2009 Green Bay Packers season Essays

trailing, Favre led the Packers to a thrilling comeback, culminating in a long touchdown pass to Kittrick Taylor as time expired. Since the following game, he has never missed a start as the Packers' quarterback. He was the league's MVP award following the 1995 season; however, he announced in the spring of 1996 that he was addicted to the painkiller Vicodin and voluntarily entered the NFL substance-abuse program. He returned for the fall season and single-handedly made the Packers the league's number

Flashback: Dallas Cowboys versus the Seattle Seahawks The last time that the Dallas Cowboys found themselves in a 2-4 hole was back in 2004 under head coach Bill Parcels. The lost to Minnessota Vikings, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers in the first seven game stretch. At 2-4, the Dallas Cowboys came out against the Detroit Lions on October 31st, 2004 at Texas Stadium and defeated them 31-21. In 2004, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Seattle Seahawks 43-39. Maybe history will

decided to de-commit from Pepperdine and instead committed to Fresno State. After Paul George entered the draft in 2010 he was picked up by the Indiana Pacers. ("Paul George.")In his first season he started 19 of the 61 games after the first season of being with them he started all of the games in the next season. Now he earns 8 million dollars a year. His family consists of his daughter and his 2 sisters. ("Paul George.")This concludes

at the house he lived at as a child. Brett Favre's first pass was caught by him and ran for 15 yards. (the pass was deflected) Brett Favre’s had a 1,750,000 million dollar contract with the Atlanta Falcons in 1991, he lived off of the preseason or season, Brett Favre caught his first pass and ran it for 15 yards. Early Life The coaches Brett Favre had thought he would be a linebacker because of his height and speed and size he was 5’8 and 195 pounds but he was still a better quarterback. He was a

With an award winning movie based on his life from being homeless to becoming a successful athlete, Michael Oher was truly amazing. Oher has faced many challenges and misfortunes in his life, yet he still became such a successful individual. Michael Oher became the first round National Football League (NFL) draft pick and also an inspired writer. Michael Oher had shown us all, that if you fall you will always get back up. ¨I came so far, from nothing to a Super Bowl Championship.¨ (¨Michael Oher

Commercials. We all hate them. Television these days have more commercials than the actual show we are watching. But there is one day of the year that people look forward to commercials. It’s the day that the Super Bowl is on. Millions of people get together and have parties, gather around the television and see who is going to win the title. During halftime many commercials are played, many of them are hilarious and people talk about them for the next week. One commercial stood out to me in particular

New England Patriots are undefeated so far this season with a record of 8-0. I believe that the Patriots could go undefeated in the regular season because they have been playing very well and a lot of their games are not even close. I think they will go 16-0 because the rest of their games should be easy for them other than maybe the Denver Broncos, or the New York Jets, because you never know what could happen in a divisional game. So far this season they have won against the Steelers, Bills, Jaguars

An offseason full of changes brought a new level of anticipation for the Philadelphia Eagles’ preseason opener as they were able to slightly calm eager Philly fans worries with an impressive 36-10 victory over the Indianapolis Colts at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles’ new backfield of Oklahoma alums Sam Bradford and DeMarco Murray did not play in the contest with Mark Sanchez and Ryan Matthews taking first team snaps but the Philadelphia offense was still able to show glimpses over their high

his leave with a ranking of his best achievements. In honor of this great footballer’s career, we have finally come to present you with his top six career highlights! Number Six: Peyton Manning in the Super Bowl XLI During the star player’s ninth season on the field, he made a record Super Bowl win against South Florida. With a swift, 53-yard touchdown pass to fellow Colt Reggie Wayne, he raked in victory in the 2006 Super Bowl. Truly a legendary move, and it also won him the MVP award. Number Five:

This season, Duke head coach David Cutcliffe’s squad has relied heavily on the dual threat ability of quarterback Thomas Sirk, as well as the legs of running back Shaquille Powell. The battle tested Blue Devils have had several close finishes this season, including a quadruple overtime 45-43 victory over Virginia Tech and a controversial 30-27 loss to the Miami Hurricanes that ended with an eight-lateral walk-off touchdown as time expired. Duke’s offensive talent should be enough to earn a victory

between these two teams. Despite a slow start in the rivalry for the Dallas Cowboys they have had a lot of success after the early 1960's. Dallas leads the series 62-43-2 with the largest victory of 52-7 in 1966. With the win in week one of the 2015 season, Dallas current win streak over the Giants is 5 wins. 1.Week 4, 1971- This was the first Monday night football game played between these two teams. It was also the last NFL football game played at the Cotton Bowl. The Dallas Cowboys took away this

