Welcome back to The Coach Clarahanson Show!!! In Coach’s Humble Opinion: …God should bless America at Lambeau Field each week. If you happened to be at Lambeau on Sunday watching Russell Wilson drop his first NFL doughnut, you might have also been lucky enough to see the halftime show. Well, it wasn’t really a show per se, but it was as entertaining as it was moving. Ninety-one years “young” Korean War Veteran, John Oberg, sang God Bless America from the grid iron turf during halftime. Not only did he belt out his patriotic rendition with warmth and vigor, but he also inspired everyone in the stadium to stop what they were doing and listen, and then to join in singing along (Coach included). As I looked around – as far as I could see people’s faces in the bleachers, every soul was singing. …word for word, in tune, in time. No need for the lyrics on the Jumbotron (see also, Christina Aguilera’s singing of our national anthem before we won Super Bowl XLV). Packer fans know God Bless America by heart, and they should be led in song by an American war veteran for every game at Lambeau Field. That’s way better than removing beer vendors from the aisles. ...at least, in Coach's humble opinion. Create A Seam Here – X’s & O’s about the game or a scheme A little bit of snow before the game … and then the heavy flurries started in the 3rd Quarter … Although the score was only 3-0 at that point, Coach knew the game was over. (OK, we’re not counting the Sherman meltdown against the Falcons in the 2002 Wildcard game, the blocked punt turned that game, not Mike Vick.) Snap-ur-fingers 'n Bob’s-ur-Uncle, just like that we go up 17-0, Wayne Larrivee declares “the dagger” and we win, giving Russell W his first-ever shutout. Now we’re 8-2 and the No. 1 Ranked Team in the NFL. Ain’t no trophies handed out for making Pete Carroll look like a dipshit in a Regular Season game, but it was nice anyway. The Defense looked outstanding and held Wilson to a passer rating of 39.7, his lowest of the year (133 yds, 20-40 passing, with 2 INT’s and 0 TD’s, with 3 sacks). That puts the Packers at the No. 3 Defense in the League at 18.0 pts allowed /gm (see table below). You want scary? Last 3 games, we have the No.1 Scoring D Last 9 games (aka, 2021 minus whatever the hell the Saints game was), we also have the No.1 Scoring D The Defense is all well and good, but the Offense is only Ranked NO. 19 in scoring and our Place Kicking has been abysmal, well, OK, other than Borky punting, ST have been a disaster this year. So how did we do this game? Covid/Schmovid …yes Erin was coming back from an almost 3-week stretch of no on-field practicing. But he missed several downfield throws, all due to very poor fundamentals. But this one? Just dumb, no need to throw the ball at all, this one is just a huge mental error. Place Kicking… After starting the 2021 Season with 9 straight made FG’s, Crosby has now made only 5 of his last 12 attempts. The good news is that he made one on Sunday and he’s moved up from 34th ranked kicker to 30th. Whooppeee Crosby has missed a lot of kicks to the left this year, particularly when there is a big rush from the right side. … but man, this one looks like Coach golfing. Slicing to the left? No problem, I’ll just push it to the right. The good news here is that maybe (hopefully) the blocking is fixed and maybe (hopefully) the snap-and-hold is fixed … they looked pretty good on this one anyway. So how does this all fit into the bigger picture? OK, ya know Coach must pull Stats into this as well. For his career, Crosby has made 81% of his kicks, which puts him toward the top of the NFL All-Time list. During the LaFleur era, 2019 thru present, Crosby has made 85% of his kicks … which is a little bit better than his career average (including all the misses this year). History doesn’t guarantee anything, but Coach says that Crosby will at least get back to his average 81% … … and if we assume he will get to his career average attempt attempts per season (meaning 12 more attempts in this first-ever 17-game season) … he will go 12 for 12 the rest of the way … He did make his last FG attempt on Sunday, and the last XP was absolutely perfect. Here’s hoping that this is figured out and we don’t drop a Playoff Game on a missed FG. You also know that Rookie Amaroni Rodgers has been terrible on punt returns. He started the Seachickens game looking pretty shaky, but on his last two returns showed confidence and he picked up some yards. Let’s hope this is fixed too… we’ll see. DEFENSE Wow, Coach must pinch his-self, is this real? We will see as the Season rolls on, Coach reminds youse that we had the No. 1 scoring Defense for 3 of our 4 Super Bowls, and the No. 3 D for the other one. (We only count the ones we win. We ain't the Vikings for chrypes sake!) The play of the Defensive Backfield has been much improved this year. With the improvement in interceptions, we are averaging almost +1 in turnovers. Obviously, those turnovers are very important, but Coach wants to point out the no-name guys and how they are really making a difference. Let’s set the scene … at 2:39 in the 3rd Quarter, Rodgers throws the dumb-ass interception shown in the earlier clip. The Packers are leading 3-0 and the entire world assumes that Wilson will lead Seattle to a TD. 1st & 10 at SEA 20 (2:30 - 3rd) (Shotgun) A.Collins right end to SEA 21 for 1 yard (T.Lancaster). Watch Lancaster very carefully in this clip... Lancaster sheds his block, moves down the line, and he leaves his feet and dives to make the tackle on Collins. Tyler Lancaster is in his 4th year with the Pack and has never played at this level before. 2nd & 9 at SEA 21 (2:02 - 3rd) (Shotgun) R.Wilson pass short middle to D.Eskridge to SEA 17 for -4 yards (R.Douglas). On 2nd down, the Def Hero of the Cardinals game, 5th year journeyman, the guy we signed off of his couch a few weeks ago, Rasul Douglas, absolutely shoots up the field and makes 4-yard TFL!! 3rd & 13 at SEA 17 (1:23 - 3rd) (Shotgun) R.Wilson pass incomplete short left to D.Metcalf (R.Douglas) On 3rd down, the Def Hero of the Cardinals game, 5th year journeyman, the guy we signed off of his couch a few weeks ago, Rasul Douglas, aggressively comes up and punches the ball out (borderline fumble). How in the hell was this guy sitting at home waiting for a call? Or maybe, just maybe, Def Coordinator BeriBeri is getting the best out of his guys. Damn nice to see! And we finally started to play complimentary football. For the first part of the game we played the McCarthy/Rodgers Offense --- Shotgun formation all the way. Nine times (only) Rodgers was under-center and we gained 45 yards with no negative plays. For the 21 times we ran shotgun we averaged 3.2 yards/play. When Erin is under center, the D has to honor the run … which allows us to pass. We ended up almost doubling up the TOP (39:02 to 20:51) and by the end of the game the Seachickens were exhausted. … up 10-0 with 7:26 left in the 4th, with Rodgers under center, Quadzilla took a short swing pass and turned it into a 50 beat down. Nine plays later Dillion was in the EZ and everyone was going crazy … nothing like seeing 310# Eglington Jenkins crushing the folks in the front row on his Lambeau Leap!! We may not be winning pretty, but the 2021 Packers really seem to be a team! WTF – Coach’s take on football news that’s messed up Area Dad Knew That Play Would Never Work NEW KENSINGTON, PA—Groaning and pounding his fists on the side of the couch as running back Najee Harris was tackled for a short two-yard gain, area dad Joseph Mitchem announced during Sunday’s Steelers game that he knew that play would never work. “Jesus Christ, how stupid can you be. They run this fuckin’ play a hundred times a game!” said Mitchem, who claimed that you could see the second the screen pass left Mason Rudolph’s hand that the play was going nowhere, and that any idiot could call a better play. “I could see that call coming a mile away and so could the defense. This is a classic Steelers bullshit 2nd down call. When you’ve got Eric Ebron and Cody White out there you should be calling a damn pass every 2nd and long.” At press time Mitchem was admonishing a failed slant pass call on a 2nd and 9 and claiming the Steelers should be “running the damn ball more.” The Bears Still Suck – Coach has proof ‘God Has A Plan For Me,’ Says Man Who Was Drafted By The Chicago Bears CHICAGO—Praising the Lord for the divine guidance on his journey, former Ohio State quarterback Justin Field, a man who was drafted by the Chicago Bears, told reporters Wednesday that God has a plan for him. “Everything that happened was meant to be, and I have faith that God in all his goodness is looking out for me,” said the man who will now have to spend the next 5 years of his life living in Illinois and playing for a franchise that squandered the prime of several generational superstars. “It’s been a tough year, but you have to keep believing and hold on to the knowledge that God is looking out for you. God is great – and spending my time on a middling team made up mostly of people who are in the same situation as me is proof – he loves me and wants the best for me.” At press time, God was mapping out a plan for Field to go down with an ACL tear in the second half of the season. Udder Stuff – Commentary from the Badger Underground CFP #15 Badgers Favored by 9 The Bugeaters invade Camp Randall boasting gaudy offensive stats, ranking #16 in the country, #2 in the Big Ten in total yards and 4th in scoring. Though their conference record is 1-6, their losses have been by 8, 7, 3, 7, 5 and 9 points. They were able to hang with Oklahoma, Michigan State, Michigan, Purdue and Ohio State in a schedule that has been tougher than Wisconsin’s. They have recruited well and are loaded with talent, including at the WR position. QB Martinez is their top rushing threat, gutting it out with a high ankle sprain and a broken jaw. They lost their top tackler on defense, but return their top DB. Teams like this worry us, because they typically put it all together for one game, before returning to mediocrity. This is their sixth Rose Bowl game this season, with their seventh coming next week against Iowa. They are not losing sleep over our improved passing game. As Wisconsin’s schedule has become progressively easier starting with the Purdue game, their offense has found a good groove. The one exception is offensive procedure calls, particularly in the red zone. These are dumb unforced penalties that can cost you a game (see Penn State). In the 10th game of the season, we should be doing better than the 5 procedure calls that we had against Northwestern. Not much else to pick at, other than the lunacy of having our #3 receiver returning kickoffs and our #3 cornerback returning punts, alternating with our #2 receiver receiving punts. Neither is a difference maker as special teams blocking is on par with that of the Packers. Our receiver corps is among the weakest in the Big Ten and can’t afford to lose any