Potential Impact Of Returning Stars
The Packers clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC and compiled the best record in the league despite playing without three All-Pros and their starting center for most of the season. With their playoffs set to begin in two and a half weeks, there’s at least a chance that corner Jaire Alexander, left tackle […]
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Thursday Thoughts: Another Injury
The money being paid to college football coaches is crazy. Michigan State’s Mel Tucker just signed a 10-year deal worth $95 million. He’s been a head coach for three seasons and has a career record of 17-14. Bill Belichick has won six Super Bowls with the Patriots and is making roughly the same $9.5 million […]
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10 Quick Things: GB vs. SEA
After rewatching Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks, here are 10 things worth knowing: OFFENSE 1) Aaron Rodgers played like a quarterback coming off a bout with COVID who didn’t practice for a couple of weeks. He was unusually inaccurate and underthrew a few passes, including a 41-yard completion to Marquez Valdes-Scantling that should’ve been […]
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10 Quick Things: GB vs. ARZ
After rewatching Thursday night’s game against Arizona, here are 10 things worth knowing: OFFENSE 1) If Thursday night was Elgton Jenkins’ last start at left tackle, he left on a very high note. The Pro Bowl guard made Chandler Jones all but disappear. The star edge rusher, who had five sacks in a game […]
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10 Quick Things: GB vs. PIT
After rewatching Sunday’s game against the Steelers, here are 10 things worth knowing: OFFENSE 1) Quarterback Aaron Rodgers throws the ball to receivers he trusts, especially in big spots, so it’s no surprise that Randall Cobb kept four drives going with catches on third down. The 31-year-old, who was acquired in a minor trade […]
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Thursday Thoughts: Big Ben
The first week of training camp was crazy. Quarterback and league MVP Aaron Rodgers eviscerated the organization in a monologue that would’ve made Williams Shakespeare proud, and the front office added two established veterans to an already talented roster. Things figure to settle down in the coming weeks as the drama decreases and the hitting […]
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Randall Cobb: Pros & Cons
Less than 48 hours after Aaron Rodgers agreed to a reworked contract with the Packers, the team reacquired Randall Cobb from the Houston Texans for a sixth-round pick in next year’s draft. It’s no coincidence. Rodgers and Cobb are close friends and a reunion was clearly part of the discussions that led up to the […]
Read MoreQ&A: Why Not Dorsey?
Unlike the U.S. Postal Service, Packers Notes delivers on Sundays – at least through the end of August. Here’s another batch of letters from the offseason mailbag: Why do you think the Packers didn’t go after John Dorsey, who was sitting out there available for months, to replace Ted Thompson? – Steve from New Jersey I […]
Read More$ome Big Decisions Coming
New GM Brian Gutekunst will have some difficult decisions to make in regard to four of the team’s longest-tenured and most highly-decorated players. Bryan Bulaga, Randall Cobb, Clay Matthews and Jordy Nelson will count $45 million against the salary cap in 2018. And while they are still capable players, all of them are susceptible to […]
Read MorePositional Analysis: Wide Receiver
This is the fifth of a 14-part series examining each position going into the offseason. Starters (B): Jordy Nelson was a good, not great No. 1, Davante Adams was a good, not great No. 2 and Randall Cobb was a good, not great No. 3. Nelson put up impressive numbers (97 receptions for 1,257 and […]
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