it's better to serve in heaven than to reign in hell...

/but still, as bad as the Vikes suck wouldn't you want a shot at actually playing?

I would say, between getting a raise and getting a chance to practice with Aaron Rodgers and the Packers' receiving corps, Green Bay's practice squad seems like a pretty solid place for a rookie.

Why not stay a while and learn from what seems to be the best offensive squad by far? He needs to get up and over practice squad level if he wants continued NFL playing time possibilities, after all.

Given the situation he currently finds himself, this seems to be a reasonable choice.

madden101: I would say, between getting a raise and getting a chance to practice with Aaron Rodgers and the Packers' receiving corps, Green Bay's practice squad seems like a pretty solid place for a rookie.

Says the Packers gave him a raise anyway to stick around.

HeathenHealer: /but still, as bad as the Vikes suck wouldn't you want a shot at actually playing?

You never know, he could be planning to replace Donald Driver when he retires. The problem is Driver may not decide to retire for another year or two.

degenerate-afro: HeathenHealer: /but still, as bad as the Vikes suck wouldn't you want a shot at actually playing?

You never know, he could be planning to replace Donald Driver when he retires. The problem is Driver may not decide to retire for another year or two.

Oh I thought you were talking about Favre.

degenerate-afro: HeathenHealer: /but still, as bad as the Vikes suck wouldn't you want a shot at actually playing?

You never know, he could be planning to replace Donald Driver when he retires. The problem is Driver may not decide to retire for another year or two.

I wouldn't expect Driver to retire until 2017, his 100th consecutive season.

Pratty: Why not stay a while and learn from what seems to be one of the best offensive squads by far? He needs to get up and over practice squad level if he wants continued NFL playing time possibilities, after all.

oxmank: Pratty: Why not stay a while and learn from what seems to be one of the best offensive squads by far? He needs to get up and over practice squad level if he wants continued NFL playing time possibilities, after all.

7/10. Should get some bites.

oxmank: Pratty: Why not stay a while and learn from what seems to be one of the best offensive squads by far? He needs to get up and over practice squad level if he wants continued NFL playing time possibilities, after all.

Saints fans are so touchy about their Breesus.

/didn't really need to check your profile but I did anyway just to make sure

degenerate-afro: HeathenHealer: /but still, as bad as the Vikes suck wouldn't you want a shot at actually playing?

You never know, he could be planning to replace Donald Driver when he retires. The problem is Driver may not decide to retire for another year or two.

I don't think Driver (or Grant) will be on the team next year. TT subscribes to the "better to lose a guy a year too early than keep him a year too long" philosophy.

Also, Gurley looked really good in preseason. Many fans were calling for the Pack to keep 6 WRs so he wouldn't get taken from the practice squad.

Or the Packers are just that awesome.

/yeah, I know it's been said already, but bears repeating and all that
//dammitsomuch :P

Even on the practice squad, he still gets a ring if they win the super bowl.

I'd choose to stay too.

He seems to be gambling that he'll get his shot soon enough, and the Packers are giving him a raise to stay, so why not hang on the championship bound team and wait for a spot. It's like choosing between being a paid intern at JP Morgan Chase or a fry "executive" at McDonalds.

Jim from Saint Paul: oxmank: Pratty: Why not stay a while and learn from what seems to be one of the best offensive squads by far? He needs to get up and over practice squad level if he wants continued NFL playing time possibilities, after all.

7/10. Should get some bites.

Weren't you the one prattling on in a Tebow thread about "ignoring facts?"

Truth ain't a troll!

He would probably get the ring anyway. Most teams give rings to any player that played for them that year. Even the administrative assistant in the front office can get a ring.

jake3988: Even on the practice squad, he still gets a ring if they win the super bowl.

I'd choose to stay too.

Yup, and it's not like he's going to get much playing time for the Vikings in their three remaining games. If he's looking to make an active roster he can wait until next season after being a part of a Super Bowl-caliber team for the next 8 weeks or so.

