Everyone knows about the recent article that came out that exposed a ton of issues within the Green Bay Packers organization, most notably those between Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy when he was still the head coach. In what seems like an ode to what we once had, living vicariously through a well-written piece that…
Who is Matt LaFleur?
News broke Monday evening that Mark Murphy and Brian Gutekunst has found the next head coach of the 13-time World Champion Green Bay Packers, in Matt LaFluer. His name isn’t Mike or Vince, but he comes from the new age coaching lineage. Sean McVay of the Los Angeles Rams and Kyle Shanahan of the San…
Packers: From Playoff Contender to Mediocrity – How Did We Get Here?
Optimism. It’s a word that fans use to keep themselves positive about their team. Unfortunately, the Packers fanbase (I’m guilty) had used it for the last few seasons. From Aaron Rodgers telling fans to R-E-L-A-X on Milwaukee radio to him saying the Packers would “Run the Table.” Don’t get me wrong, Green Bay was in…
History Bears Repeating: It’s 2005 All Over Again
As the drama and trauma of the 2018 Packers season slowly chugs to its eventual conclusion, which will likely be the release of head coach Mike McCarthy, we should be intrigued by the parallels with the way this season and the 2005 season: a 4-12 affair that seemed cursed from the very start, under a…
Plenty of blame to go around
A General Manger gets the players. A Coach coaches. A player plays. When one of those falls a part, the train starts to come off the tracks. It can be masked if the other two cover up the others mistakes. When all three fall a part, the entire train comes off the tracks and it…
As I think back to the Green Bay Packers’ close (but not quite good enough) performance against the undefeated Los Angeles Rams on Sunday afternoon, I am left with one major take away: this team is going to be really good in a couple of years. Make no mistake about it, the Packers hung tough…
The 2018 NFL Draft is in the books and so is the 90 man roster that the Green Bay Packers will carry into training camp and the preseason. With the exception of some turn over on the very bottom of the roster or a surprise post-draft free agent signing, the team that will eventually become…