Draft Preview: Wide Receivers
The Packers haven’t picked a wide receiver in the first round since Javon Walker in 2002. That streak will probably continue for another year because none of the top three prospects is considered a good fit for coach Matt LaFleur’s offense. Ohio State’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Southern Cal’s Jordan Addison, and Boston College’s Zay Flowers are […]
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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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GM, Coach About To Lose Security Blanket
The next several months will be bliss for Brian Gutekunst and Matt LaFleur. Spring in Green Bay, Wisconsin, will feel like summer in Paris, France. The sixth-year general manager won’t have to fret about which of soon-to-be ex-Packer Aaron Rodgers’ friends to keep on the roster, and the fifth-year coach won’t have to trash plays […]
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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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Packers Hire Former Cardinals Assistant
The Packers hired Greg Williams on Wednesday, less than a week after Jerry Gray left for Atlanta. The former Arizona cornerbacks coach will be handed the task of getting the most out of a position group that includes a pair of No. 1 draft picks. The 46-year-old Williams began his coaching career with the Chargers […]
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Gray Expected To Join Falcons
At the end-of-season press conference held earlier this month, Matt LaFleur said he didn’t anticipate making any staff changes. He was either fibbing or hadn’t yet spoken to defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator Jerry Gray, who, according to a report from NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, is expected to be hired by the Falcons […]
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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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Monday Musings: Season Over
The Green Bay Packers made things very interesting by winning four straight late in the season, but those who stuck a fork in them at 4-8 were proven correct at the end of the day. Even while beating Chicago, the Rams, Miami, and Minnesota, the three-time defending NFC North champions never resembled the teams that […]
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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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