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Michael Johrendt

Last week, I started a small series of articles looking into the draft history of the Packers since 2000 for their first-round selections. I covered 2000-2005 last week, and this week’s piece will cover the next five seasons, 2006-2010.   2006- A.J. Hawk, LB In a year that was dominated by players in the 2006…

Since the year 2000, the Green Bay Packers have had 18 first round selections, including two years (2008 and 2017) that had no selections, and 2009, where the team made two first-round selections. The selections were mainly defensive for Green Bay, as 13 were on the defensive side of the ball. Probably the most famous…

Round 5. Pick 172. Punter J.K. Scott, Alabama goes to the Green Bay Packers. With this selection, on came the scrutiny of the team using a valuable draft selection on a specialist, especially with the track record that the team has in selecting punters (see B.J. Sander, 2004). With the loss of cheesehead icon Jeff…

Ever since the Packers selected Kenny Clark in the first round of the 2016, the spotlight has been on him to justify his selection. Draft picks at the end of the first round, like Clark at 27, are seen as ‘fit’ selections, ones that help playoff teams remain in contention but do not necessarily add…

In Mike Pettine’s new defense, there will be a number of fluid, moving parts during the pre-snap and play areas of the game. While former DC Don Capers instilled a sense of ferocity, intricate formations and uniqueness into his defensive schemes, Pettine has a better feel on formation concepts and blitz schemes that has stayed…

Think back to 2011, when Green Bay missed having a perfect season after it dropped an ugly game to the Kyle Orton-led Kansas City Chiefs. Interim head coach Romeo Crennel led KC at home against the red-hot Packers, who decided that day they were not going to earn a coveted perfect season. Without considering that…

17 players currently listed on the depth chart of the Green Bay Packers have at least five years of NFL experience. While the vast majority of the team is on the younger side and has a decent amount of professional experience, the veteran cheeseheads will again be asked to lead the team into the 2018…