Green Bay Packers Case Study

Draft picks and free agent signings by the other teams in the AFC East always get people excited. “This is the year the Pats fall off,” they say. But 13 out of the last 15 seasons, the Patriots have been in the postseason, with little reason to believe that circumstance should change this year. With four weeks off to start the season, and should the Patriots reach the playoffs for the 14th time in 16 seasons, Brady could be the healthiest he has been in a while heading into the postseason. That is a scary thought for the rest of the

Brett Favre had many flaws as a quarterback. First off would be his tendency to throw interceptions throughout his career. By throwing many interceptions he cost the Packers many football games, and possibly put the packers out of playoffs and superbowls. In fact, Brett favre has thrown the most interceptions in NFL history, which is 336 interceptions. One Reason people argue he threw so many interceptions is that Brett Favre is more of a gun slinger, and would take more chances. Now Aaron Rodgers on the other hand is an extremely accurate thrower of the football. While still being in the NFL, he has a total of 75 interceptions. Resulting in a considerably large difference between the accuracy of these quarterbacks and the play style.

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Also, the inconsistent play of Broncos' running back C.J. Anderson finally came to an end. This season was expected to be a breakout year for him, and he hasn't met those expectations thus far. Finally, he had the breakout game against the Patriots finishing with 113 yards, and 2 touchdown performance. Anderson was the one who sealed the game in overtime with a 49-yard touchdown run. One could argue that it was the running game that defeated the Patriots, not Osweiler.

When looking at James Starks, he has been a consistent producer in somewhat of a quiet role for the Packers. In the past two years, James Starks has not missed a single game. Since joining Green Bay in 2010, Starks seems to be the guy that is always there when you need him.

Julian Edelman had 11 receptions for 97 yards, Rob Gronkowski had five receptions for 94 yards and 3 touchdowns, and Dion Lewis, who clearly looks like he is Shane Vereen's replacement, had four receptions for 51 yards, out of the backfield. Brady ended his night going 25 for 32 with 288 passing yards, four touchdowns, and zero interceptions. Now that is how you come out firing on all cylinders in the opening game against an opponent who is known for having a hard nose defense. At one point, Brady completed 19 consecutive passes, which was a franchise record for completions in a game, as he picked apart the Steelers defense piece by piece.

Over the last three weeks, it was apparent that the Packers offense was not the same. Rodgers masked a lot of the deficiencies that the offense has, but yesterday, they were matched up against the best defense in the league and because of that, even Aaron Rodgers couldn’t hide just how banged up this team

At 7-1 the Patriots are heading into the bye week as the definitive best team in the NFL. They are light years ahead of every other team in the NFL. Their offense is as dynamic as ever; with an abundance of targets for Tom Brady to throw to, opposing defenses look lost. No longer are the only reliable targets Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman. LaGarrette Blount is having a career year. He’s on pace to rush for a career high in yards and touchdowns. He’s also on pace for a career high in carries.

In today’s games, the stats are not very impressive. The Bears current starting QB is Matt Berkley. Completing only 129 passes for 1611 yards is not an impressive feat in the NFL. He has only thrown 8 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. The leading receiver, Cameron Meredith, has 66 catches for 888 yards. He has fumbled the ball 3 times and lost the ball twice during those 3 fumbles. His

It went for ten yards.Rodgers completed the first pass he threw in the NFL, it went for zero yards and was his only pass of the game in mop up duty of a 51-3 win over the New Orleans Saints in 2005.Through the 2010 season, Greg Jenning has caught more touchdown passes thrown by Aaron Rodgers than anyone else in the league with 25. Donald Driver was in second place with 15. The first rushing attempt of his NFL career came in 2005 and went for eight yards in a loss to the Baltimore Ravens.The first rushing touchdown he would ever get came in week one of the 2008 season when his one yard quarterback sneak across the goal line would extend the Packers lead in their eventual 24-19 win over the Minnesota Vikings.The first three rushing touchdowns of Aaron Rodgers career all went for one yard. His first 300 yard game came in week two of the 2008 season. The Packers would win in Detroit 48-25 and Rodgers would go 24 of 38 for 328 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions.Aaron Rodgers would end up with a quarterback rating of over 121.0 in each of his first three playoff games.His first touchdown pass would go to Greg Jennings in 2007, his first TD pass as a starter would come in 2008 in week one and would be a one yarder to Corey Hall. In 2009, Jennings also caught Aaron Rodgers’ first playoff touchdown

It has been a while since the Chicago Bears have had a dominating backfield with multiple running backs. Previous seasons of injury and players being ridden to exhaustion have kept Chicago’s running game from playing at its full potential throughout a complete season. The Bears were blessed with the talents and abilities of Matt Forte, but this year could be the start of something amazing.

The offense started to show promise and the defense was strong vs the Cardinals which is good as they’ll travel to New England to play the Patriots this week. The Patriots are ailing with QB woes and the Bills could possibly steal a victory from the Patriots due their injury situation at QB.

The Green Bay Packers are one of the most notable teams in the NFL and all of sports. The four time Super Bowl champions have a few negative qualities, including bad defenses in the past and recent years of unsuccessful playoff runs. However, the negatives do not outweigh the team’s powerhouse offense and Super Bowl trophies. The team was founded in 1919 and had very little success until 1929. This is the start of the Green Bay Packers that most people know as “Titletown”. From 1929 to present day, the Packers have won 13 championships. That being the most championships won by a single team in NFL history. While the Green Bay Packers are a very successful team, they have had their up’s and down’s.

In two preseason games, Walker had eight tackles and was always around the football. Without Walker, the Eagles' linebacker unit takes a hit as it wasn't deep to begin with. According to the Eagles' initial depth chart that was released before the first preseason game, Walker was in line to back up Jordan Hicks.

It was a warm thursday afternoon. The trees were swaying back and forth. I was on the sideline standing with several others watching the starters run plays. Whenever I went in to snap I would get one chance and if I had a bad snap I’d be back on the sideline. It made me mad how I’d get one bad snap and Eli would get several. He had already made a couple and I was thinking when am I going to go out there.