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I HOPE TO GOD we win!   Sorry, but after having our home team (Boise State) hang with Ole Miss for 3 quarters and then fall apart in an embarrassing fashion, and then watching my alma mater to virtually the same thing after being up 24-7 on LSU, I don't think my heart could take another loss within 1 week!

 

Or as Fred Sanford used to say while clutching his heart, "uh-oh.  this is the big one!   Hang on Lucille!   I'm comin' to see you!"

Originally Posted by RoyalWulff:

I HOPE TO GOD we win!   Sorry, but after having our home team (Boise State) hang with Ole Miss for 3 quarters and then fall apart in an embarrassing fashion, and then watching my alma mater to virtually the same thing after being up 24-7 on LSU, I don't think my heart could take another loss within 1 week!

 

Or as Fred Sanford used to say while clutching his heart, "uh-oh.  this is the big one!   Hang on Lucille!   I'm comin' to see you!"

BB king played Fred Sanford?

Carroll on Christine Michael: "He’s banged up. We’ll figure it out later in the week."

 

Carroll says Christine Michael and Tharold Simon are players they will have to watch through the week to see if healthy.

 

DE Cassius Marsh (hip flexor) it's practicing this week and will play. OLB Kevin Pierre-Louis has a pulled hamstring.

 

Carroll: Nickel back Jeremy Lane (groin), out a week, is practicing today. Hopeful to have him Thurs.

 

Carroll says hopeful WR Kevin Norwood and Bruce Irvin will have a chance to play against Packers.

 

Pete Carroll said Earl Thomas will indeed return punts.

Originally Posted by Fedya:
Originally Posted by titmfatied:       

@PeteDougherty
MM on if noise affects sideline communication: no, we're on headsets. they're new and improved, supposed to block out background noise.

Bart Starr didn't need no stinkin' headsets.

No kidding. Watch the last drive in the Ice Bowl. That and Johnny U's work at the end of the 1958 Championship, best clutch QBing you'll ever see. Period. They were called field generals for a reason.

Packers will enter this season as the 6th youngest team in the NFL. Ted loves youth.

 

Of the 10 youngest teams in the NFL, only Kansas City, Green Bay and Seattle (7th) went to the playoffs a year ago. The rest of the playoff teams ranked 11th (New England), 12th (Denver), 14th (Cincinnati), 19th (Philadelphia), 20th (New Orleans), 22nd (San Francisco), 26th (Carolina), 28th (San Diego) and 29th (Indianapolis).

Originally Posted by Iowacheese:
Originally Posted by Shoeless Joe:
Originally Posted by RoyalWulff:

Or as Fred Sanford used to say while clutching his heart, "uh-oh.  this is the big one!   Hang on Lucille Elizabeth!   I'm comin' to see you!"

ftfy

Thanks, Iowa!   I was pretty sure I had the wrong name, but that's all part of being an old fart.

 

On another topic, I'm a little surprised that Cobb will be returning punts.  Yes, he's sure handed, this is the first game and its on a national stage, but Jordy and Cobb are the only 2 star receivers we have.   Sorry, Boykin is doing well, but he's not at their level yet, imho.   I kind of thought they'd use Hyde or Harris.   I realize it's too early to try Janis there, but either of the two H's could do it.

 

Originally Posted by packerboi:

Ted loves youth.

To play Devil's advocate the team might be a little older had there been more capable defensive players on the team.  If we're being fair it's been a bit of a mess since the Superbowl.  Some of that is due to injuries but a lot of it is due to a bunch of picks that didn't pan out and that had to be replaced with more youth.  Particularly along the front seven.               

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It's a young mans game and Ted will always be churning the bottom of the roster which will keep it young. And it's not just the Packers.

 

all 32 teams, 2014 average age

 

Throwing out the high and the low, the other 30 teams range from 25.25 years to 26.84 years of age. Just a little over a year from 2nd to 31st (youngest to oldest). 

 

In 2012 the averages (low to high) were 26.1 to 28.8. That's a significant change in just 2 seasons. 

 

 

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Originally Posted by PackLandVA:

I think having Peppers rushing on one side will allow Matthews to "spy" a little bit if necessary.  GB hasn't had a LB that was quick enough sideline to sideline to keep up with the Wilsons/Kaps/etc of the NFL.  And in the past, if it were clay, they lost their pass rush.

 

Using Mathews to spy is a waste of one of the best pass rushers in the game.   If you are going to spy, do it with someone else.     

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