From: martens@python.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Packers 27, Eagles 24!
Date: 16 Nov 92 16:41:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: cis.1992Nov16.164146.14086
Organization: Ohio State U. Dept. of Computer Science

In article <1992Nov16.043851.21924@mr.med.ge.com> frigo@opustech.com writes:

First, about the Gang Green stuff.  When did Gang Green become
Philly and not Green Bay?  The Packer defense was known as Gang
Green for a few years, I think in the early 80s.

	[ ...]

>Up until the middle of the fourth quarter, the Packers dominated
>the Eagles on both sides of the ball.  Then the Eagles scored a
>TD on a cheap 73 yard screen pass to Heath Sherman and the crowd 

Cheap or not, it was apparently effective.

	[ ... ]

>In a stunning drive relying on Sterling Sharpe and Jackie Harris,
>and Darrel Thompson the Packers drove to the 15 yard line and with 
>about a minute to go, they kicked a field goal to tie the 
>game: 24-24.

I guess Thompson's the starting HB for the next few weeks.  His
numbers from yesterday are pretty good.  How'd he look?

	[ ... ]

>The Packers spent a great deal of time on special teams this week
>to correct what has been a very waek area for them this year.
>The new punter, Bryan Wagner, kicks nice spirals, but not as high
>as McJulien.  Primetime Junior, Terrell Buckley, now has a
>body guard when he fields punts.  Who else but the crazed hit-man,
>Chuck Cecil.  Cecil's job: protect Terrell and deliver vicious hits
>to anyone close by. 

I can see Cecil being good at this.  Buckley has to stop
fumbling, and maybe this will help.  I've been thinking that maybe
Holmgren has a bit of a double standard:  Buckley can fumble, but
keep his job, but if D. Thompson or E. Bennett fumble, they're out
of the game.  In fairness, there will be more fumbles per handle
on punt returns than running plays, and Holmgren probably sees a
Buckley punt return as a (more) likely (than most) big play.


>Sterling Sharpe has 68 catches this year for over 100 yards.

Over 1000 is what I think Fred meant.  Jackie Harris had 8
catches, Sydney 4, Thompson 2, and Workman & Brooks 1 apiece.
With Workman hurt, Harris and Sydney should get more of the
receiving load.  It'd be a really good time for whoever lines up
across from Sharpe to start producing.

>The Packers next 3 opponents are the (4-6) Bears, the (4-6)
>Bucs and the (2-8) Lions.

I'm pretty hopefully about Da Bearz game next week.  It'd be nice
for the Pack to get a second road win this season.

>Vince Workman separated his shoulder and will be out for 3-6
>weeks. :(

It'll be interesting to see Thompson in the new offense, and I'd
like to see more of Edgar Bennett as well.  This year's mostly an
experiment and preparation for next year, anyhow, right?  Though I
guess they could conceivably make the playoffs at 10-6 or even
9-7.

>Bret Favre suffered a strained left shoulder and his status
>is unknown.

He played a lot of the game with this injury, so I think he'll be
ok.  Probably means more work in practice for Majkowski this week,
though.

-- 
      "C'mon, what's the big hold up?!  Let's go, up there!
		  Bring on the snow!"  -- Calvin

-- Jeff (martens@cis.ohio-state.edu)