Since the time he entered the league in 2009, Clay Matthews has been one of the best pass rushers in the NFL and one of the Green Bay Packers’ best defenders. Matthews’ primary position has always been outside linebacker, but the Packers were forced to give him significant time at inside linebacker last season. Rather…
It seems like a yearly thing that one of the NFC head coaches with a paucity of Lombardi trophies sitting around the facility finds it necessary to take a cheap shot at Packers coach Mike McCarthy’s team building activities. During the McCarthy era, the team routinely forgoes one of its minicamp practices for an afternoon…
June 19, 2015
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Ross Uglem
PACKERS FOOTBALL FRIDAY: Who’s the #1 contender?
The Green Bay Packers have either won the Super Bowl or the NFC North in each of the last 5 seasons. It has been an incredible run. In Game of Thrones parlance the Packers are the Kings in the North. The Packers are prohibitive favorites to win the North again, requiring a $300 bet to…
June 17, 2015
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Jersey Al Bracco
Packers Therapy Episode #253 — The Return of Reuter
Chad Reuter of NFL.com joins Chris and Dave to talk about the Packers draft, the team’s off-season moves, and the trio also glances toward the upcoming season. Chris and Dave will return to off-season slumber, but will be back in August following the Packers first preseason game. ——————- Posting its first show in 2005, Packers…
June 17, 2015
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Kelly Hodgson
What’s the deal with Brett Hundley?
After the recent OTAs, you would think the Green Bay Packers had drafted a new starting quarterback. Needless to say, I was surprised by the hype that fifth round pick Brett Hundley generated since donning a red quarterback practice jersey. Yes, yes, a fresh face that was on the (albeit regional) cover of Sports Illustrated…
The Packers have an offense that is widely regarded as one of the best in the NFL, but Green Bay would like to see some major improvements at the tight end position next season. Even with established veteran Andrew Quarless and promising second-year player Richard Rodgers, Green Bay’s weakest roster spot on offense will undeniably…
June 15, 2015
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Matt Bove
Aaron Rodgers Is Not the Packers’ Play Caller
When Mike McCarthy decided to give up play calling to offensive coordinator Tom Clements there was lots of speculation that Aaron Rodgers would be calling all the plays at the line of scrimmage like Peyton Manning supposedly does. Rodgers put that to bed in his comments to ESPN.com’s Rob Demovsky. “Well, Peyton doesn’t do that,”…