More photos » ... Mike Roemer - AP ... 7 days ago: ... Green Bay Packers' fans watch fireworks at Lambeau Field after an NFL football intrasquad scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer) ... Browse more photos » ... Why is there a picture of fireworks on the top of this post? It's just a cool picture. ... - Recently Pro Football Focus began restricting their stats to premium members only, but they are still posting articles and have one up on the Green
- One stat I'd like to see a lot more of is the hurry. The Green Bay Packers keep track of pressure/hurries during each season but they rarely share that information. The sack is a useful stat but knowing whether the QB was forced to hurry his throw can be valuable too. According to Football Outsiders the average pass play does much better when the QB is not hurried (though QB Aaron Rodgers is one of the few QBs who does well despite pressure). They listed LB Clay Matthews (21 hurries in
Summer is here, school is over (or almost over for our younger readers), and I have officially graduated from the University of Wisconsin. What does that mean for me as a Packer fan? It's time to turn my attention to video games. Naturally, that means that it's time to look forward to the Madden NFL series, which has released more and more information about the 2011 version of the game over the past few weeks. What should you, a Packers fan, be interested in out of all this? Well, I've
More photos » ... Nam Y. Huh - AP ... Browse more photos » ... There are currently five RBs listed on the Green Bay Packers roster, but I'm only going to write about the top 3 RBs who should make the 53-man roster. Rankings from Pro Football Focus: ... Player ... Rank ... Overall ... Pass ... Run ... Blocking ... Grant ... 30 ... 1.3 ... -3.8 ... 5.1 ... 0 ... Jackson ... 18 ... 3.6 ... 2.3 ... -3.2 ... 4.5 ... Yes they've ranked RB Brandon Jackson significantly higher than RB Ryan Grant.
With the re-signing of many of the Packers key players, the maturation of Aaron Rodgers (who, in my opinion, could be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time) as well as a pretty good draft with Bryan Baluga falling to the Packers at number 23, I think a good year is in order. The only concern I have is the passing defense, with Al Harris and Charles Woodson only getting older and Harris coming off of knee surgery. Where do you guys think the Pack will be in 2010? ... Poll ... How
Great article from Mike Vandermause in the Press Gazette a couple days ago ... his conclusion is that we are a better team NOW than we were when Thompson took over ... He compared the work that Thompson has done since taking over the reigns from Sherman as GM. He doesn't really spend too much time talking about cap condition or things of that nature which is a little bit of a shortfall of his writing. I didn't find too many that I would argue about though ... I might have called Favre/Rodgers
More photos » ... Mark Duncan - AP ... 6 months ago: ... Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers runs away from Cleveland Browns cornerback Eric Wright (24) on a 19-yard run in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, in Cleveland. Rodgers passed for 246 yards and three touchdowns in the Packers' 31-3 win ... (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) ... Browse more photos » ... - We're still a week away from OTA's which start on May 17, so this should be a quiet week. It's
Sponsored Post: This post is presented by Sprint. Bringing you the first wireless 4G network from a national carrier. Only on the Now Network ... Rob Reischel reported that GM Ted Thompson "was trying not to even look" as the player he coveted, LT Bryan Bulaga, slipped out of the top 10 and to the Green Bay Packers at pick No. 23 overall. Unless injury strikes incumbent LT Chad Clifton or RT Mark Tauscher, the selection of Bulaga is unlikely to become a game changing move in 2010. But it could
More photos » ... Jeff Zelevansky - Getty Images ... Browse more photos » ... When I'm talking about NFL draft grades for the Green Bay Packers right after the draft, I'm not necessarily talking about the player and his NFL career. No one knows how their NFL careers will turn out. What I'm looking at is the first the need and then value of the pick. ... 1st round: Iowa LT Bryan Bulaga. I wrote more about him earlier here and here. Offensive line has been talked about as a major need after
The Green Bay Packers selected Iowa OT Bryan Bulaga with their 1st round pick. From NFL.com: ... Bulaga is a good, not a great, talent as a left tackle. Like most Iowa linemen he will come into the league with a good understanding of the game as well as the position he plays. He understands angles and blocking schemes and is quick to recognize and adjust to games up front. He is quick to set the edge and knows how to get a good fit with his hands but will struggle when speed rushers transfer