Quick. Think of a more anticipated Packers training-camp battle in recent years than this summer’s competition at running back. Good luck. In 2012, the running back position saw a great deal of turnover. Desperate for a true feature back, the Packers opted to sign veteran Cedric Benson during the preseason. But Benson went down with […]
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Johnathan Franklin: Playing in Green Bay a “blessing”
The Green Bay Packers’ rookie class has yet to practice in full pads, but less than two months removed from the 2013 NFL Draft, fourth-round pick Johnathan Franklin already seems poised to have a long, successful career. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist, a brain surgeon or the mayor of Los Angeles to figure out […]
Pigskin Paul Peruses Packers Picks
So now all the guess work is over and the NFL Draft is in the books. As I write this most Packers rookies are showing up for their first taste of an NFL OTA. And it is obvious that unless I am going to be totally oblivious of my readers’ desires, which is not a […]
Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived
With NFL draft now behind us, I’ve found myself asking one question about the Packers over the last week: Do the players Ted Thompson selected make the Packers a more physical team? The answer I come up with is…maybe? First-round pick Datone Jones is 6-foot-4, 280 pounds. When you see him play, you think long […]
Around the NFC North: 2013 NFL Draft Edition
The Packers used the 2013 NFL Draft to finally address the running back position and add a much-needed player on the defensive line. What were the Packers division opponents up to in the draft? Well, two of them used fifth-round selections to take punters and another drafted an offensive lineman in the first round that […]