The Packers traded Preston Smith to the Steelers for a 2025 7th-round pick. Green Bay’s edge rushers now include Rashan Gary, Lukas Van Ness, Aaron Mosby, J.J. Enagbare, and Brenton Cox. Changes came to Green Bay in the past offseason: Joe Barry is out, Jeff Hafley is in, bringing a shift to a 4-3 scheme.…
Jeff Hafley has transformed Green Bay’s defense. The Packers lead the league in takeaways this season. They rank 12th in Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA) in 2024. Last year, they finished 27th in the same category. Offenses convert third downs against the Packers 32.9% of the time. If the season ended today, that would be…
The 3-2 Packers will host the 2-3 Cardinals this Sunday at Lambeau Field. Arizona is coming off an upset victory over the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Week 5. Green Bay’s defense struggled against mobile quarterbacks throughout the 2010s, a problem that still lingers today. This week, they face Kyler Murray. The last…
Jaire Alexander was downgraded to “Did Not Participate” on the final injury report for the Vikings game with a quad/groin injury. His inactivity on Sunday exposed weaknesses in the Packers’ secondary. Sam Darnold had all day to throw and shredded Green Bay’s secondary. The Vikings outscored the Packers 28-7 in the first half. Corey Ballentine…
It’s a situation that Packers coach Matt LeFleur is all too familiar with. Left shorthanded, without key players. The deck stacked against him and the Packers. Been there, done that LeFleur can say. Against a team, most people, thought would defeat the Packers. Without his starting Quarterback, Jordan Love, LeFleur created a gameplan that worked.…
Let’s have an overreaction to the final preseason game of the 2024 season! Ya know what, let’s take it even further and overreact so much so that we predict the initial 53-man roster. Warning: this prediction was done soon after the Green Bay Packers beat the Ravens 30-7 on Saturday. I still stand by it.…
It’s not often one of your best defensive weapons can fly under the radar and be considered an underrated asset. Enter Rashan Gary: a player consistently left off “Top 10” lists and excluded from “NFL Elite” conversations. A casual might take a quick look and say well, he has yet to produce a double digit…