Thanksgiving Day football was a major tradition and part of high school football around the country,” Ray Schmidt, a football historian says, “It was the day that the big arch-rivals always met”. Thanksgiving Day played an important role in the league’s season. Richards was able to sell his product on that notion. He arranged the first ever national broadcast of a football game with NBC. At home, the team sold 26,000 tickets filling the University of Detroit’s stadium. Facing their arch-rival, the Chicago

The 1966 NFL season was a exciting moment in America considering millions of Americans watch the NFL today. The Packers outstanding Season and Championship led them to the Super Bowl where they were favored to win. One of the biggest events that happened in the 1960’s was the first super bowl which was a spectacular event for any sport fans. The NFL was founded in 1920 and this was the first Super Bowl and this is the Packers season and championship that helped them reach it. The most important

Vikings, or Packers. There are several reasons why the Packers are better than the Vikings because they have a better record, more attractive players, and lastly they have better fans (cheeseheads). The Green Bay Packers have a better record. The Green Bay Packers first originated in 1919, they had six wins and eight losses in 1970. In 1972 they had ten wins and four losses. In 2016 they had ten wins and six losses. In 2017 they had seven wins and nine losses. In 1970 the Packers had 20 interceptions

In 1920, the National Football League (NFL) was founded and found success throughout the years. As the NFL grew more popular, wealthy entrepreneurs sought to buy their own teams in new cities, expanding the league. NFL commissioner Bert Bell refused to expand the league as he was being accused of monopolizing the football industry. As a result, Lamar Hunt decided to create his own league, thus the American Football League (AFL) was founded in 1960, challenging the authority of the NFL. In its early

Five Biggest Surprises From The First Round Of The NFL Draft The first round of the NFL draft didn’t disappoint in terms of excitement and surprise. An abundance of trades and head scratching picks, emotional interviews, and a “scandal” involving arguably the best player in the draft; the first round was much more than just a player-draft. Below are the five biggest surprises: 1. The San Diego Chargers selection of Joey Bosa with the third overall pick The first big surprise came early on in the

Have you ever heard of the Hermann Trophy? Maybe you have not, but I know you know about the Heisman Trophy for football. While the Heisman recognizes the top player in football, the Hermann recognizes the top collegiate soccer player. Jason Garey, the winner of the 2005 Hermann Trophy, is from Ascension Parish and was trained by his father, Rick Garey. I, too, have had the privilege to train with him for six-years. When I was a ten-year-old, high-pitched voiced, four-foot tall boy I experienced

The Cleveland Browns are of to a devastating 0-4 start, but it's how we have lossed these games. Duke Johnson said it best after the loss to the Washington Redskins, "That's what's most upsetting: We're knocking on the door...We're just not finishing." Now, I'm not going to say that the Browns should have won those games, but they very easily could have a 3-1 record right now. It started with the home opener against the Baltimore Ravens. Everything went in Cleveland's favor for pretty much the entire

because he won the first two Super Bowls ever to be played. As the Packers head coach and General Manager from 1959 to 1967 he led the Packers to five NFL Championships and won the first two Super Bowls. His career record with the Pack was an amazing 105-35-6. Lombardi at first was an assistant coach for the New York Giants. So when the Packers owner was looking for a Head Coaching position. At first when the team’s owner told the Packer committee that he found Vince Lombardi they all asked, “who the

The final to Super Bowl LI was the greatest comeback in history for the New England Patriots, after they beat the Atlanta Falcons with a spectacular plunge by James White near the pylon. The game began with an unexciting first quarter that ended with a score of 0 on both teams. It may have seemed that it would turn out to be a dull match but the Falcons scored with two touchdowns in the second quarter with 0-7 to the Patriots. The second touchdown was carried by the runback Devonta Freeman, which