O’Donnell Should Hold Onto Job
Since the end of last season, general manager Brian Gutekunst has traded four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the Jets and declined to re-sign tight end Marcedes Lewis, wide receiver Randall Cobb, defensive end Jarran Reed, safety Adrian Amos, and kicker Mason Crosby. What do these players have in common? They’re all at least 30 […]
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5 Packers Who Need To Step Up
For only the second time in the past 30 years, Green Bay will begin a season with no idea what to expect from their starting quarterback. As was the case when lightly-tested Aaron Rodgers replaced Brett Favre in 2008, lightly-tested Jordan Love will be taking the reins from Rodgers come September. All eyes will be […]
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Monday Musings: New Safety
Aaron Rodgers appears happy and re-energized with the Jets, but that’s because it’s May and not November. Let’s see how the four-time MVP looks after losing a few games in a row. The aggressive New York media will turn on him faster than you can say “old quarterback.” Anyway, here are a few Packers-related thoughts […]
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5 Quick Things: 2023 Schedule
The National Football League revealed the 2023 schedule on Thursday night. The Packers will play 17 games – eight home and nine away. Other than that, there’s simply no way of knowing in the spring what’s going to happen in the fall, especially when it comes to a team replacing a quarterback who’s attempted 7,660 […]
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3 Quick Things: Jayden Reed
General manager Brian Gutekunst had drafted seven wide receivers before he selected Jayden Reed late last month, and none of them weighed less than 195 pounds. That’s why it was kinda surprising to hear the former Michigan State star’s name come out of LeRoy Butler’s mouth when the Hall of Famer announced the pick from […]
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Post-Draft Questions Remain
The Green Bay Packers added a whopping 13 players and hopefully strengthened multiple positions in last month’s draft, but plenty of questions still need to be answered between now and the beginning of the regular season in mid-September. With an extremely young 90-man roster (average age is 24.3) scheduled to report to Organized Team Activities […]
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If I Were The GM: 2023 Draft
I hate when people say they would’ve drafted this guy instead of that guy a year or two after the fact. It’s too easy. So I decided to choose along with GM Brian Gutekunst and make my selections right before he made his. Here were my picks: Round 1 – For weeks, I expected Gutekunst […]
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Future Looks Bright At Tight End
General manager Brian Gutekunst turned the Packers’ biggest weakness into a potential strength in the span of 90 minutes last Friday night. That’s how long it took him to draft Luke Musgrave at No. 42 and Tucker Kraft at No. 78, a pair of talented tight ends who almost certainly would’ve gone 10 to 15 […]
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Packers, Love Reach Compromise
Only hours before a decision needed to be made on Jordan Love’s fifth-year option worth $20.2 million, the Green Bay Packers and their unproven starting quarterback reached a compromise that makes sense for both sides. Love agreed to a one-year contract extension on Tuesday morning that will pay him up to $22.5M, including $13.5M in […]
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5 Quick Things: Days 2 & 3
Here are five thoughts following the final two days of the 2023 National Football League draft: 1) It was surprising to see general manager Brian Gutekunst expend a second-round pick on Jayden Reed. Not because the Packers don’t need a slot receiver – they do – but because the former Michigan State star stands a […]
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