This weekend was the big fantasy football draft weekend for this writer. My league from back home, my league of friends from the town I went to college in and my work league drafted on Friday, Saturday and Monday. This last weekend of preseason games is a huge draft weekend nationally as well. One of the…
While it might not have been obvious, the Packers offense took a step back last season. The unit that set every meaningful team record for the most successful franchise in NFL history dropped to 13th in the NFL in total offense. While technically that ranking is above average, it’s drastically below the standards set for…
I’ve been able to watch at least the starter’s worth of the first two weeks of preseason games from all 4 division teams. That, in concert with the roster additions and subtractions as well as the projected progression and regression of players on the current roster is the criteria with which I’m going to predict…
QB- Aaron Rodgers QB- Vince Young RB- Eddie Lacy RB- DuJuan Harris RB- Jonathan Franklin RB- Alex Green FB- John Kuhn WR- Jordy Nelson WR- James Jones WR- Randall Cobb WR- Jarret Boykin WR- Myles White WR- Jeremy Ross TE- Jermichael Finley TE- Andrew Quarless TE- Brandon Bostick TE- Matthew Mulligan LT- David Bakhtiari LG-…
The first game of the Packers season is in the books. Even though it was a 17-7* preseason loss to the Arizona Cardinals (yeah, um James Starks scored, watch the replay on NFLN) there were some real positives to take away from that game. The defense minus Davon House (what the hell Davon) played well.…
Mike McCarthy has been quoted on multiple occasions saying that the biggest jump he sees in his players is from year one to year two. This is an important step, especially when one considers the team’s draft-and-develop philosophy. Big second years from Nick Perry, star DB Casey Hayward, training camp star Mike Daniels and LB…
I would like to start by saying this: Derek Sherrod is a world class athlete and I am a media hack. Actually, check that, I aspire to one day be a media hack. I can’t stand when members of the media that did not compete at the highest level compare themselves to professional athletes (see…