Worth It Or Overpaid?
The Packers have one of the most expensive rosters in the league this season. Two players are making over $20 million a year, six are making over $9 million, and two are making over $5 million. That’s typically the cost of sustained winning in the National Football League. So are the Packers getting their money’s […]
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Thursday Thoughts: Special Teams
If you need something to binge-watch during the holidays, let me highly recommend HBO’s Succession. How good is the show? A small part of me wanted to tape the second half of last Sunday night’s game between Green Bay and Chicago, so I could catch the season 3 finale in real time. Anyway, here are some […]
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10 Quick Things: GB vs. CHI
After rewatching Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears, here are 10 things worth knowing: OFFENSE 1) Playing behind an offensive line consisting of four backups and a rookie, all Aaron Rodgers did on a cold December night was go 29 of 37 for 341 yards and four touchdowns. It was yet another remarkable performance […]
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Preview: Packers vs. Bears
The Packers face the Bears tonight at Lambeau Field with a chance to clinch a playoff berth at stake. A win coupled with losses by New Orleans and San Francisco advances Green Bay to the postseason for the third consecutive year. To make that happen, here are five keys to victory: 1) CREATE TURNOVERS The […]
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Time To Play AJs Together
With tight end Robert Tonyan out for the season and wide receiver Randall Cobb now out for at least the next three or four games, Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon are two of the top three weapons left on a Packers’ offense that’s scoring eight fewer points a game than it did a year ago. […]
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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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Pro Bowl-Worthy Packers
 It’s easy and probably fair for fans to dismiss the Pro Bowl as nothing more than a popularity contest, but being voted to the team still means a lot to players. The honor often equates to more money in the present, and fair or not; it’s used to measure a player’s worth in the future. That’s […]
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Monday Musings: MVP No. 4?
I don’t have a favorite team, but I still enjoy college football. It’s nice to have Michigan and Cincinnati in the final four this year. Choosing a team to root for among Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Ohio State is like picking a favorite Kardashian. Anyway, here are some Packers-related thoughts that ran through […]
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10 Quick Things: GB vs. LA
After rewatching Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams, here are 10 things worth knowing: OFFENSE 1) There’s only one quarterback in the NFL who could’ve beaten the Rams on Sunday, and fortunately, he plays for the Packers. Under heavy pressure all game, Aaron Rodgers still managed to put up big numbers (28 of […]
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Preview: Packers vs. Rams
The Packers (8-3) finally get to their bye on Monday, but not before taking on the Rams (7-3) later this afternoon at Lambeau. It’ll be a rematch of last January’s divisional-round game won by Green Bay. If the Packers are to repeat their success, here are five keys to victory: 1. USE MIDDLE OF FIELD […]
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