Saturday, November 14, 2009

Bad News in the News

I came across two disturbing bits of Packer news recently. Perhaps you did, too.

First, there is the news report about the long-time Packer employee who was evidently fired for a seemingly harmless commment made to Mike McCarthy. Here's the story.

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/127990-packers-employee-fired-over-mccarthy-remark?eref=sihp

I can't imagine Lombardi firing anyone for this. I'm afraid it's a symptom of some insecurity at the top.

Meanwhile, some guy did an exhaustive study of sacks in the NFL -- he watched tape of every sack in every NFL game so far this season! -- and he identified which players have given up the most sacks through the halfway point in the season. Here's the result of his research:

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/11/13/between-the-lines-whos-allowing-the-most-sacks/

Note that there are three Green Bay offensive linemen in the Top 10 in the league! (Or should we call it the Bottom 10?) Nice drafting, Ted. Way to coach 'em up, Mike.

(Wait, can I get fired for saying that?)

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