Good Bye J’aire Alexander

[milani]

I personally have no doubt, that had he stayed healthy and being what he was (and in short bursts still was)...he would have at least been arguably the second greatest DB in our history - only arguably Charles Woodson being greater. Just my opinion. However, sadly injuries stole that from him.

Maybe he is not done yet. We shall see. As great as Charles Woodson was I still place Herb Adderley at the very top. But it is close. We are thankful to have had both in GB.

 

[OldSchool101]

Maybe he is not done yet. We shall see. As great as Charles Woodson was I still place Herb Adderley at the very top. But it is close. We are thankful to have had both in GB.

It’s amazing what Herb did I forgot about him because he was sort of before my time. Just dominating and if memory serves me he was a shave better than Woodson.
What’s intriguing is we might have a Top 5 or better DB on our Roster today and arguable the best Safety in the NFL going into 2025.

The X factor!!

All Pro 1; Pro Bowl; ranked as the 8th best Defender in the League in 2024.

I think player for player X is every bit as good as JA we’re just touching the tip of that iceburg, he’s still 26yrs old until next Month. If our Pass Rush improves we’re talking likely back to back All Pro 1

 

[tynimiller]

Maybe he is not done yet. We shall see. As great as Charles Woodson was I still place Herb Adderley at the very top. But it is close. We are thankful to have had both in GB.

Would never have major qualms with anyone who felt Herb is their one.

 

[DoURant]

Maybe he is not done yet. We shall see. As great as Charles Woodson was I still place Herb Adderley at the very top. But it is close. We are thankful to have had both in GB.

I wonder where Tim Lewis would be on the All-time CB list, had he not had the career ending injury. That guy would have been special.

 

[OldSchool101]

I wonder where Tim Lewis would be on the All-time CB list, had he not had the career ending injury. That guy would have been special.

Nice. Forgot about him but when you mentioned the name I instantly remembered it.

 

[SudsMcBucky]

What? No love for Terrell Buckley?

 

[Heyjoe4]

What? No love for Terrell Buckley?

T-Buck! The Vaccinator! Gonna give you a shot!

 

[DoURant]

Nice. Forgot about him but when you mentioned the name I instantly remembered it.

1st Rd draft pick by the Packers, had a very nice start to his career, 16 INT'S in his first 3 seasons, then the neck injury trying to make a Tackle... and in the blink of an eye, career over.

 

[milani]

What? No love for Terrell Buckley?

Or Ahmad Carroll.

 

[milani]

It’s amazing what Herb did I forgot about him because he was sort of before my time. Just dominating and if memory serves me he was a shave better than Woodson.
What’s intriguing is we might have a Top 5 or better DB on our Roster today and arguable the best Safety in the NFL going into 2025.

The X factor!!

All Pro 1; Pro Bowl; ranked as the 8th best Defender in the League in 2024.

I think player for player X is every bit as good as JA we’re just touching the tip of that iceburg, he’s still 26yrs old until next Month. If our Pass Rush improves we’re talking likely back to back All Pro 1

I remember so many plays by Adderley just like with Woodson. We did not have all the national television coverage when Herb started. If you get a chance watch a You Tube highlight of a Packer-Viking game in October of 1963 in Minnesota. The Vikings lined up to kick what would have been a game winning 14 yard FG in the final minute. Adderley bust in and blocked it enabling Hank Gremminger to pick up the ball and take it to the house. Amazing athlete.

 

[Voyageur]

Adderly & Woodson are on an island of amazing during each of their own eras. The didn't get any better. I'd like to add a third defender to the list of the greatest I've ever seen. He was a CB though. **** LeBeau. That guy was amazing and had the same instincts and skill sets as Adderly & Woodson. I dreaded it every time the Packers QBs threw a pass in his general direction because I figured there was a better chance he'd intercept the pass than a Packer would catch it.

I saw LeBeau turn top NFL receivers into 2nd team receivers on HS teams the way he'd play them like he owned them. **** intercepted Johnny Unitas and Bart Starr seven times each for the tops in his career. The guy was a menace against the Packers.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Adderly & Woodson are on an island of amazing during each of their own eras. The didn't get any better. I'd like to add a third defender to the list of the greatest I've ever seen. He was a CB though. **** LeBeau. That guy was amazing and had the same instincts and skill sets as Adderly & Woodson. I dreaded it every time the Packers QBs threw a pass in his general direction because I figured there was a better chance he'd intercept the pass than a Packer would catch it.

I saw LeBeau turn top NFL receivers into 2nd team receivers on HS teams the way he'd play them like he owned them. **** intercepted Johnny Unitas and Bart Starr seven times each for the tops in his career. The guy was a menace against the Packers.

