Actually, LeFleur is working along the lines of using A.J. Dillon in that capacity. He's talked about it fairly recently. Whether or not it actually happens, we probably won't know until we get deep into the preseason.
That could extend his career. He would be called upon for a lot of blocking. Near the goal line the play action and toss to the FB can be a weapon.
They won the last pre-merger NFL championship. After that the NFC came into existence with the merger and SB starting at #5.
Correct. After 1969 they faced the winner of the AFL who was the Chiefs in SB IV.
Yeah not every rookie plays like Burrow or Stroud. Lawrence is a great example of a guy who has played ok under his rookie deal, but certainly at no great value given his performance. And the Packers never really got Love on a true rookie deal. although I'd argue the time behind Rodgers was well worth it.
That's factually incorrect. MN won the 1969 NFL Championship, which was the final championship game prior to the AFL-NFL merger. It's kind of a odd one though because the Super Bowl did exist. There wasn't an NFC Championship game yet. The "NFL Champion" was determined in the Super Bowl begging with Super Bowl V. MN did lose in the Super Bowl IV to the Chiefs. No one really counts this as a championship outside of MN.
It wasn't the final championship. They lost the Super Bowl.That's factually incorrect. MN won the 1969 NFL Championship, which was the final championship game prior to the AFL-NFL merger. It's kind of a odd one though because the Super Bowl did exist. There wasn't an NFC Championship game yet. The "NFL Champion" was determined in the Super Bowl begging with Super Bowl V. MN did lose in the Super Bowl IV to the Chiefs. No one really counts this as a championship outside of MN.
My response to the Vikings fan that tosses that up is: "Did they win or lose the last game they played that season?" The conversation usually ends there. Still, they cling to that "lost" Thorpe.
Unless you win the last game of the season for all teams, you in the end, are a loser. Four trips to the Super Bowl, and not one trophy has to be a sick feeling. It's shared by the Vikings and the Bills. Just couldn't quite make it across the finish line.
They won the Ed Thorp trophy.
I had no idea that the Packers have the Ed Thorpe trophy on display. It had been dismantled and stored hidden for something like 50 years.
Neither did I. Wow... apparently it's not new info neither.
Let me google that for you. .. OOps, called to the production floor. Google will have to wait.
Thorp was a referee for the NFL back in the 20s. He died young, but was liked and respected by the owners and players around the league. Everyone thought of him as the best official, and fair with everyone.
It's a down right crime when work gets in the way of Packer business!
Thanks for sharing. The Good, they die young.
When Mrs. El Guapo and I got married, one of her distant aunts gave us some meaningless clock from one of those Things Remembered stores that used to be in malls. They had it engraved of course with her name.....and my older brother's! We have similar names with his having an additional letter. She hates the clock but I think that it's priceless, a wedding gift with her name and his instead of mine name. It's like the upside down bi-plane stamp or the Frank Thomas no-name baseball card.
Some heirlooms should never leave family. I have several of them. My kids have been informed that those that each of them get must be kept to remember that we were all here, for future generations.
I've tried running all the different versions of the name Guapo and I couldn't find any with an additional letter. Could it be his first name is Ela.
My apologies to your brother. Duh!! Its Eli Guapo.