of the top three for an extra yard or two on a return. One last item for the wall of worry. Braelon Allen is a season-ending injury waiting to happen. He has been beat up since the Purdue game and has been gimpy at times in every game since then. It is unlikely that he will have big runs where nobody touches him as he has the last couple of weeks. We need to avoid a 4-quarter game where he is called upon for a bunch of carries and breaking tackles to wear down the opponent. Why feel good about being 9-point favorites and Bucky taking care of business? This year’s defense is so dominant and pass coverage has become lock-down. Mobile quarterbacks like Martinez are not a worry as in the past, particularly when their supporting cast lacks a running game. Our front seven will hit and tackle with the usual physicality and violence while spending a great deal of time in the Martinez’s backfield. So how does Saturday play out? 4am wake-up call, in the tree-stand by 6am, 170-inch rack down by 7:30am, nearby watering hole popular with area hunters opens early. Oh yeah, the game. Kickoff is at the hunter-friendly 2:30 time slot. Bucky prevails 28-10. Seven of Nebraska’s points are courtesy of a pick-six or scoop-six run-back curtesy of the Badgers’ 2nd string offense. One step closer to an appearance in Indy. All in all, a great day in Wisconsin! We’re Gonna Kick Your @$$ – predictions for the upcoming game The ViQueens have been hanging around the edge of having a Playoff Team… and who knows, they might make it into the 7-Team NFC Playoff bracket. Currently they are No. 8, they hate us and they will be treating Sunday like a Playoff game. Coach really hopes they treat it like a Playoff Game, that’s perfect for us! The most boring job in Minneapolis is polishing all of the Super Bowl Trophies in the empty Trophy Case. Heaven help us, how can you not make fun of their obnoxious fans and their team which has never won a damn thing. Fer da crye yi yi! This is a metropolis that’s buried in snow for half the year and they can’t even build a roof to withstand the snow! Ole’, what a buncha lamo’s, huh? So, ja, Sven, dats why I’m a Packer Fan now. Packer Fans are everywhere and you’ll see a bunch of ’em at the Humpty-Dump-Doux. In fact, there were even Packer Fans showing off their skills at the Raiders-Chief game! Check out his catch!! Norm Van der Loop from Little Chute, WI was at the game last Sunday and when Patricia Mahomes through this ball into the stands, Norm -- the Packer Fan, was ready. Look at the concentration!! He catches the ball one-handed, wrestles the ball away from his buddies, all while not spilling a drop of beer. Norm Van der Loop, Coach salutes you! Have a good look at the table above. No surprise, we have a 2.4 pt/gm advantage in Point Differential. But shock of shocks … they have a better Offense, and we have the better Defense. If we take into account the 2-points for them being at home, the line would be less than a point in favor of the Pack (so a push) … but the line is 2.5 points … so even Vegas recognizes that we have a much better Team. Why is that? Very simple… … they have Kurt 'Kissin' Kousins at Kuarterback. He, of “big game chokes.” This one is gonna be a Defensive battle, one which we will win. Packers 21 ViQueens 17 JB – Packers you forgot about, but stories you’ll remember about them This week we pay tribute to a man who might be the least known or appreciated Packers hero that has his number retired. There’s only 6 retired Packers numbers: Don Hutson’s (14), Bart Starr’s (15), Ray Nitschke’s (66), Reggie White’s (92), Brett Favre’s (4), and … who is it? Can’t think of him -- can you? Well he was a very modest man to be sure, so it’s no surprise that I must remind you that it is number 3, Tony Canadeo. NFL Hall of Famer Tony Canadeo was a star for the Packers from 1941 - 1952. He did have his football career briefly interrupted for most of 1944 and all of 1945 for serving in World War II. As legend has it, Tony claimed an emergency family exemption for his “ailing brother” in order delay his deployment a couple of extra weeks so he could play in 2 additional games in 1944, but ultimately missing the team's victory in the NFL Championship Game later that season. Canadeo, who became known as the "Grey Ghost" because he had greying hair at an early age while playing football at Gonzaga, was selected by the Packers in the 9th round of the 1941 NFL Draft and went on to play multiple positions including running back, quarterback, defensive back, punter, and return specialist. Tony was not particularly fast or elusive, and was smaller than average NFL players even for his time. However, he was a determined and tenacious player. Canadeo was just the third 1,000-yard rusher in pro football history when he gained 1,052 yards for the Packers in 1949. He ranks 4th in franchise history with 4,197 yards on 1,025 carries, a 4.1 average. If you drive east of Lambeau Field, chances are you’ll take Tony Canadeo Run from Brett Favre Pass to Bart Starr Drive. If you do, Coach recommends you stop in at the Badger State Brewing Company for a delicious Cinnaster Scotch Ale! Anyhoo, after his playing career, Canadeo raised his family in beautiful Freedom, Wisconsin and continued his association with the team as a CBS broadcaster (paired with Ray Scott), and member of the organization's executive committee until he passed away with grace at age 84 in 2003. Sportswriter Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said of Canadeo in 2003, "Of all the players, coaches, and executives who left an imprint on the Packers organization, none did it for longer than the affable Canadeo." Nuf sed.
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Welcome back to The Coach Clarahanson Show!!! In Coach’s Humble Opinion: …Love shouldn’t wear a baseball cap. Nobody knew what to expect from Jordan Love. The coaches never really bragged about his preseason, nor did they express concerns. Coach can’t really say at this early stage if Jordan Love will be the 3rd straight Hall of Fame QB for the Packers, but I can say with confidence that he will never rock a dad hat like Aaron Rodgers. …or like Aaron Jones, or like any of the Packers staff, for that matter. You see, Jordan Love has too much vertical gap between his ears and the largest diameter of his cranium. It’s a simple matter of height ratios. A 4-inch cap cannot cover a 6-inch span. Worst case, dad hats should only sit as high as the top of the ear, never above that. Sporting a 2-inch airfield is like wearing white pants after Labor Day (or at all). Ipso facto, he looks like a dork. So cover that melon, Jordan! Lucky for you, it’s gonna turn chilly here soon, and you look great in a knit hat. ... at least, in Coach's humble opinion. Create A Seam Here – X’s & O’s about the game or a scheme You may have heard Kaaron Rodgers is concerned with an allergy s/he has to radiator antifreeze (PEG) and the possible effect on a forthcoming progeny. Upset with those around him/her for leaking the progress toward paternity, Kaaron went on the Pat McAfee daytime talk show and displayed an acute confusion for over 45 minutes … only to be quickly followed by another session of 20 minutes where s/he expressed regret for “misleading” everyone. Clearly upset and conflicted emotionally, Kaaron decided to sit out the Kansas City game, causing a big enough social media kerfuffle to break the World Wide Interweb for a few days. We all agree that Kaaron is emotionally wrought, no doubt due to raging hormones, and it was probably for the Love of the team that s/he decided to sit out the Chiefs games last week. … which led to 2020 1st Rnd Draft Pick Jordan Love finally playing in a real game. Is Love a secondhand emotion? Well, he’s no Aaron Rodgers (yet?). But finished the game with a significantly better Passer Rating than the new QB in Chicago. Just sayin’… Coach LaFleur was glowing about Love’s ability to stand there and take a hit. Coach was kind of hoping we’d be talking about his amazing ability to throw the football. But I guess LaFleur knows what’s important(?). I think it’s kinda like the guy on Coach’s Freshman Year dorm floor. Now he could take a hit. The guy was in ROTC and liked to drink Everclear-and-Hawaiian-Punch on Friday nights and then dive down the concrete and steel stairs in until he passed out. Too bad for him Viet Nam had ended, and he had nowhere to go. Yup, that must be what LaFleur meant (the only surprise is that he didn’t add “and he really likes football”). To be fair to Love, he did look OK passing toward the end of the game, but he made several off-balance throws that he should have eaten or pitched into the stands. Eventually he did throw the INT below. LaFleur did admit after the game that he did not do Love any favors in play calling. Officially Love was 19 of 34; actually, it was 19 of 39. His 5 rushing carries were scrambles from the backfield. The point being that we were on the road, in a noisy stadium with a QB make his first-ever NFL start … and the LaFleur called 39 passing plays and 20 running plays … and the running backs were averaging 5 yds/carry against 7-and-8-man boxes! Man-oh-man … flashbacks to the 3rd Qtr of the NFC Championship game last year. Add to that, many of the pass-plays were downfield and we never went for a slant over the middle (where there were no LB’s). Dumb, Matt, dumb. Certainly, Love looked like an inexperienced QB in his first start, but with the Defense doing an outstanding job, he would have easily won this game against the Chiefs if his Head Coach and the Special Teams cooperated. Interstitial musing: What’s the Over/Under on how long ’til they become the “Kansas City Football Team”? Defense! Wow, look out, just when we least expect it (KC Receivers dropped numerous passes that would have kept the sticks moving, and…), the Defense is now ranked 6th in points allowed at 20-pts/game. For the last 2 years the OLB/DE’s in Poutine’s scheme did not play sound defense, they did not keep outside contain and regularly runners bounced out around the edge. In the clip above Preston Smith does an outstanding job of maintaining outside contain while squeezing down the running lanes. The Defensive highlight of the game came late in the 2nd Quarter. Amarone Rodgers caused a muffed punt and the Chiefs recovered at the Packers 10-yard line. The Chiefs advanced to the 3-yard line where on 3rd Down Kris Barnes obliterated Darrel Williams, preventing a sure TD. It’s been a long, long time since the Packers Defense played this well overall. We held Mahomes to a 74.8 passer rating and limited KC to 237 total yards, 77 yards rushing and 28:27 TOP, despite having two turnovers. K-C only had one sustained scoring drive all day, a 64-yard drive for a TD on the 1st possession of the game (after a bad punt). The other two scores were FG’s that came on drives of 4-yards and 25-yards. And we held them to 0 points in the 2nd-half. Unbelievable… Mason Crosby is now ranked 34th in FG % … out