As the second-year head coach of the NFC North Champion Packers who came within one game of playing in Super Bowl LIV, Matt LaFleur enters the season as a big white-tailed deer with a crimson red bull’s eye on his back. Some analysts, however, attribute last year’s 13-3 record to an inordinate dose of good…
Can the second-year back rebound from a dismal rookie campaign? Within the span of one season, highly-celebrated sixth-round pick Dexter Williams has seen his stock tumble to the depths of now being an afterthought with little to no chance of making the opening day roster. Entering training camp, the Notre Dame product finds himself in…
The 2020 NFL season marks the final guaranteed year of Kevin King’s tenure with the Green Bay Packers, as his rookie contract hits its final year. Coming into a season that also will see the likes of Kenny Clark, Aaron Jones, David Bakhtiari, Corey Linsley, and Jamaal Williams, among others, playing in the final years…
Aaron Rodgers, Aaron Jones, Davante Adams, David Bakhtiari, Za’Darius Smith, Preston Smith, Christian Kirksey, Adrian Amos, and Mason Crosby all share one similarity (besides currently playing for the Green Bay Packers) – they all are some of the most experienced players on the team and are integral to the success of the younger members of…
Eye on Youth in Titletown USA As far as old axioms go, “football is a young man’s game” ranks right up there with ol’ tried and true mantras, such as “defense wins championships” and “games are won in the trenches.” Though the New England Patriots rostered the oldest team in 2019, the team’s average age…
With the Green Bay Packers faced with a tight amount of salary cap space for the 2020 NFL season, they made a move to add $3 million back in space by restructuring offensive lineman Lane Taylor’s 2020 deal. Under the newly-redone deal, Taylor will make $1.5 million and include a $100,000 signing bonus, according to…
If the Green Bay Packers recent draft told us anything, it’s that the team plans to adjust to a more run-focused scheme. Running back A.J. Dillon and tight end/H-back Josiah Deguara were selected early to help Matt LaFleur run the team he wants. LaFleur’s mentor, Kyle Shanahan, runs a similar scheme in San Francisco; one…
