Since the Packers handled the Lions on Sunday, they should be able to handle the Bears this week, right? Think about it. The Lions have: A talented but erratic QB One dominant receiver A tough defensive line A cover-2 strategy designed to contain the Packers Sounds very similar to the Bears. The main difference is […]
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Packers News: Nick Perry has surgery, season over?
Just one day after head coach Mike McCarthy said the Packers may be without Clay Matthews for a couple weeks, the team appears to have lost outside linebacker Nick Perry for the rest of the season. After the Packers selected Perry with the 28th overall pick in the 2012 draft, he entered training camp as […]
Walking Wounded: Eight Packers Candidates for Injured Reserve Or PUP
The first NFL roster cut-down of the season is fast approaching. On Monday, August 27th, the Green Bay Packers will need to have trimmed their roster down to 75 players from their current total of 90.
Brass Balls and the Packers Defense
If using almost all of his draft picks on defensive players wasn’t enough of a warning, Ted Thompson could re-enact Alec Baldwin’s brass balls speech from Glengarry Glen Ross on the first day of training camp if he feels the Packers defense hasn’t gotten the message. Replace Cadillac with a spot on the roster. Replace steak knives […]
Could Packers Trade Up in 2012 NFL Draft to Pick a Pass Rusher?
The day was April 25, the Saturday of the 2009 NFL draft, and Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson had a franchise-altering decision staring him in the face. As he sat in the Packers’ war room, having already acquired nose tackle B.J. Raji from Boston College with the ninth overall pick, there was a […]