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Re: Tidbit on Sirius NFL channel
Giants have zero. Cowboys are closest with two but nothing on the horizon. Herber was a two way HB/QB when GB won their 3rd consecutive title (only team to win 3 consecutive NFL titles. And GB did it twice) but didn’t actually become a FT QB until 32 and then really took off when they got this cat named Hutson. So yes. Herber certainly counts and makes it virtually impossible anyone else ever gets to 4.
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Re: Let's Remember Some Guys
Curly Lambeau Don Hutson Bart Starr Jerry Kramer Jim Taylor Lynn Dickey Donald Driver Sterling Sharpe
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Re: Incredible Bo Jackson story
I couldn't agree more about Bo and Reggie and even though I didn't care for the persona Deon Sanders also belongs in that group. Even though he missed it by 2 years James Lofton was a great athlete - just think if he could arrive in GB as a 24 W\R with Aaron Rogers throwing to him, he would have set records that Don Hutson would have envied!!!
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Re: 2016 (Team 96) WK02 GB@MIN Gameday Thread
Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb were both Pro Bowlers in '14, Jordy setting the Packers franchise record with over 1,500 yards receiving, while also grabbing 98 catches and 14 (or was it 15) TD. This on a franchise that has had Don Hutson, James Lofton, and Sterling Sharpe play the position. Eddie Lacy is a Pro Bowler, too. How many teams in the NFL, right now, are lining up a Pro Bowl RB, and two Pro Bowl WR, on every play? Not many I can think of. Look at the NFC. Chicago? Nope. When they...
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Re: Updated Packer cuts
I agree until I thought about it some. Many of those thoughts already expressed here. GB won a SB in 2011 without a dominant TE. But they did not have 8 wide outs either. 9 OL is a little strong there - unless there are some unpublished lingering injury concerns. I don't think the schemes have changes unless those practices inside the Hutson Center they were working on the "real" stuff - both on offense and defense. Maybe when we see how those players are used and what they do it will all...
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Re: If you could meet any Packer, past or present.....who'd it be?
Don Hutson. To see what it was like playing football back then, and what made him so special as an athlete and person. I'd like to see his perspective on the game back then compared to today's money driven, media-crazed, corporatized game. Bart Starr in second place to ask him about Lombardi and just to see a HOFer who is probably the classiest pro athlete in history, much less in GBP history.
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Re: Things that will be different this Saturday from last Sunday
Re: Things that will be different this Saturday from last Sunday
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Re: I'll Admit It: These Days, I'm a Favre Fan First
The Broncos wait for you when Favre retires. He's one guy who plays football, made millions of dollars, has carte blanche in Wisconsin and will ride off into the sunset happy as a clam making millions more on his reputation. If that's all you can root for then you are a bad fan. Being a fan of a team is more than a bunch of guys playing a game. It's a cultural commons we all can enjoy. Favre is just one part of a elaborate team history that binds that cultural commons across generations. How...
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Re: I'll Admit It: These Days, I'm a Favre Fan First
Your traditional bluntness notwithstanding, you make a fair point. And you'll note I recognize that it's a kind of selfish approach to be thinking most of one guy (granted, the oldest guy on the team). Nobody said they were "just" a Favre fan. But considering I was born in 1968, the Favre Era is the only really successful one I've lived through. The '80s were fun, at times, but we were always second-rate. Tough not to associate Favre with virtually the only time I've rooted for the Packers...
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Re: Let's win it for...
This is a great thread. The stories of loved ones both alive and passed on to me are what makes our franchise and its fans so special. It's a family thing. My dad passed away in October 1990. I had just turned 21 two weeks before. He had been sick just 6 months or so, and the cancer spread quickly from his spinal cord up to his brain. It was shocking to say the least, as he had just retired a year earlier, an electrical engineer at AT&T, formerly Western Electric- he was one of many...
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Re: Ok Packer collectors, here's a challenge for ya
Thankfully, I have originals of all the pre-1979 cards listed, except the Chickle cards ($500 ish for good ones) and the '57 Hornung and Starr rookies---originals are several hundred. I have a couple of nice reprints of those however. Leaf put out Packer cards in 1948 and 1949 that we're pretty cool (and pricey) I've got about half of them----the rest I'm working on. Coolest cards? In 1961 Lake-to-Lake Dairy put out a really cool set of Packer cards with a number of Packers that never...
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Re: AJ Hawk
Don who? Hutson? Donald Driver? Donald Lee? Don Beebe? Don Davey? Don Majkowski? Help us out here!
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Re: Packers minicamp June 4 through 6
Is this what you're looking for? An invitation to the 2013 Junior Power Pack Clinic for ages 5-14 scheduled for Saturday, June 1, 2013. Bring your parents/guardians to watch you have the time of your life inside the Don Hutson Center, the Packers indoor practice facility where you’ll practice skills and drills with other Packers backers and a few up-and-coming Packers players for this members-only event. New members must sign up by May 12, 2013 to get an invitation to this year's Clinic.
