And Then There Were Five
Since the start of unrestricted free agency exactly three weeks ago, 10 members of the 2022 Packers have agreed to contracts. Six will be returning to Green Bay (cornerbacks Corey Ballentine and Keisean Nixon, tight end Tyler Davis, safety Rudy Ford, outside linebacker Justin Hollins and inside linebacker Eric Wilson), and four will have brand […]
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Monday Musings: Isaiah McDuffie
How do you know when it’s time to get a hobby? When you find yourself spending hours on a Saturday watching college students run 40 yards in a straight line and bench press 225 pounds. Anyway, here are a few Packers-related thoughts that ran through my mind in the past couple of days: 1) There […]
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Monday Musings: Getting Booted?
I will do something tonight for the first time in over four decades – root for the Cowboys. As detestable as I find owner Jerry Jones, it would be nice to see Mike McCarthy win at least one playoff game. He’s a decent man and a good coach who’s been unfairly maligned for the past […]
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Snap Judgments: Week 13
After rethinking about Sunday’s game against the Bears, here are three things worth discussing: 1) It’s still too soon to get overly excited about Christian Watson, but his recent four-game stretch has been nothing short of phenomenal. The rapidly ascending rookie has scored eight TDs – seven through the air and one on the ground […]
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5 Quick Things: GB vs. PHI
After re-watching Sunday night’s game against the Eagles, here are five eight things worth knowing: 1) Jordan Love made an impressive cameo in the second half, but let’s not get carried away. He was completing passes against a defense playing soft while protecting a two-score lead. Still, it was encouraging to see the young signal caller […]
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10 Quick Things: GB vs. CHI
After rewatching Sunday night’s game against the Chicago Bears, here are 10 things worth knowing: 5 QUICK THINGS 1) If AJ Dillon is ever going to be a legit No. 1 running back, he needs to do a better job of making tacklers miss. The bruising third-year pro should’ve averaged more than 3.4 yards per […]
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10 Quick Things: Final 53
The Packers reduced their roster to the league-mandated 53 players on Tuesday. The following are 10 things worth knowing: 5 QUICK THINGS 1) Keeping Rasheed Walker on the 53 over Caleb Jones would’ve been shocking a week ago, but the former Penn State star played really well in the preseason finale. Still, this is a […]
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King Aaron Ruling Over Packers
As the football world anxiously awaits Aaron Rodgers’ decision, it’s impossible to know just how much influence the back-to-back MVP currently wields in the Packers’ organization. But it’s safe to say he’s more powerful than ever before. Last summer, the Packers had all the leverage in their negotiations with Rodgers. He was under contract for […]
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Monday Musings: Friends of 12
Co-director of player personnel John Wojciechowski is one of at least four finalists for the GM job in Pittsburgh. He’s the first front office executive even to be interviewed by another team since Brian Gutekunst in 2018. Wojciechowski isn’t considered the favorite, but his ties to the organization should help. He was a player personnel […]
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Time To Reboot Kicking Game
Even before the Packers changed coordinators from Maurice Drayton to Rich Bisaccia, it felt like the perfect time to reboot the entire kicking game. Mason Crosby’s bloated contract, Steven Wirtel’s terrible performance in the playoffs, and Corey Bojorquez’ free agent status should make it easy for general manager Brian Gutekunst to bring in three new […]
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