Ted Thompson did some very good things in the 2014 NFL Draft, but it is the one thing that he didn’t do that could prove detrimental to the Packers’ Super Bowl chances. Last year, Thompson didn’t address the safety position during the offseason, which was clearly a glaring need. The result was terrible, as the…
When the signing of QB Matt Flynn was announced this week I tweeted out the following picture: I shared the picture for a lot of reasons. First of all, it’s one of my favorite photos of a Green Bay Packer. I know that it’s from a mostly meaningless regular season game during an 8-7-1 season…
Following the 2013 season, one thing was certain as far as the Green Bay Packers were concerned. Changes needed to take place. After a third consecutive season of post season disappointment, it had become painfully obvious that the Packers had been passed in the NFC by Seattle and San Francisco. They were no longer the…
Immediately following the Super Bowl, I outlined what I perceived to be the Green Bay Packers’ needs moving into the 2014 season here. Now that it seems clear the team will not re-sign or sign another player that projects as an “impact” player, it’s time to see where these positions stand heading into May’s draft. I’ll…
There has been no bigger fan of Dom Capers during his tenure in Green Bay than Mike McCarthy. McCarthy has always stood by his defensive coordinator through good and bad times, and it has mostly been bad since the Super Bowl championship in 2010. He has often disregarded questions about Capers’ job security like firing…
From the Benches returns with a vengeance. After the NFL Meetings the boys had a lot of things to cover based on the comments of Mike McCarthy. First they address the report from Bob McGinn that said Colts G/C Mike McGlynn visited Green Bay on Wednesday, and what that could mean for the center position going…
When Julius Peppers was signed, the initial reaction from Cheesehead Nation was a overwhelmingly positive. Whether or not Peppers was a good player any more, a good value or a good fit for the team it didn’t matter: we freakin’ signed somebody we’d all heard of! As the dust settled people began to analyze the…
