After a year without preseason games, the NFL starts the 2021 season with a new three-game version. For a team like the Green Bay Packers, with their strong sense of continuity from year to year, preseason wasn’t all that exciting. Aaron Rodgers would play few, if any, minutes. Yet the 2021 preseason is one of…
Last week, we looked ahead to the future of the Green Bay Packers, starting with their 2022 offensive free agents. While the offense will look to maintain as many of the weapons that made them the best offense in the NFL in 2020 as possible, the defense is a completely different story. By bringing in…
Now that new defensive coordinator Joe Barry has had time to meet the players and work them out at practice (and start bringing in replacement pieces!) Gil and J.J. can better break down how this year’s defense will compare to last year’s, and which hot spots to keep an eye on. The guys also get…
June 18, 2021
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Kirien Sprecher
How Do The Packers Improve on Defense?
Mike Pettine is out and Joe Barry is in — but does that instantly make the Packers defense better? Last year, Pettine’s led defense ranked seventh in passing yards allowed and 13th in rushing yards allowed. Pretty mediocre stats for a defense loaded with talent. The main issue was the lack of aggressive play-calling from…
March 25, 2021
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Michael Johrendt
3 defensive options the Green Bay Packers should draft
With many teams being stuck up against the sunken salary cap for the upcoming 2021 NFL season, additions through the draft will become the easiest and cheapest tactic this offseason. For the Green Bay Packers, their draft picks will need to hit and hit often this class, an area that general manager Brian Gutekunst has…
With cornerback being one of the Green Bay Packers’ most glaring needs, the team signed a free agent corner to play across from Jaire Alexander on Tuesday. That cornerback? One Packers fans know well: Kevin King. King was reportedly signed by the team to a one-year $6m deal (though the real number is likely smaller).…
Riding the wave of excitement has gotten Green Bay fans in trouble in the past with their defensive coordinators, most recently with the hiring of Mike Pettine. But the addition of Joe Barry as the next Packers DC certainly has its benefits. His four years of leading defensive units for both the Detroit Lions and…