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Mike Fleischman
Mike Fleischman and Matt Melemseter bring you a podcast about the football team that tugs their heartstrings like no other, the Green Bay Packers!
Come for the sharp analysis and unabashed fandom, stay for the laughter!
The Green Bay Packers beat the Mike McCarthy and Dak Prescott led Dallas Cowboys 48-32, but it wasn't actually that close. Kyle Shanahan said he started scouting the Packers midway through the second quarter, and we started entertaining the thought of playing the 49ers after the second drive.
Jordan Love was basically flawless. The defense was solid. Anders Carlson missed an extra point. Two of these things are regular occurrences, one is unusual. We hope the unusual one shows up again on Saturday night.
The Packers were projected to be rebuilding. They won a playoff game. We'd like it if they won a second playoff game because this team is fun to watch and we'd like to keep watching them.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to be nervous about the game on Saturday. It's all found money at this point.
The Packers beat the Bears to squeak into the playoffs, where they'll face off against Mike McCarthy's Dallas Cowboys. Matt LaFluer has still not lost to the Chicago Bears yet. The ownership of the Bears has transferred to Jordan Love, we'll see if he inherited the ownership of Jerry World on Sunday.
Mike & Matt discuss their least favorite but most memorable experiences with the public at work and chat about how maybe it's time for Bill Belichick to hang up the sleeveless hoodie. Don't do TV Bill.
Matt went through some of the earlier episodes from this season and found some of the takes Mike was right about. Jayden Reed does have sauce, the Packers did finish with 7 to 9 wins, Jordan Love's accuracy issues were overblown, and Sean Payton is a bad coach. Batting 1.000 on things selectively chosen to make us feel good about our predictions.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to do anything if you don't want to. You can just not do it.
The Packers won two games over the holidays! Mike and Matt watched from all over the United States as Joe Berry's defense did its best attempt at losing against the Panthers and the Vikings offense successfully beat themselves. Jordan Love looks like a superstar. Jayden Reed looks like a superstar. Matt LaFleur should win Coach of the Year for what has happened with this offense. But all of that hinges on the "Win and You're In" game against the Chicago Bears in Week 18, in a poetic Yin-Yang version of the 2022 season.
Is Kyle Shanahan in the Mike McCarthy "Pooping Their Pants in Big Games" tier yet? And at what excruciating point of this postseason will the 49ers take a big stinky poo poo dumpy in their diaper? Or will they finally cross the Rubicon and go potty in the big boy potty?
It's another highly educated and smart and genius and brilliant episode of Cheeseheads in Chicagoland. Did you know Rasul Douglas is tied for the most touchdown catches from Justin Fields at Lambeau Field?
Stay Cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to be a genius superwizard. Just do the things that have been effective for years, and it'll work out alright.
Matt got a concussion. Mike got a head cold. The Packers are getting ahead of the playoff race. A lot of head-based things have occurred over the last few weeks.
The Jets laid Tim Boyle to rest. We didn't talk about it much, but RIP Tim. We loved you. Have fun outside of the NFL buddy.
The Packers are good? Jordan Love is finally getting the respect he has deserved all season? Shohei Ohtani to Green Bay?
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to write new relatable things if you can just re-release the old relatable things you already made.
The Green Bay Packers won the game vs the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers worked harder to lose it than the Packers did to win it, but the W still shows up in the column.
Jayden Reed is the best healthy running back on this roster (?). Jordan Love looked great. Valentine & Ballentine combo did something to make Keenan Allen drop two touchdowns. It was definitely their doing.
How young is too young to get into the Grateful Dead? Is it ok to pour your Pappy Van Winkle over diet cola? Can our tastebuds understand the luxury of $3000 whisky?
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. It's ok to trade for a solid backup quarterback. You shouldn't have to start Tim Boyle.
Look, the Packers' defense just looked like it prepared for a different team on Sunday. I wish we could say we took their lead and talked about a different game, but we didn't.
Christian Watson has been ineffective at best and the defense was confoundingly bad but at least Jordan Love and Jayden Reed looked good.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. Get the cheap beer at the store by your house and drink one while considering what a down lineman is.
