What’s Wrong With The Offense?
Green Bay scored 197 points and averaged 394 yards en route to a 5-1 start in 2020. Two years later, the numbers are 107, 348, and 3-3. So what’s wrong with the offense? Sometimes the right answer is also the most obvious one. These current Packers aren’t nearly as talented, even though six of the […]
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Snap Judgments: Week 6
After rethinking about Sunday’s game against the Jets, here are three things worth discussing: 1) I first mentioned the offseason coaching changes on offense after the week 1 debacle in Minnesota, and it’s probably worth revisiting the topic after an even worse performance by the Packers on Sunday. Nathaniel Hackett had nearly a decade’s worth […]
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LaFleur Needs To Coach More, Cheer Less
With a record of 42-12, Matt LaFleur has enjoyed unparalleled regular season success in his first three-plus years as coach of the Green Bay Packers. Unfortunately, he’s been more Mike Sherman than Vince Lombardi in the postseason. His offenses, while certainly not totally to blame for the last two playoff losses, haven’t been anywhere close […]
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Snap Judgments: Week 5
After rethinking about Sunday’s game against the Giants, here are three things worth discussing: 1) Once again, the Packers were outsmarted on both sides of the ball. This has been an alarming trend all season. While the defending NFC North champs managed to overcome Matt LaFleur and Joe Barry in Weeks 2, 3, and 4, […]
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Barry Needs To Be Better
The Packers are ranked in the top 10 in both points and yards allowed, but it’s OK to be very concerned about Joe Barry. While Barry’s hiring wasn’t popular back in February 2021, his first season in Green Bay went OK. Despite not having two of his best players for most of the year (cornerback […]
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Snap Judgments: 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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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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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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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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Thursday Thoughts: Deja Vu
I like to pick along with the GM during drafts and then see who was right three years later. Looking back at 2019 is very interesting. Gutekunst took Rashan Gary at 12 and traded up for Darnell Savage at 21. I selected a different outside linebacker, Montez Sweat, at 12 and wide receiver A.J. Brown […]
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