Sports Illustrated columnist and former Green Bay Packers front office member Andrew Brandt doesn’t see a new deal being reached with quarterback Aaron Rodgers anytime soon. Of course, Rodgers has two years left on his current contract, but he is vastly underpaid given the present market for franchise quarterbacks. Contract negotiations between the two parties…
Reuniting With a Familiar Face Amidst a Sea of Change
McCarthy Banking on Tramon Williams and Kevin King to Improve the Secondary in 2018: Mike McCarthy recently sat down to meet with members of the media and discuss the Packers approach to preparing for the 2018 season. He discussed a variety of topics from taking a “scrub brush” to the offensive playbook in terms of…
Compelling evidence regarding player safety was brought to the forefront of topics at this week’s NFL owners meeting. Research shows that concussions are five times more likely to occur on kickoffs. The NFL has already tried to make this element of the game safer by having the kickoffs take place from the 35-yard line instead…
Packers Up Ticket Prices and They’re Still a Bargain
The Packers announced this week that Season Ticket prices are increasing by $7 per regular season game and $4 per preseason game. These increases bring the total cost of a ticket to $109 for the cheapest end zone seat, $122 for a seat from between the goal line to the 20-yard line and $136 for…
The NFL’s First Guaranteed $100+ Million Dollar Man
The Inflated Quarterback Market: With the market value for NFL quarterbacks increasing by the day many have been speculating about what that means for Aaron Rodgers next, and likely final contract in Green Bay. Over the past two weeks, I have written a series of articles addressing the many needs that the Packers have on…
Are the Packers Simply Playing Musical Chairs?
Immediately after posting a clunker in Detroit to close out a clunker of a season, the Green Bay Packers immediately embarked on their most hectic offseason since 2008 when Brett Favre retired, but didn’t file his retirement papers, then told the Packers he wanted to come out of his retirement that never was officially a…
The Year in Review: After a week of upheaval and chaos within the coaching staff and front office, the organizational structure of the Green Bay Packers is beginning to come more into focus. Over the last week, we have seen Joe Philbin and Jim Holster fill the positions of offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach…