Since Aaron Rodgers took over the reigns from Brett Favre in 2008 the Packers have been known as a pass-first team. Back in 2008 the NFL was still a fairly balanced league with an average 52/48 split in pass to run calls. The Packers were one of the teams that saw they could exploit defenses […]
Packers Expiring Contracts: Trust Ted
The Green Bay Packers currently have 22 players under contract whose contracts expire after this season. Many of those players are undrafted free agents on the usual one-year deals, but there are a few big names that will become the center of contract extension discussions very soon. Among those are defensive lineman Mike Daniels, cornerback […]
Mike McCarthy: the Evolving Coach Not Afraid of Change and Risk
We’ve all heard the adage that the NFL stands for “Not For Long.” Either you keep up and adapt, or you find a new line of work. Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy has received plenty of criticism for hanging onto loyalties and not making the change when he probably should have. The most […]
Cory’s Corner: Jared Abbrederis has his work cut out for him
Jared Abbrederis came to the Packers with plenty of promise last year. Then July 30 happened. That’s when he tore his ACL in practice, which caused the Wisconsin standout receiver to miss his first pro season. “You just have to look to the positives, try to find positives,” Abbrederis said last year after getting informed […]
There’s more to Green Bay Packers’ early-season struggles than playing tough teams
In my Surviving Sunday column this week, I opined that one of the reasons the Green Bay Packers have started slow the last three seasons is a bland and vanilla early-season scheme on offense. In the comments section, marpag disagreed. marpag said the Packers have started slow because they’ve played really good teams right out […]