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 mistake with respect to Jimmy...More
0Yes, 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 a look forward at a...More
10Now that it’s all over and behind us, the 2018 season is one that won’t linger long in the minds of Green Bay Packers fans. It was a time of low achievement, constant behind-the-scenes turmoil, and the potential end of...More
12I’ve tired of getting excited about new position Coaches. They are here for a year or two, then gone off to another team. It’s also hard to analyze how effective they are at their jobs. But over the last three...More
5Aaron Rodgers has spent 14 seasons in the National Football League and only has one Super Bowl ring to show for it. For a man who has the best passer rating in NFL history, that is simply not enough, and...More
10Just day-dreaming out loud here, but wouldn’t it be nice if the Josh McDaniels joined LaFleur’s coaching staff? With Mike McCarthy now out of the Lambeau Field exit door, Matt LaFleur now has the task of assembling a proper coaching...More
11Let’s try to get those blood pressure readings back down. Sure, change is usually accompanied by some anxiety. But too many Packers faithful are unnecessarily worried, skeptical, and even pessimistic. I’ve jotted down a few reasons why gleeful optimism should...More
20Aaron Rodgers was attending the 2019 NFL Honors ceremony and was asked about the hiring of the new Packers coach: Aaron Rodgers comments on the #Packers hiring new coach Matt LaFleur: "A lot of change in life is tough at...More
3What’s the first you saw of new head coach Matt LaFleur? Probably a still photo. It revealed to me a lean, lanky, raw-boned, short-haired, no-frills youthful guy – by god, a millennial who looks like a 25-year-old marine. I liked...More
7I recall one of the first drips coming in early January, when tight end Marcedes Lewis opened up to Yahoo Sports about the McCarthy-Rodgers dysfunction. He recounted a time he was in the huddle and McCarthy sent in a play....More
15Another Packers Blog posted something by Peter Bukowski that caught my attention. The gist of it is that despite having less success than Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers, Saints counterparts Sean Payton and Drew Brees get less criticism and better...More
13Rodgers will still have Graham as a target next year, according to Ian Rapoport: A non-Super Bowl tidbit: When the #Packers prepare for the offseason, they do so with the belief that TE Jimmy Graham will be back for 2019,...More
4One of the finer details of the offense that Matt LaFleur is about to install in Green Bay is that receivers are used on occasion as rushers. Though it’s a tactic used sparingly, the best NFL teams leave no valuable...More
4It was a foregone conclusion that Ron Zook would not be returning as the Pack’s special teams coach. Still, I’ve seen precious little analysis about this departure. It’s something I think management can learn from – if they are big...More
4So, we’re all wondering whether the head coaching change will lead the Pack back to the promised land. Though many theories can be explored, I’d start with how the arrival of Matt LaFleur should vault Aaron Jones into his proper...More
11As Total Packers transitions to new ownership, we ought to take a moment and consider the “legacy” of Monty’s enterprise. Yes, there’s a very definite legacy. Beyond the outrageousness and profaneness, an overwhelming theme emerges. I can only speak to...More
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