The headlines early in Packers off-season workouts have primarily centered around who is absent, and not who is present. Packers wide receiver Allen Lazard was not in attendance when the Packers kicked off their mandatory minicamp this week, leading some to speculate that he may be unhappy with his current contract situation. After the off-season…
June 2, 2022
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Adam Carlson
Should Packers A.J. Dillon Be RB1?
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…
May 27, 2022
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Greg Meinholz
Packers Special Teams Wins Championships as Well
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…
May 19, 2022
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Adam Carlson
What Are The Packers Biggest Remaining Needs?
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…