This weekend was the big fantasy football draft weekend for this writer. My league from back home, my league of friends from the town I went to college in and my work league drafted on Friday, Saturday and Monday. This last weekend of preseason games is a huge draft weekend nationally as well. One of the…
Green Bay Packers rookie running back Jonathan Franklin has a unique nickname-The Mayor. His goal was to fall in love with the town where he hoped to play his entire career. And when his career was over, he would run for mayor of Green Bay-and win. Franklin had expressed an interest in a political future…
Mike McCarthy has been quoted on multiple occasions saying that the biggest jump he sees in his players is from year one to year two. This is an important step, especially when one considers the team’s draft-and-develop philosophy. Big second years from Nick Perry, star DB Casey Hayward, training camp star Mike Daniels and LB…
The Packers have developed a reputation professional football teams want to avoid. They have been categorized as being soft. Since their most recent playoff failure, the Packers have been scrutinized up and down for not being physical enough to compete with the elite teams of the NFL. That their style of play is not capable of…