The Green Bay Packers lost to the Las Vegas Raiders, took a week off, and then lost to the Denver Broncos. They don't look good, but thankfully we have other things to talk about.
When did slice shops get Instagram hype? Why is Mario so fun? Why does everyone have a pinball relative? Why can't the Packers score in the first half?
Jordan Love looks fine. The defense looks passable. The team is young, and young teams are usually bad.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to wait in line for a pretty good slice of pizza just because you saw it on Instagram.
The Green Bay Packers got walloped by the Detroit Lions on Jeff Bezos' Thursday Night Football. Thursday Night Football is a bad product and it makes football even more unsafe for the players. The Packers still played poorly on their own.
Mike and Matt are the sleepiest they have ever been in their entire lives. They discuss the Lions game, the Bears discovering new ways to lose in front of our eyes, and hydroponic strawberries (Cheeseheads in Chicagoland's legal representation has advised us to state the following: Mike and Matt did not know that hydroponics existed or would allow you to grow better and more special produce.)
Blake Martinez, we would like to extend the opportunity for you to come on the show and explain how you differ from the people showing Matt banned "adult" Yu-Gi-Oh cards at his old job.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to be the meatball sub headed man from Fox Sports.
The Green Bay Packers beat the New Orleans Saints 18-17 in a frenzied 4th quarter comeback, starting the quarter down 17-0. Jordan Love looked like a leader, Matt LaFleur called a great game, and even the defense looked great in spurts.
Mike & Matt discuss the Packer's victory, learning to win, getting tricked into allowing yourself to be suplexed as a child, and the matchup of the century in Sean Payton's bad Broncos vs Matt Eburflus's flustered Bears.
The Packers take on the Detroit Lions in a Thursday Night primetime game, and the deciding factor may be the young Packers rubber bones. Who knows. Tune into Jeff Bezos's Amazon Prime Thursday Night Football Broadcast or stop by Jeff Bezos's Amazon Twitch Stream to watch the game. Jeff will be so happy you tuned in.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to get hit with the Stone Cold Stunner to know that you're not supposed to get hit with the Stone Cold Stunner.
The Green Bay Packers lost to the Atlanta Falcons 24-25 in week 2 of the 2023-24 NFL season. Bijan Robinson did things he will do in this league for a very long time. The Packers offense looked young, and the defense looked discombobulated. Is it players or is it coaching?
Mike & Matt discuss the Packers' loss, learning to lose, growth in the offense, AJ Dillon looking like his feet are made of cement (but the line didn't give him much help), and the very bad week down in Chicago that somehow didn't culminate in the Bears loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (technically it did, but the rumors are funny.)
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. It's okay to go to the bar that is too bright with a kitchen full of fried Sysco food. It's what life is all about.
The 2023-24 NFL season is upon us as the Green Bay Packers beat the Bears 38-20 in a Week 1 game that somehow felt over when the score was 10-6.
Jordan Love makes his debut as the starting quarterback of the future for the Green Bay Packers and continues his predecessor's tradition of beating up on the Chicago Bears, and the Packers' defense puts existential dread into the Chicago locker room and front office. "Is Justin Fields the Guy?" "What does all this mean?" "Should we even be here?"
Mike and Matt ponder which Packers great will commit the next big crime. We hope it isn't Jordy Nelson or Makinton Dorleant, but if it's Dean Lowry no tears will be shed.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to worry about if Jordan Love is the future right now, you can just have fun hoping.
The Packers beat the Bears. Everyone went on vacation for a week, and now they're back. Everyone should get a winter vacation. Summer vacations are a little silly. It's nice out! Why are you going anywhere? Winter is like, it's cold. Go somewhere warm if you want/can. But if you go somewhere nice, you have to wear a coat to the airport and then you land somewhere nice and it's silly that you have this big warm coat. And do you wear it to the airport when you come back and it's like hot outside on the way there? So do you have this big parka in anticipation of the winter that lies ahead of you and everyone else is in shorts? Or do you pack it and have to dig it out at your destination?
