5 Quick Things: GB vs. NE
After rewatching Sunday’s game vs. the New England Patriots, here are five six things worth knowing: 1) Rashan Gary did what great players do on Sunday – he took over a game. The fourth-year outside linebacker had a pair of sacks, three hurries, and forced a fumble that he recovered. There’s no truth to the […]
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Snap Judgements: Week 4
After rethinking about Sunday’s game against the Patriots, here are three things worth discussing: 1) The biggest knocks on Joe Barry have always been that he’s not very aggressive and that he’s either unwilling or unable to make adjustments. The Packers’ second-year defensive coordinator lived up to, or more accurately, down to those criticisms the […]
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Preview: Packers vs. Patriots
New England on Sunday will be the first of four consecutive games against teams Green Bay will be heavily favored to beat (the Giants, the Jets, and Washington are up next). The schedule gets much more difficult beginning with a trip to Buffalo in Week 8, so piling up wins now is a good idea. […]
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5 Quick Things: GB vs. TB
After rewatching Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, here are five things worth knowing: 1) In only his second game in nearly two years, David Bakhtiari’s 35 snaps went better than expected. The veteran left tackle held up well in pass protection against one of the best edge rushers in the league (Shaq Barrett). […]
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Big News Before Big Game
On Saturday, the Packers got some good news and some bad but hardly unexpected news concerning two important players. The good news is that left tackle David Bakhtiari is expected to return to the starting lineup later today against Tampa Bay. The 31-year-old five-time All-Pro has played only 27 snaps since injuring his left knee […]
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Preview: Packers vs. Buccaneers
On Wednesday, a reporter asked Matt LaFleur what the biggest difference is between Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. I lost interest halfway through the coach’s response because there’s really only one correct answer to that question – six rings. A Packers win on Sunday won’t change that, and it won’t make up for the NFC […]
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Can Savage Be Salvaged?
Two games into his fourth season, it’s likely free safety Darnell Savage is pretty much who he’s going to be in the NFL, and that’s certainly not the player general manager Brian Gutekunst eagerly traded up to get in the first round of the 2019 draft. Savage was supposed to be the playmaking free safety […]
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10 Quick Things: GB vs. CHI
After rewatching Sunday night’s game against the Chicago Bears, here are 10 things worth knowing: 5 QUICK THINGS 1) If AJ Dillon is ever going to be a legit No. 1 running back, he needs to do a better job of making tacklers miss. The bruising third-year pro should’ve averaged more than 3.4 yards per […]
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Preview: Packers vs. Bears
There’s no such thing as a must-win game in Week 2, but with Tampa Bay lurking in seven days, tonight’s NFC North clash with the Bears at Lambeau is as close to a must-win as there is in the middle of September. Only six out of 182 teams since 1980 have made the playoffs after […]
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Offensive Line’s Future Is Bright
It might be difficult to believe following last week’s collapse against the Minnesota Vikings, but the Packers’ offensive line is actually in good shape for the future. And while that future almost certainly won’t include former All-Pro David Bakhtiari, a handful of talented young prospects are ready to usher in a new era of quality […]
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