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MONDAY MORNING MOTTErBack SPORTS THREAD

I know there are some other sports fans on here, and I thought a discussion thread might be fun, and Monday is the natural day coming after the weekend football (both varieties) games and without a side thread scheduled. What's going on with your favorite teams/players/etc? What fun media controversies in the microcosm of sports can tell us something about the broader world? What culture war bullshit do you want to discuss in a sporting context?

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I'm a Packers fan (I'm from Wisconsin, so yeah of course I am). I don't generally watch the games, but I keep half an eye on them throughout the season. Seems like they're off to an OK start so far, if only because they beat the Bears. That said, I've seen some good seasons followed by playoff implosions multiple times recently, so I'm not going to hold my breath one way or the other. If nothing else, if the Packers beat the Bears in the other game this year I'll consider that something of a success.

Losing to the Vikings stings though. Seems like the same weird pattern as last year, where they stink out loud the first game, come back strong, then proceed to win a bunch of games in as dramatic and heart-attack-inducing ways as possible.

Losing to the Vikings isn't great for sure, but fortunately I don't get too invested in those matches. The Vikings may see us as their rival, IDK. But I've never really felt like they were our rival, that's the Bears.

Packers fan also. Their defense played really well against a delpleted Bucs team, and Doubs is coming into himself, which is really good to see. I was really happy to see Bakhtiari on the field again, what a long recovery.