Whatever. Lots of wardrobe questions for the Packers who got to take the week off after beating the Chicago Bears. This week, they play the Rams and newly signed Baker Mayfield on Monday Night Football.
Christian Watson is good.
The Bears are doing a bad job helping their highly drafted quarterback. What's new?
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to like the Bears.
Music: 53 by OverNightMike. Buy the album.
The car is on fire, and there is no driver at the wheel.
The Packers beat the Cowboys because they're just not very good, then lose to the Titans because the Packers are just not very good, and then lose to the Eagles because the Eagles are pretty good and the Packers are pretty bad.
Skiing vs Skydiving, danger levels vs enjoyment levels vs injury risk
The Chicago Bears are up next in a rivalry battle between two bad teams!
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to be a good football team to have fun. Or maybe you do.
The Packers lost. What did you think was going to happen? The Bills are really good. Josh Allen is a super human, and the rest of the team is just as super-powered.
Matt & Mike run through this game, try and find some positives, and then take a lovely stroll through the rest of the NFL. The NFC North made some big trades at the deadline, but the Packers didn't. We think that was totally fine.
The Packers play the Lions next, and it's (hopefully) a get right game for the offense. We get to watch Jamaal Williams play against the Packers! It will be a sad day. He's the best.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to cheer against Jamaal Williams.
Music: 53 by OverNightMike. Buy the album.
Taylor Heinicke deserves a deal with Heineken. Remember when you could smoke inside? That was wild. This game felt like sitting in the non-smoking section.
The Green Bay Packers lose to the Washington Commanders in a very bad loss.
Matt & Mike are tired.
Does anyone have a beer they can share with us?
Stay cheesy, drink beer, watch football. You don't have to expect a Packers win.
Music: 53 by OverNightMike. Buy the album.
Have you ever seen a small hill, maybe even just a mound, or a bump in the landscape, and said "I could climb that, but I don't want to. It isn't worth the effort"? That was this game.
The Packers struggle in every dimension and lose to the worst team not named the Bears they'll play this year.
Are the moon rocks and fossils in museums real? How much space do they have on spaceships? Will an Alien visit Wisconsin, and if they do, will they give the ball to Aaron Jones? Will they drink a New Glarus with us?
Taylor Heinicke should sign a sponsorship deal with Heineken.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, and watch football. You don't have to believe in ghosts.
Music: 53 by OverNightMike. Buy the album.
Better late than never.
Mike was very busy and Matt was on vacation so this episode comes a little late. Did you want to think about these games anyways?
The Aflac mascot is actually a duck, not a goose. Matt would like to formally apologize. As a podcast, we hope the duck lives a long and fruitful life.
He didn't take them to the playoffs, but Brian (Axel) Hoyer was 10-6 in his 2 year career as a starter for the Browns. That is basically a Super Bowl in Cleveland.
Stay cheesy, drink (Chicago) beer, and watch football. You don't have to make football happen in London.
Music: 53 by OverNightMike. Buy the album.
Have you ever played the game Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy? You play as a muscular man in a cauldron with only a hammer at your disposal, and you must use that hammer to climb a mountain. The mountain doesn't make any sense. Swing by swing, you look around and think "This isn't what a mountain looks like. This isn't what climbing a mountain is like. There's not haphazard wires, and houses, and garbage cans strewn about. You don't climb a mountain with only a hammer."
The game is built on failure. Hard, unrelenting, absolute failure. You fall, and fall, and fall, and every trip back down the mountain feels like the last time you'll ever look at this big buff idiot in a cauldron wielding a hammer. But you keep going, because you're not going to be defeated by this stupid mountain made up of chunks of steel and rocks.
The Packers are the big dumb idiot with a hammer who finally climbed the fake trash mountain. They did so by failing consistently.
Anyways.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, and watch football. You don't have to play Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy.
Music: 53 by OverNightMike. Buy the album.
Week 2 of the Green Bay Packers season is a 27-10 win over the Chicago Bears.