of 32 Teams in the NFL (and he’s tied for 18th in XP%). Is it Mason’s fault? Well, obviously, he shares some of the blame … but mainly it is the snapping, the holding and the blocking … so basically everything is F’d up with the FG unit. ST Coach Maurice Drayton was the under assistant coach helper to our last ST Coordinator who was fired because he was incompetent. What a shocker that his assistant is worse. Nice guy, ineffective coach. Fire Drayton We had 18 Special Teams Plays in the game and fully 50% of them were hugely negative plays that gave KC the win. Coach would love it if you studied the chart below … but he knows that you are only looking for pictures … so suffice to say that red is bad and there’s a lot of f’ng red. Special Teams plays directly caused a 9-point swing in the game: A missed FG - 3 points A blocked FG - 3 points A KC FG from the muffed punt - 3 points (the D saved another 4 from the “shudda-been” TD) Reverse those plays and we win the game 13-10 … with just those plays. And don’t give me that “Well, these guys didn’t play special teams in college so they’re first learning how to do it now” crap. It is the same situation for EVERY NFL TEAM, even the Bears for the chry-eye-eye (who typically play really good kick coverage despite being devoid of talent); the only difference is coaching – both head coach and ST coach. For the love of Mike, why can we not hire a decent Special Teams Coach? Is Nolan Crowell still out there somewhere … Jimmy go look up what he’s doing these days. This was truly a ST’s debacle that will stick in the anals of Packer lore forever. (BTW, where is Brian Bostick these days?) WTF – Coach’s take on football news that’s messed up Football From Final Brett Favre Pass Comes To Rest In Lake Superior TWO HARBORS, MN—Surprised by an unexpected splash next to his dinghy along the western shore of Lake Superior, fisherman Lars Gutænsö netted what turned out to be the final errant pass ever thrown by Brett Favre. Gutænsö notified local authorities of his find, and Sherriff Olåf Yugätörgøn was able to use forensic science to trace it back to the December 20th, 2010 Monday Night Football game at TFC Bank Stadium in Minneapolis (because the Metrodome roof had collapsed one week earlier) against the Bears. The pass was launched slightly out of bounds and over the Minnesota Göphers bleacher seating on the clock-killing play right before Favre was knocked unconscious by Bears defensive lineman Cory Wootton. When reached for comment, the Hall of Fame quarterback made some peculiar remarks about the pigskin’s recovery. Reporters thought perhaps Favre misunderstood their question about the find when he responded, “Committing the entire offensive playbook to memory was always a struggle for me. I would usually just call out some combination of numbers and colors, and eventually the center would get fed up and snap me the ball.” Favre went on to say that “Throwing the ball downfield is really hard, especially since they allow 21 defenders on the field. They even let half of them wear the same color shirt as me. It’s super confusing.” Later he confessed, “To this day, I can’t fall asleep without being fully concussed.” The gridiron hero looked up and concluded his interview with, “I played football?” The Bears Still Suck – Coach has proof ‘God Has A Plan For Me,’ Says Man Who Was Drafted By The Chicago Bears CHICAGO—Praising the Lord for the divine guidance on his journey, former Ohio State quarterback Justin Field, a man who was drafted by the Chicago Bears, told reporters Wednesday that God has a plan for him. “Everything that happened was meant to be, and I have faith that God in all his goodness is looking out for me,” said the man who will now have to spend the next 5 years of his life living in Illinois and playing for a franchise that squandered the prime of several generational superstars. “It’s been a tough year, but you have to keep believing and hold on to the knowledge that God is looking out for you. God is great – and spending my time on a middling team made up mostly of people who are in the same situation as me is proof – he loves me and wants the best for me.” At press time, God was mapping out a plan for Field to go down with an ACL tear in the second half of the season. Udder Stuff – Commentary from the Badger Underground The Painted Puppies We would have loved to attend the Rutgers game, but luckily one of our friends was a keynote speaker at the annual voyeur’s conference which annually is scheduled in Key West to coincide with Fantasy Fest. Go figure. Anyway, in addition to the spot on analysis we usually give, we have the annual match the face to the rest of the body contest . The winning entry will receive a non-expenses paid trip to a destination of their choice and a highly valuable recognition on our blog. Here are the faces: Bucky kicked ass against Rutgers. Big whup. Expected. Resting on laurels. Having said that, we can’t recall the last time a Big Ten team accomplished all three of the following on defense in the same game:
This Week! Statistics too often lie in college football, but that is not the case with this year’s Northworstern team. They are really bad, particularly on offense. Bucky is licking chops! The Mildcats would need five Jazz Peavy touchdown steal calls from the refs, along with triple the phantom calls from last year’s game to make this one close. Only a busted coverage, muffed punt, Wisconsin turnovers or lapse by the 2nd & 3rd string defense in the 4th quarter allows them to score more than a field goal on offense. And speaking of licking chops and muffs, here are the Painted Puppies... match the faces to win!! So, what happens Saturday? Bucky rolls, 59-3 and we again wonder what this season could have been had Leo Chenal taken preventive measures to enhance his odds of being available for blowing up the Penn State and Notre Dame offenses for four quarters in each game. We’re Gonna Kick Your @$$ – predictions for the upcoming game What an interesting game … … Russ is back, but will his figure really be healed? … Kaaron could be back (pending the NFL’s “a positive test means you can’t play, even though the CDC says you are no longer contagious 10-days after testing positive the first time” rule), but will they get winded easily after having the Covid? He’s had enough wind to talk our ears off all week, so that parts should be ok. As it stands today, we are the 2nd Overall Seed in the NFC and the Seachickens are out of the Playoffs, but with Russ back they will be treating Sunday’s game like it is a Playoff. The Seachickens are averaging a bit more scoring/game than us and are giving up a few more points, but basically, we both have mediocre offenses and pretty-good-top-10 Defenses. The net result is that Vegas is giving us the half-point mathematical advantage plus 3 points for home-field advantage. We lead the Seachickens 14-9 All-time, but during the Wilson/Carroll vs. Rogers/(MM/MLF) era we are 4-4 … with the home team winning all 8 games (including the incorrect Fail Mary call). The formula is pretty straightforward: At Lambeau we go 14 to 3 at half-time and we extend the lead slightly in the 2nd-half. At Seattle it’s been very similar, we lead at half-time but then we give away cheap points at the end of the game (see also, ’14 NFC Champ Game). Detestable Seachicken’s Head Coach, Pete Carroll, mentioned the recent historical trend of Home Team’s winning in his comments this week. A few betting facts from the 2021 Season:
The plan this week has to be to turn the road graders loose and run, run, run. It’s supposed to be cold-ish and sloppy rain/snow at Lambeau this week … time to see if Dillion can be an Edgar Bennett mudder. Packers 21 Seachickens 13 JB – Packers you forgot about, but stories you’ll remember about them The only thing worse than cheating without consideration for others, is getting caught -- and then looking the public in the eye and lying about it. See also, Aaron Jefferson Braun. Is there anything worse than that, Coach? Yes, Jimmy, there is -- The opportunistic woke mob. Yeah, there were some bad choices made in Green Bay, trying to walk a fine line on the COVID wire, and probably some deceitful statements by a guy who throws a pigskin – guilty as charged, punishment issued and wrist swollen red. But piling on the Packers as an organization that doesn’t care about others, and is only is concerned with image – like the self-righteous woke mob is currently doing, is complete ignorant bullshit. You might have heard that Vince Lombardi was a pioneer that welcomed minorities to "culturally backwards" Green Bay (something the woke mob insists on; ok that's a good thing) if these players had talent and the will to win ... purportedly because he himself was subject to discrimination as an Italian-American, which prevented him from getting a deserved head coaching job at every other NFL team except the Packers. ...Hmmm... maybe Green Bay isn't culturally backwards? Did you know, too, that Vince had a gay brother, and welcomed gay players on his roster? The woke mob surely is not smart enough to dig into these facts and they can suck on that until they gag. Which brings us to this week’s Packers throw-back subject, Dave Kopay. In 1972, the Packers signed running back David Kopay to play in what turned out to be the final 14 games of his NFL career. The Chicago native grew up in Sherman Oaks, California and was heavily influenced by the SoCal lifestyle there before playing college ball at Washington (the state, not the District). To Kopay’s delight, he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers in 1964 and played with the boys there for 4 years before bouncing around various locker rooms in the League, cutting his teeth as an Oiler before winding up in Green Bay as a bona fide Packer. His stats in Green Bay included a meager 10 rushes for a measly 39 yards, with 1 fumble. After he retired from the NFL, he was considered a top contender for coaching positions, but believes he was snubbed by professional and college teams because of his sexual orientation. Can you guess what it is? Kopay went to work in his uncle's floorcovering business in Hollywood. Still unsure? Supposedly 5.6% of Americans are gay, so -- doing the back-of-the-napkin math, and considering that 1,696 players make up the NFL's active rosters, this means approximately 95 ballers use the back door. Since Kopay, five additional former NFL players have come out as gay (sexually), Roy Simmons in 1992, Esera Tuaolo in 2002, Wade Davis in 2012, Kwame Harris in 2013 and Ryan O'Callaghan in 2017. To date, only one current NFL player, Carl Nassib, has come out publicly as gay (in 2021). Like Kopay, none of them are any good at football, but kudos to Dave for being the tip of the spear -- credited with inspiring these athletes to be more open about their sexual orientation (gay). Aaron Rodgers is only suspected of being gay, probably because he’s thin and neat, and his fiancé looks like a guy.
