Last week, I started a small series of articles looking into the draft history of the Packers since 2000 for their first-round selections. I covered 2000-2005 last week, and this week’s piece will cover the next five seasons, 2006-2010. 2006- A.J. Hawk, LB In a year that was dominated by players in the 2006…
Packer Offense Has Chance to Break Records
Think back to 2011, when Green Bay missed having a perfect season after it dropped an ugly game to the Kyle Orton-led Kansas City Chiefs. Interim head coach Romeo Crennel led KC at home against the red-hot Packers, who decided that day they were not going to earn a coveted perfect season. Without considering that…
Packers Will Face Jordy Nelson in 2018
The Packers preseason schedule was released on Wednesday and one game, in particular, may be worth tuning in for. For the third preseason game, Green Bay will travel to Oakland where they will face the all too familiar wideout Jordy Nelson. It may be a little hard to recognize Nelson at first as he’s changed…
Jordy Nelson Has Moved On and So Should You
Football is a cut throat business. Its a business that requires tough decisions, which need to be made without emotion, and many of those decisions will turn out to be poor decisions. Variance dictates that. For every Reggie White signing and Brett Favre trade, there is a Joe Johnson signing and Jamal Reynolds draft pick. …
Aaron Rodgers Needs a Route Runner
Davante Adams is the only receiver on the Packers roster that can continually lines-up on the outside play after play. Adams runs his routes physically and has decent enough footwork to help him operate in space. None of that can be said for the other receivers. Playing on the outside is a privilege only bestowed…
It’s the first few days of the NFL free agency period. All is quiet at 1265 Lombardi Ave. Not this year. There is a new sheriff in town and it’s a new era. For the first time in years, the Green Bay Packers are active and in on discussions with free agents. They even signed…
Yesterday was one of the busiest days the Packers have had in free agency in quite some time. As new Packers GM Brian Gutekunst declared, the Packers are going to be more aggressive in free agency moving forward. Well, let’s just say that appears to be an understatement. The Packers picked up the seam-stretching, red…