Paula from Apple Valley, MN
Sad day for Wisconsin and baseball. The voice of Bob Uecker on the radio calling the Brewers games my brother listened to (on a battery-powered radio with a dial) is one of the sounds of my childhood summers.
Same here. I lost part of my soul when I heard that news. Ueck helped me fall in love with baseball, as well as the Brewers for that matter, and was the source of my first professional dream – baseball play-by-play announcer. I wrote a “career” paper as a sophomore in high school on it. Then as a junior I joined the school newspaper and the rest is history. I’m forever grateful I got to meet him once. What a legendary life. Man, this has been a tough week. I’ll simply refer you to the end of our latest “Unscripted” episode to explain.
Cindy from Minneapolis, MN
Bob Uecker has moved on. I’m sad that I won’t hear him live on the radio again, but his Miller Lite commercial will always stay with me. Hollering “He missed the tag!” from up in the nosebleed section – it never fails to make me laugh.
Brad from Denver, CO
Hi Mike. Please share with us what you felt was your biggest “wow” factor from any of the six games played this past weekend that just blew you away.
Too many to narrow it down. Houston’s defensive performance, Derrick Henry’s speed and power after 325 carries at age 31, Josh Allen’s fourth-and-1 TD pass, and the walk-off doink. Looking forward to what this weekend brings with some winter lager, snacks and a fire in the fireplace.
Johan from Evansville, IN
Just to tag onto Wes’s reply to Scott from Sauk City, WI, how lucky do the Chiefs feel that the Ravens and Bills play each other this weekend so if they beat the Texans, the Chiefs only have to face either Jackson or Allen (no disrespect to Stroud) and not both in their quest to three-peat?
The way the AFC shook out this year, the advantage gained by getting the No. 1 seed looks enormous.
Brian from Trego, WI
Mike, in past years you have supported the first-round bye for the top teams as reward for being top dog, but seeing all the significant injuries in games this weekend got me thinking that the tournament bye format is overly biased toward the best teams. They not only get to play one less game, allowing their players extra healing and rest time, but also to avoid new injury, on top of home-field advantage. Wouldn’t it be more fair to eliminate the bye advantage?
If the regular season doesn’t transition into a playoff format that’s “biased toward the best teams,” then what in the world are we playing 17 games for? I know, the answer is money, but it also has to mean something.
Douglas from Johnson Creek, WI
It seems like the best thing that can happen this offseason that is outside the Packers’ control is for Ben Johnson, Aaron Glenn, and Brian Flores to all be hired as head coaches outside the division. Would you agree?
I wouldn’t complain.
Chris from Oakville, Canada
Let’s admit that despite 11 wins 2024 was just not good enough. The issues that plagued this team are things often referred to as “coaching.” Slow starts, pre-snap penalties, miscues and poor execution. Matt LaFleur admitted all year long their play was “just not up to the standard” and “I’ve got to be better.” I applaud the accountability, but what’s he planning to do about it?
Pinpoint the why. If the coaching staff had found the answers during the season, the problems would’ve dissipated. They have to figure out why similar problems persisted for so long.
Ian from Kirkwhelpington, UK
Gents, did Josh Jacobs’ brilliance cause the deterioration in the passing game in the season just ended? Was one consequence of so many rushing attempts too few passing attempts spread around a plethora of receivers to create the rhythm and confidence required?
I think as the Packers adjusted their ground attack to fit Jacobs’ strengths, with more gap scheme and pulling blockers, plus better running efficiency out of shotgun, it became more disconnected from the passing attack. The symbiosis slipped, which affects play-action, keepers and movement throws, etc., and the two elements never got reconnected to the extent they needed to be. I may be totally off-base, but that’s my suspicion. It’s the only way I can make sense of the Packers being such a good running team, but that ground game not helping the passing attack as expected.
CJ from Cedar Rapids, IA
I’m undecided on our offensive line. Top five in rushing is great, statistics show Jordan Love hasn’t been sacked much. But something leaves me wanting. Your take? It seems there was a lot of third-and-1 and we couldn’t punch it through. Am I seeing it wrong?
What I wrote above may have something to do with your ambivalence about the offensive line. Love wasn’t sacked much, but I felt he was avoiding sacks while under pressure a lot against the better teams (certainly in Philly last Sunday), though that may also be a reaction to how opposing QBs were protected. There are issues to parse, that’s for sure.
James from Appleton, WI
When Matt LaFleur gets a handle on what went awry, the first person he should talk to is Jeff Hafley, because what Hafley did this season – incorporate rookies, get everyone on the same page, build momentum to the last game – is what LaFleur did with the offense the year before. The defense can’t be locked in to pick up where it left off, but at least everyone got to see that the system works.
Interesting thought.
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