Perhaps more impressive (to some), after football Kopay became a Gay Games Ambassador for the Federation of Gay Games (yes, those are things … Who knew?). He went to Gay Games VII in Chicago in July 2006 (for reference, there were only VI Rocky movies at that time, and not counting the Creed movies, there were only a total of VI Rocky movies, which just goes to show what I’ve always said, “Gay Games will last longer than the Rocky movie series.”) and was a featured announcer in the opening ceremonies, which -- for reference, was an honor bigger than singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” with gay drunk announcer Harry Caray at Wrigley Field during the 7th inning stretch! And last, but certainly not least, with Seattle coming to town this week (in their “happy” uniforms) it would be remiss to not mention that Kopay announced he will leave a generous $1 million endowment to the University of Washington Q Center. Again, who knew there was such a thing? So, we stand erect and firmly salute Packer hero Dave Kopay – a gay football player, not that there’s anything wrong with it. Welcome back to The Coach Clarahanson Show!!! In Coach’s Humble Opinion: the Packers are qualified for hot cheerleaders… After surprising the rest of the football world with their upset victory in the desert over the undefeated Arizona Cardinals last Thursday to claim the “Best Team So Far” mid-season title, and considering their myriad of other nationally televised games across the preseason, the regular season, and the playoffs, the NFL should be kicking in dollars and dolls to sprinkle the Green & Gold’s sidelines with top tier T&A when the Packers lace up their spikes. Wisconsin can’t do it by themselves, but the infinite reach and power of the NFL can make it happen. With as big of a following as what the Packers serve up week in and week out, home or away, why not add some eye candy on that platter, too? It can only strengthen ratings – like “Nielsen Steroids!” Erin Andrews and Melissa Stark aren’t ain’t getting any younger, and there’s only two of them. Just sayin. Hot cheerleaders can be restocked and reloaded each and every year! It’s time for the Packs! Imagine superhot cheerleaders on the Packers sideline leading a GO PACK GO chant, or starting the wave while we’re on offense, or encouraging shirtless men to flash their Bourbon Street best and laughing with the crowd when those guys get hauled off to the stadium jail: an idea that’s time is overdue. ... at least, in Coach's humble opinion. Create A Seam Here – X’s & O’s about the game or a scheme Underdog Packers slay 7-0 Cardinals in Desert … holy kielbasa Norm! That got Coach ta tinkin’, when did we last have a Regular Season win that was this exciting? A) Nov 30th, 2014 - 26-21 win v. Pats? (Win over Brady & Hoodie at Lambeau put both teams even at 9-3) B) Oct. 17, 1983- 48-47 win v. Redskins? (3-3 Pack beat the heavily favored, 5-1, Superbowl Champs in the highest scoring MNF game ever), until Rams-Chiefs 2018) C) Week 17 2010, 10-3 win v. Bears? (9-6 Packers beat 11-4 Bears at Lambeau to make the playoffs, 3 weeks before beating the Bears at the Eyesore on the Lakeshore and going on to win SB XLV) Yup, you guessed it Jimmy, the correct answer is “C”. This truly was the best Reg Season win in just over a decade (Coach was at all three of these games and the ’83 game was more exciting, but unfortunately did not lead to anything in the Post Season). Ok, back to the Cards. What did Coach say two weeks ago? Borky, your MVP of the Skins game and the guy who is going to win a few more down the stretch. And man did he deliver, Borky had another fantastic game. His punt resume was: Punt No. 1 (13:05 - 1st, @ GB 29) C.Bojorquez punts 58 yards to ARZ 13, Center-H.Bradley. R.Moore ran ob at ARZ 13 for no gain. – A Special Teams Win! Punt No. 2 (10:12 - 1st @ GB 29) C.Bojorquez punts 48 yards to ARZ 23, Center-H.Bradley. R.Moore to ARZ 37 for 14 yards (A.Dillon) – Let’s call it a Special Teams Draw. Punt No. 3 (6:52 - 2nd @ GB49) C.Bojorquez punts 48 yards to ARZ 3, Center-H.Bradley, downed by GB-T.Summers. Green Bay challenged the kick downed ruling, and the play was REVERSED. C.Bojorquez punts 38 yards to ARZ 13, Center-H.Bradley. R.Moore MUFFS catch, RECOVERED by GB-T.Summers at ARZ 3. – A Huge Special Teams Win! While the Offense was struggling to move the ball, Borky kept us in the game in the 1st Half, with no play any bigger than the 3rd punt. You do realize that Borky is left footed? … a fad started by Belichik to make the ball more difficult to catch. Credit Gutey for signing our best punter since Craig Hentrich, a key player on the SB XXXI team. What did Coach say a week ago? Jimmy, you may be aware that BeriBeri is out as D-Coordinator with Covid, and that D-Backs Coach and former Top-5 NFL DC Gerry Gray will be running the Defensive show. Advantage Packers. Running BeriBeri’s Defensive Scheme, Gerry Gray ran it in a much more aggressive fashion. Result? Three turnovers. And in spite of all of the injuries, there was no confusion in the D backfield! You may also be aware that Davante Adams is out, and Rodgers does a better job of running the offense with him on the sidelines (6-0 without Adams in the LaFleur era, put “Adams” in the search bar above and you’ll see the analysis from two weeks ago). Advantage Packers. We ran 34 times for 151 yards and 37:35 time-of-possession. Rodgers passed too, but mainly short ones for an average 4.8 yards/pass … basically an extension of the run game. No BeriBeri, no Adams? No problem! Nobody else may see the win, but Coach does! Packers 30 (OT) Cards 27 What actually happened? Well, we got the predicted 3-point win, but without the OT! Down to the final seconds, Rasul Douglas, a brand-new Packer (and Cardinals Practice Squad signee just a few weeks prior), intercepted Kyle Murray to seal the win! What a dramatic way to win the game! This is just mind boggling! What, the win Coach? No, dummy, the guy is a complete unknown and his jersey is the first one on the list for sale on Fanatics! Crazy! Of course the best thing about buying a jersey from Fanatics! is the accompanying FREE Jersey Assurance. Coach was pressured to buy expensive Guernsey Assurance once, but at the last minute walked away from that offer after receiving some sage advice: "Don't purchase Guernsey Assurance when the lactation secretions come at at no cost." 7-1 and we’re guaranteed to be SB Champs, right Coach? Well … … Coach “Love”s your enthusiasm, but let’s not get too excited too early Jimmy. WTF – Coach’s take on football news that’s messed up Packers Locate Backup Blake Bortles In Bend O’r-egan BEND, OR—Alpenglow Ranch boasts 51 acres of dramatic Cascade Mountains views, which explains why Blake Bortles has been spending his time away from the NFL at this Clothing Optional resort. Wait, what? Yep, according to their website, “Solitude and natural beauty are what you’ll find at Alpenglow Ranch Clothing Optional Bed and Breakfast!” At Alpenglow, ‘experienced nudists’(?) are nude 100% of the time. You do have the option to wear something when you eat a meal, though (please?). If it is your first time, you may wear something until you are more comfortable...the only exception is that swim wear is not allowed in the pool or hot tubs at any time. See also, Petri dish. Proprietors Marvin and Velma Stanwyk noted that Bortles “really got away from it all” at their nudist retreat, boasting their gorgeous infinity edge pool, hot tub and 70-foot open flume water slide (yikes), and further touting their remote and private hiking trails and viewpoints “…for your naked enjoyment! Or if you want to be a bit more active, play Pickleball on our new Pickleball court or schedule a Nude Yoga session.” The Stanwyk’s chuckled that Bortles always bought the premium seating option for Yoga. But there’s more! Beyond the mountain sunshine there is world class nude biking, hiking, fishing, golf and skiing (yikes again! … My tummy hurts just thinking about it). After all or any of that, you can warm by the wood burning stove, enjoy the outdoor shower or soak in the hot tub the way nature intended. At press time Bortles would not confirm nor deny being introduced to Alpenglow Ranch by another Packers quarterback’s fiancé. The Bears Still Suck – Coach has proof Bears Front Office Wishes Allen Robinson Would Stop Acting Like Allen Robinson CHICAGO—Expressing frustration with the NFL star’s outspokenness and unorthodox conspiratorial views, the Bears front office confirmed Monday before the trade deadline that they wish Allen Robinson would stop acting like Allen Robinson. “It’s a huge distraction; when you sign a player like Allen Robinson, you don’t expect to get a player like Allen Robinson,” said Bears general manager Ryan Pace, who noted that Robinson was sabotaging a potential championship team by refusing to cooperate with management and berating his teammates with baseless, controversial opinions like he was