A pretty interesting debate came up during my last post, namely how to grade offensive linemen. My personal opinion is that grading on the same play limits the variables that influence a offensive lineman’s performance, i.e. getting beat on a long developing play is less damning than on a short play, getting beat on 1st […]
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Revisiting My 10 Top Training Camp Topics for the Packers
About three weeks into camp and halfway through the NFL preseason, many of the Packers’ key question marks are starting to take shape. Some of such unknowns have since seen new faces (Vince Young) enter the conversation, while other questions (Jermichael Finley) are still completely up in the air. Prior to training camp, we put […]
Surviving Sunday: News, Notes and Analysis from Packers Preseason
Packers beat Rams The Packers got an exhibition win over the Rams on Saturday night. I didn’t get a chance to watch the game, but here is what I gathered about the Packers’ performance from those Tweeting while watching: First-team offense looks good, Johnny Jolly took a giant step forward, Micah Hyde has promise, Eddie […]
Barclay Stepping Up Tops List of What I Want to see from the Packers vs. Rams
I’ve been away from home for the past 10 days and haven’t had much time to consume everything Packers like I normally would as the preseason wears on and opening day gets closer. I’ve got a few minutes here before I have to cover a baseball game between a terrible team and not-very-good team, so […]
Word of Hobbes: Marshall Newhouse and David Bakhtiari
One of the best football writers out there is Ben Muth; many people claim not to know much about offensive line play, but this man obviously is not one of them. If you don’t follow or read his stuff, stop reading this article and head over there now, you’ll thank me later. In a little […]