48 votes to 2.
Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers won the 2011 Associate Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award. Not even a close match.
The 11 Best Super Bowls of All Time…That Never Happened
January 31, 2012 By 4 Comments
We are less than a week out from Super Bowl XLVI, but we’ve technically already seen this game before, so what’s the fun in talking about it?
Instead, let’s talk about the best Super Bowls that never happened. [Read more...]
NFC North Report: Sad Day in Green Bay and Conference Championship Game Previews
January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We are one game away from the epic Super Bowl, a game that gives us more than enough excuses to eat junk food, drink too much, and call in sick to work on Monday. Hence the reason America obsesses over this one game.
Tonight your NFC North experts Drew Lange, Tyler Juranovich, Chris Callaway, and myself will talk about the upsets last week (even if we’d rather just forget a horrible loss) and preview this weekend’s upcoming Conference Championship games.
Listen up, Packers fans. It’s going to be all right.
January 17, 2012 By 4 Comments
Editor’s note: Chris Callaway and Amanda Lawson teamed up to write this article about their beloved team, the Green Bay Packers.
Chris: Amanda Lawson and I are not just part-owners of the Green Bay Packers. We’re die-hards. The loss to the Giants this weekend sucks. But Packers fans, keep in mind all that your team has achieved and what it stands for.
I think I can speak for both Amanda and myself in saying that February 6, 2011, was one of the happiest days of our lives. The Green Bay Packers capped off an incredible run through the playoffs with a 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. It’s been just shy of a full calendar year since then, and Sunday’s loss to the New York Giants makes me realize just what kind of year it has been. [Read more...]
Kurt’s Angle: Family Tragedies Link ’05 Colts and ’11 Packers
January 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
It is a place where I warned few would go if the Packers were to fall at home to the New York Giants, thus going one and done in the playoffs after a 15-1 regular season.
That is, how much of a distraction did the events involving the tragic loss of Offensive Coordinator Joe Philbin’s son play into preparing for the Divisional Playoff?
New York Giants-Green Bay Packers 5 P’s: Preview, Point Spread, Pick, Prediction, and Poll
January 15, 2012 By 1 Comment
In this afternoon’s late game, the surging New York Giants travel to frigid Green Bay to take on the defending champion Packers.
New York’s furious late-season finish and dominance in the Wild Card Round against Atlanta is generating comparisons to the unlikely Super Bowl winner from a few year’s back. Meanwhile, Green Bay’s dominance over the last calendar year is being somewhat taken for granted, overshadowed by the Giants, Tebow Mania, Tom Brady’s ruthless record-setting, and the perfect football game.
Here is all the basic info you need to know, what MSF’s writers have said about the game this week, and a poll so you can take your pick.
NFL Playoffs Divisional Round Predictions: Saints-49ers, Patriots-Broncos, Ravens-Texans, and Giants-Packers
January 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
Four games, eight teams, eight storylines.
The Divisional Round often produces the most compelling and memorable moments of the NFL Playoffs. Favorites carrying the weight of the world, or underdogs with nothing to lose and not getting enough respect even after being just one of eight teams out of 32 left.
Jerod offered his spread picks for each game earlier in the week. Now here are my predictions for each game.
NFL Breakout Players of 2011, Plus Potential 2012 Breakouts
January 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
There are a number of different ways that an NFL player can become an impact player for his team. Many are acquired through the draft and thrust into a starting role, while some may need to work their way through the depth chart, only seeing the field when a hole opens via trade or injury. Some just flat out show their abilities and leave the coaches no choice but to keep putting them out on the field.
The 2011 season provided great examples for all these scenarios: rookies playing phenomenally from the get go, players making “the jump” in their second or third year, and seasoned veterans finally breaking through. [Read more...]
NFC North Report: Wild Card Playoff Edition
January 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tonight, the Wild Card Playoff edition of the NFC North Report will take place, hosted as always by MSF’s fun, football-loving quartet of Amanda Lawson, Drew Lange, Chris Callaway, and Tyler Juranovich.
If you haven’t been listening to their weekly breakdown of all things Packers, Bears, Lions, and Vikings, you really should start.
Why not tonight?
NFL Playoffs: 10 Predictions and Things to Watch
January 2, 2012 By 13 Comments
The holidays are over, and the 2011 NFL regular season has concluded along with them.
Before we as sports fans switch our focus to other items like March Madness or the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight that I will keep assuming will happen, we get 11 more games that make up the annual NFL playoffs. These 660 minutes will re-write, or at very least alter, the season’s script to which many think they already know the ending.
Where Will Free Agent Matt Flynn End Up In 2012?
January 1, 2012 By 6 Comments
It was absolutely sick what Matt Flynn did to the Detroit Lions in the snow globe conditions at Lambeau Field Sunday. In fact, it was sick what both Flynn and Matthew Stafford did in snowy, windswept Lambeau Field.
NFC North Report: Week 17 Edition
December 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tonight, the Week 17 edition of the NFC North Report will take place, hosted as always by MSF’s fun, football-loving quartet of Amanda Lawson, Drew Lange, Chris Callaway, and Tyler Juranovich.
It’s a special Thursday night edition of the podcast, previewing an interesting pre-playoff matchup between the Lions and Packers, in addition to taking a look at the Bears-Vikings game this weekend. Both games within the division should equal some quality entertainment and debate on the podcast.
Kurt’s Angle: Don’t expect Mike McCarthy to go anywhere anytime soon
December 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
During the Christmas edition of Sunday Night Football, the Green Bay Packers methodically dusted off the Chicago Bears 35-21. That shouldn’t have really been that difficult a job to start; as Ian Darke might say on Premier League Soccer, the Bears roster is currently loaded with a collection of ‘Poets, Passers, and Dreamers…’
NFL: NFC Playoff Scenarios and Predictions for Week 17
December 26, 2011 By 4 Comments
After the Saints and Falcons play tonight, just one more week will remain in the NFL regular season. As usual, there are myriad iterations of playoff matchups that could become a reality based on what happens tonight and in Week 17.
Here is a rundown of the NFC playoff scenarios. (Click here to see the AFC playoff scenarios.)
NFC North Report: Week 16 Edition
December 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
Tonight, the Week 16 edition of the NFC North Report will take place, hosted as always by MSF’s fun, football-loving quartet of Amanda Lawson, Drew Lange, Chris Callaway, and Tyler Juranovich. If you haven’t been listening to their weekly breakdown of all things Packers, Bears, Lions, and Vikings, you really should start.
Why not tonight?