Allen Robinson. “If Allen is going to continue acting like the player we signed, we may have to consider going in a different direction. We do hope Allen Robinson snaps out of it and stops acting like Allen Robinson before the season ends.” At press time, the Bears were discussing cutting Allen Robinson if they could not work out a trade with another team in order to sign someone who would be less of a distraction, like soon-to-be free agent Allen Robinson. Udder Stuff – Commentary from the Badger Underground Not much to grouse about after two impressive wins vs. overrated opponents and a big letdown game in front of us. Bucky’s red zone mistakes against Ped State led to their top 5 ranking. Their QB getting injured with a 17-7 lead at Iowa City and subsequent collapse led to the Hogeyes top 5 ranking. Purdue exposed injuries in the Iowa secondary and made their Badgers-like offense play catch-up. Wisconsin now looks more like they are who we thought they should be at the beginning of the season. We expected Leo Chenal to be a disrupter, but contracting Covid prevented him from playing against Penn State and being effective during the second half of the Notre Dame game. Bralen Allen did not see the field to any significant degree until the Michigan game. The offensive tackles (for the moment) are as healthy as they have been all season and Graham Mertz had a clean pocket for much of the afternoon against Iowa. Turnovers killed the Badgers in their losses, but netting positive seven turnovers over the last two games has been huge. It is no coincidence that Chenal’s presence is turnover-inducing. This is Wisconsin’s game to lose. Rutgers has become a pesky bunch, but expect Bucky to roll unless we turn the ball or get hit with key injuries. The game should be a good opportunity to work on the forward pass to checkdown wide-open receivers, but expect Paul Chryst to disappoint on that front. 30-17 Badgers, in a sloppy letdown game effort. We’re Gonna Kick Your @$$ – predictions for the upcoming game You know that Coach LOVEs stats and normally there are plenty of video clips and data tables that help explain where we’ve been and to help predict where we are going… … well bandwidth issues for the Inter-Web from a treestand are limiting the tools that Coach has to tell the story, so let’s keep it simple. Adversity? Yes, we are facing “adversity”, much like a self-inflicted-gunshot-wound can be considered adversity. Rodgers laid it all out on the field Thursday, playing as hard as he ever has. Credit Rodgers the player. Rodgers the person? As Mike Sherman once said, “tough times don’t build character, they reveal character”. Coach is not going to enter the vaccine debate … but he has a very strong opinion about lying. “Lying” Adjective – “Not telling the truth” Partial list of synonyms: dishonest, deceitful, false, mendacious, untruthful, deceiving, dissembling, perfidious, deceptive, guileful, dissimulating, duplicitous, disingenuous, sneaky, delusory, insincere, misleading … Take your pick, or maybe pick’em all, they do a pretty good job of describing #12. Coach will not weep when Erin Rodgers eventually leaves town, but it’s really unfortunate that his disingenuous and deceitful approach of hiding his homeopathic COVID prevention remedy (click on link) is putting at risk a 7-1 season for the Fans and his Teammates. And the Love-Era begins. Let’s be honest, nobody knows how Love is going to play under the bright lights of KC on Sunday. What we know is that the Packers, QB’d by one Erin Rodgers, has produced a 7-1 record and they are the No. 1 Seed in the entire NFL, with the No. 16 Scoring Offense. That is a mind-boggler … literally the middle of the NFL pack on Offense and they are the No. 1 Seed, how can that be? Well, we have the: No. 9 Scoring D @ 20.9 pts/gm No. 2 Greatest turnover differential @+1.0/gm No. 3 Fewest penalties @ 4.5/gm No. 8 Greatest time-of-possession @ 31:19/gm No. 15 Highest rushing % @42% We are winning football games and overcoming all of our injuries by playing old-fashioned football. Control the clock and don’t make mistakes. Jordan Love can do this. Let’s all hope that Jordan’s nerves are calm enough for him not to turn over the football. The Chiefs are 4-4 and have one of the worst Defenses in the NFL. If Jordan can stick to the script, we will win this game. Packers 27 Chiefs 26 JB – Packers you forgot about, but stories you’ll remember about them Well, unfortunately the bottom has fallen out for former NFL place kicker Ryan Longwell. As you may recall, Longwell was released by Green Bay and signed by the purple Packers-outcasts picker-uppers, where he quickly proceeded to insult the city of his former employer – laughing with a Twin Cities reporter that Applebee’s was the best restaurant in Green Bay. Up until that point, Longwell was mildly respected for being the Packers all-time leading scorer (a record that was quickly crushed by Mason Crosby); and despite the Packers recent (2018) pity party -- putting him into their hall of fame, it appears his family business after retirement from the NFL was, er, no good. The Longwell husband-wife meth-making team managed to alert law enforcement to their activities when they accidentally dialed 911 while preparing for a cook at their northern California home.
An Alameda County emergency dispatcher who fielded the unintentional cell phone call—a possible butt-dial—listened as two voices "discussed drugs." Eventually, she heard "a bubbling sound as if something was cooking," Oakland’s KTVU Channel 2 News reported. The dispatcher kept the call connected for half an hour while deputies tracked the phone to a home in Fruitvale, where they discovered a shed full of "meth-making materials" with smoke billowing out of it. "The search of the shed turned up all of the makings of an active meth lab, including coffee filters, a butane torch, batteries, drain opener, plastic tubing, hypodermic needles, lithium strips, lighter fluid, plastic bags and numerous plastic bottles containing a white substance," according to Channel 2 News. Ryan Longwell, 47, and his wife Sarah Longwell, 56, along with 41-year-old Jesse Pinkman, were evacuated from the meth-shed and arrested on charges of manufacturing and possession with intent to distribute. I’m unsure if Ryan intends to fatten up in prison, but if he does, I’m looking forward to his critique of the food served in San Quentin. Welcome back to The Coach Clarahanson Show!!! In Coach’s Humble Opinion: …the season is long. No shit, Sherlock. A lot can and will happen to change how good the Packers will be, and how good other teams will be, by the time the playoffs come around. I know, not a lot of ** BREAKING NEWS ** there, but my point is to not go into this game thinking it will forecast how January plays out. Arizona is hot right now (uh, their NFL team, I mean). Possibly as hot as they will be all year. They are undefeated and if they get better each week the rest of the NFL is fucked. However, this IS the Cardinals we are talking about so they could experience their annual mid-season collapse any week now (see also, Minnesota Vikings). ...fingers crossed. So a banged up, battered and bruised Green Bay team littered with bums off the street must head out west on 3-days rest again (seems like that's the case every year since Thursday night games became a thing) to take on the undefeated redbirds. I recall in 2011 the Packers beat the Giants in New York by a field goal with just a few games remaining in the regular season, only to lose to them by 17-points at home in the Divisional Round of the playoffs (the G-men went on to beat the Pats in the Super Bowl that year). A lot happened between those 2 games in that season. A LOT. Coach wants you to enjoy the game Thursday night, but don’t use it as some sort of Packers measuring stick for how good or bad they will be in the playoffs because a lot can -- and will -- happen between now and then (but the Bears will still suck) ... at least, in Coach's humble opinion. Create A Seam Here – X’s & O’s about the game or a scheme It was the best of times; it was the worst of times… …Coach predicted a blowout, and we did win by 14, but it did not feel good. The game was entertaining and now we are 6-1, but it sure would be nice to win with some style points. … the Skins QB is a kid called Taylor Heinicke, who played College Ball at Old Dominion and has been a 3rd String/Practice Squad guy with the Viqueens, Pats, Texans, Panthers, St. Louis BattleHawks (XFL) and now the Skins; one of those “fan favorite” guys that we always seem to have around the Packers. Heinicke’s dad was apparently a die-hard Packer fan, and he grew up idolizing Favre and wears #4 in honor of Favre. Too bad for Heinicke, the dumbass dove and hit his knee on the turf and was down on the 1, and the TD was called back! (But let’s be clear, in real football he scored a TD, just not in the current NFL where nobody understands the rules anymore