Donald Driver tweets “Packer for life”

Not sure yet what this means – but it is sounding like Driver may have signed some kind of contract to keep Driver a Packer for life. We’ll see what this really means as we learn more.

The Onion reading Packergeeks?

Check out this Old Man Injury article. Funny.

I particularly like this line “most of whom had played often in their teens and early 20s and not a single time since…”

 

 

Terrifying baseball game

Click here. Wow. The most amazing thing about this video is how incredibly calm people are with swarms of bees flying around everywhere. As a person with an allergy to bees I find this positively terrifying!

Daughter consoles dad after tough loss

Check this out. Funny – cute.

Reminds me of the other day when I was golfing with son Ben at a local par-3 course. For some reason I allowed myself to get a bit too into the moment as I stood over a short, 6 foot birdie putt. The putt was headed right for the hole until it hit a random patch of dirt, leading to a lip-out. I said “Man” with more volume behind it than the situation deserved. Son Ben looked up at me and said “but that was a nice try daddy”. I quickly snapped out of my ridiculous focus on score, joining Ben and his excitement over a giant puddle on the next hole.

Junior Seau dead?

Wow, this is shocking and really sad. Read here – this is  apparently a confirmed report, though there appears to be some uncertainty surrounding all this just yet.

 

Hargrove suspended 8 games

Not good news here for the Packers. He’ll still be able to play the second half of the season, but the severity of his suspension seems to be somewhat of a surprise. Though as the article points out, TT and company were well aware of this possibility as they structured the contract in such a way that this suspension won’t hurt the team really at all financially – but it will hurt having a potentially quality player miss half the season. My guess is that someone else (probably Worthy) steps up and makes such an impression that Hargrove will be mostly forgotten by the time he steps on the field in Game 9.

Excited about Jerel Worthy

This is a great pick. I can’t believe he lasted this long in the draft. I think TT couldn’t believe he was still around and took the opportunity to move up in the draft to snag him. Just a great draft pick. I usually don’t feel so strongly about drafted players because I usually don’t know a heck of a lot about guys. But I have seen this guy play on several occasions (and not just against Wisconsin) and I think he’s really good. He’s disruptive, he very strong, he’s aggressive and he can be nasty. Even though the Pack may not be looking to him to be a starter or every down guy, I can see him eventually filling in alongside Pickett/Raji on the line.

The fact that we got him with the 51st pick is amazing to me. Great pick TT.

Why Nick Perry pick is at least a bit curious

I was listening to some kind of interview with TT before the draft in which he was talking about how his philosophy of taking the best available player hasn’t changed. He was, per norm, fairly adamant about this. In light of this, it’s at least curious that his first pick this year happens to be at a position where we’re desperate for improvement. In other words, I wonder if TT truly took the best player on their board or if strayed a bit from his plan by thinking a bit about need. Perry projects as a ROLB in a 3-4, a position that has been a serious weak spot for the last few years. (Remember, this position was a problem before we got rid of Cullen Jenkins – Jenkins’ departure only highlighted just how bad we were there.)

Either way – I don’t mind. Truth is we really need help at ROLB and it appears as though we picked up a dude who may be ready to step right in and make a difference.

Packers looking at Colt McCoy?

Read here from PFT via Packer Report. I actually think McCoy has a decent future but I’m not sure this makes a lot of sense to me. Graham Harrell has done decently with his opportunities and knows the system well – which I think is a more important factor in McCarthy’s world than actual talent. I wouldn’t be disappointed with adding McCoy especially if we get him for cheap – I do think he has some real potential – but I guess I’m just a bit surprised to hear about this.

Nick Perry – could be a quality pick

Read up on him here. The best part to me is his “relentless motor”. He looked good on the highlights and having two relentless motors on opposite sides (Mathews and Perry) could be seriously fun to watch.