Over and over this past season we heard that the Badgers’ problem was simply that they had no identity. No one really explains what that means – though you can infer that it used to be run the ball and have a good defense (until they play the top spread teams at least). The Packers’…
The peak Popovich Spurs started the NBA’s player rest trend. The team knew it was full of vets who could turn it on in the playoffs, so they rested veterans often during the latter half of the season and played rookies and other young players who otherwise wouldn’t have gotten playtime. The Packers coaches could…
Toyoathon has started and winter has come and the Packers offense is inevitable. Think about what you need for a successful modern offense. You start with a quarterback who can make every throw and a wide receiver who can stretch the defense—force the defense to stick with two high safeties, which they want to anyway.…
Christian Watson has been an enigma in his Packers career. Outside of a few huge games his rookie year he’s been more potential than production. That changed this week. The Buildup Watson was shot out of a canon literally and figuratively in his rookie year. He had three hundred-yard games and seven touchdowns in the…
Usually we do positives in this spot, today we’re going to do some Packers problems at the bye week/halfway point. This Packers team is great at a lot of things and can challenge anyone but it also has some definite weaknesses that we’ll address. Pash Rush The most obvious problem with this Packers team is…
Trillions of words have been spilled about Brian Gutekunst’s draft history this season. The common refrain is that his picks have strongly outperformed in rounds two and four through seven, he recently broke the third-round pick curse and his first-round picks suck. There’s truth to all of those things, but it’s not as bad as…
It’s going to be a long couple of weeks (unless we make several exciting trades over the next couple days). The Packers shot themselves in the feet so many times they were shooting themselves in the knee by the end of the game this weekend. We’re back with Packers positives to keep you off the…