The Trickle Down Effect: In the span of one year, Jordy Nelson went from winning the comeback player of the year after catching 97 passes for 1,257 yards and 14 touchdowns to being given his release on Tuesday to clear cap space for potential free agent signees. Before I play the blame game, it was…
Yesterday was one of the busiest days the Packers have had in free agency in quite some time. As new Packers GM Brian Gutekunst declared, the Packers are going to be more aggressive in free agency moving forward. Well, let’s just say that appears to be an understatement. The Packers picked up the seam-stretching, red…
Packers to Sign Graham – Active in Free Agency
We have not yet made it out of the so-called, legal tampering period of free agency and there have been several verbal agreements that affect the Packers, in terms of free agency, their competition in the division and the effect on their own free agents. The money has been flying fast and furious with huge contracts…
Trading Damarious Randall Was the Right Call
Brian Gutekunst left his first mark as the Packers GM trading Damarious Randall to the Browns for a quarterback that is still looking for his first NFL win. The Packers also swapped fourth- and fifth-round draft picks with the Browns, which should help them move up in the draft if they decide to pursue a…
Dave’s Free Agent Board Version 2.0
Focusing in on Free Agency: As free agency approaches the Green Bay Packers look to be a threat to land several key players. Now that the likes of Richard Sherman and Ziggy Ansah are off the board the Packers must shift their attention to other players to fill the needs on their roster. Areas of…
New Packers GM Brian Gutekunst declared that he’d be much more aggressive in free agency and in the offseason. So far, this has held true. The Packers have already dealt arguably their best corner this offseason to the Cleveland Browns for their starting quarterback, Deshone Kizer, who will likely be Rodgers’ backup. In addition, the…
Randall Trade Indicates a Plan
News broke Friday afternoon that the Packers traded Damarious Randall to the Browns for DeShone Kizer and moved up 13 spots in rounds four and 12 in round five of this year’s draft. This was surprising to most everyone because cornerback is a position of need, and Randall was their best cornerback last year after his week four meltdown, in…