Raiders at Packers Preseason Week 3: What’s at Stake?

The third week of the preseason usually means a game that is most like a regular season contest.  Most starters play the first  half and sometimes, even start the third quarter.  This week brings the Oakland Raiders to Lambeau Field for the Packers preseason home opener.  Besides being the best litmus test for this year’s […]

Ted Thompson Green Bay Packers 2013 Evaluation and Report Card

1) Introduction:  I think the biggest mistake that fans make when criticizing front office personnel like general managers is using the same rubric and time frame as they use for for players.  Take Ted Thompson for instance, whose first pick for the Packers was a quarterback deemed too short with a weak arm when the […]

Green Bay Packers: From “Next Man Up” To “Now What?”

  The Green Bay Packers may single-handedly add to the very small list of certainties in life.  So far, and as I recall, it’s only “death and taxes”.  Are we finally at a point where “injuries in Green Bay” can at least be considered for said list? Back in 2010, the Packers lost 16 players to […]

Meet Your 2013 Green Bay Packers

The Packers have confirmed their final roster cuts, as we’ve been tracking all day. So, here they are, your 2013 Green Bay Packers (for now): Offense (23) QB (2): Rodgers, Coleman RB (3): Lacy, Franklin, Starks FB (1): Kuhn (6) TE (4): Finley, Bostick, Quarless, Taylor WR (5): Cobb, Nelson, Jones, Boykins, Ross OT (3): […]