2013 Packers Position Group Analysis: Cornerbacks

Packers Cornerbacks:  All eyes were on the cornerback group during Training Camp in 2012. This unit, above all others, had some serious competition going on for a starting job. And the result was that this competition continued throughout the season until we ended up with Tramon Williams, Sam Shields, and Casey Hayward as the clear […]

Packers News: Team adds James Nixon to practice squad

On Wednesday, the Oakland Raiders signed cornerback Brandian Ross to their 53-man roster. And today, the Packers have filled Ross’s spot on the practice squad with another cornerback. James Nixon, an undrafted rookie cornerback, joined the team and joins Lawrence Guys as the Packers’ only two defensive players on their eight-man practice squad. Nixon started […]

NFL Draft Prospect Profile: CB Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina

Green Bay Packers draft prospect profile: CB Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina Player information: Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina 6-foot-0, 190 lbs Social sciences economics major and Detroit, Michigan native. NFL Combine: 4.40 40yd dash 3.94 20yd shuttle 11.15 60yd shuttle 6.61 3-cone drill 123″ broad jump 36.0″ vertical jump 15 bench press reps News & […]

Green Bay Packers: Poor Tackling Among CBs Hurt Defense in 2011

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to look back on the Green Bay Packers 2011 season and identify the obvious reasons for their defensive collapse. Cullen Jenkins was sorely missed at right defensive end, little to no production was received from outside linebacker opposite Clay Matthews and Nick Collins’ season-ending neck injury handicapped the back end. […]

2011 Packers Defense: Where Does The Buck Stop?

I have been watching a lot of football these past two weekends, and I think the only NFL game I didn’t watch at least part of was Denver vs. New England. (Really, was there a point to seeing that one?) And while I’ve cached away a lot of observations, there are a couple big things that have stuck with me. The most impressionable of these, I believe, was the way the San Francisco 49ers defense handled the New Orleans Saints.