Packers Need To Be More Proactive
Nobody should complain that the Packers have spent the past few weeks working on a trade for Aaron Rodgers and signing experienced special teams players. These moves needed to be made. The problem is they waited too long to make them. Team president Mark Murphy and general manager Brian Guteunst waited until Rodgers had a […]
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Packers Need Better Secondary Plan
Despite having a trio of former No. 1 draft picks (Jaire Alexander, Darnell Savage, and Eric Stokes) and two highly-paid veterans (Adrian Amos and Rasul Douglas) in the secondary, Green Bay’s pass defense underachieved in 2022, finishing a mediocre 21st in completion percentage, 19th in yards gained per attempt, and 18th in quarterback rating. But […]
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Thursday Thoughts: Comeback Kid
After spending nearly $200 million on Adrian Amos, Preston Smith, Za’Darius Smith, and Billy Turner in March 2019, the Packers spent only $18.9M on outside free agents in the next three years. The second-most frugal organization during that time were the Buccaneers at $62.9M. Anyway, here are some more thoughts that ran through my mind […]
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Tua’s Injury Hurt Packers
Any chance the Miami Dolphins had of advancing in the playoffs ended when quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion late in the first half of a week 16 game vs. Green Bay. Ironically, the injury probably hurt the Packers just as much. Prior to banging his head on the turf, Tagovailoa torched the Green Bay […]
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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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The Case Against Joe Barry
Playing pretty well for a month of the season and almost sneaking into the playoffs as the 7 seed shouldn’t keep the Green Bay Packers from making the sweeping changes that are needed after the iconic franchise took a step back for the second year in a row. If general manager Brian Gutekunst and head coach […]
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Snap Judgments: Week 17
After rethinking about Sunday’s game against the Vikings, here are three things worth discussing: 1) Wide receiver Christian Watson has garnered all the attention, but a compelling argument can be made that Zach Tom is the 2022 Packers’ Rookie of the Year. What the fourth-round pick from Wake Forest has done this season is pretty […]
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10 Defensive Coordinator Candidates
Barring a miraculous turnaround by the defense in the next half-dozen games, Matt LaFleur will almost certainly fire coordinator Joe Barry in January. And then the fourth-year head coach, who’s already shitcanned four assistants, will look to hire somebody proven and well-respected to take over a talented group that has vastly underperformed this season. In […]
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Snap Judgments: Week 11
After rethinking about Thursday’s game against the Titans, here are three things worth discussing: 1) Watching Green Bay get outplayed by the Titans, I couldn’t help but think about how little impact the past three drafts had on the outcome of the game. Of the 28 players selected by GM Brian Gutekunst, only four were […]
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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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