Acme Packing Company: for Green Bay Packers fans

Bench the quarterback! Fire the coach! Blow the whole thing up! 

The takes were coming in hot and heavy on social meadia after the Packers were utterly undressed by the Cowboys at Leambeau field Sunday afternoon to the tune of a 30-16 loss. 

But was it really that bad?

The APC pod crew is here to offer some reasons for optimism, or at least some reasons to move the toaster away from the bathtub. The twitter and email feed is our roadmap on this episode, as we navigate the murky world of social media gut reactions.

As we round the quarter poll, the Packers are 3-1 and in second place in the division. But to hear the tone of the fans—and the coach—you might not know it. The truth is that despite having a tremendous amount of time in the pocket, Aaron Rodgers has seen his completion rate plummet. So what’s the problem?

To ponder that and other questions, we’re joined by ESPN Milwaukee radio host, Gabe Neitzel. We discuss play calling tendencies, how the narratives of this Packers team compares to others, and the team’s prospects going forward. 

It’s an inside baseball edition of the podcast, as Producer Zach tries to tread water while two former radio colleagues play patty cake.

As Ben and Zach assemble in a Chinatown kitchen to yack Pack, it quickly dawns on them that their intrepid leader Alex Petakas did not get the memo: the bye week is over!

Leaderless, though not lost, the guys trek onward, welcoming back to the show NFL game-film expert and all around good dude, Ben Fennel. He helps shed some light on the top Packers performers through the bye week before waxing more generally about the NFC North.

It’s a film-heavy, wonky welcome back from the bye week for the APC Pod crew. Dig in!

After a tough road loss to the Vikings, the APC Podcast crew have convened in a Chinatown kitchen—mostly shirted—to talk about the defeat. To grieve and to grow.

Wait, what am I talking about? the quarterback is broken! HALP!

Ahem. Anyway, it's on to the home opener against the Detroit Lions. We weclome Pride of Detroit writer Mike Payton to the show for an outsider perspective. Apartently Eddie Lacy "isn't the answer" and Mike McCarthy needs to get punched in the face. Who knew?

Week one is in the books and the APC Pod crew is back at full capacity just in time to break it all down. 

To do that, we're joined by ESPN and NFL "X's & O's Producer" and all around film guru, Ben Fennell. 

Unlike your average hot takery, Ben has crunched the film and has the insight to back up some surprising indictments of the Packers star players.

Will Clay move back to ILB soon? Are Aaron Rodgers' fundamentals slipping? Is Matter of Trust the best Billy Joel song?

Find out on a jam packed week one wrap-up edition of the APC Podcast!

It's the season opening edition of the APC Podcast! With erstwhile producer Zach chasing the evening redness in the West on a much-needed vacation, Alex and Ben take a cue from Springsteen and produce the APC Podcast’s version of Nebraska with nothing but a laptop and a USB mic. Much like the Boss’s lo-fi opus, this episode deals in equal parts heartbreak and hope, as we say goodbye to some real hard-hat kinda guys while still looking forward to the season ahead.

Today was cut-down day, as Ted Thompson and the Packers had to chop several players from the roster by 3pm. We're joined live in studio by our coroporate overlord, Evan "Tex" Western to break down all things roster.

Matt Harmon of NFL.com joins the APC Podcast crew to talk all things Wide Receiver. He gives fantasy insights on all of the Packers pass catchers and takes a look into the competition around the NFC North.

Per usual, we hit on some headlines from the APC blog, including a bit of 53-man roster prediction chatter.

Plus, Mike McCarthy waxes platitudinous about romance. It's lonely being a warrior sometimes.

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Ben: @BenFoldy

Zach: @OutsideSlant

While preseason “football” is underway, it’s the official stance of the APC Podcast that anyone telling you they have hard intel based on the tape is a bona fide snake oil salesman. With that principal in mind, we’re focused on previewing the competition in the NFC North this season. To do that, we’re joined by APC writer Paul Noonan. We’ll play Two-Minute Drill and prognosticate who’s moving forwards and who’s moving Bearwards—er, I mean backwards.

We’re so close to meaningful football. Hang in there, everyone!

Are you ready for some football?

Well, as it turns out, the NFL was not ready for some football. The APC podcast crew are no slouches though. In the absence of hard-hitting football analysis, there's pablum aplenty!

We hit on the Hall of Fame game that wasn’t, break down Packers legend Charles Woodson’s television chops, and talk a bit about the battle at wide receiver in light of the news that Ty Montgomery has been removed from the PUP list.

Later in the show we’re joined by our corporate overlord, Evan “Tex” Western, to play a rapid-fire Q&A game we're calling Two Minute Drill. How long will Mike McCarthy coach the Packers? Who is Tex’s favorite non-Packers player? Does he own a pair of Zubaz? Find out the answers to these and other burning questions on this almost preseason edition of the APC Podcast!