The Green Bay Packers have pretty much everything going against them in their quest to win their season opening game Thursday in Seattle. The Seahawks are the defending Super Bowl champions, and are set up better for a repeat championship than any champion since the 2010 Packers. If anybody can approach a dynasty in this…
Last week I took a look at the players on the defensive side of the ball who have impressed and those who have disappointed, and now it’s time to look at the Packers rookies on offense. Not surprisingly, given Ted Thompson’s track record of finding offensive talent in the draft, the offensive players have fared…
– The bad injury news was not done today for the Green Bay Packers, even after the news that B.J. Raji would have to miss the season due to torn biceps. Head coach Mike McCarthy announced today that starting center J.C. Tretter will miss “multiple weeks” with a knee injury. According to ESPN Milwaukee’s Jason…
We are about half way through training camp for the Green Bay Packers, so now is a good time to look at who is leading the battles at key positions. Center: J.C. Tretter seemed to leave no doubt in Green Bay’s first preseason game that the starting center job is his over rookie Corey Linsley.…
This week it’s time to look at the Packers’s offensive line. The Packers have 15 offensive linemen on their 90 man roster and when they get down to 53 in late August, they will likely keep 8 or 9. Barring injury, 4 out of the 5 starting spots along the offensive line seem to be determined,…
The Packers “got the band back together” this week as the team began it’s Organized Team Activities in Green Bay. These first practices are the first chance for Packers fans to see the new roster in action. There’s lots of excitement around this summer’s work. Fans are going to get to see a lot of…
The NFL draft comes to a stunning conclusion, but not before From The Benches has something to say about it. The guys go through every pick from Day 3. Some picks have excitement others are met with disdain. At the end of the show the guys discuss their favorite and least favorite pick of the…