Week 8: Packers 28, Bucs 38
Are you kidding me? Boy did I envision this game differently. We lose to the WINLESS Bucs? Winless… not just for this season but for ONE YEAR!
Not only did we lose, but we lost SOLIDLY. We lost to a quarterback who started for the first time EVER today. We lost to a team that averaged 13 points a game, but today managed to get 38. As NFL Fanhouse said:
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw three interceptions and completed less than half of his passes. The combination of his penchant for holding the ball too long and Green Bay’s lackluster offensive line just proved to be too much…
Too much indeed. This was a game we were supposed to have WON, people! You know those teams that remained winless for a year or more? You’re supposed to beat those.
I don’t know what else to say, except that it was nice to hear the old “Battle of the Bays” line that I remember so well from my youth, and the Bucs have an exciting young quarterback that I’ll keep my eye on. He showed an incredible level of maturity for someone 21 who was starting for the first time ever.
The game ended with an interception, which seemed fitting given how the rest of the game was. The commentators have taken to putting a timer next to Rodgers to show how he hangs on to the ball too long, and it is nice to see Ahman Green again, even though he now wears a different number (and thus my Ahman Green action figure is no longer accurate!)
We had bean and sausage soup from a very old Campbell’s soup recipe book I have. Every once in a while I like to make a recipe that is straight out of the 1950s. For some reason, this makes me extremely happy. (And on a day when my Packers lose like they did today, a little bit of happiness is definitely appreciated!)
