Packers Should Probably Be in London This Week
Green Bay Packers are playing their second straight road game. They’re playing the Los Angeles Chargers in the Chargers home park. They’re expecting the stadium to be filled with 70 percent Packers fans, although, I think that number might be a little low. Seeing the type of crowd that Pittsburgh had there, I expect this to be another Lambeau West situation like we saw last year in Los Angeles. Someone asked CheeseheadTV’s Aaron Nagler about the possibility of this game being played in London. He responded with the answer that we’ll constantly see.
Would have made all the sense in the world. But Spanos wanted those sweet gate receipts. https://t.co/KSA6IUKAcY
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) October 30, 2019
Some people like Peter King, the stalwart of doing the right thing in the NFL, put pressure on Green Bay for not going to London and expanding the game. It is not the Packers’ fault at all. Rather, it is the fault of the franchises in the National Football League who cannot fathom losing a Packers crowd. They drive more people to the stadium than almost any fan base. There is a reason why Pittsburgh has only been there once. They’re not missing out on the opportunities to have the Steelers in their home town.
Could it happen next year? It might with the NFL being a slave to appealing to public outcries from time to time. Roger Goodell would have to work a sweet deal for it to happen though. Taking a game from Lambeau is off the table in my eyes and my assumption, Mark Murphy’s. Tampa Bay is the most obvious answer and a team that frequents London regularly. We’ll see if that happens next season.
All the Packers fans in California this weekend, be loud, be hyphy and make it hard for Los Angeles.
Charlie.