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Re: Interesting PFT project
If you're going with players alone, I'd go with: Starr Nitschke Hutson White I went with White because I thought the "newer" era needed to be represented. Favre douched his way out of consideration. Woodson was my second choice with the assumption that he'll be a HOF player.
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Re: Interesting PFT project
Packers players only - likely result: Hutson, Starr, Nitschke, Favre (as much as I would hate this he defined the franchise for 15 years). What I'd like to see: Hutson, Starr, Nitschke, Rodgers (have to have someone from the modern era). If you include executives/management: Lambeau, Lombardi, Ron Wolf, Ted Thompson - this would represent every era in which they won an NFL championship Other NFC NOrth teams: Chicago - Halas, Payton, Ditka, Sayers, Butkus, Singletary, Urlacher (hard to...
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Re: 2013 OTA's: Voluntary Session 5/28 Updates (Boykin Leaves Practice: Leg)
Re: 2013 OTA's: Voluntary Session 5/28 Updates (Boykin Leaves Practice: Leg)
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Re: Interesting PFT project
I voted. Lambeau, Hutson, Lombardi and Starr. Not sure how else you could do it.
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Re: Brett Favre. "I was at fault"
Here is the list of retired numbers: 14 - Don Hutson 3 - Tony Canadeo 15 - Bart Starr 66 - Ray Nitschke 92 - Reggie White Does Brett Favre truly fit with these gentlemen? Personal feelings aside, he embarrassed the organization off the field far too many times to be considered a good ambassador of the organization. That's what these guys represent, they're arguably the greatest players in the history of the organization. They not only had great on field accomplishments, but they also...
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Re: Brett Favre. "I was at fault"
Not saying Driver necessarily needs to have his number retired, my point was he's more of the caliber person I want to see on that board. To be fair though, Driver is deserving of major organization honors. All Time leader in catches and yards, more than James Lofton, Sterling Sharp, and Don Hutson. And he is a really great representative of the Green Bay Packers and a true Packer legend. No he's not necessarily an all time NFL great like Reggie, although I do believe he will be in the NFL...
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Re: Interesting PFT project
The sad part here is that Florio nailed it. Same one we'd been pushing. Lambeau, Lombardi, Hutson, and Starr.
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Re: Brett Favre. "I was at fault"
Point of order, GD: 1. In reality you have no way of knowing he didn't. Same goes for Starr, Nitschke and Hutson. You can read any number of accounts from the '60s and earlier saying how uppers and many other drugs were passed around freely in NFL locker rooms in those days and, presumably, earlier... before there were league rules. I don't know that every team did this; I would love to think the Packers didn't, and I would have the hardest time believing any of those four did it if someone...
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Re: Trivia: uniform number
Good idea. Let's get the "givens" out of the way. 14 - Hutson 15 - Starr 3 - Canedeo 92 - White 12 - Rodgers 91 - Noble (pretty much by default) 93 - Brown (Jolly wore it in 2006, but this is all Gilbert)
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Re: Longwell retire as a Packer
Kicker or not, Longwell holds Packer records: 1) He set a team record by leading the club in scoring in nine consecutive seasons (1997-2005), besting the previous mark of seven by Don Hutson (1939-45). 2) Longwell also holds franchise records for field goals (226), field-goal percentage (81.6, 226/277), seasons leading the team in field goals (nine), extra points (376), 100-point seasons (eight) and consecutive games scoring (144). Makes sense to me.
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Re: WHERE IS FARVE????
With DD's latest diarrhea of the mouth, maybe he should be replaced by Hutson. Or perhaps Dale.
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Re: WHERE IS FARVE????
Originally Posted by PackLandVA: With DD's latest diarrhea of the mouth, maybe he should be replaced by Hutson. Or perhaps Dale. Or Tyrone Walker
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Re: 2013 Training Camp: Tweets for Wednesday, August 21st (Datone Jones Re-Injures Ankle)
There's no word yet on how long rookie DE Datone Jones will be sidelined, but early indications are that his sprained left ankle wasn't severe. Jones initially injured the ankle on his first play against Arizona and did not play another down. He sat out all of last week and returned to practice on Monday. During a team drill midway through practice, he rolled the ankle again and limped badly off the field. After trying to walk it off, he went into the Don Hutson Center to have ice applied to...
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Re: Report: Favre to sign with Vikes today. 12 million incentive deal...
i really did not want this to happen. but now that it is, i guess we have to make the best of it. hopefully, he fails spectacularly. regardless of what happens, i'll never have any respect for the guy. what a fruitcake. sad part is, i don't think i'l ever be able to watch any old favre games again. he's ruined his legacy completely. could have been held up there with starr, hutson, taylor, etc. the all-time packer greats. not anymore. i hope he blows out his knee in his first game as a...
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Re: Report: Favre to sign with Vikes today. 12 million incentive deal...
