Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived

When is it time to get worried about the Packers recent history in the first round of the NFL draft? Bryan Bulaga (2010): Missed four games in 2011 with a knee injury and seven games in 2012 with a season-ending hip injury. Derek Sherrod (2011): Broke his leg toward the end of a ho-hum rookie […]

Anthony Hargrove: The Green Bay Packers Should Not Want Him

In a further sign that the apocalypse may actually occur in 2012, the Green Bay Packers have waded into the free agency waters with Ted Thompson at the controls. As someone who prefers to mainly build through the draft, Thompson largely bypasses the free agency period but with center Scott Wells leaving for the St. […]

The Cost of Letting Matt Flynn Go: The Endowment Effect

So who thinks Matt Flynn should have been franchised now?  I will be the first to admit that in my heart, I desperately wanted Flynn to be tagged and traded, and maybe while I’m dreaming some idiot team like the Raiders would offer a first rounder.  My head of course said otherwise, sure the potential […]

Packers Making a Splash on First Day of Free Agency

Who would have thought you would be reading stories about the Green Bay Packers on this first day of NFL Free Agency? Yes, the Packers are making news today, but unfortunately, it’s not the type you want to hear. No, Ted Thompson didn’t go against form and dip into the free agent waters on the […]

Packers to Let Ryan Grant Test Free Agency

The Green Bay Packers appear content in letting Ryan Grant enter free agency without a new contract. But that doesn’t mean the team won’t have an interest in bringing back the veteran running back once the market is set, says Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The Packers have told RB Ryan Grant that they are interested in bringing him back, […]