Remember back when you were a kid playing football with your buddies during recess or in the back yard? The quarterback would draw up a play in the dirt, you’d break the huddle, and everyone would jog up to the line. Whoever ended up closest to the ball was usually the guy who had to […]
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Evaluating Evan Dietrich-Smith’s Cool Reception on the Free Agent Market
When the Packers only offered the original round tender to restricted free agent Evan Dietrich-Smith — as of now, the team’s leading candidate to start at center — I was a little puzzled. In Dietrich-Smith’s case, “original round” meant any team that wanted to sign him would not have to surrender a draft pick as […]
Jeff Saturday is Now a Green Bay Packer Person (with videos)
ESPN’s Adam Schefter announced on twitter today that former Colts All-Pro center Jeff Saturday is now “Packer People.” Looking at Saturday’s career and actions on and off the field, if such a thing as “Packer People” exists, Saturday would certainly embody it. You may remember Saturday’s heartfelt words thanking Patriot’s owner Robert Kraft for “saving […]
Packers Center of Attention to Change: Wells Gone, Myers Signs With Houston
Packers Free Agent center Scott Wells is gone. His management company has announced that Wells signed a contract today with the St. Louis Rams. According to Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Wells signed a four year deal at six million per year with 13 million guaranteed. The Packers are believed to have offered Wells 4.5 million […]
Packers: Scott Wells “Appears Headed” to Free Agency
Barring any late change of heart or mind, Green Bay Packers center Scott Wells will get to the start of free agency without a new contract from the Packers. According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Wells “appears headed for free agency barring a last-minute deal.” The sides are still far apart on what the value of Wells’ new […]