Turning defeat into victory and weaknesses into strength are vital traits of the professional sportsperson. The Green Bay Packers traumatic loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC title game in January can and must be used as a catalyst for success next season. Work has already started in earnest to plot the Packers route…
One year after Ted Thompson set the foundation for the future of the Green Bay Packers, the team hit rock bottom. A 4-12 season marked the worst record since 1991 and the end of the Mike Sherman era. This season truly marked the beginning of Thompson’s Packers. His first move was to hire an unknown…
According to ESPN.com’s Rob Demovsky, Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy is looking at different possibilities with his offensive play calling staff, but nothing has been finalized yet. This is coming after a report from WDUZ’s Chris Havel that the Packers have promoted Edgar Bennett to offensive coordinator and Tom Clements will be associate…
The Green Bay Packers have fired special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum, the team announced in a statement on Friday. As I wrote the day after the collapse in Seattle, somebody was getting fired for the debacle and Slocum was the most likely fall guy. The Packers have been mediocre at best on special teams for…
Every offseason NFL teams face the difficulties of the salary cap and having to cut players to create more space. Even though the cap is rising this will still be a big issue and the Green Bay Packers have to create as much space as possible to try to re-sign top free agents Randall Cobb…
A highlight of every Super Bowl week is Media Day – the day that reporters get to bombard the players with questions about the season, the upcoming game, and just about anything else they can think of. Even though the Packers aren’t participating in today’s Media Day in Arizona, let’s take a look back at…
As he packed up his locker for the season, a dejected Packers guard Josh Sitton pointed out the obvious that rings true at the end of each season. Each team is different than the one that came before it. As he said in his end of season comments, “It sucks walking in and seeing everybody…