Recent content by retiredgrampa

I believe that under the circumstances, i.e. questionable play calls and OL, Rodgers has done very well. It's a sure thing, in my mind at least, that the Packers have a fine QB for many years. He is talented and intelligent and capable of improving. Many other teams are not so blessed. Next...

Not to worry. PFR has stated that it appears that Jones will retain Wade due to the "economic climate." IOW, super-rich Jerry doesn't want to buy out Phillips' contract and then pay really big bucks to sign a hot new HC, especially going into non-capped 2010. See? Even guys like Jones are...

Watched Michael Turner today againest the Vikes...and I wanted to cry. We could have had him if Thompson had only seen his talent level and compared him to Grant. You CAN'T compare those two. Sure, he would have cost a lot of money, but do you think for one damned minute that Atlanta is sorry...

IMO, our only hope for meaningful change IS to sign a guy like Phillips who will bring in his own assistants. Expecting mm to cut coaches by himself is dreaming. Besides, just moving in one new coach is a band-aid approach. The team is underachieving in all defensive aspects. My nightmare...

Yeah, we've got competive guys, but why not take it out on the opposition, for a change. The main problem is that the players have NOT been shown what to do in certain circumstances...and that's on our so-called coaches.

I see where he made 8 tackles today.

On his interviews after practices, he seems very humble and personable, like "Packer People". I'm sorry, but "humble and personable" does not fit the persona of a rough, tough DT in the NFL these days. Those that are successful have dominating personalities, it seems to me. Harrell may have been...

If it was only Hawk having a bad year, I'd blame him. But Barnett was doing badly before his injury. Poppinga is being criticized every game for one failure or another. Bishop has mostly been a non factor. Even Chillar has taken criticism in coverage. See ANY correlation? THEY ARE ALL...

I pray we do NOT promote anyone to DC from inside the team. We need a NEW mind in there to change things. Who knows if Moss doesn't completely buy into Sanders' failed ideas? Shottemheimer? Please get serious! My real fear is that McCarthy WILL take the easy road and promote one of his...

One GOOD thing that might come out of this....AJ Hawk is a proud football player. He will use this disappointing, injury riddled season as motivation for next year...when I expect him to come back breathing fire. I don't expect two sub-par years in a row.

In no particular order; DT, DE, TE, RB, OG, OT(2), S, . That's the 8 we have now.

I'm not looking forward to the last 3 games, but I AM looking forward to the draft. What else is there? While I'd enjoy tt making a move in FA, I don't expect it. So the draft is IT for me now. Some wins at the end of the season may be a sop for some of us, to me it means a lower draft choice. A...

I look forward to McCarthy's presser tomorrow. I keep hoping to hear something encouraging but I'm dead sure that he's not in the least encouraged himself, unless he's gone senile.

I can't help but wonder if Harris isn't voiceing his desire to go elsewhere. I base this on the Packer's collapse and what that does to the psyche of players accustomed to winning. Although the players cannot criticize their coaching, inwardly they may very well blame much of this year's debacle...

tt will not give up any draft picks; after all, there are plenty of WRs he can pick up, and he likes that. BTW, our #1 pick has a grand total of 26 catches this year. But that's more than the # of tackles #1 pick Harrell has. Anyone see a trend? The problem is we also need help on the O...