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 he was intentionally trying to...More
Sticky! 13I 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 by one. The game lived...More
11As 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. Some of the contract details...More
3I 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 put this possum in a...More
17When 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 on the sidelines is nothing...More
12Brian 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 – for NFL players. The negatives...More
9I’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 players have pending deals. Of...More
11Or 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 an All Pro or Pro...More
4As 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 the NFL’s 2019 free agents...More
12Anxious 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 doings. More specifically, at 4:00...More
0While many armchair GMs were disappointed that the Packers did not overpay for anyone like the Redskins did, the Packers are now fully active and using FA to fill their needs. Packers look to use free agency to help bolster...More
21While the Packers don’t have a lot of recent signings of free agents from other teams to assess, they do have a fair number of free agent “re-signings” of players who contracts with the team are expiring. For these purposes,...More
4The Green Bay Packers front office has announced the intended retirement of FB John Kuhn. He will end his career with an average of 3.1 yds per carry. An impressive stat and something for him to be proud of. Former...More
13“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 money when the free agent...More
33I 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 filled is on defense. If...More
35The 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 played maybe their best game...More
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