The 2016 Green Bay Packers are not a complicated team. And with that said, it’s easy to identify the moves that will define this year’s team. Here are the three most important.
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I wish, I wish there was an easy solution to the mystifying release of Josh Sitton over the weekend, but having now puzzled over it for several days, I see none. I don’t think we should have ever expected one either, but that’s an entirely different issue.
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As much as I love pot roast, I don’t want Terrance Knighton in Green Bay. Here's why.
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The National Football League should consider partnering with movie theater operators to show their local team’s contests on the big screen.
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Throughout the offseason and training camp (and even back to late last season), a narrative has steadily emerged: John Crockett is doing good things for the Packers. However, third string running backs simply do not matter to the Packers.
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While the NBA, NHL, and MLB are more than eager to adopt jerseys for just about any occasion (Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, or just because), the NFL has relatively extreme rules in place for what teams can wear and when.
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The battle between labor and management never ends, and right now the battle between the NFL and NFLPA is turning into a rout.
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If you think 2009 was Brett Favre’s greatest season as a professional football player, you quite simply do not know what you’re talking about.
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The Packers might be the most boring team in the NFL right now. That’s the only reasonable conclusion you can come to if you’re a regular reader of the national media coverage focused on Green Bay.
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Two players - one a tall, strapping athlete, the other a smaller, shifty slot-receiver type - are battling it out near the bottom of the depth chart. Both are so talented that head coach Mike McCarthy is reportedly considering keeping six wide receivers on the active roster.
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Aaron Rodgers was not the only anointed successor to Brett Favre. The Packers tried at least four other times to find an heir to the Gunslinger's throne. This the story of The Backup, Billy Volek.
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I’ve assessed the 54 men who are younger than 25 years old, and have separated the top 25 into five tiers. These football players can’t run for elected office yet, but they can help Green Bay win a Super Bowl.
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Yahoo’s excellent Shutdown Corner blog recently previewed the NFC North on their weekly podcast, and things got interesting when host Greg Cosell started to talk about Aaron Rodgers and how he faltered in 2015 when Jordy Nelson was lost for the season.
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Not every year can be “your” year. Many factors contribute to a team’s success or failure, and the timing of those factors can affect a particular team’s definition of success from year to year.
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Aaron Rodgers was not the only anointed successor to Brett Favre. The Packers tried at least four other times to find an heir to the Gunslinger's throne. This the story of The Heisman, Eric Crouch.
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Kyler Fackrell has made a career out of being uninteresting. It’s working pretty well so far.
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There has been an uptick in recent Packers history of satisfying victories. When we describe a ‘satisfying victory,’ it holds true to a few standards. In my eyes, it’s a win over a rival when there’s a lot on the line. It can also be a game no one expected Green Bay to pull out even after kickoff, and much to the chagrin of their opponent, the Packers rolled to victory.
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You can’t teach size, and you can’t teach hustle. It’s a good thing Packers’ rookie defensive end Dean Lowry has both in spades.
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The Green Bay Packers have lived a charmed existence since Brett Favre’s first season as starting quarterback in 1992. With a regular season record of 244-139-1, the Packers have been stacking successes for more than two decades.
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Aaron Rodgers may not be nice. But with all of the success that he’s had, does it really matter if he isn’t warm and cuddly all the time? Does he have to be… nice?
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