The analytical revolution in the NBA brought us more layups and 3s. Some teams have gone so far that they don’t shoot a single midrange shot for a whole game, the entirety of their offense is built around those two shots. In the NFL, we’re still at the three stage. The most successful offenses are…
The Packers run defense has been bad for about as long as I can remember. There’s a Ryan Pickett season here and a Dom Capers playoff game there with a plus run D, but otherwise it’s been Swiss Cheese for decades. And it’s on purpose. The same way Gute picks offensive linemen who are light…
Analysis: The Packers may have drafted their kicker of the future with one of several sixth-round picks on Saturday. Anders Carlson was a five-year starter at Auburn and ended his career there with a 71% (76/107) field goal percentage. Carlson is the younger brother of Daniel Carlson, now kicking for the Raiders. Carlson was Dane…
The Packers are in a terrible salary cap situation. After the inevitable Aaron Rodgers trade, they’ll have just $9 million to sign draft picks and maneuver during the season. They can extend Rashan Gary to open up a little more cap space, but there are very few moves left after that. Unfortunately, the team has…
The draft history of Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has been consistently surprising. From drafting players projected to go in the third-round to drafting players who didn’t fit Ted Thompson’s size profile to off-ball linebackers to Jordan Love, Gutekunst never fails to surprise with his first-round pick. Let’s go over a few Packers draft candidates…
The Packers offense will certainly be different next season. Marcedes Lewis is probably gone, Randall Cobb might not stay in the NFL, Allen Lazard signed with the Jets, and, oh yeah, Aaron Rodgers has asked for a trade to the Jets. In a lot of ways, the Packers offense has looked the same for a…
The Packers draft strategy in the Ted Thompson/Brian Gutekunst era, and especially in the Brian Gutekunst/Matt LaFleur era has focused on big WRs with run blocking prowess. The specialization in these types of receivers has been so strict that many Packers Twitter members believe that it is impossible that Green Bay would take a small…