Mike and Matt talk about that a whole lot. The Packers offense looked much smoother in this one, and we're excited that we knew the obvious answers why. More Aaron Jones is good!
We look ahead to next week vs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team the Packers have had trouble with in the past, and take a look around Week 2 in the NFL.
We didn't mention the Geico Gecko, but I want to make our stance clear. He should be evaporated in The Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, and watch football. You don't have to fight Marshon Lattimore.
Music: 53 by OverNightMike. Buy the album.
Oh gosh oh golly.
Allstate, call us. We're hatching a plan to guillotine the Geico Gecko with State Farm. You're gonna wanna get in on this.
Mike and Matt talk Week 1 across the NFL and stumble unwittingly into a recap of the Packers Week 1 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. There were some positives there! We promise! Most of it was bad though.
We don't talk about Brett Favre's welfare fraud. Matt gives an ASMR play by play on a one year old can of New Glarus that has been in a box in his closet. This one is free, but next week you have to Venmo him $5.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, and watch football. You don't have to commit welfare fraud.
Music: 53 by OverNightMike. Buy the album.
The Queen died. We didn't talk about it. This is a Green Bay Packers podcast. Maybe next week, bucko.
Last episode before the season starts. We'll be back after the season opener vs the Minnesota Vikings.
Mike & Matt discuss roster cut downs, the week 1 NFL schedule, and general tomfoolery. Mike got drunk in Vegas once and hopped on the mic to record. That's dedication. Matt did not divulge times he has been drunk on the podcast. That is between him and god.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, and watch football. You don't have to care about royalty.
Music: 53 by OverNightMike. Buy the album.
We took a one week break and are here to talk about the 2022 Green Bay Packers, how the NFC North stacks up (we like Dan Campbell!), and dox ourselves.
Stay cheesy, drink beer, and watch football. You don't have to read Atlas Shrugged.
Song - 53 By OverNightMike. Buy the album.
Mike and Matt recap the draft and give you an update on how things are going! They're going ok but not great!
So look, there's quite a bit happening in the world at large, but we here at Cheeseheads in Chicagoland think you should spend an hour with us catching up on the Packer's free agent signings and the other goings-on in the NFC North and beyond!
We're back and talking about the owners proposed CBA and why its bad. Also we chat a bit about the Packers free agency and draft prospects.
Mike and Matt drive their 1985 Nissan Sentra to the Neutral Milk Hotel and hang out with Doug Christie.
Your 2 hosts Ham and Hamms return from holiday behavior to catch up on their podcast for which they will never apologize.
Mike n' Matt discuss Dean Lowry, meeting Dennis Rodman, strawberry salad, the authoritarian nature of superhero cinema, and football, occasionally.
The most dangerous man on an unregistered yacht would like to sell you antivirus software. This is a podcast about the Green Bay Packers.
We're back! and full of beef! Mike and Matt discuss the snowstorm game in New York, the blowout in the bay, and the current state of attending NFL games.
Mike gets a name wrong. Matt hurt his hand. The name of the podcast is Cheeseheads in Chicagoland.
Mike and Matt avoid talking about the Packers loss in Los Angeles, and instead discuss vintage music gear, the Bears, and the new batch of quarterbacks.
Matt wanted to slay dragons, Mike wanted to catch ghosts. The Packers went to Missouri and defeated their hosts.
Mike tells a story about when he worked at the baked potato restaurant. Aaron Rodgers is perfect, which you can represent numerically as "153.8." Matt and Mike talk about the Raiders and the Bears, two of the leading comedy troupes currently on tour.
Alan Lazard came to his own party and the Packers pick up an improbable win. Mike's computer is in the shop so this episode doesn't even have music stuck on it. Enjoy!
Is Paul dead? Is Avril Levigne dead? Is steak good? How do you like your gristle? Does the onion bloom? Are the Cowboys good? Do the cowboys bebop? Is this episode 51... or is it... area 51?
Mike and Matt talk goal line playcalling, systemic reform, and Joe Buck on this 50th episode of their cool podcast!
