Some individuals are strong enough to recognize that just because a player lights up at training camp it doesn’t mean that will translate to regular-season success. Every year, there are training camp crushes. Those who look amazing in shorts but don’t produce in pads. The strong know to keep expectations level. I am not strong.…
Having used a second-round pick on Boston College running back AJ Dillon and a fifth-round selection on Minnesota linebacker Kamal Martin, the Green Bay Packers had important roles in mind for each of these players. And while Aaron Jones and Christian Kirksey are the incumbent starters at both running back and linebacker, it is still…
As the second-year head coach of the NFC North Champion Packers who came within one game of playing in Super Bowl LIV, Matt LaFleur enters the season as a big white-tailed deer with a crimson red bull’s eye on his back. Some analysts, however, attribute last year’s 13-3 record to an inordinate dose of good…
Expectations for Aaron Rodgers entering his 16th NFL season seem to be lower than they ever have been in recent memory, as the Packers’ brain trust has seemingly fast tracked his eventual departure by trading up to draft the 36-year-old’s heir apparent in Jordan Love. But are No. 12’s waning stats and the team’s apparent…
In Wisconsin, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is known as “the freak” due to his incredible size, wingspan, and athleticism. If the Green Bay Packers had their own version of Antetokounmpo, it might be running back AJ Dillon. The rookie has yet to play his first NFL snap, but coaches and teammates are excited about…
In his first season, head coach Matt LaFleur was expected to reintroduce the fullback position into the Green Bay Packers offense. He did so marginally with Danny Vitale. However, after just one season in Green Bay, Vitale has moved on to the New England Patriots. Now it may be up to rookie Josiah Deguara or…
Hope springs eternal for most NFL fan bases during a long offseason providing new coaches and/or an infusion of fresh talent via the draft and free agency. That enthusiasm is arguably even greater for Packer backers brimming with high hopes off a 13-3 season that saw their team conquer the NFC North and make it…