special Packers' trivia...

this is a special blogpost with a footnote in Packers' history... what day was Vince Lombardi hired to be head coach of the Green Bay Packers??? answer:January 28,1959... he took a team that was 1-10-1,in 1958,and made the team an immediate winner with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses... he never had a losing season,even in Washington,with the Redskins... the Packers won the first three games,then lost five in a row,and then finished the 1959 season,with four straight wins...

commentary...

like i said last night,i am taking a few days off,until February 1st,to recuperate and get mentally ready for the off-season,NFL Draft,NFL combine,and free agency,which should happen in the next few months... i will be going to the movies Super Bowl Sunday... probably will see "Star Wars-The Force Awakens",that day in IMAX,if it is still downtown...

comments...

i am taking a few more days off before i blog again... mentally tired,and seem honestly not to give a crap about it,right now... will be back around the first of February... note:you want honesty... well,you got it... be back shortly...

correction...

oops,i forgot to name Richard Rodgers,as the receiver who caught the "Hail Mary" pass,against the Detroit Lions,in the 27-23 win,over the Lions... i corrected the post... note:i was too happy thinking about that game winning play to give out his first name....

play of the year...

unfortunately,for the Packers,the season ended with an unbelievable pass and run by Cardinals' wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald(a 75 yard lob and run,when Carson Palmer was flushed out of the pocket,and found Fitzgerald all alone on a broken coverage,and Fitzgerald ran like a deer through the Packers' defense,on the very first play of overtime),it set up a five yard shovel pass to Fitzgerald(they had not run that play all season,until that point),to end the game,and season,26-20,for the Packers...

top three plays of the Packers' season...

number three:on 4th and twenty,in the NFC Divisional game,against the Arizona Cardinals,Aaron Rodgers hit Jeff Janis for a 60 yard bomb,to set up play number two... number two:Rodgers hit Janis for a 41 yard "Hail Mary" to tie game,at 20,and send game into overtime,against the Cardinals... unfortunately,that set up the play of the year,and to end the season,for the Packers... now for number one play of the season,for the Packers:Detroit 23,Green Bay 21,game over,except for an untimed play,for the Packers:Rodgers scrambled around and heaved the football over 65 yards,and hit a leaping (hi-pointed)Richard Rodgers(for his first "Hail Mary" of the season),in the end zone,for six points,and an unbelievable win over the Lions,27-23...

commentary...

simply said,i will not watch Super Bowl 50,because i "hate" both teams... (laughing)... actually,i do hope Peyton Manning wins his second Super Bowl,but when i lived in Denver(a short time),i just enjoyed the weather,even in the winter... i even have a funny story about being snowed in for four days in Denver...  will talk about that in future blogpost,in a few days...