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 acquiring or utilizing players. In...More
14Introduction This is not a sexy topic, and macho men are going to be slow to embrace some of these concepts. Still, if you are a Packers fan, you should be trying to send this message to the club’s management:...More
14Offseason 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 Bay and it looks like...More
23From the moment Gutey and the boys drafted three wide receivers in successive rounds of the 2018 draft, I knew it was going to be trouble. The Packers had accumulated too many players at the same position. Worse yet, as...More
28As 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 deal in the $2-3 million...More
8ILB Antonio Morrison waived: The Packers have waived LB Antonio Morrison, per source. He was acquired in a trade from the Colts last offseason. — Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 8, 2019 A pick up from late last season, Morrison was...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
33Cobb is likely to be an unrestricted free agent in March when his current four-year contract with the Packers expires: Based on my reporting I do not expect Cobb to be re-signed. Thanks for watching @nflnetwork https://t.co/P6ILpzjNIR — Michael Silver...More
2Okay, 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 win-loss percentage. From 2010 through...More
4For 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 TDs. He also had good...More
16Now 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
12Aaron 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
10Prior to Ed’s recent post on the draft, I hadn’t realized Geronimo Allison is about to become a free agent. This poses quite a dilemma. Who knows what we have in Geronimo? In three seasons, he’s managed to start eight...More
18The Packers are looking high and low for a productive slot receiver. Randall Cobb has gone downhill ever since Green Bay gave him a four-year $40 million contract after his great 2014 season. It’s doubtful that the Pack will...More
11Opinions are all over the map about the Packers’ wide receiver corps. One commenter goes so far as to say it’s the team’s second deepest position. This might be true in terms of numbers, but the distribution of talent worries...More
13Green Bay Packers receiver Randall Cobb says quarterback Aaron Rodgers is going to light everyone up this week. We're not so sure....More
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