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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Monday Musings: Murphy’s Choice
Nathaniel Hackett was hired by the Jets last Thursday morning, and by mid-afternoon, plenty of talking heads had Aaron Rodgers re-joining his former offensive coordinator in New York. And while that could happen, a strong recommendation from one best friend (Matt LaFleur) to another (Robert Saleh) probably played a bigger role than any potential trade. […]
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Keeping 12 Would Be Ultimate ‘All-In’ Move
Green Bay has never come close to going “all-in” to the extent the Super Bowl champion Los Angles Rams did this past season, but if team president/CEO Mark Murphy and general manager Brian Gutekunst decide to extend quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the next couple of weeks, the Packers would be redefining what that popular hyphenated […]
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Monday Musings: Bad Returns
It’s hard to believe that come Sunday evening in Los Angeles, the Bengals will have played in as many Super Bowls as the Packers in the last half century. That’s a reminder of two things – Cincinnati was pretty darn good in the 80s, and Green Bay hasn’t come close to taking full advantage of […]
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No Surprise Packers Want 12 Back
Injected with sodium pentothal, head coach Matt LaFleur would probably confess that he can’t stand quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Team president Mark Murphy and general manager Brian Gutekunst almost certainly feel the same way and probably tell it to whoever’s willing to listen when they get home from the office. Yet it was no surprise to […]
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Thursday Thoughts: Jace’s Fate
Green Bay has 13 players from SEC schools on their 53-man roster, but none are from Alabama. Last week’s release of punter JK Scott made that a reality for the first time in years. Here are three more Packers-related thoughts that ran through my mind in recent days: 1) It’ll be interesting to see what […]
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Final Thoughts (For Now) On Rodgers
As the Aaron Rodgers saga moves past day 50, the disgruntled quarterback and the beleaguered front office appear no closer to a reconciliation. The reigning league MVP skipped all offseason activities, and there’s no telling whether he’ll show up when the Packers begin training camp in late July. And while the topic has already been […]
Read MoreMurphy Made A Mess
It’s unfair to blame Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy for changing the structure of how the franchise will operate in 2018. It would’ve been unrealistic for him to keep the new general manager above the coach in the team’s hierarchy. Mike McCarthy adhering to the same chain of command with Brian Gutekunst that he […]
Read MoreHey Packers, ‘Outsiders’ Are OK
There will come a time when Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy are no longer selecting and coaching players for the Packers, and when that day arrives, let’s hope the search for their replacements is a lot broader than it’s been in the past 20 years. The last time a general manager or a head coach […]
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