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The Packers could go a lot of different directions this off-season. They could keep rebuilding by patching a few holes here and there and continuing to attempt to be the youngest team in the league, allowing their current personnel to dictate scheme. They could go all-in, acquiring several free agents who fit their schemes perfectly.…


I know. No one wants to read this right now. But, I’m a perpetual contrarian. When the team was in the dumps early last season, I was unnaturally optimistic and started my Packers Positives series. Now that everyone is optimistic about new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, I can’t help but have a few niggling thoughts…


Packers free agent target isn’t a term that you’re likely to hear often this offseason. The team is already over the cap and isn’t likely to do the same type of can kicking that it did in the latter Rodgers years to open up space. That said, the defense is undergoing a schematic change and…


The Packers shocked the world (except that one random guy with 91 followers on Twitter) this week by hiring Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley as their new defensive coordinator. Last week, I looked at the factor LaFleur should consider when making the hire, let’s review them and what he decided. Blitz or Rush 4…


Every several years we get a new Packers defensive coordinator. The last (at least) four have ended their time on the team as failures. Living through each of these can give you a lot of ideas on what a good defensive coordinator should be. Let’s go over some coordinator factors and discuss which we’d choose…


It may be harder to come up with Packers positives in this preview than it was in the doldrums of the season when doorknobs were saying that Matt LaFleur should be fired. The 49ers are a juggernaut. They are the clear top team in the NFC and they’ve had the Packers’ number in the playoffs…


Packers positives has had a pretty good run. We started in the depths of despair – when some people were calling for even Matt LaFleur’s job – and followed the team all the way into the playoffs where the Packers are more than a touchdown underdog against the Cowboys. We’re nobody’s underdog. Mike Price is…