Pro Football Focus recently did a very interesting breakdown of the Green Bay Packers roster. They broke down every player on the roster into the following categories: Elite, high quality, good starter, average starter, poor starter, not enough information and rookie. Here is how the Packers’ starters broke down: Elite: Aaron Rodgers Clay Matthews Josh…
Ted Thompson has assembled another very talented and deep Green Bay Packers team. There are a few weaknesses, but no team is perfect. Here are my rankings of their top 5 position groups: 1. Quarterback This needs little explanation. Aaron Rodgers is arguably the best quarterback in the NFL and is at the peak of…
The safety position was such a disaster for the Green Bay Packers that they are willing to try anything to improve the position. Micah Hyde worked with the number one defensive unit at safety over first round draft pick Ha Ha Clinton-Dix to open OTA’s. Packers head coach Mike McCarthy has expressed his desire for…
The Green Bay Packers need a lot of things to happen to improve their defense in 2014, but the most important one is having Clay Matthews play 16 games and be 100 percent healthy for them. Most of the talk this offseason regarding the defense has been about defensive coordinator Dom Capers, the weaknesses at…
Ted Thompson would not be characterized as a risk taking general managers by most who follow the Green Bay Packers, but he has shown a willingness to give second chances. Yesterday, Thompson signed former Oregon tight end Colt Lyerla to a contract after a two day tryout. Lyerla was considered to be one of the…
Packers general manager Ted Thompson splurged on the wide receiver position in this year’s NFL Draft by selecting three of them. He took Davante Adams in round two, Jared Abbrederis in round five and Jeff Janis in round seven. Green Bay’s top two receivers Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb are scheduled to become free agents…
Ted Thompson did some very good things in the 2014 NFL Draft, but it is the one thing that he didn’t do that could prove detrimental to the Packers’ Super Bowl chances. Last year, Thompson didn’t address the safety position during the offseason, which was clearly a glaring need. The result was terrible, as the…