I certainly remember Herb Adderly's name from the great Packer teams of the 60s.

This dates me, but I remember when we bought our first color TV, must have been late 60s ??? Anyway, as is true today, it was stunning to watch football in color at home. I am getting old........

 

[gopkrs]

I certainly remember Herb Adderly's name from the great Packer teams of the 60s.

This dates me, but I remember when we bought our first color TV, must have been late 60s ??? Anyway, as is true today, it was stunning to watch football in color at home. I am getting old........

Unless you lived way back in the hills; I'm sure it was late 50s.

 

[OldSchool101]

Unless you lived way back in the hills; I'm sure it was late 50s.

If you meant the Color TV purchase part? It’s entirely feasible it would’ve been a luxury in the later 1960’s to own a color Television. Surprisingly it wasn’t until the early 1970’s that Color TV sales overtook Black n White Models. Only remember this because I worked for Circuit City in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. I’d get a Corporate History lesson of “Ward’s loading Dock” and “Dixie High Fi” beginnings.

PS. Want to hear something funny. I sold a Broksonic 13” Tube TV (had a pen remote featuring power volume and Channel only!) Retail? $200 in 1990 (on sale $179–loss leader meaning we’d lose profit at $149 on 1-day sales). That was the cheapest thing we had. By 1991 I sold many Hitachi 40” Rear Projection’s for $2400.00. That’s probably $5,000 in today’s $$$. Which is insane.

 

[gopkrs]

It wasn’t until the 1970’s that Color TV overtook Black n White Models. Only remember this because I worked for Circuit City and once a year or so I’d get a history lesson Corporate History “Wards loading Dock” and “Dixie High Fi” beginnings.

I remember that I was young when a neighbor got a color tv and Bonanza and Disney were the best shows for it. Probably 1957. I'm sure it didn't take until the late 60s for it to catch on.

 

[OldSchool101]

I remember that I was young when a neighbor got a color tv and Bonanza and Disney were the best shows for it. Probably 1957. I'm sure it didn't take until the late 60s for it to catch on.

I’m a youngin’ compared to you! I do recall them taking black and white shows and converting them into color in the 1970’s. The Monkey’s (reruns) and Partridge Family and “Canon” are my earliest memories.
My favorite show of all was “Hawaii 5-0” oh my gosh I’d beg my parents to stay up past 9pm to watch that!! My Dad would let me but he said if I made so much as 1-peep? Off to Bed! I was quieter than a sleeping mouse
Lol

Book ‘em Danno”!

 

[gopkrs]

I just looked it up and Bonanza came out in color in 1959.

 

[gopkrs]

I certainly remember Herb Adderly's name from the great Packer teams of the 60s.

This dates me, but I remember when we bought our first color TV, must have been late 60s ??? Anyway, as is true today, it was stunning to watch football in color at home. I am getting old........

I apologize HeyJoe. You were right. Color tv did not take over earlier. Just wanted to make it right.

 

[Voyageur]

If you meant the Color TV purchase part? It’s entirely feasible it would’ve been a luxury in the later 1960’s to own a color Television. Surprisingly it wasn’t until the early 1970’s that Color TV sales overtook Black n White Models. Only remember this because I worked for Circuit City in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. I’d get a Corporate History lesson of “Ward’s loading Dock” and “Dixie High Fi” beginnings.

PS. Want to hear something funny. I sold a Broksonic 13” Tube TV (had a pen remote featuring power volume and Channel only!) Retail? $200 in 1990 (on sale $179–loss leader meaning we’d lose profit at $149 on 1-day sales). That was the cheapest thing we had. By 1991 I sold many Hitachi 40” Rear Projection’s for $2400.00. That’s probably $5,000 in today’s $$$. Which is insane.

I bought our first color TV just before my wife and I were married. That was 60 years ago this past March. I got it at Christmas time since I'd already gotten us a house and was furnishing it. It cost $800. It was an RCA. When I went into the shop to buy it, the guy who waited on me looked at me and asked if I was "window shopping" for a color TV. It was kind of a snide remark. I asked him if he worked on commission and he said he was, so I told him I wanted to talk to a different salesman. He said something like "Suit yourself," and walked away. Another salesman came over and asked if he could help and I told him this console color set interested me. I asked him how long before I could have one delivered. That was on a Saturday afternoon. He said it could be delivered on Monday. I told him that would be fine and wrote out a check for the thing and made arrangements for it to be delivered and set up. As I was leaving, I walked past the first salesman and just smiled and said, "Kind of blew that one didn't you arsewipe!" In those days that would have been an $80 commission he'd have gotten and nearly as much as 2/3 of the weekly average wages at that time which was a little over $2.50 an hour. Sometimes it's good to be nasty with people. When they earn it.

