Packershow Season 4 Episode 6: Show 58 October 2, 2009
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Packershow Season 4 Episode 5 Show 57 September 24, 2009
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WARNING: LONG show. 2 hours long. If you are pressed for time, listen to the beginning and the opening etc then skip to around 1hr 15min. Lots of good stuff in the middle.
Mark Jordan Interview in Full September 17, 2009
Posted by Ross - a.k.a. The Fat Man in : Good , 2commentsDuring the show we needed to cut down the interview with Mark Jordan. Here is the full, unedited, interview with him.
Packershow Season 4 Episode 4: Show 56 September 17, 2009
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Packershow Season 4 Episode 4: Show 56
This week we have an interview with Mark Jordan. There was a technical issue with the Good Bad and Ugly and Patrick sounds like a distorted mess.
Packershow Season 4 Episode 3: Episode 55 September 10, 2009
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Bears preview, email, predictions for this week. Eric gives a little bio.
Packershow Season 4 Episode 2: Show 54 September 3, 2009
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Lot’s of fun stuff this week. We welcome Eric to the Packershow family, talk about the depth charts, the preseason and of course, make the predictions.
So say we all … August 29, 2009
Posted by Ross - a.k.a. The Fat Man in : Packershow , 2commentsAre we ready?? Wednesday September 2, 2009 will be the recording of Packershow for the new season. We have a few new things for this year…
We are going to try out another member of our crazy Packershow cast of characters. His name is Eric and we will introduce him next week.
Next we are fully ready to do some phone interviews with some listeners. The slots are filling up fast. If you are interested, please let us know.
We are also tossing the idea around of doing a roundtable show where we would have numerous people on for discussions and BS.
Anyway, please post any questions you may have for the first show!
Ross
Family Night Letdown (with a great surprise) August 9, 2009
Posted by Wes in : Uncategorized , 2commentsWell, the 2009 edition of Green Bay Packers Family Night ended the same way it began–with us driving down the highway in the rain. We (Myself, My wife, my daughter, my father-in-law, my friend Eric, and his girlfriend Tishana) headed to Green Bay early Saturday morning. We drove through a hurricane-like downpour for about 45 minutes. Eventually the rains stopped, giving way to blue skies. We were very happy. We got to Lambeau, enjoyed great weather all day, and were cautiously optimistic that Mother Nature would cooperate with the Green Bay Packers and all of us fans. Unfortunately for everyone, our optimism was not enough. After watching the Packers warm up on the field, the team left to go to the locker room. Shortly thereafter, the fans were all directed to leave the stadium bowl as well, due to lightning in the area. We were waiting outside on the stadium’s upper concourse. The only shelter from the rain that we could find was outside a restroom door in a small cove. While we were waiting there, a woman came and her daughter came over and took shelter from the rain with us. I noticed that she was wearing an authentic #70 jersey with the name “Lang” affixed to the back. Now no disrespect to TJ Lang, but not very many fans run around wearing an authentic jersey of a rookie offensive linemen, even if they were the #1 pick. I asked the woman if she was related to TJ Lang. She replied that she is his mother. We had a wonderful conversation about the Packers organization and a little about TJ’s Journey to the NFL. We even discussed the possibility of the Packers signing Michael Vick. I also met TJ’s older sister, his father, and two of his younger brothers. They are a wonderful group of people (and I mean that with all sincerity.) It is always great to see rookies make an impact on a team, but after meeting some of the “behind the scenes” people in TJ’s life, I only hope more that he gets to make his mark on the Packers. He and his family are truly “Packer people.” Here’s to a long, prosperous career, TJ. By the way, in case you missed it, the scrimmage was cancelled. My 6 year old Daughter, Ava, was devastated that she didn’t get to see the fireworks. Lets hope that the fireworks on the football field during this season are much greater. We will be back soon with our season preview.
Packershow Season 4 Episode 1 May 7, 2009
Posted by Ross - a.k.a. The Fat Man in : Packershow , 6commentsAnd here we go….Packershow for the next season We review the draft, new coaches, the schedule and explain a bit of the 3-4 and different d-line techniques.
Enjoy
Surprises abound in the draft April 27, 2009
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No surprise here with their top pick, Green Bay picks up B.J. Raji from Boston College. As we have discussed, Ryan Pickett was absent for most of last year and the need for a massive stuffer at nose tackle is absolutely necessary in the 3-4. Raji fits the bill. The most surprising part of this pick was not the fact that Raji was chosen, but that Thompson didn’t move down in the draft when there were surely offers to trade since Michael Crabtree was still available at this pick. More on this later. I love this pick and believe our defensive front is going to be a force to be reckoned with.
Clay Matthews wasn’t an overly surprising pick either except with the how and where. Ted Thompson made a shocking move to go UP in the draft for Matthews and paid a hefty price to get him. I wasn’t sure we weren’t looking at AJ Hawk with the hair and physique and maybe Ted wants to confuse offenses even more with the Hawk look-a-like. Who knows.
Walking away from this draft tells me something that I haven’t felt since the Ron Wolf era: we are ready to win NOW. The aggressiveness of the picks, the hiring of Capers and the apparent choice to say “we don’t need those rebuilding draft picks in rounds 2 and 3″ tells a lot to Packer fans. The Packers were 2 pieces away from being a superbowl contender.
Let’s hope this is true. Of course, the other thing TT is depending in is Justin Harrell….