because they are over complicated.) On the following play the Defense had one of their best plays of the year (on 4th and inches). We got the better of Heinicke on this play, but he did run scramble for 95 yards total, a real concern going into the TH night game against Kyler Murray and the Cards. The WTF’s have four 1st Round Picks in their D-Line, one of the best in the NFL, and it showed on Sunday. They completely shut down the running game, we had 13 rushes for 40 yards and Dillion had 2 fumbles on 3 carries (Rodgers had an additional 17 on 2 carries). On this one we were not only beaten but beaten while trying to hold. On pass plays Rodgers was generally under pressure, particularly when the Skins were stunting, much like the last two games. Rodgers gets sacked by 93 Jonathan Allen when he beats C Patrick and LG Runyon on a stunt. The formula for making it difficult on the Packers is to get home with 4 rushers and drop 7 into coverage. Give the Skins credit, even with no DB’s to speak of, they held us 304 Total Yards and 27 min time-of-possession. On top of good D, we had another problem this week with FG kicking. Have a good look, the ball is not only low it’s spinning sideways. A bad kick for sure, but we had “leakage” in the middle and on the Packers right side (again). We are not getting it done in the place-kicking game, and “leakage” was coach-speak from ST Coach Drayton and LaFleur for “our guys cannot f’ng block.” Gotta fix that. So, we won? Yes, Jimmy we did, even if it didn’t feel like it. "We're 6-1," Rodgers said. "Coach's dream situation is winning and still being able to correct a lot of things, so they're happy." Let’s have a gander at the big picture and look at all the Drives for both teams throughout the game. One of the reasons the game felt choppy and not really in our favor is that 5 out of our 9 Drives ended in a punt a fumble or a blocked FG. We scored some points, but we did not control the clock. On 7 of the Skins 10 Drives, we had a good outcome on Defense (no points, the blue line below). Many of those Defensive drives felt bad because we gave up so many yards, but we did block a FG and got an INT and a fumble. Rashan Gary had a fantastic game and Lowry, Coach’s favorite whipping boy over the last few years, has been playing pretty dog gone good in 2021 (unfortunately for him this was ruled a fumble recovery and not an INT). Shockingly, to Coach, we now have the No. 7 Scoring Defense and over the last three games, we have the NO. 3 Scoring Defense behind the Cards and the Bucs!! Let’s hope we can take this D to Arizona! Football is a game of inches. In a moment of, “Really, your gonna call that here?”... On first and 99 ¾ yards from our own goal line, Cobb got called for a false start. Both the Packers and the Skins got a laugh out of this one. Anyway, that’s not the point for Coach. We went absolutely nowhere on this drive after Heinicke was stopped on 4th and goal. Rodgers had a good day statistically, but did nothing on this drive when we were leading 21-7 in the 3rd Qtr. The Sabermetrics guys will tell you that statically the Defensive Team has a higher chance of scoring here then the Offensive Team. Not so for the 2021 Packers. Let Coach introduce you to the Packers MVP for the win over the Skins. In a complete “tole-ya-so” moment for Coach … it has been clear from game one that Borky the punter has been one of the best free agent acquisitions of the Offseason. Borky had three punts:
Borky, your MVP of the game and a guy who is going to win a few more down the stretch. WTF – Coach’s take on football news that’s messed up ‘New York Times’ Releases Jerry Jones’ Hateful Telegrams Slamming Ottoman Empire ARLINGTON, TX—Revealing hundreds of humiliating and bigoted messages wired by the Cowboys owner last century, The New York Times released a trove of hateful Jerry Jones telegrams Wednesday in which he repeatedly slams the Ottoman Empire. “The Sultan and his brainless Mohammedan hordes are fools for thinking they have any right to rule the Levant,” said one of Jones’ messages, which contain repeated insulting references to the Anatolian people as “greedy spice merchants,” and “butchers of the Balkans.” “I told the Czar he should have crushed that rabble when he had the chance, but now the whole world still trembles in fear of those degraded pirates. Hopefully the Greeks will have their revenge and soon the world will finally be free of the Ottoman menace.” At press time, Jones was refusing to resign as Cowboys owner citing those opinions as completely normal considering the historical context of Texas in the year 2021. The Bears Still Suck – Coach has proof Injured Bear Praying It’s Season Ending CHICAGO—Clutching his hand and screaming in pain in hopes of willing his ligaments into being torn, Bears running back Khalil Herbert was praying after his team's humiliating loss Sunday that his injury would be season ending. “The doctor was smiling as he escorted me off the field; I hope he was just doing that to make me feel better,” said Herbert, who claimed that going down after a brutal collision only to hear you could be back on the field by November was every Bear’s nightmare. “As soon as I went down, I could tell it was only going to be a month, six weeks if I can milk it. You come into the season with so much promise thinking you could be cut loose, but now I can only hope God looks over me and I end up on the IR.” At press time, Herbert was slamming the Bears medical staff for their incompetence after being told he could return next week. Udder Stuff – Commentary from the Badger Underground PREPPING FOR CAMP RANDALL CORN ROAST! After the as-predicted drubbing of the Boil Lancers on their home turf, we at the BU are getting fired up. As a reminder, here is what we foreshadowed in last week’s dispatch, as we pat ourselves on the back with a victory lap (prediction was 31-10)...
We are not sure if he put "Death Row" on the arm to scare Purdue or to scare away anyone who might potentially try to stick a vaccine in his arm, but we love that he’s writing menacing phrases on his arm with marker. That is who you want playing linebacker. Who could have predicted that Bucky wouldn’t have a completed pass in the last 39 minutes of the game, finished 1-11 on 3rd downs and had 5 fumbles, 4 by Braelon Allen. The offense still can’t pass block and Chryst obviously does not trust it enough to give a more balanced attack. With two offenses seemingly incapable of executing a forward pass facing off Saturday, the game will be decided on turnovers. Iowa has been more successful creating turnovers and not committing turnovers. Don’t expect Chryst to allow many opportunities. The alternative would be ugly, like the 2015 clash when Badger QB Joel Stave was responsible for 4 turnovers - 2 fumbles, 2 INTs - including a botched handoff at the Iowa 1-yard-line in the 4th quarter and the Badgers trailing 10-6. Iowa’s offensive line is just as bad as Bucky’s when it comes to pass blocking. Most receptions either way will be to tight ends, with a few going to running backs. Offensive scores will be set up by turnovers and a resulting short field. Expect at least one strip six. Bucky’s defense will spend more time in the Iowa backfield than they will spend in our backfield, see #5 above! We rush for 140 yards and Iowa rushes for 85 yards. Neither team exceeds 120 yards passing. We attempt more than 10 passes only if we fall behind by 7 or more. Bucky will be the last one standing, 13-6. We’re Gonna Kick Your @$$ – predictions for the upcoming game The Arizona Cardinals are the NFL's only undefeated team! Oh no, we cannot win! How you say in Engrish? Oh yeah, "Bullshit." Statistically it’s true, we are toast:
Not so fast, Bucko -- Vegas has installed the Cards as 3.5-point winners. Wait, are they nuts, the Cards should kill us! No, Jimmy, Vegas is not crazy, we have a real shot at winning this game. Jimmy, you may be aware that BeriBeri is out as D-Coordinator with Covid, and that D-Backs Coach and former Top-5 NFL DC Jerry Gray will be running the Defensive show. Advantage Packers. You may also be aware that Davante Adams is out, and Rodgers does a better job of running the offense with him on the sidelines (6-0 without Adams in the LaFleur era, put “Adams” in the search bar above and you’ll see the analysis from two weeks ago). Advantage Packers. No BeriBeri, no Adams? No problem! These are exactly the kind of challenges that provides Rodgers the motivation to play well and spread the ball around! Let’s take a little trip down memory lane, you may remember the headline from 2018, the last time we played the Cards … … and the outcome of that game … which lead to the firing of Melissa McCarthy…. Goodbye and good riddance to McCarthy, hello LaFleur, thank you Cards! We are 45-26-4 all-time against the Racine / Chicago / St. Louis / Phoenix Cardinals. NFL/Packers interstitial trivia … quick, what was the last Team that Curly Lambeau coached?