We'll all get over it in time, but it's going to take several years I think. Hopefully the Packers will wait a good long while to retire his number, have ceremonies, etc.
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Re: 2011 Green Bay Packers Offense
Jordy had 15 TD catches, which was third all time for GB. Number one was Sharpe in 1994 with 18, which was hardly a surprise since he was basically the whole offense during that time. What stunned me was number two - Don Hutson with 17 in 19frickin42. You kidding me? 70 YEARS AGO? I wish I could go back in time and see for myself just how good this guy was.
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Re: 2011 Green Bay Packers Offense
+1 I am still amazed it took 40+ years for Steve Largent to become the only other WR with 99 TDs.
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Re: Packers over 30
Don Hutson is spinning in his grave. Justin Harrell would be spinning in his grave too if he were dead.
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Re: Packers over 30
In this day & age, with all the prima donna jerks especially at WR, yes even over Don Hutson. Is Hutson a better football player? Probably, but I'm talking about something more than just on the field. I'm putting Driver right up there with Starr
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Re: Packers over 30
I agree on Starr/Driver as far as image, community service, clean noses, etc. But Hutson changed the entire league single handedly, and he did it at a time when nobody was doing the PR thing.
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Re: Packers over 30
Sorry Boris. Hutson dominated his position even more than Jerrry Rice did in his hey day-----If I'm doing an NFL greatest player of all-time list, I go: 1) Jim Brown 2) Johnny Unitas 3) Lawrence Taylor 4) Hutson 5) Joe Montana 6) John Elway 7) Jerry Rice 8) Dick Butkus 9) Gale Sayers 10) Bo Jackson I did this off the top of my head in about 2 minutes and obviously I took "great" into account over "longevity". I'm probably wrong on a few-----but I'm right on most! Kills me that I put two...
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Re: Packers over 30
Blair I saw Johnny U in person at least 8 times. I don't think he is as good as the top QB's of today. He couldn't run around much and he got a lot of Pub for being a free agent. Good QB yes. Better than Montana, Manning even Marino I doubt it. Absolutely the best of his era but his era was a running game era. Very little blitzing, fewer even nickle and dime defenses. He probably is really somewhere in the top ten and thats it.
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Re: Packers over 30
How about the all time winningest QB and Yardage and TD leader in that Top 10. Boris is right though, in this day of age, the way the game is played now, Driver is one of the best if not the best in Packers lore. Football out of all the sports has evolved, so it's hard to make comparisions to the "golden years". Hutson dominated, but that competition wasn't nearly as fierce as the modern era, IMO.
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Re: This ain't Jan. 2011
It will all come down to turnovers due to the weather. Any of you live in the far upper mid-west know what I mean. 10 degrees in November seems cold, 10 degrees in Jan. not so much. Our guys are used to the cold and the 49ers are not be it toting the rock or making tackles. While Packers may practice inside the Hutson Center the doors will be open to simulate game time temps. The Whiners can not do that. Yes, it does make a difference. Packers will win a close one. Maybe like 24-23 or even ...
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Re: Steelers Week..
Mike Vandermause ✔ @ MikeVandermause Reporters were ushered out of Hutson Center before team drills so we don't know how many, or if Rodgers took snaps with No. 1 offense.
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Re: Advice for first visit to Lambeau
Getting a room in the GB area at this time is going to be pretty tough to do, as most book out within a day or so after the schedule comes out. Also, as mentioned, most require a 2 night stay minimum for game weekends, but not all. I think you can still get a list of local hotels/motels from the GB Chamber of Commerce website (or Better Business Bureau) with phone numbers etc. Plan on making lots of calls. Could get rooms pretty easy I think in Appleton/Neenah/Menasha only about 30 minutes...
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Re: Advice for first visit to Lambeau
I'm actually on the road from Minneapolis to Green Bay to take my son to his first game. Getting tickets is easy since scalping is legal. There is an area cordoned off near the Hutson center if I remember right where there is a cop overseeing the scalpers. Since there is competition, market forces usually bring prices down especially closer to kickoff and I've always gotten really good seats. Even got playoff tickets for the San Fran game at 30 yard line under face value once.
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Re: Advice for first visit to Lambeau
I'm actually on the road from Minneapolis to Green Bay to take my son to his first game. Getting tickets is easy since scalping is legal. There is an area cordoned off near the Hutson center if I remember right where there is a cop overseeing the scalpers. Since there is competition, market forces usually bring prices down especially closer to kickoff and I've always gotten really good seats. Even got playoff tickets for the San Fran game at 30 yard line under face value once.
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Re: Interesting Article On Early Packer History
Lambeau was a founder of the team. A sense of ownership would be understandable, even if not legally accurate. If Hutson was the one who threatened to move the team after leaving, that would be a different matter.
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Re: Failed Cowboys QB gets six-year, $108M extension
If Don Hutson played today he'd be a slow wide receiver.