He also may end up with a Super Bowl ring, and a place in history as a member - sort of - as the first 19-0 NFL team.

That's a rather cheap shot at the guy, there are people who have never worn pads at any level who receive rings from the winning organization every year. If the practice squad had no value to the team, it wouldn't exist.

Donnchadha: b2theory: Or he'd rather see the Super Bowl and get a ring for his troubles.

From the practice squad, he'll be seeing the Super Bowl the same way the Vikings will. He might get a ring, but it'd feel a little disingenuous to me -- "Hey, look at this cool ring other people won for me!"


Hey now, that super bowl ring would be every bit as legitimate as Chris Redman and Charlie Batch's superbowl rings.

I think it'd be hilarious if the Packers lost immediately in the playoffs.

DeathByGeekSquad: I think it'd be hilarious if the Packers lost immediately in the playoffs.

Shut your whore mouth.

though it happened just last year to the NFC #1 seed Falcons when the Pack mopped 'em up at home...so, you never know.

ihatedumbpeople: DeathByGeekSquad: I think it'd be hilarious if the Packers lost immediately in the playoffs.

Shut your whore mouth.

though it happened just last year to the NFC #1 seed Falcons when the Pack mopped 'em up at home...so, you never know.

I really don't think it's that farfetched. If the Pack can't develop their running game, with that defense they could be in trouble, especially if they have to pass every play out on the Frozen Tundra^TM.

DeathByGeekSquad: I think it'd be hilarious if the Packers lost immediately in the playoffs.

I concur. But then again, I'm a bitter, angry, empty shell of a person, lol. ;)

/would actually probably like the Packers if they hadn't beat my boys in the Super Bowl last season
//still think they're a great team, but I want revenge! :P

Harv72b: becksellent: /would actually probably like the Packers if they hadn't beat my boys in the Super Bowl last season
//still think they're a great team, but I want revenge! :P

Prolly have to get revenge on another team, first. ;p

Aside from the Packers, it's been a while since a team beat the Steelers in the playoffs. Revenge is only for games that matter.

Bunnyhat: I don't always go for the disrespect thing a lot of Saints fans go for, but come on you gotta admit there is a lot of media bias against the Saints.

In 2009 Brees played a fantastic season and Superbowl, but you could hardly get ESPN to take 2 minutes to talk about them before breathlessly going back to Peyton Manning.

2011 Brees is playing the best game of football statics wise and can barely get mentioned beside Rodgers or Brady.

I don't know about ESPN, but the Saints fans around here have seemed a bit defensive lately. Having been on the other side of that coin before, I really do understand why, but as a packers fan I feel I still get to tweak a nose or two :)

Carrying on about ESPN, I try not to watch too much national stuff since they don't really understand individual teams, with a few exceptions such as Jaws and Hoge. They just pick a narrative and select facts to fit it, whether it's for good teams or bad. The Packers may be getting a lot of attention now, but there are plenty of other times I've seen them get ignored as well. And leading up to the Super Bowl it may have been more about Manning, but afterward you couldn't watch 5 minutes without that team being brought up.

So don't worry about those national idiots, and support your local papers and blogs covering your team. Your times-picayune beat writer probably knows 10 times as much about the Saints as Colin Cowherd, Skip Bayless, and Jon Clayton combined.

Harv72b: becksellent: /would actually probably like the Packers if they hadn't beat my boys in the Super Bowl last season
//still think they're a great team, but I want revenge! :P

Prolly have to get revenge on another team, first. ;p

Haha. Well, I really meant that I just wanted *somebody* to beat them - don't care who or how, lol. ;) (Like I said, bitter, angry, empty shell of a person.) :P

And yes, getting revenge on that other team goes without saying! :P But one Harbaugh at a time...

