In the modern NFL, save for a few teams, there are not many true alpha running backs who have a strangle hold atop the depth chart. The jaw dropping power and physicality at every level of today’s defenses alone generally requires teams to have multiple capable tailbacks to share in the brutality of the ever-expanding…
How many kids do you think have re-enacted Kick or Punt returns in their backyards? Maybe in the school yard at recess? Probably not a staggering number. But you can count ten-year-old me in on that number. I had taken a break from pretending to be Antonio Freeman catching a deep bomb in the endzone…
I got to thinking this week about when the last time the Packers had this much talent on defense, and of course the first squad that jumped to mind was the 2010 Super Bowl winning unit. I hate to say this, but the last Packers Super Bowl run is starting to reach that point in…
NFL team’s often signal what’s in store, strategy-wise, for the upcoming season with the moves they make in the offseason. Teams looking to put more pressure on the QB may draft an edge rusher in the first round or sign a veteran inside linebacker known for his blitzing prowess. Teams looking to focus more on…
Each day that passes in the Packers 2022 off-season is like a brushstroke on a Rembrandt. It will be completed at some point, we know, but right now it feels like it could be years. The goal is to create a work of art that’s greater than the sum of its parts, and for the…
We’ve quickly reached the point in the off-season where the high drama of free agency is long past and the anticipation and prognostication of draft day has come and gone. As Packers fans we largely know what the 2022 roster will look like barring any bargain-basement additions or surprise training camp cullings. So, what do…
The Packers defense played really well last season under first year defensive coordinator Joe Barry. As Barry enters his second season in Green Bay, his unit is expected to be even stronger. The Packers have superstars at all three levels of the defense and Brian Gutekunst used the offseason to add a few more chess…
