Analysis With the 234th pick, in the seventh round, the Packers selected Jonathan Ford, a defensive tackle from Miami. Ford, at 6’ 1” 333 lbs, profiles as a nose tackle for the Packers. He was the 317th ranked player on the PFF draft big board. Ford flashed the ability to two-gap and stop the run…
I’ve somehow managed to be utterly surprised by each one of Packers’ first round picks in the Brian Gutekunst era. Jaire Alexander was too short. Twitter people said Rashan Gary had bad tape. Darnell Savage and Eric Stokes were mocked in the third round. Jordan Love was a quarterback. I’m sure there were plenty of…
It’s cliché to say that the NFL is a business, but there’s no other way to think of it to stay sane as a fan. We lost Brett Favre after a devastating NFC Championship loss. We lost Josh Sitton right before the season. We watched Micah Hyde turn into an All-Pro after playing out of…
After the surviving the two-month long will he or won’t he fest, you’re probably ready to move on to the next part of the Packers offseason. Who gets cut? Who gets re-signed? Who gets restructured? Who threatens to hold out because they don’t want to play on the franchise tag that underpays them by 8…
The 2021-2022 season is in the books and draft season is underway. The Packers have several key decisions to make as the free-agency period in mid-March quickly approaches and each of those moves will affect the team’s draft board. With many of those decisions still up in the air and the scouting process heating up…
As OTAs finally began this week, potentially dark clouds swirled around Green Bay, Wisconsin as questions loomed about Davante Adams and Aaron Rodgers potentially holding out. Gil and J.J. found plenty to discuss in the players who are on-site though! Position coaches weighed in on their new position groups while new job openings were filled…
Forget “strength of schedule”, those rankings based on last year’s win/loss columns are garbage and we all know it. Sharp Football provides better stats to help understand what truly makes a difficult schedule; Gil and J.J. dive into the numbers and break down exactly what the NFC North is facing this year. (Spoiler alert, it’s…
