Home or Away?

[Brando19]

Correct me if I'm wrong...but isn't the home field advantage (what jersey you wear) decided by a coin toss? I think the Packers should choose to wear the away jerseys because we've been unstoppable on the road. I think the Giants in 07 chose the same thing.

[mmmdk]

HEADS !

[vince]

I'm pretty sure it alternates each year, unless it's changed.

[Deputy Nutz]

I have know idea, although I do know the Packers wore their whites against the Broncos in the 1997 Super Bowl and the lost.

[Brando19]

I have know idea, although I do know the Packers wore their whites against the Broncos in the 1997 Super Bowl and the lost.

Very true.

[Iron Mike]

I have know idea, although I do know the Packers wore their whites against the Broncos in the 1997 Super Bowl and the lost.

Remember, though.....the Broncos were cheating on the salary cap.

[esoxx]

It's typically alternating.

Packers in green.

[mmmdk]

How about Packers 2010 throwback uniform? :lol: I like it!

[Brando19]

It's typically alternating.

Packers in green.

Packers in green this year? That's ok...we only lost one at home this year.

[Brando19]

How about Packers 2010 throwback uniform? :lol: I like it!

Haha...we are 1-0 in them.

[gbgary]

i've got another question (don't mean to threadjack and i'll use white text as not to alert the football gods)...but if we win the SB...does al get a ring?

[mmmdk]

Haha...we are 1-0 in them.

Unbeaten!

[Brando19]

i've got another question (don't mean to threadjack and i'll use white text as not to alert the football gods)...but if we win the SB...does al get a ring?

Hahaha...that white text is pretty cool. Good question. I doubt it because he played for the Dolphins this year. I wish he would.

[Bretsky]

Packers in green this year? That's ok...we only lost one at home this year.


Yes, the one I went to :(

[pbmax]

Hahaha...that white text is pretty cool. Good question. I doubt it because he played for the Dolphins this year. I wish he would.

I bet he gets one, he was on the roster this year for 9 games or so. I think last time the Packers won, everyone who was on the roster at some point got a ring.

[gbgary]

Hahaha...that white text is pretty cool. Good question. I doubt it because he played for the Dolphins this year. I wish he would.

so they don't do it like baseball?

[gbgary]

I bet he gets one, he was on the roster this year for 9 games or so. I think last time the Packers won, everyone who was on the roster at some point got a ring.

i hope so!

[Deputy Nutz]

Yes, the one I went to :(


Loser

[swede]

Remember, though.....the Broncos were cheating on the salary cap.

If only Bretsky had had a venue to tell the world...1997 might have turned out differently:(

[Smidgeon]

I bet he gets one, he was on the roster this year for 9 games or so. I think last time the Packers won, everyone who was on the roster at some point got a ring.

Well, isn't a lot of that determined by the team? Besides current roster (and whatever other standards are in play--maybe players who were on the team but aren't anymore), the team (i.e. I'm assuming management) chooses who gets rings.

[TravisWilliams23]

Last year the Saints from the NFC wore their white jerseys so this year the NFC-Packers should wear their dark green home jersey.

The Packers won super bowl II wearing their white away jerseys when they beat the Raiders.

[HarveyWallbangers]

We are 2-0 in the Super Bowl wearing our green jerseys. :)

[Joemailman]

Hey Harv! Did you have chips?

[easy cheesy]

Remember, though.....the Broncos were cheating on the salary cap.

Ahem....

[gbgary]

We are 2-0 in the Super Bowl wearing our green jerseys. :)

but right now we've got a nice run going in the white.

[HarveyWallbangers]

but right now we've got a nice run going in the white.

We have a nice run in green also. 5 in a row. :)

[HarveyWallbangers]

Hey Harv! Did you have chips?

Actually, no. I ate at Chili's before the game. Superfan showed up late again, and he brought a pizza. We never even threw it in.

[bobblehead]

I bet he gets one, he was on the roster this year for 9 games or so. I think last time the Packers won, everyone who was on the roster at some point got a ring.

He was never on the 53, but if the team has any discretion give the man a ring.

[mission]

He was never on the 53, but if the team has any discretion give the man a ring.

I'd be fine with it but would you think he'd even want it aside from the potential monetary value?

[Lurker64]

Well, isn't a lot of that determined by the team? Besides current roster (and whatever other standards are in play--maybe players who were on the team but aren't anymore), the team (i.e. I'm assuming management) chooses who gets rings.

The NFL pays for 150 rings for the winning team, and the winning team can choose to hand them out however they like. So if we win two weeks from now, Justin Harrell may finally get his superbowl ring!

[Smidgeon]

The NFL pays for 150 rings for the winning team, and the winning team can choose to hand them out however they like. So if we win two weeks from now, Justin Harrell may finally get his superbowl ring!

So 150 rings breaks down among active members, IR players, practice squaders, coaches, GM and scouts, "owners", etc? That probably doesn't leave many left over for anyone else, but I could be using fuzzy math.

[gbgary]

and not all the rings get real diamonds

[Packgator]

Correct me if I'm wrong...but isn't the home field advantage (what jersey you wear) decided by a coin toss? I think the Packers should choose to wear the away jerseys because we've been unstoppable on the road. I think the Giants in 07 chose the same thing.

The NFC is the home team this year. The home team selects which jersey they will wear. Thus.....the Packers get to choose which jerseys they will wear in the Super Bowl.

[Joemailman]

McCarthy has said they will wear the Green jerseys - their choice as home team.

[Fritz]

Green is good.

Give Al a ring.

And really, had we not all done our parts over this Super Bowl run (I love typing that!) the Pack would never have gotten there. Bretsky's doomsday predictions. PB's "Read This and Learn More" threads. All of us. We should get rings.

