can be an exercise in frustration for fans trying to gain any firm impressions on their favorite teams.  Teams and coaches are experimenting with different packages and personnel groupings while at the same time trying not to show too much for the regular season and shielding key players from injury.  [...]

The Bacon Files – A Purple And Golden Chance, Wasted

It is the resident idiot, Mr. Bacon!

Freshly back from the offseason, I am once again in the mood for some gridiron football. So to start off this years edition of Packer’s articles I am throwing a knuckleball instead today, and we are going to have a quick overview today on the reigning NFC North Champions, the Minnesota Vikings.

Yes, yes I said the Minnesota Vikings.

Sweatpants, Man’s Best?

(Basically just an excuse to make fun of the Minnesota Vikings and everyone included in their laughable franchise) An interesting question, are sweatpants one of the best, if not the greatest, inventions by man today? Some say the wheel, electricity or the Internet, but I’m teetering on the verge of accepting sweats as #1. Preseason is trolling along at a let’s-shorten-the-preseason-to-2-games [...]

Sunday Morning Musings

So, what did we learn from last night’s Green Bay Packers pre-season win at Seattle?  Nothing new, really. The offense appears to be in mid-season form with quarterback Aaron Rodgers near perfect through about 3 quarters of exhibition play.  Tight end Jermichael Finley is serving notice that he’ll be a force to be reckoned with in the [...]

Saturday Morning Musings

(I’m knocking this out a day early this week as I’ll be heading to Kohler for the PGA Championship Sunday morning.) As I detailed in this space last week, there are some lofty expectations for the Green Bay Packers coming into the 2010 NFL season.  Even if you remain skeptical, like me, about the Pack’s [...]

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