/unfortunately I'm thinking there's a pretty good chance my guys will end up losing to The Douchier Younger this Monday :-/
//actually, with a gimpy QB (even if he does play, which isn't anywhere near a sure thing at this point), Pouncey out, Harrison suspended, and who knows what else going on, I'll be happy if they "only" lose by 3 points like the newspaper's predicting. :-/
///well, never happy with losing, but you know what I mean, right?
////actually, don't answer that... :P

AdmirableSnackbar: Harv72b: becksellent: /would actually probably like the Packers if they hadn't beat my boys in the Super Bowl last season
//still think they're a great team, but I want revenge! :P

Prolly have to get revenge on another team, first. ;p

Aside from the Packers, it's been a while since a team beat the Steelers in the playoffs. Revenge is only for games that matter.

Yeah, but losing to the Ravens (twice!) in the regular season hurts. I was thinking the home game was going to be all about revenge, but it just didn't happen that time.

/curse you, Torrey Smith!
//but like you said, the playoffs are more important
///obligatory "Playoffs?! Playoffs?!?!!?"

becksellent: Yeah, but losing to the Ravens (twice!) in the regular season hurts. I was thinking the home game was going to be all about revenge, but it just didn't happen that time.

Meh, it meant so much more to the Ravens because they really don't have much else going for them. If the ratbirds win in the playoffs then it's a rivalry instead of just a fluke year.

robsul82: John Nash: with a few exceptions such as Jaws and Hoge

Hoge, he of the "Best Offense in 25 Years" claim concerning this year's Packers? lol

Bunnyhat: I don't always go for the disrespect thing a lot of Saints fans go for, but come on you gotta admit there is a lot of media bias against the Saints.

In 2009 Brees played a fantastic season and Superbowl, but you could hardly get ESPN to take 2 minutes to talk about them before breathlessly going back to Peyton Manning.

2011 Brees is playing the best game of football statics wise and can barely get mentioned beside Rodgers or Brady.

'09, Drew got robbed. This year, they're even trying to squeeze Eli Manning at #2 ahead of Brees on the MVP ballots. Which would mean they'd want Brady at #3, obviously, lol.

Considering what Eli has to work with and the weapons Brees has, I'd agree. Most of Eli's WR corps is busted, Cruz came out of nowhere (literally)...Brees has that beast Graham, a good group of WRs, SPROLES for christsake....

becksellent: /would actually probably like the Packers if they hadn't beat my boys in the Super Bowl last season
//still think they're a great team, but I want revenge! :P

REVENGE!

I would be laughing if it's rematch though.

robsul82: John Nash: with a few exceptions such as Jaws and Hoge

Hoge, he of the "Best Offense in 25 Years" claim concerning this year's Packers? lol

I appreciate his analysis, especially on NFL Matchup. Which of course is a great show about actual football. Which is why ESPN only shows it at 2 am on Sunday morning.

becksellent: I concur. But then again, I'm a bitter, angry, empty shell of a person, lol. ;)

/would actually probably like the Packers if they hadn't beat my boys in the Super Bowl last season
//still think they're a great team, but I want revenge! :P


Probably should see a therapist for that.

/brow waggle.

AdmirableSnackbar: I really don't think it's that farfetched. If the Pack can't develop their running game, with that defense they could be in trouble, especially if they have to pass every play out on the Frozen TundraTM.

The running game is just what we use to run out the clock after the passing game has locked the game up.

Also, if we need the crowd to yell KUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHN.

robsul82: John Nash: I appreciate his analysis, especially on NFL Matchup. Which of course is a great show about actual football. Which is why ESPN only shows it at 2 am on Sunday morning.

Hoge usually is okay, tendency toward hyperbole notwithstanding, lol. Still have to give it up to The Dilf. He was like #8 on SI's player-voted 15 Worst Commentators list, though, I guess they're not fans.

Dilfer is usually honest in his criticisms, which could lead to some grudges.

Hoge will throw out some hyperbole at times, like they all do. And they always focus on the now rather than the past. It's not going to bring in viewers if the analyst is always telling us how some team from 5 or 10 or 40 years ago was better.

With the way the Packers pile up injuries sometimes, he'll get a shot soon enough.



//Take note Jerry Angelo, it's OK to pay your players if you like them.