There is no reason to worry about the Packers not tagging anyone with a franchise or transition tag. I can totally understand not tagging B.J. Raji. Here’s a guy that scoffed at $8 million and if the Packers applied the franchise tag it would’ve cost them $9.654 million and $8.061 million if they used the […]
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Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived
The WWE Network debuted on Monday and my wife immediately began filling out divorce papers. I try to limit my classic wrestling viewing to the television in our room before bed or my iPad if I have a free minute or two in the living room. With WWE Network, I can now literally watch old […]
Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived (Bonus Edition)
So yesterday I accidentally scheduled my Surviving Sunday post to run on Saturday. It was a brain freeze similar to what happens when Mike McCarthy calls for the fullback dive on 3rd-and-short. Hopefully you enjoyed your Saturday edition of Surviving Sunday. Now that it actually is Sunday, here is a bonus Sunday edition of Surviving Sunday. Packers […]
Big-name free agent targets for the “big-spending” Packers
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Feb. 12 that the Packers, armed with $30 million in cap space, are prepared to spend on outside free agents this offseason to remake the defense in Dom Capers’ image. Capers has been in Green Bay for five seasons, so the wording is a bit confusing. Surely, the Packers haven’t […]
Sam Shields 2013 Green Bay Packers Evaluation and Report Card
1) Introduction: Coming into the season, Shields was a restricted free agent and signed a one-year tender worth just north of $2 million. Shields opened the season as an every-down player and ended the season the same way — until he suffered a knee injury two snaps into the Packers’ playoff game against the San Francisco […]