Coach is not gonna tell ya, you have the Google, you can figure it out … Ok, back to The Show!!!, in the Rodgers era we are 2-2 in the Regular Season (1-1 Home and Away), with an average score of about Packers 22-20 over the Cards. The “however” is that we’ve had two heartbreaking OT losses in the desert. Both Playoff OT losses were on TD’s, including the heartbreaker in 2016 on Larry Fitzgerald’s TD. But our 2021 team is much more like 1982 than 2016. Wait, what? 1982 NFC Playoffs: January 8, 1983 The Packers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 41-16 in the first home playoff game since the Ice Bowl 15 years earlier. Bart Starr’s Packers finished 5-3-1 during the strike-shortened 1982 season, which earned them the 3rd-seed in the expanded NFC Playoffs and a date with Neil Lomax, O.J. Anderson and the Cardinals. Lynn Dickey was starting his first playoff game, and the veteran signal-caller came through with flying colors. Dickey threw for 260 yards and four touchdowns, including a sweet 60-yard toss to John Jefferson in the first quarter that put the Packers in the lead for good. J.J. finished the game with six grabs for 148 yards and a pair of scores. For Dickey, who played in Green Bay from 1976-1985, the game was the high point of his career. “I just kept thinking, ‘Man, mid-January, it’s the playoffs at Lambeau Field. It doesn’t get any better than this,’” Dickey said. Truer words never spoken. Nobody else may see the win, but Coach does! Packers 30 (OT) Cards 27 JB – Packers you forgot about, but stories you’ll remember about them So Coach was at Lambeau on Sunday (of course) and after the final gun I befriended a senior man donning Washington Football Team wear who came to Green Bay from DC to watch the game. I ask him if the fans here treated him well, and I’m proud to say he quickly responded “Yes, everyone was real nice here.” We did the small talk thing and he mentioned that coming to Lambeau was on his bucket list. I asked him why, and he said he wanted to see Rodgers in person (he also joked Washington would take Rodgers if he wants out of Green Bay next year). Then another senior citizen (must have been eves dropping on us) leaned in and commented that it was his first game at Lambeau, too, and he’s been a fan since Lombardi was a Coach in 1959. The first gentlemen then said (to my amazement), “Oh, I played against one of Lombardi's players when I was in high school, Willy Wood. I was from the east side of DC and he played for the technical school, Armstrong. He was a big deal in DC in those days, but we won the game 24-23.” I said “You still remember the score?” and he replied, “Well, it was a pretty big game!” Awesome stuff. Anyways, I immediately went to the interweb when I got home to find and share the lowdown on Packers great, Willy Wood (you’re welcome)… Willy Vernell Wood was an eight-time Pro Bowler and a nine-time All-Pro. In 1989, he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. More than that, Willy Wood was one of the best defensive backs in NFL history, grabbing 48 interceptions during his career, with a reputation as a tough hitter. He had a memorable interception in Super Bowl I when the Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs. He has a street named after him in Washington DC. “Willie Wood Way” is the block of N Street NW between First Street NW and New York Avenue NW. He grew up on this stretch of road in the 1950s, and Wood played football at the neighborhood boys club before he went on to become a star player at Armstrong High School and a quarterback at USC -- the first African-American quarterback to play in what is now the Pac-12 Conference. Undrafted out of USC, he was granted a try-out with Green Bay. Wood changed his position to safety in his rookie year, and played for the Packers from 1960 to 1971, winning five NFL championships. He holds the record for most consecutive starts by a safety in NFL history. Wood went into coaching and was the first black coach in professional football when he coached the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League in 1975. He was also the first black coach in the Canadian Football League. Holy F’ing shit that’s amazing! I wish I knew more about Willy Wood sooner, because he had an amazing career – unfortunately the best of it on the grid iron was a little before Coach’s time. Also unfortunate, he past away in February of last year … he was 84 years old. Now, I think(?) the WFT fan that I met may have mentioned Willy Wood was a grade or two ahead of him in high school, which means my new acquaintance is probably over 83 years old. I hope I am that spry if/when I get to be that age. Oh, and he did mention he intends to come back to Green Bay again next year to watch another game! So, a lot of salutes go out this week:
Welcome back to The Coach Clarahanson Show!!! In Coach’s Humble Opinion: It’s OK to admire Aaron Rodgers… I’m talking to you, Bears fans. Rodgers stating metaphorically that he owns you appears to have provoked your ire. Awe, that’s a shame. During my travels this week, Coach actually heard Chicago radio listeners call into their favorite sportstalk station on Monday to suggest Rodgers is classless, and then expressed their wish for Rodgers to get hurt and be out for several weeks. That’s like a piece of shit telling a rose that is smells unpleasant (in this simile, only the rose is a metaphor). In the 2018 season opener against the Bears at Lambeau (McCarthy’s last season), Bears fans (possibly including you) in the stands overtly celebrated the leg injury that Rodgers suffered with 9:18 left in the 2nd quarter as he was carted off into the tunnel, and proceeded to heckle Packers fans about it (as if Rodgers getting hurt was some sort of skill that Bears fans unleashed that night). No Packers fans were surprised by the classless actions of the Bears fans. …disappointed in them for sure, but unfortunately not surprised. As everyone knows, however, sweet justice came about in the 2nd half when Rodgers returned and rallied the Pack to a 24-23 victory and you loud mouths with C’s on your hats sheepishly slithered out of the stadium. If you had the ability to reflect honestly, you’d realize what Packers fans see written all over your faces: you’re just jealous you don’t have Rodgers and never will (he confirmed that publicly last week). So who DO Chicagoans admire then? Well, this year they ran poster-boy-for-decency, Kris Bryant, out of town (I’m being kind, he was begging to get out of Chicago). Rather, at the top of their hero pedestal sits the likes of cocky-boy Javier Baez, bat-flipping Tim Anderson, and mouth-running A. J. Pierzynski, to name a few. You'll recall Pierzynski’s White Sox manager famously said, “If you’re playing against our team you hate A.J., and if you’re playing with our team you hate him a little less.” Chicagoans shamelessly seem to find profound class in the on-the-field taunts, gestures, and cry-baby media whining sessions that all these punk athletes have repeatedly demonstrated. Frankly, you deserve each other. …at least, in Coach’s humble opinion. Create A Seam Here – X’s & O’s about the game or a scheme Here’s the only important thing for you to know… Now that you are smarter than you were 3 seconds ago, head back out to the woods and finish baiting the deers trap. You want more on the game? Well, we fell asleep in the 1st Qtr and let Rookie QB Jesse Field score a TD, then we woke up, scored 17 points and the game was over. You already know that Coach loves his statistics, and frankly Coach is a bit disappointed in the lack of blowouts … but a 10-point win over the Bears at the Eyesore-on-the-Lakeshore is “rio nice.” Especially when we rushed for 31 times for 154 yards against the #10 Rushing Defense. AJ Dillion averaged better than 5 ½ yards/carry and is clearly becoming the RB we thought he would be. Rodgers had a Passer Rating of 128 on only 23 attempts. Let that sink in … we ran 31 times and only passed 23 times … and we controlled the ball for over 32 minutes. The Defense has been frustrating all year, but it is showing signs of improvement. After giving up 38 to NOLA in the opener, we are now the 13th best Scoring Defense (22.7 pts/gm) … and… we are the 5th best Scoring Defense over the last 3 games (17.7 pts/gm) Offense is great. Super. Pretty. But Defense wins in January. Down 24-14 with 2:26 left in the game, the Bears made it to the Packers 32-yard-line and were threatening. Kenny Clark ended the game by sacking Jesse Field twice and the Bears ended the game on an incompletion on 4th & 26 from the Packers 48. Sweet! Special Teams also had some highlights! Mason Crosby was 4-for-4 kicking (3 XP’s & 1 FG), time to get going on another streak. And Borky? Aye-yi-yi Borky had another great game punting, highlighted by this 82-yarder that flipped the field from our 18 and left the Bears starting from their 20. Let’s hope he can keep this up when the gales of November come early. Yup, Coach is starting to believe in this Team… …overcoming a ton of key injuries and our Erin even broke out the 2010 Championship Belt. Yes, to repeat, kids … he is a petulant-self-absorbed-sphincter, but he’s our petulant-self-absorbed-sphincter … and we’re riding this train to the Ship. You want more proof? There is no better sight than seeing Field, the Rookie QB, automatically assuming the Jay-Cutler-NFC-Championship-Position! Jim McMahon was prescient when he said the Bears are where QB’s go to die. Welcome Jesse Field. Are the Packers perfect? Hell no! All the Stats put us in the middle of the NFL pack. 15th in Points Scored 13th in Points Allowed (and an abysmal record 15 for 15 TD’s allowed in the Red Zone) 13th in Point Differential If not improved, this portends bad news in the gauntlet of good teams coming soon. Let’s have a look at some of what the problems are. O-Line Coach Steno has been a magician, but he has had to deal with up to 4 rookies or first year players at a time and it is by no means a perfect group. Rookie RG (#70) Royce Newman has played really when on running plays, but has struggled at times with pass blocking. Newman gave up two sacks against the Bears, both times when he missed a blocking hand-off when the D-Line stunted. D-Backs You may recall that when we traded Josh Jackson to the Giants for Isaac Yiadam the reports were that he was just like Jackson: a liability in coverage and an adequate Special Teamer. Yiadam proved the reports correct. He was immediately benched after this Def PI and his replacement, Rasul Douglas, played pretty well the rest of the game. Douglas was signed by Gutey from Arizona Cardinals' practice squad only 11 days earlier. And Special Teams Coverage? WTF? What Coverage? Kick-off coverage has been terrible this year and now let’s add punt coverage to the list. Thank goodness for the block-in-the-back penalty … this was at the end of a fantastic Borky 50-yard punt that would have been real trouble for us if it wasn’t called back. OK, moving on… WTF – Coach’s take on football news that’s messed up Jags Rookie Coach Still Adjusting To Speed Of NFL Cover-Ups JACKSONVILLE, FL—Apologizing to Jaguars fans for his early failures in leading the team, Jacksonville coach Urban Liar admitted to reporters Tuesday that he is still adjusting to the speed of NFL cover-ups. “At the college level, these scandals take a lot longer to develop, and I’ll admit I just haven’t done the work to adjust my press strategy from Ohio State,” said Liar, who explained that he was often able to shut down a damaging story or sweep a player’s transgressions under the rug with a single phone call while running a college program. “The NFL media ecosystem is just more complex than college, so I can’t run with the same simple denials I used in the past. I’m dealing with grown adults now, and lots of people have their own ideas that I can’t just override by throwing them off the team or threatening to take away a scholarship. Jaguars fans deserve a better level of cover-up than I’ve been providing, and I’m committed to learning and getting better.” At press time, Liar had