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Create a seam here - X's & O's about the game or a scheme The good from Week 1: gotta love the “Uncle Reuben” Favre-like pitch from Aaron to Eddie (1-handed catch!). I’m sure it was just like they drew it up at the Don Hudson center. That was fun, and a foreshadowing back breaker for the Bears in the 1st Q (sent the message, “Bears, no matter what - you are still our beeyotch!”). With the loss of a major starter this year, I still was really concerned going into the season… Now that AJ Hawk is gone – his hot wife is gone now, too – so the number of hot chicks in Green Bay was cut in half. On a related note, did anybody notice Jordy Nelson not playing on Sunday? Thanks, Aaron – for turning average receivers into scoring machines, and for keeping our hot chicks percentage in Green Bay above zero. The bad: Hmmmmm… What the heck happened to Sam Shields last week? I hope he had dysentery or something like that preventing him from covering a 1-legged Alshon Jeffery. That reminds me, has anyone seen my watch? WTF - The Coach's take on a bad ref call or a bad play call or the like So many to choose from… Should we pick:
From the mouth of Leroy Butler last week BEFORE the game, “Jay Cutler should be in the Packers Hall of Fame.” Well said, Leroy, well said. I wonder who’ll be the Bears’ $50 million cap buster signee next year. On the flip side, John Fox brought it last week (respect), but alas did not have the talent (a.k.a. “Packers”) to get it done. Having the Bears on the schedule in Week 1 was just like another preseason game for us – with all the offsides penalties and what not, it was a nice warm up game for us to prepare lightly for some real competition this week. Seems unfair to the rest of the league that we get to play the Bears twice each year (effectively, we start each season 2-0 before the 1st kickoff), but maybe that’s karma for having to put up with newer teams in the league that wear colors like teal and pewter on their uniforms. My 5th grader told me this one on Thursday: "How do you keep a bear out of your backyard? ...put up a goal post." Udder stuff - commentary from the Badger Underground CHRIS BORLAND SIGNS WITH PACKERS Former Badger Chris Borland signed a lucrative multi-year contract with the Packers late Saturday to fill the void left at ILB by the injuries to Sam Barrington's foot and AJ Hawk's ego. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Badger Underground is sure it's pretty sweet. Former teammate Jarred Abrederas said "It's good to be playing on the same team with Chris again, although it seems like that guy is always hurt." San Francisco GM, D. Boxer-Fienstein, could not be reached for comment. Not surprised we beat Trois handily on Saturday, although the Badger Underground was surprised that Vegas spotted the Trojans 35 -- especially since they lost to tOSU by only 18 the week prior. Although Paul Chryst could use a couple more nights a week with his local Toastmasters chapter, the BU likes what he has done. It was evident in the Spring game that he and his staff had already done much more than the previous regime to develop quarterbacks and wide receivers. We are stuck in a transitional period where Gary Anderson swung and missed at top talent, aided by WI’s admissions czar. Anderson also gravitated toward a spread offense, failing to exploit the State’s fertile recruiting ground for 6’5” 310 lb OL who will eventually end up in the NFL. Gary Anderson compounded this by shutting off practices to high school coaches. Count the top OL recruit in the Midwest since Joe Thomas committing to Michigan instead of Wisconsin as one of the casualties. In the meantime, we will remain extremely thin on the OL, hoping for no injuries. Good thing for us that the rest of the West is a bunch of pussies this year. Outback here we come (again)! We're gonna kick your a$$ - predictions for the next game How will we beat the Seahoax? DEEE-FENCE! Longtime readers of this column know that the less than stellar performance of the Packers defense has been a point of frustration since the passing of Fritz (God rest his soul) and the unrelated arrest of Eugene Robinson for soliciting prostitution. We now have a unique window to capitalize on the capability of the best quarterback in the history of the NFL (just like the guy before him) and have reached the playoffs for 6 years running … only to be thwarted by poor defensive play 5 out of 6 times. The only Super Bowl win in the Roger’s era was when we had a top 10 defense during the 2010 season. (My apologies to Vikings and Lions fans, who likely were confused trying to interpret the combination of aforementioned nouns and verbs as assembled, which formed sentence structures containing concepts like “best quarterback” and “Super Bowl win” that they have never been exposed to before. Sadly, I probably lost them after “soliciting prostitution”) M-Mac has made improving the special teams and the defense both a very public and a very personal goal … stating that they are reasons he gave up offensive play calling (and you can put that in BIG, CAPITAL LETTERS). After Week 1, no complaints about Ron Zook, but the torches will be lit if Seattle’s returner breaks some big ones. So, will Eminem’s departure from play calling improve the defense? Based on Week 1 results – eh, not so sure. Matt Forte ran wild in Week 1; can we stop the Beast in Week 2? Thanks for asking. Having Morgan Freeman Burnett back in the lineup should help, but having Sam Bam-ington on IR won't (but that should help with pass coverage). Keep the Skittles in the bag and we win in Week 2 (meaning hold him under 100 yards – I wish we had Letroy back from Juvee), oh yeah - and allow no kick-return points, and win the turnover battle, and no untimely penalties that kill our drives or extend theirs, and keep Rogers healthy (Donny B, we need you to step up for Brian Beluga Bulgaria). Simple, really. JB - Packer players you forgot about, but stories you'll remember about them When former coach / GM Mike Sherman lost his General Manager role and was subsequently asked by the local media to comment on his better moves as a GM, he quickly highlighted his drafting of Javon “Wonderlic” Walker and his trading with the Eagles for Al Harris. My football contacts in Philadelphia poked fun at me when that trade was made, as they informed me Al’s nickname in Philly was “Toast” (as in, he frequently got burnt). This week we pay tribute to Al Harris and his redeeming qualities: a class act that passed through Green Bay as a slightly-better-than-average NFL starter (qualifying him as one of Mike Sherman’s better acquisitions). We will forever remember his sudden death retort to another former Packer who we care a lot less about, Matt “Mr. August” Hasselback (sadly, another hot wife departure)… http://youtu.be/vAgG9XcrDFY So, Al, we salute you!
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