The Green Bay Packers have lost their second player to an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in less than a week. Offensive lineman Don Barclay was injured during today’s practice and was carted off the field. Wes Hodkiewicz of the Green Bay Press-Gazette shared the unfortunate news on twitter. Last week, rookie wide receiver Jared Abbrederis […]
Injuries
Are Packers Health Fortunes Changing?
The Green Bay Packers have become synonymous with injuries and according to head coach Mike McCarthy, he’s only had two healthy seasons since coming to Green Bay in 2006. In both of those seasons (2007 & 2011), the Packers had extreme success during the regular season and made the postseason. In 2007, they reached and […]
Packers See Dramatic Turn at Tight End
At this time last season, the Green Bay Packers were preparing for training camp and the position battles that would ensue. Tight end was not among them, as they had veteran Jermichael Finley in the fold and the annual talk about his having a “breakout” season was in full swing. In 2012, Finley had just […]
What Do Packers Injuries and Winning Have In Common? Packing the Stats…
A lot has been made about the Packers misfortune when it comes to injuries; injuries was the major hurdle that the Packers overcame to get to the playoffs and ultimately win the Super Bowl in 2010 and injuries again were the major obstacle in 2013 with Aaron Rodgers, Jermichael Finley, Randall Cobb, Clay Matthews and […]
McCarthy Shouldn’t Ignore Stats
This past week, Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy gave his season-ending press conference. I detailed some of his responses here. One comment that he made still resonates with me. When asked if he was going to look at the team’s injury situation and look into why so many Packers players were lost due […]