The Packers can scratch one of their off season to do’s off their list. Per Ian Rapoport, the Packers have signed S Morgan Burnett to a 4 year contract extension worth $24.75 million, with $8.25 guaranteed. Burnett, entering his 4th season in 2013, was originally drafted in the third round in the 2010 draft. The…
Finally, the end is in sight. The Packers will kick off their 2013 Training Camp in less than two weeks, marking the end of the long Summer of waiting, and the long awaited return of Packers football. Until then, we are still left waiting. Speculation on what the 2013 version of the Packers will look…
This is the fourth installment of my “Five Players That Have to be Good” for the Green Bay Packers. My fourth choice is wide receiver/kick returner Jeremy Ross. When the Packers made Randall Cobb the 64th pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, I literally jumped for joy. I was sitting in the downstairs living room of…
When Vince Lombardi was hired by the Packers, it marked the most important turning point in the history of the Packers. A former NFL powerhouse, the Packers had been reduced to a laughing stock of the league by the end of the 1950’s. Gone were the glory days of the 1930’s and 1940’s. A series of…
Without question, football is the most popular spectator sport in the United States and it’s players are revered like no others. In Wisconsin, this hero worship is taken to a whole different level. The small town atmosphere of Green Bay makes for a special connection between fan and player. When Wisconsonites have an opportunity to…
This is the third installment of my “Five Players That Have to be Good” for the Green Bay Packers. My third choice is left tackle Bryan Bulaga. On May 3, 2013 the news made its way through Packers media outlets that Head Coach Mike McCarthy was going to make sweeping changes on the offensive line. …
If the Packers offense is going to click, there is one player who needs to perform at a high level in 2013. That player is Jordy Nelson. Nelson burst on the national scene during Super Bowl XLV, with his 9 catch, 140 yard performance, a major reason the Packers emerged victorious. He followed that up with…