The month leading up to training camp is quite slow in the NFL news department. So, many sports writers and analysts usually make this time of year prediction season. I mean, here at PackersTalk, there was an article just last week titled Nostra-Damon! It really is getting crazy during this prediction season! Well, anyway, here…
Nostra-Damon is back just in time for the late June NFL doldrums. The Green Bay Packers are still a month out from reporting to camp. So, there isn’t a lot going on in the world of professional football other than the occasional extension. Congratulations Trevor Lawrence on tying Joe Burrow for the highest paid quarterback…
June 16, 2024
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Damon Sewell
Jordan Love Is About To Get Paid, Possibly Highest Paid?
Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love probably had the biggest smile at about 6:00 PM on Thursday, June 13th. The reason being, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence received an extension that paid him $275 million over five years, two hundred million guaranteed and $142 million of that paid at signing. Overall, Lawrence’s deal gives him an…
6:21 left in the game. “Here’s Anders Carlson, 41-yard try for him,” is what us Green Bay Packers fans heard as Kevin Burkhardt described the events that were unfolding before our eyes. After the Packers moved the ball down the field thanks to a massive run by Aaron Jones, the Jordan Love-led offense stalled at…
With Mark Murphy announcing the start of the Green Bay Packers training camp for July 22nd through his Murphy Takes 5 column, it got me thinking. What are some of the best and most interesting storylines heading into this year’s Packers training camp? I know training camp is still a month and half a way…
Lately, complimentary football has been a point of contention for the Green Bay Packers. Prime example of this, last year I argued that the Packers defense was the key to the success of the team in 2023. Obviously, this was necessary to allow for the offense to catch up. Well, that didn’t happen and the…
Last year, I wrote an article titled, “Is the Packers GM Batting .300?“ in which I dove into Brian Gutekunst’s draft record up to that point. Spoiler alert, the record wasn’t good. However, I left out the 2022 draft class because we only had one year of data. Now we have their second-year data, and…