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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1320 on: May 03, 2016, 05:28:15 pm »
is spicing up the offseason with a little trash talk aimed at Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Asked about Rodgers on ESPN today, Houston acknowledged he’s a good player but said he doesn’t like him as a person and especially doesn’t like his attitude, exemplified by his trademark celebration of pretending to put a championship belt around his waist.

“He’s a little arrogant for me. He’s a little too arrogant,” Houston said. “He’s a cheesehead. I’m a Bear. He’s a cheesehead. But I have a lot of respect for his game, I will say that. He’s a great quarterback. As a player, I have a lot of respect for him but the whole championship belt thing kind of gets on my nerves.”

Houston might not be the best one to talk about the way other players celebrate, considering that he once suffered a season-ending knee injury while celebrating a sack late in the fourth quarter of a blowout loss. But Houston has taken shots at Rodgers before, most notably after the Bears beat the Packers on Thanksgiving, when Houston sacked Rodgers during the game and said afterward, “I really don’t like that guy.”

Rodgers may have just a little more motivation to unleash the championship belt when the Bears meet the Packers next, on October

Lamarr who?  Pure envy.
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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1321 on: May 04, 2016, 01:16:22 am »
Yeah, I think that's changing pretty quickly...we're not going to see those Cheesehead wins like usually anymore. Those days are past....Rodgers will be looking out his earhole a lot more frequently now with the likes of Trevathan and Freeman nailing him....and others, many others....

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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1322 on: May 04, 2016, 05:46:13 am »
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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1323 on: May 05, 2016, 06:17:12 pm »
Yeah, I think that's changing pretty quickly...we're not going to see those Cheesehead wins like usually anymore. Those days are past....Rodgers will be looking out his earhole a lot more frequently now with the likes of Trevathan and Freeman nailing him....and others, many others....

Maybe, but you will have to prove it.

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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1324 on: May 05, 2016, 06:45:50 pm »
Rob Demovsky of ESPN

For what it’s worth, the Packers are favored to win the NFC North, not the defending champions. Either way, it’s going to be a tough battle with the Minnesota Vikings for the crown.

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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1325 on: May 06, 2016, 05:31:36 am »
I think the Vikings had a very charmed season last year, but there is no denying their talent.  Something about Bridgewater though, he was elusive, but he was accidentally elusive.  Like he looked into the extra time.  But I think his luck will run out and he will end up taking a real big hit this season, maybe a few of them.  I would agree that the Pack should be favored, but you could begin to see a decline in the Pack based on their defense.  Peppers can't play forever, that will leave a hole.

If Chubnickel(Lacy) comes back in true playing shape and f Nelson has no lingering effects of the knee injury, the offense should hum again. 

I think this will be a much more competitive division, with Detroit looking in from the outside.


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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1326 on: May 06, 2016, 10:08:24 am »

I know exactly what you mean about Bridgewater.  Often times it looks like you got him and he'll escape or make this quick off balance throw for a completion.  He's a very efficient QB but not somebody that's going to throw for big yardage or 3 TDs.  You'd think he'd have more gawdy numbers with AP in the backfield - maybe he was limited by his receiving corp.

Defensively, they have a good young group of drafted players throughout their lineup.   We're getting there...

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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1327 on: May 06, 2016, 04:06:35 pm »
I agree with those posts except I believe GB's defense will be even stronger.


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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1329 on: May 06, 2016, 07:37:05 pm »
There were a few highlight-worthy moments, mostly during one-on-one work between receivers and cornerbacks.

Fifth-round draft pick Trevor Davis hauled in a nice deep ball, and he came back on his next rep to break off the go route and snag another pass on an in-cut. It was a memorable first impression for the speedy Cal receiver

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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1330 on: May 07, 2016, 02:56:00 pm »
Dave from Hartford, WI

How many different positions do you expect Jason Spriggs will be able to learn/play?

If a guy can play left tackle, and Spriggs can, he can play all of the line positions that don’t require him to shove a ball between his legs. If he can also shove a ball between his legs, he can play center, too. Football is a left tackle game. That’s why the franchise tag for all offensive linemen is effectively the cost of a left tackle.

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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1331 on: May 07, 2016, 02:59:22 pm »
Matt from Round Rock, TX

Vic, in baseball, which doesn’t have a meaningful cap, the small-market, consistent winner is an aberration. What would make football different, if the salary cap was eliminated?

There’s a much greater supply of football talent in America than there is baseball talent. Football is a game of replacement; baseball is a game of maintenance. A football team can rebuild much more quickly than a baseball team can. One draft class will do it, if the football team has “The Man.” A baseball team has to begin by rebuilding its farm system. Having said all of that, please understand I don’t advocate elimination of the draft or the salary cap. I was just asked what I thought would happen if they didn’t exist. In my opinion, football’s greatest gift is the seemingly endless supply of talent available to it. Should the concussion thing shrink the game, the endless supply of available talent will also shrink, and football would begin to experience the same problems baseball does.

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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1332 on: May 07, 2016, 04:04:31 pm »
...Martinez said he chose No. 50 out of a group of numbers the Packers offered him. He didn’t think of the previous owner, linebacker A.J. Hawk, the franchise’s all-time leading tackler who spent nine seasons in Green Bay. The Packers did not issue No. 50 last season, after Hawk was released by the team the previous February.

“They gave me like 12 options, and I was just kind of going through it and not really thinking [and picked] No. 50 like, ‘50’s a great number.’ Then all of a sudden, everybody’s like, ‘Oh, you’ve got A.J. Hawk’s number.’ I was like, ‘Ohhhh, yep, here we go,’” Martinez said. “But it’s a great number, and I’ll do everything I can to live up to his legacy and all of what he’s done.”

Meanwhile, Martinez said his father, Marc, still is working on ridding the house of the hats and T-shirts of the NFL’s other 31 teams that he bought in preparation for his son being drafted. Martinez said extended family members grabbed some of the gear for a few other teams and joked that they “burned” the Chicago Bears paraphernalia. Martinez said his dad likely will donate whatever is left.

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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1333 on: May 09, 2016, 09:35:07 am »

Maybe no one will notice he's got #50 - I mean, Martinez has to get on the field first.

Or maybe he does play and the Packer fans already forget who used to wear #50  - the guy made one pro-bowl in all his years as a Packer...and that was as an alternate.   We're not talking taking #54 and replacing Urlacher.

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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #1334 on: May 10, 2016, 09:49:25 am »
Was thinking the same thing. WHAT legacy, lol.