Another day, another great defensive performance from the Pack. Enjoy this episode quick because there's another game tomorrow!
Episode 48! Jaire Alexander = good. The Packers played 16 minutes of offense and 60 minutes of defense to get a week 2 win!
M & M talk Bears vs Packers, Large Richard, Large Robert, why you shouldn't put slogans on your play calling sheet, and get a bit into the AB story.
Mike and Matt give the Packers final roster the business in preparation for Thursday's game against the Bears. Notable things that have occured since the recording: Lazard has been called up to the 53 man in place of Sternberger, and Savage decided to stick with #26.
A few things happened this week besides Canada being good at having football fields. Mike (Bobson Dugnutt) and Matt (Rey McSriff) discuss the departure of Josh Jones, the departure of Andrew Luck, and entertain conspiracy theories!
Mike and Matt talk Packers, Ravens, college apartments, the significance of 0.2 seconds, Jay-Z, wide receiver skills, the Raiders, Canada, and chicken sandwiches.
Cheese is once again on heads, as Mike and Matt bring you their recap of the Packers 28-26 win over the Texans in the first preseason game of 2019. Who will step up? Who has late hands? Who has cute cats who get attention while we record?
Mike and Matt get together and chat about injury, public perception of the bodies of athletes, and then just ramble about movies and music for a while. It's a fun episode that isn't really about Packers football! Enjoy!
Hey, its time for OTA's, which stands for Off the Aardvark. Josh Jones is tired of being a Packer (apparently) and that's the only football news on this episode. Mike and Matt talk about Jay Cutler, Doug Flutie, rice cookers, Steamed Hams, and Coldplay.
We've come so far together! Mike and Matt recap the Packers draft, and discuss the radically reshaped defense and radically un-reshaped offense. Mike breaks down the way that you can use the second note in a scale as a way to create tension in music. Matt loves Fall Out Boy. It's Cheeseheads in Chicagoland, a Very Relevant Podcast About American Football!
M & M are back with you to discuss the Adobe Suite, crazy people who create antivirus programs, people who are not good at boarding planes, and Mike McCarthy's lack of skill at being interviewed.
The Smiths have arrived, and so has episode 38 of Cheeseheads in Chicagoland. Mike and Matt discuss the newest Packers, say goodbye to some departing Packers, and do a good job of staying on topic for once!
Tim Stebbins, Baseball Man, stops by the studio to have a chat about the upcoming baseball season, focusing on the Brewers and the loaded NL Central. Some football is also discussed. Matt unspools some secrets about his past.
Episode Thirty-Six! Is the AAF a football league or a petri dish?
Who's tradeable? Who's untouchable? Who is a fake prospect created for humor purposes?
Total Eclipse of the Heart is a great pop song. Jermichael Finley has got some toasty marshmallows. James Jones isn't walking through that door. The XFL is (was) going to be a carny hustle. The AAF exists. Please enjoy episode 35 of Cheeseheads in Chicagoland.
It's the super bowl aftermath show! Matt and Mike talk about the Patriots superb gameplan, the unsuperb half time show, random quasi-celebrities loosely tied to football, and morphine.
A trio of guests drop by for a fun round table discussion of the upcoming Super bowl, everyone's favorite broadcasters, the state of the Bears, and much more!
Hey its Episode 31. Mike and Matt fail to come up with a nickname for Matt LaFleur, malign Jerry Jones, and recap the fun weekend of playoff games that featured no teams called Packers but at least one former Packer.
The Packers have gone fishin' but we're still here, talking about EDM, Troy Aikman, a Bear that fell down, and "Large Richard" Nick Foles.
The Lions game happened. Mike and Matt try to avoid talking about it. Its for the best. Instead, they discuss potential head coach hires, ketchup, and the absolute single worst broadcaster in the history of the NFL.
Note: This podcast contains strong language meant to convey the depth of the hosts' feelings about the Green Bay Packers 2018 season.
Mike is by himself and gives you a brief version of his thoughts on the Packers Jets... game.... and also some thoughts on the 2018 season in general.
