Thursday Thoughts: Trade Deadline
I‘m not much of a baseball fan, but these playoffs have been thrilling. That said, the games are way too long. It’s one thing to sit in front of your TV for four-plus hours in October; it’s a whole other thing to sit in front of your TV for four-plus hours in June. Anyway, here […]
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Thursday Thoughts: Honoring Ted
On Wednesday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame unveiled its modern-era nominees for the Class of 2022, and nobody is more deserving than former Green Bay strong safety LeRoy Butler, the only player from the 1990s All-Decade team not to be enshrined in Canton. I have absolutely no faith in the voters, but maybe they’ll […]
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Not All Blowouts Are The Same
Sunday wasn’t the first time one of Matt LaFleur’s teams failed to be competitive in a game. The Packers were pummeled by the Chargers and the 49ers in 2019 and by the Bucs last fall. But the utter debacle against the Saints feels different because of when it occurred. It’s easy to excuse a terrible […]
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Monday Musings: Al Of Famer
The Saints choosing to play their opener in Jacksonville because of its proximity to New Orleans and the hot weather makes perfect sense, but choosing Jacksonville because Packers fans are less likely to travel there seems both petty and stupid. Packers fans will travel anywhere to see their team play – something Sean Payton and […]
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10 Quick Things: Cutdown Day
Things went pretty much as expected as the Packers reduced their roster to 53 players, but this probably won’t be the exact group they take into week 1. Look for a few changes in the next 24 to 48 hours. Here are some quick impressions of what happened earlier today: 1) The decision to keep […]
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Making The Cut 2.0
There’s still one preseason game to be played before final cuts next Tuesday, so things can and will change in the next six days. But here’s how I see the 53-man roster as of today: QUARTERBACK (2) Aaron Rodgers Jordan Love As long as Love exits Saturday’s game versus the Bills healthy, media darling Kurt […]
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Making The Cut 1.0
Now that the first preseason game has been played, I finally feel ready to make a still-too-early prediction on the 53-man roster. Plenty can and probably will change in the two weeks before final cuts are announced, but here’s where I think things stand as of today: QUARTERBACK (2) Aaron Rodgers Jordan Love The top […]
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Jackson Traded To Giants
In a trade of disappointing corners picked early in the 2018 draft, Green Bay sent Josh Jackson to the Giants for Isaac Yiadom. The trade will save the Packers about $366K in cap space. Jackson, who went into the 2018 NFL Combine as a potential top-20 pick, saw his stock plummet after posting a very […]
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Monday Musings: Preseason Games
The Olympics just ended, and what struck me was all the crazy new sports that have been added in recent years. I used to joke that I’d get a gold medal as soon as walking from the couch to the refrigerator was added to the Summer Games. Well, that might happen yet. Anyway, here are […]
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What Are Aaron’s Options?
As far as Aaron Rodgers is concerned, nobody knows what to expect when the Packers open training camp on Tuesday. The star quarterback and the team have been engaged in a private yet somehow very public spat for the past 88 days. And while we might not get a resolution in the next 24 hours, […]
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