“At Least He Didn’t Make BAD Free Agent Deals”. That might someday be the epitaph on Ted Thompson’s tombstone. Ted’s replacement, GM Brian Gutekunst, is champing at the bit to lay out gobs of ...
In a post of 2/4, I theorized about the ineffectiveness of the Rams’ superstar running back Todd Gurley in the team’s run at the Super Bowl. Though Gurley insisted his knee was okay, I concluded ...
I don’t think it’s even arguable: over the past few years the Packers have not prioritized drafting players who might fill its most urgent needs. It’s a particularly grave mistake if the hole to be ...
When Mike McCarthy twice resorted to extensive changes in his coaching staff, it was mostly to deflect criticism of himself, not as a means of bettering the team. In almost every case, McCarthy elected to ...
Every follower of the Packers knows that Aaron Jones was under-utilized by Coach McCarthy for his first two years as a pro. Rather than just talk in generalities about correcting this in 2019, ...
Year after year it appears to most fans that the Packers suffer more injuries than do most other teams in the league. Was this true in 2018, and if so, might this account for the ...
Why has Aaron Rodgers been on such a notable decline in his passing efficiency, while the Saints’ Drew Brees – five years older – keeps getting better? I think the answer lies in ...
While doing some recent research on my favorite subject, I noticed that Aaron Rodgers turned 35 on December 2. Though my memory is starting to go, I thought, “Wait a minute – that date rings ...
The date was October 30. Less than two hours before the trade deadline, Packers GM Brian Gutekunst traded away Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. Just two days earlier, the Packers had traveled to California and ...
One of the hallmarks of the Thompson-McCarthy era was releasing players while they still had productive years of football left in them. It looks like the Gutekunst-LaFleur pairing is trying to avoid such a ...
These aren’t your run-of-the-mill compliments. They are uniformly effusive praises, both of the man himself, and how he goes about his work. Robert Griffin III, Ravens quarterback, former Redskins quarterback (2012-15): The Packers got a ...
Okay, I’m a bit of a statistics worshiper. When assessing a team’s offense, one of the most telling stats is third down success rate. The Packers’ declining rate for this benchmark mirrors their declining ...
Yes, the difficult 2018 season is finally over. It’s time to contemplate better things to come. Don’t think of this post as a backwards look at many years of oppression. Instead, consider it as ...
For better or worse, Randall Cobb has been almost exclusively the team’s predominant slot receiver for the past eight seasons. For better was 2014, when Cobb put up these numbers: 91 catches, 1,287 yards, 12 ...
Yesterday, I did a post on how the Patriots’ Bill Belichick as a coach turned ordinary players into stars. Today I’ll recount some examples of how New England’s de facto general manager has skillfully acquired ...
Even the most dedicated Belichick haters are largely conceding that it can’t be all luck, or all due to Tom Brady – the man in the hoodie is a genius at bringing out the talent ...
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