Better late than never? Mike and Matt ponder what to get Brian Gutekunst for Christmas, look for a silver lining in Lucas Patrick, and continue to like Jaire Alexander.
More Cheeseheads content is coming your way later this week, but until then here's 5 minutes of Mike talking with a cold!
The Joe Philbin Era has begun with a nice 34-20 win at Lambeau. Mike is drinking beer in Vegas and Matt is back in Chicago. Bashaud Breeland played well in a pivotal game for his career. Jamaal Williams and Aaron Jones are complimentary players. This season has been like watching a panda fall out of a tree.
Mike and Matt discuss the Packers 24-17 loss at Minnesota. Reality sinks in and Mike stops defending Mike McCarthy. Matt laments the situational play-calling. We make fun of Dan Bailey.
Oh heck, now is the hour of our discontent. Mike and Matt have a chat about the Pack's 27-24 loss out in Seattle last Thursday, discussing the under-use of Aaron Jones, the spate of injuries, the play calling, the challenges (and non-challenges) of certain plays, and the end of the Mike McCarthy era?
Mike and Matt talk about the Pack's 31-12 win over the Dolphins. Matt dissects running back play, secondary play, quarterback play, and the schemes of Matt Nagy. Mike complains about the internet. Matt swears multiple times and Mike enjoys editing them out of the finished product.
Mike and Matt have a casual chat about the Packers 31-17 loss to the Patriots. Mike defends Mike McCarthy. Matt is not so convinced. The Dolphins might come to town and lighten the mood next week.
Mike and Matt go through a disordered and chaotic version of the stages of grief in reaction to Sunday's 29-27 loss to the LA Gear. Matt yells several times without using words. Mike is more of a bargaining type. The Packers traded away Montgomery and Clinton-Dix literal minutes after the mp3 of this episode finished processing.
Mike and Matt check in on the status of the Packers, then sit down in a packed studio for an engaging six person round-table discussion featuring Charlie Bevins, Garrett Neal, Ally Pruitt, and Gavriel Wilkins.
Topics: The Washington Redskins fringe kickoff returner whose name I already forgot, the Chicago Bears status, the Packers lack of defensive cohesion, legalized gambling, and player labor issues.
Mike, as usual, mentions his advanced age.
The Packers eke out a win over the 49ers on Monday night football. Mike and Matt discuss the progression (and regression) of the defense, rookie wide outs, running back snap counts, and modern dentistry. Matt hurries off to class. Mike is on painkillers because of modern dentistry.
Mike is off in the great northwoods, and yells this episode into his computer microphone. Matt meanwhile is comfy and clear in the Chicago studio and sounds incredible. The game was bad, a 31-23 loss to the Lions in which a bunch of things went wrong. Silver linings are looked for, and found. Gasoline is not a beverage.
Mike and Matt talk about anything except the Buffalo Bills, who didn't bother showing up to Lambeau on Sunday. Mike continues explaining the structural issues which prevent good officiating, Matt explains why holdouts are good, and we completely forget to name a Head Cheesehead, so we'll say its... Byron Bell. Sure.
The first loss of the season was a sloppy affair, and Mike and Matt do their best to clean up the pieces and diagnose what happened. Also, Mike continues to elaborate on why NFL refereeing is the way it is, and Matt predicts the future by introducing the newest Packer Bashaud Breeland. A squeaking chair guest stars.
Football continues to fascinate and confound Matt and Mike, as they recap a Packers/Vikings 29-29 tie. Mike talks about refereeing and why its bad, Matt continues to harsh on the 2-0 Case Keenum, and Mike forgets his own podcast.
Aaron Rodgers is a special person. Mike and Matt spend a lot of time talking about him in their recap of the Packers week 1 victory over the Bears. Also: Mike is mad at Matt Nagy, Tom Brady is a scientist, Ryan Fitzpatrick is baffling, and Tyrod Taylor is better than Case Keenum?
