If I put the over/under on the number of rookies the Packers will have starting on the offensive line for the regular season opener at 0.5, would you take the over or the under? What if I changed the season opener to week 10, but kept the over/under at 0.5? If you believe some of […]
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Bulaga to Left Tackle Highlights Changes on Packers Offensive Line
The Green Bay Packers aren’t waiting until training camp to shuffle their offensive line. Details of the Packers new-look line can be found in this excellent Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel story by Tom Silverstein. To summarize: Bryan Bulaga moves from right tackle to left tackle Josh Sitton moves from right guard to left guard T.J. Lang moves from […]
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 […]
Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived
Instead of a long intro this week, I’m going to save my bloviating for the non-Packers links and other nonsense section and get right to the Packers news of the week. I’ll be back next week with a strong opinion on something related to the Packers or the NFL. For now, we’ll just catch up […]
Packers News: Evan Dietrich-Smith signs one-year deal
Evan Dietrich-Smith signed his restricted free agent tender worth $1.323 million, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. He’s expected to be the Packers’ starting center next season after Jeff Saturday retired. Dietrich-Smith, 26, was handed the lowest possible restricted free agent tender with no compensation. If a team wanted to sign him, they simply would have […]