[Little Whiskey]

We should get rings.

with real diamonds or the fakes?

[Little Whiskey]

MM said he always prefers to wear the green jerseys

[mraynrand]

MM said he always prefers to wear the green jerseys

I'd pay money to see him in a Packer uni. I think it would be hysterical to make Pro football coaches wear unis like baseball managers. Imagine Rex Ryan and Bill Parcells - and Marty Mornihnweg suited up!

[gbgary]

be careful when using the R word. the football gods may be lurking. all this talk, out in the open, about al getting a ring may get noticed. please use the white text when talking about rings that they may win. thanks for your consideration. carry on.

[HarveyWallbangers]

MM said he always prefers to wear the green jerseys

Good. I like our greens more, and the Steelers look more intimidating in their home blacks.

[Smeefers]

I read on ESPN that this year the Packers are considered the home team. That alternates every year between the NFC and the AFC. As the home team, the packers can choose between their home or away colors.

source: http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/23313/page/espntexas/free-head-exam-green-bay-packers-18

[Pugger]

The NFL pays for 150 rings for the winning team, and the winning team can choose to hand them out however they like. So if we win two weeks from now, Justin Harrell may finally get his superbowl ring!

That's too bad because there are several thousand 'owners' like me who would love a ring too! ;-)

[MichiganPackerFan]

i've got another question (don't mean to threadjack and i'll use white text as not to alert the football gods)...but if we win the SB...does al get a ring?

I was wondering about this too, and I hope he does get one. My other questions is, do the players on IR attend the game on the sideline? From what I understand, they don't generally travel with the team: Tauscher was an exception.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I thought I saw Finley on the sideline during one of the playoff games.

[Smidgeon]

I was wondering about this too, and I hope he does get one. My other questions is, do the players on IR attend the game on the sideline? From what I understand, they don't generally travel with the team: Tauscher was an exception.

Don't they have a choice? I think the Packers encouraged Tauscher, but it was still up to him. I'd assume plenty of players would want to rehab on their own...

[mraynrand]

I think it depends on the balance between the excitement of being there among your buds as they win or being depressed that you can't participate. Most of the 'big' IR guys were there in Chicago.

I recall in '96 Robert Brooks was all over the place taking tons of photos at the Superbowl.

[Smeefers]

Just heard on the Radio that the IR Pack are invited to the Super Bowl and can participate with all the stuff going on that day. Finely is pissed because all the IR players arn't taking part in the picture. The team gave some vanilla reason for not inviting them along for picture day (2 days before the SB when all the IR guys are flying out the day of the SB). Easy fix? Just invite those guys. Who cares? My problem is more with Finely cryin like a little baby, going all over the twitterverse and complaining, going on Sportscenter to complain, and then have the gall to say "i'm not trying to create a distraction." Whatever, put the pacifier in his mouth to quiet him up. Let him stand up in the picture.

[swede]

I'm being swayed gradually to the "This is a Finley Mouth Problem Not a Packer Organization Problem" point of view.

[MichiganPackerFan]

I think the whole twitter thing is getting overblown. Players don't think of twitter as press releases, just a means of chatting about their thoughts. It's easy to see why Finley would think he's being slighted by not being in the picture. The unstated is that it's probably easy for him to see the logistics and move on. Barnett's response was certainly indicative of that. Non-story: move on. Finley will be back next year and help pave the road back to the SuperBowl.

[Patler]

If the Packers are "home" they should get to use the Cowboys locker room, which I suspect is very plush. I hope they don't get spoiled!

[denverYooper]

I think the whole twitter thing is getting overblown. Players don't think of twitter as press releases, just a means of chatting about their thoughts. It's easy to see why Finley would think he's being slighted by not being in the picture. The unstated is that it's probably easy for him to see the logistics and move on. Barnett's response was certainly indicative of that. Non-story: move on. Finley will be back next year and help pave the road back to the SuperBowl.

Pretty much this.

[Patler]

I think the whole twitter thing is getting overblown. Players don't think of twitter as press releases, just a means of chatting about their thoughts. It's easy to see why Finley would think he's being slighted by not being in the picture. The unstated is that it's probably easy for him to see the logistics and move on. Barnett's response was certainly indicative of that. Non-story: move on. Finley will be back next year and help pave the road back to the SuperBowl.

Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how the players think of twitter. When they use it, sportswriter and commentators jump all over it. Many have admitted to following certain players daily, just for the quotable nuggets from them. Bill Michaels has acknowledged this many times, and has mentioned both Finley and Barnett as ones he follows daily because they talk so freely. With that being the reality of it, the players need to start thinking about it as a press release, especially when it leads to their appearances on sports talk shows to discuss their comments.

[mraynrand]

If the Packers are "home" they should get to use the Cowboys locker room, which I suspect is very plush. I hope they don't get spoiled!


Won't they all just bring their own lockers? I thought they were all made portable when TT had Favre's shipped to Kiln.

[Patler]

Won't they all just bring their own lockers? I thought they were all made portable when TT had Favre's shipped to Kiln.

For some reason, the word "kindling" comes to mind when I think of how TT sent Favre's locker to him.

[mraynrand]

For some reason, the word "kindling" comes to mind when I think of how TT sent Favre's locker to him.


Deanna, I know my locker is in here somewhere!

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-yuw8l1EMjUhQcN0cJWbyplCw5GaZnHGj7Voj57umU2YWtKda&t=1

[Patler]

Deanna, I know my locker is in here somewhere!

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-yuw8l1EMjUhQcN0cJWbyplCw5GaZnHGj7Voj57umU2YWtKda&t=1

:lol: :lol:

[Fritz]

PHOTOSHOP! Then they can all be in the picture. Even Don Hutson.