That’s the ultimatum the Packers have this season. Either make the playoffs or risk being required to appear on HBO’s Hard Knocks next year. The requirements to be featured on Hard Knocks are that your ...
In Part 1, I advocated for the Packers to pay heed to the past health histories of all players they might want to acquire. In Part 2, I listed three more factors to consider when ...
Introduction This is not a sexy topic, and macho men are going to be slow to embrace some of these concepts. Still, if you are a Packers fan, you should be trying to send this ...
At his press conference on March 14, Brian Gutekunst was asked if health history was taken into account regarding the free agent signings. He merely responded that it’s “another piece of the puzzle.” I hope ...
I grew up playing that great board game, “Risk”. It’s that innocent child’s game whereby you and the neighbor kid, or your insufferable sisters, try to gain world domination by conquering countries and continents, one ...
From the moment Gutey and the boys drafted three wide receivers in successive rounds of the 2018 draft, I knew it was going to be trouble. The Packers had accumulated too many players at the ...
As I write on Saturday, free agent signings are still coming in, but they are already down to a dribble. I’ve focused only on substantial contracts, generally those averaging $4 million per year or more. ...
I don’t need your rockin’ chair Your Geritol or your Medicare Well I still got Neon in my veins This grey hair don’t mean a thing I do my rockin’ on the stage You can’t ...
While the defense was the primary focus of Gute’s recent rapid-fire free agency binge, OL Billy Turner also joined the team mostly in the shadow of the Smith acquisitions. Who is Billy Turner and ...
Smith, noun (plural smiths) – A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith. Edge rushers are the ...
When the Green Bay Packers new head coach Matt LaFleur retained defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, they kept a man who lead the Packers to one of the top pass rushing teams in the NFL. Succeeding ...
Brian Gutekunst (and his recruiting team) has got a more difficult challenge at free agency time than do most other GMs. Why? Because Green Bay is not a very attractive venue – right now – ...
I’ve been pondering a list of the 50 top free agents available in 2019 that CBS Sports compiled. Numbers 28 through 34 are all still available as I write, but 18 of these 27 top ...
Or maybe it’s just a highly inflationary time, and I can’t keep up. Here’s the average annual amounts some other teams are about to start paying out: (* Never an All Pro selection; ** Never ...
As I write this on Tuesday afternoon, I’m assuming the Packers will indeed officially sign up the four players discussed below. Leading up to the free agent sweepstakes, USA Today’s “For the Win” feature ranked ...
Anxious NFL fans have spent the five-plus weeks since the Super Bowl feeding their habits on anything they can find: news snippets, rumors, gossip, wild speculation. Tomorrow, however, we’ll be experiencing real news and important ...
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