With fewer fully padded practices in training camp, it can be tough for players to stand out. And now with the newly abbreviated preseason, there is one less opportunity for these players to put true reps on tape. Each of these preseason games are chances for young players to build momentum, whether just to make […]
Packers Preseason
Packers Preseason: What to Watch For
With the Packers preseason set to begin this Saturday against the Houston Texans, there will be ample opportunity for players on the roster bubble to make an impression. Matt LaFleur confirmed in his Tuesday press conference that “select” veterans will be held out of the action. However, there will still be plenty of intriguing storylines […]
3 Things to Watch in Third Pre-Season Game
The Packers are in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada for their third pre-season game against the Oakland Raiders. This is typically the game where we will see the starters for a half to three quarters of the game, taking a significant amount of the reps. The starters will still play the first half according to Matt Lafleur, […]
Three things to watch for in preseason opener versus Titans
The off-season is offer and football is returning to our television screens. Football in the sense of the game. It’s the first preseason game. Exactly one month before the Packers kick-off their 100th season against the Chicago Bears, the Packers will play the Tennessee Titans in the first preseason game. It has been a long […]
Understanding Cobb’s shoulder injury
Yet another preseason game and yet another starting wide receiver felled with an injury. Who didn’t gasp and get an instant ulcer when Randall Cobb headed to the locker room last Saturday night? With the way he went down, it could’ve easily been a clavicle fracture much like Aaron Rodgers’ two years ago. It was […]
Contrary to popular belief the Packers sky is not falling
Let’s just get it out of the way right now and quote Bob McGinn: “It bore an eerie resemblance, the red-zone ineffectiveness of the Green Bay Packers’ No 1 offense Thursday night, to seven months ago and a game played in Seattle that some people in Wisconsin might remember.” Just stop. Or to quote my […]
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