Week 10 is here - is Green Bay a contender or pretender?

Perhaps it's fitting we just celebrated the Halloween season. While kids were dressed up as their favorite characters, the Green and Gold have also worn a few costumes this year.  In the first few weeks of the season, the Pack dressed up like Super Bowl champs with their dominating performances. More recently, the "champs' have looked like chumps in losses to Cleveland and Carolina. Will the real Packers please stand up?

In this week's issue of The Post Pattern we'll do a quick recap of our picking contest (scoreboard here). We have a number of articles on the Pack, tailgating, and the lengths fans will go to watch their team. In our Vault Visit this week, we break new ground as nearly 45 years later a set of lyrics finally find their voice. One final note...we're taking a pause this week on the Buboltz Kids sports update this week to allow us to gather a few more stories...send us your best!

Britt maintains lead, but for how long?

Heading in to Week 10, Britt has continued to hold her lead by the slimmest of margins. It WOULD have been by 2 picks, but due to a forgetful Thursday evening in which nearly every other picker took the Broncos, our '25 leader neglected getting in her picks on time so the margin was cut to 1.

Shelley has risen up to tie Steve for the lead of the Hall of Famers division, only 1 pick back of Britt. Willis Horn continues to maintain his lead in the juniors division, 4 picks clear of cousin Griffin. Don't look now, but our Mystery Picker is in the midst of engineering a 2nd half comeback and now leads the Packers Nation division.

There's been plenty of movement in our rankings. Previous leader BJ Vanderhoof will need to deliver a sequel to his early work if he wants to recapture the magic. Casey Buboltz has used consistent picking (7 of 9 weeks in double figures) to claw back into the race. We now have 13 pickers within 6 picks of the lead. Things are setting up for an exciting 2nd half of the year!

Cousin Tailgate a Blast, Not Enough to Spark the Pack

Packers defeat Rodgers (and Steelers) 

Here's the dilemma. The Packers are facing Aaron Rodgers for the first time since he left the organization. You are half way around the world in Tel Aviv and what normally would be a 7 PM start time is now 2 AM in the morning and you have to present to your global leadership team at 8:30 AM.  Pop quiz hotshot...what do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?

If you are our editor, the answer is obvious. You get a subscription to DAZN and watch the game from your hotel and enjoy the Packers pull off a 2nd half comeback to defeat the Steelers 35-25 (Dealing with jet lag from a 7 hour time zone difference does wonders for one's ability to be awake at 2 AM).

Regardless where you were located, Packer fans worldwide were concerned after yet another slow start by their team. GB trailed 16-7 at the break. Three punts and two McManus missed two field goals had fans restless. In the second half, Green Bay scored on five straight drives, including three 4th quarter touchdowns as Packer fans could go to sleep (or start their day) peacefully. When Love gets dialed in this offense is a lot of fun to watch...which makes their inconsistency frustrating for Packer nation to watch. Good thing it's only early November and there is plenty of season left to get dialed in.

One final sidenote...when in Rome (or Israel)...:

Back to the '80s - Uniform Edition: Part 2

Last issue we introduced a new feature to the Post Pattern. Judging from our flooded inbox, it was a wild success. (subliminal message -- YOU WANT TO SEND US A LETTER TO THE EDITOR)

As a reminder, once we finish, our readers will stack rank their favorite uniforms of those we discuss and we'll publish the results.

In our second take in the series we'll review the Broncos and Eagles. The Broncos sported their throwbacks this past Thursday (which Britt wouldn't know b/c she forgot there was a game). The Eagles have also wisely decided to incorporate their roots into their '25 jerseys for three different games. For the upcoming MNF tilt vs Green Bay, Philly decided to go with the dull midnight green jerseys.

Heard in the Crowd

• "When teams play off and soft, we have to do a better job matriculating the ball down the field" MLF channeling his inner Hank Stram

• "Stop playing zone and start playing football" - a frustrated Packers fan

• "Why is Hobbs on the field" - same fan

• "STOP PLAYING ZONE. PUT IN VALENTINE. ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE" - yep, you guessed right.

• "I know a lot of people view him as a nickel. Well we think he can play outside" - Matt LaFleur's direct response to said fan

• Week 8 BREAKING NEWS: Valentine replaces Hobbs as starter

• "Told ya so Matt" - Same fan, probably