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McAdoo promoted to quarterbacks coach

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Green Bay Packers haven’t made an official announcement yet, but

Ben McAdoo

NFL.com’s Jason La Canfora says the team has promoted tight ends coach Ben McAdoo to quarterbacks coach this week.

McAdoo has served as the Packers tight ends coach since 2006, when he came from the San Francisco 49ers along with Mike McCarthy. 

McAdoo replaces Tom Clements, who was promoted to offensive coordinator after Joe Philbin took the job in Miami.

The Packers recently blocked McAdoo from interviewing for the offensive coordinators position at Tampa Bay.

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Packers block Bucs request to to with McAdoo

February 8, 2012 By

According to a NFL.com report, the Green Bay Packers blocked the Tampa

Ben McAdoo

Bay Buccaneers’ request to interview Ben McAdoo for their offensive coordinator position.

McAdoo, the team’s tight ends coach, is considered the favorite to replace Tom Clements as quarterbacks coach.  Clements was promoted to offensive coordinator last week by the Packers.

Aaron Rodgers, on his weekly radio show on WAUK-AM, said he hopes he’s in the loop on the decision as to who the next quarterbacks coach is in Green Bay. 

Rodgers told the show’s host Jason Wilde, “Because I’m in my eighth season, it will be interesting to see what direction Mike McCarthy wants to go in, if he wants to bring in a former quarterback with experience to kind of help me with the transition into the middle part of my career a more of an established player in th e league now.  I’m not sure what the dynamic would be with a coach who hasn’t coached the position before.  But Ben is a very talented coach and if they do make that decision, I’m sure he will make a smooth transition.”

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Packers favored to win 2013 Super Bowl

February 7, 2012 By

The Green Bay Packers didn’t win the Super Bowl, but after a 15-1 record, they’re still the favorites to win it all next year.

Green Bay, at 6-to-1, is the team that’s favored to win the 2013 Super Bowl according to the oddsmakers at Bovada.

New England is next at 7-to-1 followed by New Orleans at 8-to-1.  The winner of this years Super Bowl, the New York Giants, is 8th in line at 15-to-1.

The 2013 Super Bowl will be played at the Superdome in New Orleans.

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Is that it for the Pro Bowl?

February 6, 2012 By

The National Football League isn’t used to putting on a bad show.  But that’s exactly what they did in the Pro Bowl two weeks back in

Roger Goodell

Hawaii and now NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is considering dropping the game.

Goodell told ESPN Radio that he is disappointed in the quality of Pro Bowl and changes must be considered,l perhaps even dropping the game altogether.

Goodell said this year’s Pro Bowl wasn’t “the kind of football we want to be demonstrating to our fans, and you heard it from the fans, the fans were actively booing in the stands.”

Goodell spoke with the NFL Players Association about his disappointment in the game.  He said, “We are going to either have to improve the quality of what we are doing in the Pro Bowl or consider other changes, or even consider eliminating the game if that is the kind of quality of game we are going to provide.

In the game, the AFC won 59-41 and both sides seemed dis-interested in playing any defense at all.

The performance even drew the criticism of Green BayPackers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.  Rodgers even went as far as saying some of his NFC teammates embarrassed themselves.

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Giants followed the path of the Packers to win Super Bowl

February 6, 2012 By

A year ago, the Green Bay Packers needed help to get into the post season.  Not only did they get that help, but the Packers

Eli Manning

played their best football in the playoffs and went on to beat Pittsburgh to win the Super Bowl.

One year later, the New York Giants sat at 7-7, hardly with a pulse, the Giants put it together down the stretch and went on to win Super Bowl XLVI 21-17 over the New England Patriots.

The Giants finished the regular season with a 9-7 record, hardly the record one would associate with a Super Bowl Champion.  But for the second straight year, the NFL title didn’t go to the team with the best record or home field advantage, it went to the team playing the best football when it counted.

Mike McCarthy said before this season started and repeated it several times that the preferred path to the Super Bowl was by winning the division and securing home field advantage throughout the playoffs.  There’s nobody that was arguing that point either.  But the winner in 5 of the last 7 Super Bowls didn’t have a first round bye, including the New York Giants this year. 

New England did earn the top seed in the AFC, but the Patriots (15-4) finished one-game short of the championship. 

Eli Manning won his second Super Bowl MVP award and may have cemented his spot in the Hall of Fame when he retires.  He now has one more Super Bowl win than big brother Peyton and they might not be his last either.  Six times, Eli Manning brought his team from behind this year to win.  He set an NFL record with 15 fourth quarter touchdown passes. 

Elite?  He certainly belongs in that class.  But you can’t argue his ability to win big games after he added to that number against the Patriots.

 

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