Normally, we talk about the week’s Packers positives in this space but I’m not actually an overly positives person, more an overly contrarian person. So, when the Packers have a meh game or lose and Packers Twitter is saturated with negative takes, I come in with the positives. When the Packers destroy a team that…
Midway through the season last year, the avalanche of negativity toward the Packers’ offense, defense, Jordan Love and even Matt LaFleur led me to start a weekly Packers Positives column that highlighted some thing to be excited about each week. We’re in a lot better place now as fans but there are still some under…
Packers positives has had a pretty good run. We started in the depths of despair – when some people were calling for even Matt LaFleur’s job – and followed the team all the way into the playoffs where the Packers are more than a touchdown underdog against the Cowboys. We’re nobody’s underdog. Mike Price is…
The Green Bay Packers defense has struggled mightily against the run this season, but one facet the team can brag about is the pass rush led by Rashan “Bane” Gary. To call the success of outside linebacker Rashan Gary a “rise” can be somewhat of a stretch; the 24-year-old former first-round selection did end last…
The Packers’ edge rusher group is interesting. The top two guys, Rashan Gary and Preston Smith, are both capable of pro-bowl level double digit sack seasons. Gary in particular has flashed the dominance of a defensive player of the year type player. After that, at least so far, is a big pile of meh. On…