The Green Bay Packers are all set to take on the Minnesota Vikings next week to open the 2026 season. In true Packers form, there’s a bit of drama as Week 1 approaches. Josh Jacobs’ pending legal matters have raised a lot of questions about an unproven running back room. The Packers look to be…
NFL roster cutdown day usually creates more questions than answers for the Packers. Why did one player survive while another was released? Which position did the team value more than expected? What could change before Week 1? However, the Green Bay Packers answered at least one important question when they finalized their initial 53-man roster.…
Green Bay Packers roster cuts, trades, and the final 53-man roster headline Cheesehead Radio #388, as CD Angeli, Kelly Hodgson, and Jersey Al break down Brian Gutekunst’s unusually frantic cutdown weekend. Kyle McCord threw four touchdowns in Green Bay’s wild preseason finale, then promptly became a Miami Dolphin and a future sixth-round pick. That pick…
The Packers ended the 2026 Preseason on a high note – winning maybe the most exciting game of the entire preseason over the Arizona Cardinals. Maybe the two biggest “winners” from that game were J Michael Sturdivant and Kyle McCord. Both had impressive games, and JMS parlayed it into a spot on the initial 53.…
A few days ago marked the anniversary of the trade that brought Micah Parsons to Green Bay. It’s easy to remember how different everything felt at the time. The Packers had just acquired arguably the best defensive player in football, expectations immediately skyrocketed, and many of the questions surrounding the roster suddenly felt a lot…
Green Bay enters 2026 with a defense that looks different in both personnel and structure. New coordinator Jonathan Gannon has inherited established playmakers while adding veterans and young talent capable of reshaping the unit’s operation. The potential is obvious, but turning change into consistent production requires more than individual talent. Pressure, takeaways, tactical flexibility and…
The days leading up to the yearly roster cut-down day are busy for every NFL team. Like late Christmas shoppers, general managers take what they can get to appease their dependents. Brian Gutekunst can sleep better on the eve of the NFL season with 3 new players to check off the list of Packers’ roster…