In what has been a common theme over the past half decade, the Green Bay Packers spent most of the offseason looking to elevate their defense to a championship level. The team’s first four draft picks came on defense, and Ted Thompson uncharacteristically brought in some key veteran free agents. One week into the 2017…
At the end of the NFC Championship game, most Green Bay Packers fans would have settled for a defense that was not an embarrassment. I believe the Packers defense is about to make a huge stride this season, and will finish in the top 10 in scoring defense. Combining an inneffective pass rush and lack…
Déjà vu has descended upon the Green Bay Packers-and not in a good way. For the second time in eight months, and third time in the past calendar year, the Packers lost to the 49ers, leaving the Packers asking the question “What happened?” The answer to that question is simple. The answer is Dom Capers. Ever since the…
Since the Packers season ended on Saturday evening, armchair GM’s have been busily planning the off season for the team. One of the major conversation pieces has been the future of Dom Capers and his version of the 3-4 defense. With their third playoff defeat in somewhat embarrassing fashion in four years, the Capers scheme…
Packers cornerback Tramon Williams had a game to forget on Sunday. Looking like he wanted nothing to do with Adrian Peterson and his violent running style, the Vikings exploited this weakness by running right at Tramon again, and again, and again. 199 yards later for Peterson, the Vikings handed the Packers a 37-34 defeat, ending their hopes…