Over the past few years, the Green Bay Packers have released the jersey numbers that their rookies and newly acquired players would wear before they ever put on a uniform. It used to be that players might get a chance to pick their numbers and we seldom heard about it until mini camp started. Earlier […]
Author: Jason Perone
What Was Packers Boldest Draft Move?
Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson says that it’s not a democracy in the draft room when it comes time to make a pick. He, like every other NFL team, has an army of scouts and personnel men who spend their entire year trying to dig up the next gem that is going to […]
Expect Trader Ted To Return in 2015 Draft
Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson has gained a reputation for his draft-day trades over the 10 seasons that he’s handled the Packers’ picks. In this, his 11th season, all signs point to more wheeling and dealing. Despite his nickname, Trader Ted, Thompson didn’t make a single trade in the 2014 draft and it […]
A Decade of Aaron Rodgers
The Green Bay Packers are entering their 23rd straight season of superior quarterback play. When Brett Favre was shipped off to the New York Jets in 2008, there were still many question marks about the type of player Aaron Rodgers was. Those questions were quickly answered as Rodgers put up two-straight 4,000 yard seasons followed […]
Packers Begin Offseason Workouts
Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy has declared that the 2015 team won’t use “remember Seattle” as its battle cry. I’m, of course, referring to the horrific collapse late in the 2014 NFC Championship game that saw a Packers team that was in control and poised to make yet another Super Bowl appearance, only […]