One of our Packers contributors delves into the culture of those who cheer for the Green and Gold, for the Frozen Tundra, for the tradition and the pride of knowing America's smallest market also possesses America's Team.
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With the advent of blogging and social media, it has proven hard not to know almost every intricate detail about players, often disclosed by the men themselves - who their spouses and kids are, what they like to do for fun, the fact they like to quote Princess Bride (a la Aaron Rodgers) or Hall & Oates (Marshall Newhouse, much to my delight).
It is easy to keep track of injuries - who has a 'knee' on any given day - and the recovery process as well as what Mike McCarthy and the coaching staff are thinking and planning.
In fact, it's so easy to get bogged down in these detail that one might be in danger of forgetting that we're fans of a team, not individual players (although you can certainly be both).
Most fans, however, seem to get it - it's about the team. Not the individuals on it.
While the friends I've made within Packers Nation (and a few are among my closest) can talk politics, kids, work and life in general with each other, and often do, always the topic of conversation turns back to the team and the chances of winning and losing.
That's true no matter who's injured, out, currently in disgrace or held in high regard. We cheer for the Green and Gold, for the Frozen Tundra, for the tradition and the pride of knowing America's smallest market also possesses America's Team. (Yeah, Jerry Jones, I said it.)
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