community.sportsbubbler.com - 9/16/2009
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Piggybacking on one of our railbird's comments in this morning's Packers Daily Links , Asshalo wrote, "We don't have to build Rome in a day, although Capers pretty much did on defense." Aaron Nagler of Cheesehead TV gives a similar sentiment when he wrote before the Bears game , ...
Capers Not Alone
cheeseheadtv.com 9/16/2009 — Anyone who reads this blog with any regularity knows how long I’ve been on the Dom Capers bandwagon. And I’m happy to see Packer Nation climb on board .
But I think it needs pointing out that, while Capers has done an extremely impressive job getting the Packers defense into ...
Did the Packers seriously win a close game?
thesportsbank.net 9/15/2009 —
By Jake McCormick
Thanks to the preseason, the Green Bay Packers have suddenly turned into the Gonzaga of the NFL. Thanks to guys like Skip Bayless and Bill Simmons, both of which I am about as big a fan as gun-touting, toothless Wal-Mart patrons are to President Barack Obama, the Packers ...
Has Capers Been Holding Back?
cheeseheadtv.com 9/28/2009 — Now I know this is way out there in Jim Marrs -land, but after I got done re-watching the Rams game last night, I couldn’t help thinking that the blitz packages the Packers have run so far this season look awfully obvious and uncreative, especially the last two weeks. Yes, we saw one ...
Packers Defense, Anything But Predictable
nflgridirongab.com 9/18/2009 —
Charles Woodson inches his way up to the line of scrimmage. His eyes flash a hunger to blitz and put the quarterback on his back. On the other side, Al Harris bounces back and forth hinting at the possibility of attacking the signal caller.
The quarterback surveys the field only to find an ...
Using the Kubler Ross stages of grief to cope with the Packers’ Week 2 loss
thesportsbank.net 9/23/2009 — Can you believe Lamar Odom had five sacks?
By Jake McCormick
Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance.
That’s how I dealt with the Green Bay Packers’ pitiful loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, a team that rightfully deserves a reality show and is a lot like the villains in any ...
Week One: Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
chicago.sportsthenandnow.com 9/11/2009 —
An improved offense would take some pressure off of Brian Urlacher and the Bears defense.
Overview: It won’t take long to see if the Chicago Bears have what it takes to return to the playoffs for the first time since reaching the Super Bowl following the 2006 season. They open the ...
Packers Report-Week 2
sheffieldshouse.blogspot.com 9/21/2009 — " Any team can beat any other team on any given Sunday. " This axiom is probably the most well known for us sports fans. And yet, we love to apply this truism only when our team loses, as a kind of appeal to the gods, a way to escape putting the blame on our team. Not the case for Packers fans ...
Football Outsiders: Now They Love The Packers
acmepackingcompany.com 9/11/2009 — I was disappointed when I read the Football Outsiders Almanac 2009 with the prediction that the Green Bay Packers would not make the playoffs. The only comfort in this fact is that, although they are the best when it comes to NFL ...
Packers Defense, Totally Unpredictable
packersgab.com 9/18/2009 —
Charles Woodson inches his way up to the line of scrimmage. His eyes flash a hunger to blitz and put the quarterback on his back. On the other side, Al Harris bounces back and forth hinting at the possibility of attacking the signal caller.
The quarterback surveys the field only to find an ...
The NFL Love-Child That Is The Green Bay Packers
foulpole2foulpole.com 9/11/2009 —
The NFL Hype Train typically makes it’s round about this time each season. For years, analysts have predicted the rise of the Houston Texans, Arizona Cardinals, etc. Every year, those teams seem to disappoint. Last year, almost everyone gave up on picking the Cardinals as their surprise ...
Bears QB Cutler vows to improve (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NFL News 9/16/2009
Just for the record, Jay Cutler had a hard time believing how his debut with the Chicago Bears went, too. Hailed as a franchise savior after the blockbuster trade from Denver, the rifle-armed quarterback threw a dud in a season-opening loss at ...
Can the NFL Overtime Policy Change? —
Bleacher Report - NFL 9/16/2009
One week into the NFL season, and already there's thought for concern.
When the Tennessee Titans lost on the opening drive of overtime against the defending Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers, once again, the overtime system ...