What I don't recall is if the games were already being broadcast in color. I know they were in 1966 because we'd have 8 to 10 people over to our house every Sunday to watch the games in color. We'd drink a pony barrel of beer plus a case or two to top it off. To say our bathrooms got a workout would be an understatement. We had to set up a men's and women's separate.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Unless you lived way back in the hills; I'm sure it was late 50s.

I think the first color TV was actually available in 1950. But they became huge in the 60s. And I'm sure some were available in the late 50s.

 

[Heyjoe4]

I bought our first color TV just before my wife and I were married. That was 60 years ago this past March. I got it at Christmas time since I'd already gotten us a house and was furnishing it. It cost $800. It was an RCA. When I went into the shop to buy it, the guy who waited on me looked at me and asked if I was "window shopping" for a color TV. It was kind of a snide remark. I asked him if he worked on commission and he said he was, so I told him I wanted to talk to a different salesman. He said something like "Suit yourself," and walked away. Another salesman came over and asked if he could help and I told him this console color set interested me. I asked him how long before I could have one delivered. That was on a Saturday afternoon. He said it could be delivered on Monday. I told him that would be fine and wrote out a check for the thing and made arrangements for it to be delivered and set up. As I was leaving, I walked past the first salesman and just smiled and said, "Kind of blew that one didn't you arsewipe!" In those days that would have been an $80 commission he'd have gotten and nearly as much as 2/3 of the weekly average wages at that time which was a little over $2.50 an hour. Sometimes it's good to be nasty with people. When they earn it.

What I don't recall is if the games were already being broadcast in color. I know they were in 1966 because we'd have 8 to 10 people over to our house every Sunday to watch the games in color. We'd drink a pony barrel of beer plus a case or two to top it off. To say our bathrooms got a workout would be an understatement. We had to set up a men's and women's separate.

That timing sounds about right for the explosion in color TVs, early through mid 60s. Talk about changing how we saw things. Although the 100" OLED flat panels today would have been beyond comprehension in the 60s.

 

[Voyageur]

That timing sounds about right for the explosion in color TVs, early through mid 60s. Talk about changing how we saw things. Although the 100" OLED flat panels today would have been beyond comprehension in the 60s.

Back in '65, less than half the shows on TV were in color. It was kind of a dilemma, because we were getting used to color and the B&W shows were losing appeal because of it.

I remember the gaudy colors in Batman. So ostentatious, and the show was so darned campy. Over the next few years, everything was going to color and when you saw a show that wasn't it was kind of a dead issue unless it was really good.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Anyone remember this contraption at your local store? Fix your own TV!

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[Voyageur]

Anyone remember this contraption at your local store? Fix your own TV!

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At one time, I decided to take a course in TV repair and played with it as a side hobby. I ended up going to an auction at an old TV repair shop where the owner died and I bid on a tube tester similar to this and some old tubes. I bid $20 and ended up getting the tester and five huge boxes full of tubes of various types. Included in those boxes were some rare old tubes from the early days of TV and I found out they were worth a lot of money. These were tubes that weren't available anywhere from normal sources, and I sat there with hundreds of them. A guy who dealt with old TV memorabilia looked at my tube collection, after I'd put them in order, and said there were a few worth a few bucks and most of them could be pitched. He said he'd give me $50 to take them off my hands. When he made the offer, he looked away and I figured that was kind of fishy.

So, I did some research and found some of the tubes were quite valuable. In fact, a small local airport wanted a bunch of them and offered me $500 for those alone. I could have probably got double for them, but this was something they needed, and I gave them to them for $300. The rest I ended up selling as a batch in an electronics magazine for $250. My $20 investment turned into a nice profit.

 

[shockerx]

Back in '65, less than half the shows on TV were in color. It was kind of a dilemma, because we were getting used to color and the B&W shows were losing appeal because of it.

I remember the gaudy colors in Batman. So ostentatious, and the show was so darned campy. Over the next few years, everything was going to color and when you saw a show that wasn't it was kind of a dead issue unless it was really good.

Thats how i ended up bing a Packers fan. Growing up in mid 60s everything was black and white TV and my local sports page photos, the LA times...I followed the Rams and they wore all white uniforms at home. So my first game live was against the Packers and they wore their home team colors on the road. It was love at first sight...ive never seen anything more beautiful than that Packer uniform (I was 8 years old). After that I was lucky to see them live again in 67 at Super Bowl 1.