Packers Should Reconsider Benkert
Once Aaron Rodgers is officially gone, the Packers will need to acquire a backup for new starting quarterback Jordan Love. Fortunately, the free-agent market is filled with pretty good options. Teddy Bridgewater, Marcus Mariota, Mason Rudolph, Carson Wentz, and Gardner Minshew are just some of the available signal callers who have won their share of […]
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Notes: Rodgers Says Goodbye
Free agency officially began on Wednesday afternoon, but the biggest news was made on a popular YouTube show hosted by a former punter. The following is a brief rundown of the latest happenings surrounding the Green Bay Packers: đAARON RODGERS WILL BE A JET In a monologue that would’ve made William Shakespeare proud, Aaron Rodgers […]
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Notes: One Stays, One Goes
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers hasnât been traded yet, and free agency doesnât officially start until Wednesday, but itâs still been a busy past 24 hours for the Packers as one key player stayed and another left. The following is an instant analysis: đALLEN LAZARD ON HIS WAY TO NEW YORK The Packers poached Allen Lazard off […]
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Monday Musings: New Assistants
I grew up reading Bob McGinn, and coverage of the Packers hasn’t been the same since he left the beat six years ago. He’s the reason I started writing about the team back when only a few sites like this existed. It’s ironic that even in retirement, McGinn was able to break one of the […]
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Intriguing Lower-Tier Free Agents
It’s easy to list the top free agents at every position, but unearthing hidden gems takes more than just copying and pasting from Pro Football Focus. It takes watching plenty of tape, and thatâs exactly how I found edge rusher Shaquil Barrett in 2019. The little-known former Bronco signed a $4 million deal with Tampa […]
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Top Prospects Donât Measure Up
Any mock drafters who still have Brian Branch or Michael Mayer going to the Packers at No. 15 either haven’t been paying attention to general manager Brian Gutekunst’s history in the first round or didn’t watch last weekend’s NFL Combine. Gutekunst has chosen six non-QBs in round 1 since being hired to replace Ted Thompson […]
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Monday Musings: Isaiah McDuffie
How do you know when it’s time to get a hobby? When you find yourself spending hours on a Saturday watching college students run 40 yards in a straight line and bench press 225 pounds. Anyway, here are a few Packers-related thoughts that ran through my mind in the past couple of days: 1) There […]
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If I Were The GM: 2023 Offseason
I will preface what’s next by saying it’s a lot easier to make decisions when there are no severe ramifications. Unlike the men and women who work for the Packers, my life isn’t affected by how many games the team wins or loses in any given year. With that out of the way, here’s what […]
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Can Rhyan Be Saved?
As far as high draft picks are concerned, it’s difficult to remember a Packer having a worse rookie season than Sean Rhyan. That’s saying something considering Steve Warren, Kenny Peterson, Joey Thomas, Donnell Washington, Brian Brohm, Pat Lee, Jerel Worthy, Khyri Thornton, and Jace Sternberger all wore the green and yellow in just the past […]
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Attempting To Translate Gutespeak
General manager Brian Gutekunst spoke to reporters at the NFL Combine in Indy on Tuesday, and while he answered numerous questions about Aaron Rodgers, he shed very little light on what’s going to happen with the four-time MVP quarterback. The following are my three biggest takeaways from this morning’s Q&A as I do my very […]
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