Now that the celebrations have subsided, and apprehension over having a third straight losing season has lessened, it’s a good time to analyze Green Bay’s stillborn rushing attack. Before we panic about the O-line being ...
Well, I’ll be damned. The Packers with freshman coach Matt LaFleur have marched into Soldier Field and left with a fat W as Bears fans were booing and crying along the way. The Bears defense ...
The hard work for Coach LaFleur has just begun, while the general manager’s work is mostly done. It’s an appropriate time to take a calm and unbiased look at how Brian Gutekunst has done in ...
A lot is riding on the 2019 season for the Green Bay Packers. After two dreadful years due to injury and discord, the Packers need to get it together and show that they can be ...
Whether the primary impulse has come from defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, Coach Matt LaFleur, or GM Brian Gutekunst, someone has put a stamp on Green Bay’s 2019 defense: they are going to pressure, harass, and ...
Even if the Packers’ passing prowess continues on its slow but steady descent, my prior post (Packers Are Undergoing a Seismic Adjustment Period, 4/29) theorized that a new focus on the run game could still ...
NFL.com analyst, Bucky Brooks, placed the Packers #21 pick, Safety Darnell Savage, at #9 with a ranking based on each team’s needs and what was available at the time. You can see the full list ...
Apparently, McCarthy was not thrilled with the way the team handled the situation at the end of last season and his firing. It was probably a humiliating experience to go out in such a state ...
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 ...
Offseason moves and shuffling continues as free agents Clay Matthews and Randall Cobb have both found new positions within the league. Clay Matthews was likely facing a pay cut if he stuck around in Green ...
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 ...
As I write early on Wednesday afternoon, some names familiar to Packers fans are nervously waiting for the phone to ring. At quarterback, the scuttlebutt is that the Cardinals are offering Brett Hundley a 1-year ...
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 ...
It wasn’t so long ago, at least not for this septuagenarian, that the term “edge rusher” didn’t even exist in football parlance. We had nose tackles, defensive tackles, and defensive ends. All had “sacking the ...
Last year around this time, I ventured this assessment: The Packers are not positioning themselves for a deep run in the playoffs. They’ve instead launched an effort to rebuild the team for a ...
“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 ...
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