Packers 2024-25 Season Thread

GBP4EVER said:
Reading on ESPN owners passed a resolution last year that teams had to play a international game once every 4 years. GB played one 2 years ago but this screams Murphy was the one who wanted this mostly for the Packers how he was talking yesterday about how GB would glady go if selected to be the other team. Murphy probably seeing how he can expand the brand by playing in Brazil as this will be the countries first NFL game.
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It's Murphy's job to make sure they don't lose a home game to this. They're getting 9 regular season games at Lambeau this year, so mission accomplished.

It's also only a 2 hr time zone difference, so not nearly as bad as playing in Europe.
 
It's about twice as long a a flight from GB to the West Coat which is about a 6 1/2 hour flight. From GB to Brazil it's a 13 hour flight.
 
I've been to Rio De Janeiro on business, 3 times. If they want to do it right, the players need a couple of days to soak up the culture and amazing ambiance of the city, and beaches. I stayed in Ipanema, and was fortunate enough to be invited to a club with one of my Brazilian hosts, that was big in bossa nova. The night I was there, Astrud Gilberto was visiting family in Rio, and happened to go to that club with them.

The emcee asked her if she'd sing a song for everyone, and the applause and standing ovation got her on stage. She sang "The Girl From Ipanema," and I was totally mesmerized. I loved the song to start with, but hearing her, in person, just singing the song with a house band background, was just totally one of the greatest musical experiences I've ever had. She was so amazing.

I actually had tears in my eyes, so happy being there. The next afternoon, we knocked off early from work, and my host took me to this little bar by the beach. As we sat there, we watched these beautiful dark haired young ladies in bikini's heading home after a day at the beach. Then he told me that this was the bar where the guys who wrote the song actually did it, and what we saw with the young ladies was what they saw when writing it. It put it in perspective.

That was my first visit, and the next two visits were nearly as memorable, even though I never saw Astrud again.

Doing it right, the trip to Brazil for the Packers could be something they could use to cement their season through bonding. I hope that's what happens.

The trip to London was a joke. They didn't get that bonding time, and that probably didn't sit too well with the players.
 
In the last 10 season openers the Packers will have opened on the road for 8 of those games with only opening the season at home in 2017 and 2018.
 
GBP4EVER said:
In the last 10 season openers the Packers will have opened on the road for 8 of those games with only opening the season at home in 2017 and 2018.
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Wonder how that compares to other teams? Seems like a sign of disrespect in a way that Packers open on the road so much.
 
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