The Packers and their fans are used to seeing serious injuries in the preseason. In 2012, starting inside linebacker Desmond Bishop injured his hamstring in a preseason game and never played another down for the Packers. In 2013, starting tackle Bryan Bulaga suffered a torn ACL in the preseason, ending his season. But when the…
August 3, 2014
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Matt Bove
Jared Abbrederis First Man Down
The Green Bay Packers have had a very good training camp so far in avoiding injuries (knock on wood). Whatever they have changed in terms of their workout routines and bringing in a new nutritionist seems to be working so far. However, there will always be injuries in football, and Jared Abbrederis was the first…
The first reason that Jared Abbrederis has to be good is obvious. There is a decent chance that if he fails in Green Bay the entire state of Wisconsin just might start slowly falling in to Lake Michigan. “Abby” is nothing short of a state legend. He was born and raised in Wautoma. He was…
June 23, 2014
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Ian Hanley
Power Ranking the Packers’ Wide Receivers
Despite losing Greg Jennings, James Jones and Donald Driver over the past 2 years, the Packers still have one of the deepest receiving groups in the NFL. They may not be as top heavy at the position as they were in 2011 when they had Jennings, Jones, Jordy Nelson, and Randall Cobb, all of whom could start…
June 20, 2014
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Ross Uglem
PACKERS FOOTBALL FRIDAY: Wide Receiver Summer Battle
The first thing that I’d like to do here on Football Friday is voice my encouragement towards Jonathan Franklin. By all accounts he was a wonderful human being and I, for one really felt like he was talented. The short length of his career shouldn’t affect his ability to have a positive impact on the…
June 3, 2014
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Matt Bove
Packers Top 5 Position Groups
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…
May 18, 2014
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Matt Bove
Expect Cobb and Nelson to Stay
Packers general manager Ted Thompson splurged on the wide receiver position in this year’s NFL Draft by selecting three of them. He took Davante Adams in round two, Jared Abbrederis in round five and Jeff Janis in round seven. Green Bay’s top two receivers Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb are scheduled to become free agents…