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Mike and Matt convene at the dining room table of Mike's south side estate for a brief look at the Packers loss to the Chiefs, and an extended look at the final 53 man roster. They also talk about the Khalil Mack trade, the situation that is Las Vegas, and whether Jon Gruden really needs human football players.
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Mike and Matt are both back in Chicago, and have a great time bringing you Episode 11, which looks at the Packers 13-6 loss in Oakland, state fairs, John Gruden's strange decisions, and a tattoo that Roger Goodell certainly under no circumstances has.
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Cheeseheads in Chicagoland is back to look at the Packers' 51-34 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mike and Matt discuss the odd visage of Ben Roethlisberger, the newest thing millenniasl are killing, Josh Jackson, JK Scott, and Reggie Gilbert.
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Matt joins Mike all the way from Los Angeles to recap the Packers 31-17 victory over the Titans in week 1 of the preseason. Mike gets Luke Falk confused for David Fales, Matt wants more Kumero. Mike has a dream about a long-forgotten Packers draft bust, the friends of men with bad facial hair are indicted, and Lenzy Pipkins is mentioned.
Mike sits down with Gavriel Wilkins for a discussion of NFL and NBA culture, labor relations, public perception, and snacks. Once the serious stuff is out of the way, they also touch on the NFC North's newcomers, the Bears, the Packers, and whether the Cowboys will be good this year!
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Ally Pruitt drops in for a summer chat with Mike about the NFL's discipline policy, flag football, Tony Romo, and the NFC North's arms race!
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Cheeseheads in Chicagoland Episode 6- "Vote For Witry"
With Matt on assignment in Los Angeles, Ryan Witry sits down with Mike for some off-season Packers talk. We talk about the benefits and drawbacks of running back by committee, the improvements made in the NFC North, the relationships between veterans and backups, and the reasons for the Packers' recent defensive shortcomings.
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Cheeseheads in Chicagoland Episode 5- "Pour Some Salt On It"
Mike and Matt discuss the new NFL policies about player protest. Spoilers- it makes them angry. They also look at some of the reasons for the NFL's declining TV ratings, and talk about the commercial relationship between the league and the military. Once they get the anger out, they also talk about a few late free agency pickups the Pack made, and invent a new country/rap sensation.
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Cheeseheads in Chicagoland Episode 4- “NFC North Preview"
Mike and Matt get distracted by pizza but recover in time to run down some of the major off season moves made by the Packers' division rivals. They also talk about Dez Bryant, Aaron Rodgers, and skywriting!
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Cheeseheads in Chicagoland Episode 3- "Draft Recap and Music Chat"
Mike and Matt go over the Packer's draft, with stops along the way to discuss drafting punters, Chicago's alt-country legacy, having puddin' hips, and fine art.
Music: “What?” by Jahzzar https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ “Message for Us” by Cutside https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ “Do You Wanna Grilled Cheese?” by Boris the Sprinkler https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
Cheeseheads in Chicagoland Episode 2- "This Time We Talk About Jordy Nelson"
Encouraged by signs of spring, Mike and Matt are back for episode two. They're finally ready to talk about the departure of Jordy Nelson, and they also cover the absurdity of the NFL Network, the danger of Dan Gilbert-ing, the intense coolness of Davante Adams, and give a preview of this weekend's NFL draft. Mike does a Jay Leno impression that somehow didn't get edited out, and Matt discovers the "cheese tourism gas station" phenomenon unique to Wisconsin.
Music: “What?” by Jahzzar https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ “Message for Us” by Cutside https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ “Do You Wanna Grilled Cheese?” by Boris the Sprinkler https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
Cheeseheads in Chicagoland Episode 1- "We Don't Talk About Jordy Nelson"
Mike and Matt sit down for their first chat about da Green Bay Packers. While ignoring the biggest off-season departure, they do talk about other off-season moves, Ted Thompson’s legacy, Dom Capers’ hair, generous Baltimore taxi drivers, and wonder if this is the end of the Makinton Dorleant era?
Music: “What?” by Jahzzar https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ “Message for Us” by Cutside https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ “Do You Wanna Grilled Cheese?” by Boris the Sprinkler https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/