With nine games under their belt, the Packers are technically beyond the midseason, but that’s just a technicality. There’s no Packers game to review this week, so now is as good a time as any to grade what’s happened so far. The offense is up first. The defense and special teams will be up later […]
Packers Offensive Line
Packers Video: Alex Green Is Fine, Line Needs to Block Better
Alex Green finished last Sunday’s game with 35 yards on 15 carries, not exactly setting the world on fire. Soon after, Packers fan panic set in. “We have no running game with Benson hurt” “Green hesitates too much and is indecisive…” “We need a faster, shiftier back…” Alex Green is fine, people. In fact, less […]
Is Marshall Newhouse as Good as his Pro Football Focus Numbers?
Regular readers of this site know that we like to cite Pro Football Focus (PFF) metrics when talking about the Packers. I wouldn’t call any of us football sabermaticians, but PFF does some excellent work trying to make football analysis as objective as possible. Too often, people either treat sites like PFF as the be-all and […]
What the Heck is Wrong with Bryan Bulaga?
According to Pro Football Focus, Packers right tackle Bryan Bulaga has allowed 18 quarterback hurries, three sacks and three hits through the first five games. In 12 games last season, Bulaga allowed 21 hurries, one sack and two hits. I’m no math whiz, but after crunching those numbers, Bulaga has already allowed the same number of hurries, […]
Don’t Give up on Packers’ Andrew Datko Quite Yet
Early reports on Packers’ seventh-round draft choice Andrew Datko were not good. Comparisons were made to Ricky Elmore. We got our first glimpse of Datko against the Chargers, and it wasn’t pretty, at least initially. He got whipped a few times and didn’t do much to disspell those early reports. Then he settled down and […]