Analysis (Kelly Hodgson): In classic Ted Thompson fashion, the Green Bay Packers moved up in the second round to take the 48th pick of the 2016 NFL Draft to select Indiana OT Jason Spriggs. In a trade with the Indianapolis Colts, the Packers moved up in exchange for picks 57, 125 and 248, the Packers…
Packers Can’t Lose Turning to Bama For Draft
Oh hello there. Yes, I still exist. Feels good to dust off the column and start writing again about the Packers! And what better way to jump back in than to discuss the upcoming draft prospects. The 2016 NFL Draft is nearly here. Pundits galore are putting on their prognostication caps and looking in their…
Does Thompson Really have a Free Agency Phobia?
The Green Bay Packers’ season ended a few weeks ago, but the 2015 NFL season will come to a close this weekend with Super Bowl 50. And with that will begin the 2016 season a month later. With that will begin the guesswork of who stays and who is shown the door. Teams will start…
RELAX when it comes to Rodgers’ knee surgery
It’s been a little over twenty-four hours since ESPN’s Jason Wilde and Rob Demovsky broke the news that Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers underwent surgery on an injured left knee. So instead of finding some half-hearted excuse to duck out of the Pro Bowl later today, he really did have a legitimate reason to sit out.…
Packers have nothing to lose, everything to prove
It’s been said by many in the past week that the Green Bay Packers are playing with House Money since their victory last week in Washington. So many–myself included–had expected the season to come to an end this past Monday and waited for the last player to turn out the lights as he left the…
Offensive lessons from Packers win in Washington
What a difference a week makes. I’ll admit, I had written off the Packers to an inevitable yet relieving hospice death last week before they headed to Washington. But the victory in the nation’s capitol has breathed new life into the the Packers’ offense. They weren’t the same team that limped its way into the…
Potential changes to the Packers coaching staff
Let’s not be coy, there’s something going on in the locker room. It sure sounds like the Packers’ head coach and its quarterback are not seeing eye to eye. No one outside 1265 Lombardi knows to what extent, but it’s pretty clear something has regressed between the two competitors. Needless to say, neither is blameless…