Ranking The Rookies
After a couple of months of OTAs and minicamps and six weeks of training camp, the Packers’ rookie class has fared very well. All 11 draft picks made the 53-man roster, as did an undrafted free agent, and two others are on the practice squad. The following is an analysis of the 14 rookies up […]
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5 Quick Things: Practice Squad
One day after cutting 27 players to reach the league-mandated roster size of 53, the Packers re-signed 12 of them to the practice squad and added a veteran defensive back. Here are the five most newsworthy items from a very busy August 31: 1) Ty Summers was the only Packer claimed off waivers 20 hours […]
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10 Quick Things: GB vs. KC
After rewatching Thursday night’s 17-10 loss to the Chiefs, here are 10 things worth knowing: 5 QUICK THINGS 1) After over two decades of ineptitude under Frank Novak, John Bonamego, Mike Stock, Shawn Slocum, Ron Zook, Shawn Mennenga, and Maurice Drayton, the Packers finally hired a proven and respected special teams coordinator in February. Unfortunately, […]
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Thursday Thoughts: ILB Whisperer
It’s hard to know what to make of Dan Campbell. The star of this season’s Hard Knocks acts and sounds like a meathead, but he spent five years learning his craft under Sean Payton, one of the brightest coaches of his era. If Campbell is able to turn Detroit around, you can expect a lot more […]
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10 Quick Things: GB vs. SF
After rewatching Friday night’s 28-21 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, here are 10 things worth knowing: 5 QUICK THINGS 1) How low has the bar been set for Jordan Love? Matt LaFleur praised his first half of work against the 49ers, as did most of the sycophantic local media. In reality, it was yet […]
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5 Quick Things: Watkins Returns
The Packers held their third practice of training camp earlier today. Here are the five most newsworthy items from July 29: 1) As expected, Sammy Watkins’ stay on the non-football injury list was a short one. The veteran wide receiver, who signed a 1-year deal in April, returned to practice on Friday. Now the question […]
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Monday Musings: Tyler Goodson
The amount of money being paid to announcers is mind-boggling. Aside from Howard Cosell in the 70s and maybe John Madden in the 80s and 90s, does anybody watch a game because of who’s in the booth? I’d tune into Kansas City versus Buffalo if Beavis and Butthead were the broadcasters. Anyway, here are a […]
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