Round 5. Pick 172. Punter J.K. Scott, Alabama goes to the Green Bay Packers. With this selection, on came the scrutiny of the team using a valuable draft selection on a specialist, especially with the track record that the team has in selecting punters (see B.J. Sander, 2004). With the loss of cheesehead icon Jeff […]
2018 Green Bay Packers
Areas of Emphasis Key to Defensive Turnaround
In Mike Pettine’s new defense, there will be a number of fluid, moving parts during the pre-snap and play areas of the game. While former DC Don Capers instilled a sense of ferocity, intricate formations and uniqueness into his defensive schemes, Pettine has a better feel on formation concepts and blitz schemes that has stayed […]
Three Things You Didn’t See Coming for the Green Bay Packers in 2018
1) Packers draft an edge rusher in the first round but someone else (already on the roster) gets 10 sacks. The Packers pick Marcus Davenport with the 14th overall pick and Packers Nation goes wild. Davenport immediately makes an impact but in a way most fans didn’t see coming. The freak athlete sees double teams […]
Green Bay’s Best Draft Play May Not Be The Most Popular One:
Packers 2018 Draft Day Scenarios
A Conservative Approach in Free Agency Would be Shortsighted: Before releasing the first version of my 2018 Packers draft board I wanted to give a quick synopsis of moves that I think the Packers could consider making and players that the Packers could consider drafting with their first few picks early on in the draft. […]
“What a Difference a Year Makes”
“What a Difference a Year Makes” The prevailing thought that crossed my mind while watching championship Sunday yesterday was, “what a difference a year makes”. As I watched the Patriots come from behind to make their eighth super bowl appearance in the Brady Bellicheck era, I thought to myself how it must be nice to […]
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