While the Packers defensive strategy under Mike Pettine to stop the pass first seemed to work well at times, the run game dominant San Francisco 49ers exposed the flaws in this strategy — not once, ...
While it was expected that the 49ers would resort to a lot of sweeps, they took it to a new level against the Packers last Sunday. Here’s my rundown of the sweeps (or end-arounds) that ...
The Packers have done all right of late against the NFC powerhouse from the Northwest – even with Mike McCarthy steering the ship. In 2018 they lost 27-24 in Seattle. Green Bay, however, opened the ...
After an ankle injury in September, S Raven Greene was placed on Injured Reserve. This week, the Packers have announced that they are moving Greene to the primary roster in time for the playoffs. This ...
Who the Packers put on the field against the Vikings should give us fans a fair idea of who’s up and who’s down in the minds of the coaching staff as we head toward the ...
Dozens of individual Green Bay players played significant roles in Monday’s magnificent victory. Here are a few miscellaneous things I noticed about this intrepid group of guys. But first, let’s credit Matt LaFleur with doing ...
Defensive Matchups The Packers have been putting Jaire Alexander out on the offense’s right, Kevin King on the left, and Tramon Williams on the slot receiver most of the last two seasons. This allows opponents ...
Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine will be in the cross-hairs for Green Bay’s final half-dozen regular-season games. A team that ranks 28th in yardage surrendered has no business being in the NFL playoffs. If Pettine can ...
The bye week break gives us an opportunity to look back and look forward, to analyze and contemplate, to fix what’s broken, and exploit what’s working. The two-week break between games of course gives the ...
Following Sunday’s game in which LB Preston Smith had 2 sacks against the Carolina Panthers, he indicated in an interview that he and Za’Darius Smith were in competition to see who can be the first ...
Halfway through his second year in Green Bay, Defensive Coordinator Mike Pettine has a personnel problem he’s yet to solve: it’s the inside linebacker position opposite Blake Martinez. Before going any further, we need to ...
The Packers rarely have a bad season and with Aaron Rodgers remaining one of the sport’s premier quarterbacks, it is unlikely they will drop off any time soon. A 4-1 start to the new season has ...
“If someone came up to me before the season and said the Packers will be 3-0 to start the season, at 10-1 for $500, i would have taken that bet. and today i’d be $5,000 ...
While the Vikings lack the talent at defense that the Chicago Bears do, they also have a much less anemic offense. I expect to see another close, low-scoring game on Sunday. Either way, the Minnesota ...
Thursday evening’s win over the Bears was uplifting. It was both a team effort and an encouraging sign that there’s ability and potential in this assemblage of personnel. The snap counts are in, and in ...
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 ...
Mitchell Trubisky, the Bears’ quarterback taken second overall in the 2017 draft, should reveal his career potential this season. Though his passer rating shot up from 77.5 to 94.5 last year, you don’t hear many ...
After Green Bay’s first preseason game, I wondered aloud how the new head coach would address playing time during the remaining preseason games: would he give the projected starters much playing time or would he ...
Mike Pettine’s year two defense just took a major blow with Rob Demovsky reporting that Oren Burks is going to be out with a torn pectoral muscle. Typical healing time for this injury is usually ...
For fans of the Green Bay Packers, last season is one they are hoping to forget. The team finished with a record of 6-9-1 and out of the playoff picture. It was the second straight ...
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