hired a former assistant from the Steelers so he could learn how they managed to sweep everything Ben Roethlisberger has done under the rug. The Bears Still Suck – Coach has proof Chicago Championship For Women’s Team Counts CHICAGO—Following the Bears humiliating loss to the Green Bay Packers at Soldiers Field on Sunday, Mayor Lori “Beetlejuice” Lightfoot proclaimed that the WNBA championship granted to the Chicago Sky (nice name) that same day will now count as a thing. “We can’t expect the Bears to ever be competitive, so we’ll take anything we can get – even if it means having to first explain to the people here that we have a women’s basketball team.” When reminded that no mention was made of the Chicago women’s team playing in the WNBA Championship game during the Bears home game NFL broadcast, the mayor was quick to belt out a hardy “Congratulations to the Sky!” at her regular Monday morning press conference to confirm the number of murders in Chicago over the weekend (only 4 of the 24 people shot actually died, so that’s … uh, good?). Then when one reporter asked if a ticker-tape parade for the Sky through the downtown area would be administered by the city, the mayor quickly chided “Oh, hell no.” “The next time I watch a WNBA game ... will be the first time I watch a WNBA game.” - Norm McDonald (RIP) Udder Stuff – Commentary from the Badger Underground Bucky Favored for 8th Consecutive Week, Badger Underground Raises Eyebrows Bucky and BU were looking at this game as an automatic win. Now, those darn engineers beat #2 Iowa. Yes, Iowa is still #2 in our book, but only in the excrement sense. But, needless to say, Bucky needs to pay attention. With the Badgers favored by 3.5 points at Purdue this Saturday, it appears Vegas has confused Badgers football with Badgers women’s volleyball. Favored versus Ped State, favored versus Notre Dame, and couldn’t cover the spread vs. Army. Thanks to Purdue’s beat-down of the second-ranked Fraudeyes in Iowa City, the Big Ten West division is now wide open. Iowa rose in the rankings after rallying from a 17-7 deficit the week before vs. Ped State to win after the Nits’ QB was knocked out of the game. Purdue went into the Iowa game on the heels of defeat at the hands of cult leader P.J. Fleck’s Goophs and an underwhelming 13-9 win vs. Illinois the week before. Purdue averages 45 passes per game and receiver David Bell shredded a supposedly good Iowa defense for 11 catches and 240 yards. They have three quarterbacks putting up better numbers than Graham Mertz. Nobody is going to run on Wisconsin, but Wisconsin has not faced a passing attack like this. This is a game where Wisconsin gets exposed for not having an edge pass rush threat since the graduation of Zack Baun. There is plenty of tape to show opponents that they should go at Scott Nelson early and often. This would be a good week to actually catch would-be interceptions that hit Badgers defenders in the hands. Hopefully they fare better against Purdue’s gadget plays than they did vs. Michigan’s flea-flicker. Offensively, Wisconsin has displayed zero improvement in pass protection. Out of 129 teams in all of college football, they're 115th in points per game, 100th in yards per play, 123rd in turnovers. Mertz rarely has time to look past his primary receiver as the pocket regularly disintegrates around him. Circle the name George Karlaftis. He is a disrupter who is going to eat Badgers tackles alive. Smart teams have run away from him and chipped him with TE’s. Purdue also has a very good safety tandem. Not a good week for Mertz to be forcing the ball through a keyhole in the middle of the field to receivers who can’t get separation. Look for the Badgers to attempt to run the ball even more than usual. Playing from behind is a position that Wisconsin does not want to find itself in. So, what happens Saturday? Yes, we are surprised at the 3.5 point away advantage. And yes, we will blow that away. Bucky will defy the odds and play a turnover-free game on offense, rushing for 280 yards. Leo Chenal spends the afternoon in the Purdue backfield blowing up Jeff Brohm’s (former Packers QB) playbook. We win the turnover margin and prevail on Kyle Orton Appreciation Day, 31-10, making it 15 wins in a row over Purdue. We’re Gonna Kick Your @$$ – predictions for the upcoming game Coach, who are we playing this week? Honestly Jimmy, I’m not really sure, but they are a storied franchise and the Packers are 21-16-1 against them all time. We know that that they have had many Hall-of-Fame players over the years, like Long-Snapper Alonzo Flowers. We know that they are in 2nd place in the NFC Least Division and that they have beaten the Giants and the Falcons by a combined 5 points. We know that their owner, Daniel Snyder has been “suspended” by the NFL and the Team is being “run” by his wife. We also know that he is at the heart of the NFL investigation that reviewed 650 trillion e-mails and only found “bad ones” associated with Chucky. We know that they are QB’d by a kid who grew up idolizing Brett Favre and he tries to play like him. Heinicke, like former Wesley College and Packers QB Joe Callahan, is a fan favorite! We also know that he is not a good QB. (He got the nod when start Ryan Fitzpatrick broke his hip, kinda like Coach’s mother-in-law.) We know that they have the: #21 Scoring Offense #32 Scoring Defense We know the line is 9.5 points and the net margin advantage for the Packers 11.6 points. We know that Head Coach Ron Rivera was a stud OLB with the ’85 Bears, and that he is a mediocre Head Coach (85-76-1). Unrelated, Hispanic Heritage Month just ended its bizarre calendar stint, Sep 15, 2021 - Oct 15, 2021. We know that true fans of the Team have been disappearing. Between gross mismanagement of the Team, unending Snyder-Scandals and team moniker confusion, the average Washington Fan is left to feel like they are victims of identity theft. What we don’t know is “what will the new name be for the once proud Washington Redskins?” That set Coach on a mission to find out what the folks in D.C. are thinking … and which options they are considering. Option 1: Washington FC OK, this might work if they join the English Premier League. Option 2: The Deadskins Hmmm, Coach understands the sentiment, but not very motivational. Also, this is what Ravens fans call them. Option 3: The Washington Thinskins Ok, now we’re getting somewhere. Option 4: The Washington Foreskins Can you think of a better team name for a city that has the 536 most senior elected officials in the country? Option 5: Washington Team Football Obviously the one that will be selected because no one will be offended. Voting for your preferred option starts today! Simply write “I prefer Option _X_” on the back of a $100 bill and mail it to: Coach’s Option Voting 1004 Brett Favre Pass Green Bay, WI 54304 Why will we really win? We have a better team, a better roster and better Coaching. Roster management is critical to winning and Gutey is not resting. There were a couple of dozen roster moves made in October, but three were critical to bolster all the injuries on Defense. Selected October Roster Moves 10/21 LB Whitney Mercilus signed will have no mercy at all for the Skins. Why is he here? Zed's dead, baby, Zed's dead. 10/07 LB Jaylon Smith signed; played against the Bears (and was pretty much lost), hopefully he’ll be better oriented this week. Why is he here? Gutey must have at least line backer named Smith on the active roster at all times. 10/06 CB Rasul Douglas signed from Arizona Cardinals' practice squad, he played a lot and played well in the Bears game. Why is he here? Well, besides keeping Kevin King on the bench, he knows a thing or two about our upcoming opponent, the undefeated Arizona Redbirds. Ya know what Coach is tinkin’? We aint hadda blow out yet, en we’re gonna have our first one of the year this weekend! Better break open the kids’ piggy banks and bet all ya got. Packers 31 Skins 13 JB – Packers you forgot about, but stories you’ll remember about them The Washington Redskins organization came into the NFL in 1932, but were then known by a much less offensive name, the Boston Braves. That year the Pack went 10-3-1* overall (the year after they won their 3rd consecutive NFL Championship), were undefeated at home, and pummeled the NFL expansion team in Boston on November 13 by a score of 21-0 in front of 16,500 fans. It’s famously rumored that current Buccaneers QB Tom Brady had snuck into the bleachers that day to watch the game with some grammar school friends. He no doubt wanted to get a glimpse of the Packers’ rookie sensation, Clarke Hinkle. [* - By today’s standards, the Packers actually would have won a 4th consecutive NFL Championship based on wins. In 1932, however, there were no playoff games and ties were more common, so even though the Packers had more wins than any other NFL team that year the Bears were “granted” the NFL title with a record of 6-1-6. Complete bullshit, right? Well, it’s no coincidence that the Bears funded a lot of NFL executives’ salaries at that time, and the Packers were near broke with a looming lawsuit from a drunk, syphilis-stricken fan who fell out of their stands that year and broke his coccyx, so you do the math.] A native of Toronto, Ohio, Hinkle played college football for Bucknell from 1929 to 1931. He scored 50 points in a single game as a sophomore and led Bucknell to an undefeated season in 1931. When Curly Lambeau later inked him to an NFL contract, Hinkle said “I wanted to play so badly that I would have signed for nothing.” As a Packer, Hinkle presented a rare combination of power, speed, and accurate kicking. He played on offense as a fullback, defense as a linebacker, and special teams as the place kicker and punter (widely regarded as the best punter in the NFL at the time). He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of its second class of inductees in 1964. Known as one of the toughest players in the era of iron man football, Hinkle held the all-time NFL records for rushing yardage and carries when his playing career ended. He led the NFL in touchdowns (7) in 1937, in points scored (58) in 1938, and in field goals made and field goal percentage in both 1940 and 1941. He was selected as a first- or second-team All-Pro in each of his 10 NFL seasons and helped lead the Packers to 2 (really should be 3) NFL championships in 1936 and 1939 (and 1932). Hinkle's competition with Chicago Bears legend Bronko Nagurski was especially memorable. Hinkle was the only player to ever knock Nagurski out of a game. Hinkle cited that 1934 collision with Nagurski as his greatest day in football. He recalled: "I was carrying the ball and Nagurski charged in to make the tackle. WHAM! We banged into each other. Nagurski had to be removed from the game with a broken nose and two closed eyes. Strangely enough, I suffered no ill effects and was able to continue playing." Nagurski later called Hinkle the "toughest man I ever played against." Hinkle’s toughness remained to the end. On November 2, 1941, in his final game against the Chicago Bears, Hinkle had his leg torn open by an opponent's spike but returned late in the game to kick a game-winning field goal from the 44-yard line. Coach cannot confirm nor deny reports that Hinkle shouted to fans “I’ve owned you all my life! I still own you!” when the pigskin spun end-over-end through the uprights as time expired.
Clarke Hinkle’s playing career was cut short in 1942 by the Japs (military service). He was honorably discharged from the Coast Guard in 1946 and began working for the Kimberly-Clark paper company in Neenah, Wisconsin. He eventually moved to and later died in Steubenville, Ohio in 1988 at age 79 following a long illness. If you go to watch Packers training camp, their 2 outdoor practice facilities are Ray Nitschke Field (east of the Don Hutson Center), and Clarke Hinkle field on the west side (right on Oneida Avenue). A fitting tribute. So this week we posthumously salute you, Clarke Hinkle, as an all-time Packers great! |
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