LaFleur Maintains Status Quo
If you think it’s highly unusual for an organization coming off a very disappointing season to make no changes to the coaching staff or the front office, you’d be correct. In the past decade, there have been 30 instances of a team winning at least five fewer games than the season before, and nearly 3/4 […]
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LaFleur Keeps Mishiring
Mike Holmgren didn’t fire a single position coach or coordinator in his seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers. That’s because he believed it was his failure if an assistant was struggling, and it was his responsibility to make things better. Matt LaFleur, on the other hand, has already moved on from three coordinators. That’s […]
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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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Pick An Excuse, Any Excuse
Excuses are for losers is a popular saying, but sometimes, especially when it comes to the world of sports, they can be at least somewhat legitimate. The following are five excuses to help explain the Packers’ terrible showing in the season opener against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday (how much, if any, validity you give […]
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Stenavich Promoted Amidst Flurry Of Changes
Despite reaching back-to-back NFC Championship games in his first two years as coach, Matt LaFleur was able to keep his offensive staff together for three seasons. That stability came to an end this week as two coaches have already left, and a third has one foot out the door. The following is a look at the […]
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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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