The Green Bay Packers got what will likely be its biggest win of the offseason before free agency even started by agreeing to terms with wide receiver Randall Cobb on a four-year, $40 million contract. Common sense prevailed on both sides with Ted Thompson upping his offer and Cobb realizing that taking less money from…
Pro Football Focus recently did a very interesting breakdown of the Green Bay Packers roster. They broke down every player on the roster into the following categories: Elite, high quality, good starter, average starter, poor starter, not enough information and rookie. Here is how the Packers’ starters broke down: Elite: Aaron Rodgers Clay Matthews Josh…
Ted Thompson has assembled another very talented and deep Green Bay Packers team. There are a few weaknesses, but no team is perfect. Here are my rankings of their top 5 position groups: 1. Quarterback This needs little explanation. Aaron Rodgers is arguably the best quarterback in the NFL and is at the peak of…
The safety position was such a disaster for the Green Bay Packers that they are willing to try anything to improve the position. Micah Hyde worked with the number one defensive unit at safety over first round draft pick Ha Ha Clinton-Dix to open OTA’s. Packers head coach Mike McCarthy has expressed his desire for…
Ted Thompson did some very good things in the 2014 NFL Draft, but it is the one thing that he didn’t do that could prove detrimental to the Packers’ Super Bowl chances. Last year, Thompson didn’t address the safety position during the offseason, which was clearly a glaring need. The result was terrible, as the…
There has been no bigger fan of Dom Capers during his tenure in Green Bay than Mike McCarthy. McCarthy has always stood by his defensive coordinator through good and bad times, and it has mostly been bad since the Super Bowl championship in 2010. He has often disregarded questions about Capers’ job security like firing…
Yesterday, the Green Bay Packers signed cornerback Sam Shields to a four-year, $39 million contract to help solidify their secondary. It may seem like an overpay based on what Shields has done so far, but it was necessary, and the contract was designed very nicely by general manager Ted Thompson. Shields, 26, is still an…