As free agency enters its third week, teams are beginning to turn their attention to the draft. The first wave of free agent signings has come and gone, with most of the top-tier talent inking new deals. The Green Bay Packers were in the middle of discussions for a handful of players, at the very…
Football is a cut throat business. Its a business that requires tough decisions, which need to be made without emotion, and many of those decisions will turn out to be poor decisions. Variance dictates that. For every Reggie White signing and Brett Favre trade, there is a Joe Johnson signing and Jamal Reynolds draft pick. …
While it seems the Green Bay Packers might be content to sit at pick 14 in the NFL Draft and let one of the top defensive players slide to them, aggressiveness could pay off big this year. Because of the likelihood of Quarterbacks being taken early, top defensive names like Bradley Chubb and Minkah Fitzpatrick…
Corner is not the only position the Packers need help with in the secondary. Strong safety Morgan Burnett signing with the Steelers last week created another hole in a defensive backfield that already looks like Swiss cheese. Burnett was a jack of all trades with the ability to play linebacker, corner, and safety. Even though…
Over the course of this week, the NFL Owners will meet (Mark Murphy represents the Packers), and go over rule changes, financial details, and the like. And while the rule changes are a step in the right direction (hopefully the catch rule), this week also means that we’re less than a month away from the…
The Green Bay Packers have been more active in free agency this year than in recent memory. They have signed Jimmy Graham, Muhammad Wilkerson, and brought back Tramon Williams. Graham was considered the best tight end on the market and Wilkerson was considered the best 3-4 defensive lineman on the market. It’s safe to say…
Surveying the North: This is probably one of the earliest futures columns that has surfaced, but with the draft still, a month away, and the first wave of free agency completed, I wanted to take a look at how the NFC North is shaping up after almost four weeks into the new NFL calendar year.…