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Throughout the year, I’ve been keeping tabs on Rashan Gary’s production because, despite recording some clean-up sacks early in the season, his down-to-down rate of generating actual pressure has been terrible. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at some data for the Green Bay Packers pass-rusher.
Let’s start with this chart. The X axis measures how many pass-rush attempts players have posted in edge alignments (per NFL Pro) in the 2025 season. The Y axis is how many quick pressures (defined as pressures generated in three seconds or fewer, per NFL Pro).
Obviously, Gary sticks out like a sore...
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Malik Willis has played great over the last two games, completing 27 of 32 passes for 409 yards and two touchdowns for a passer rating of 139.6, despite the team losing back-to-back games. This has led to some fans wondering what it would take for Willis to actually displace starting quarterback Jordan Love, who is currently dealing with a concussion.
On Monday, head coach Matt LaFleur shut down those questions as soon as he was asked about them.
Here’s what he said:
“Guys, I want to pump the brakes on all that stuff. I think...
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Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said that “nothing has been decided” about whether the team will rest its starters in Week 18 against the Minnesota Vikings, despite the Packers having nothing to gain — in terms of playoff seeding — with a win in the final week of the regular season. When pressed about why, LaFleur stated, “There’s a lot of variables that get thrown into play.”
“You’re kind of limited, especially with our situation right now, with the number of injuries that occurred. Guys are going to have to play ball. So they better approach it in...
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In his Sunday press conference, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed that both defensive tackle Jordon Riley and cornerback Kamal Hadden suffered season-ending injuries in the team’s Saturday night loss against the Baltimore Ravens. “Those are pretty big injuries,” LaFleur added.
Riley was signed to the Packers’ 53-man roster from the New York Giants’ practice squad following Devonte Wyatt’s season-ending ankle injury. In recent weeks, Riley has been operating as the team’s fourth defensive tackle, a role that will now likely fall on Quinton Bohanna, who was added to the team in the same week as Riley.
Riley...
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Last night was certainly a football game, I’ll tell you what. The Baltimore Ravens and Green Bay Packers met for the first time since 2021 in what was officially the Packers’ last game at Lambeau Field until the 2026 season. Just like the 2021 game, the Ravens were starting backup QB Tyler Huntley. This time, however, the Packers had their own backup QB in as starter Jordan Love recovered from a concussion sustained against the Bears.
I’m calling this the Malik Willis Game, because he was essentially the entire offense for the Packers. After keeping it close for the entire...
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According to the Associated Press’ Josh Dubow, there had never been an NFL team that lost three individual games in a single season without having to punt in them. That was until Saturday night, when the Green Bay Packers lost to the Baltimore Ravens.
Per Dubow, only two other teams in the Super Bowl era have lost two of these games in a single season: the 2021 Los Angeles Chargers and the 2024 Cincinnati Bengals. I’m sure this will increase with the amount of fourth-down attempts that teams are taking now, but for right now, Green Bay has pulled off...
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The Green Bay Packers got banged up against the Baltimore Ravens. Quarterback Malik Willis (shoulder), receiver Dontayvion Wicks (concussion), defensive tackle Jordon Riley (Achilles), cornerback Nate Hobbs (knee), cornerback Kamal Hadden (ankle) and safety Zayne Anderson (ankle) all got injured and didn’t return to action for the Packers. On top of that, there were injuries coming into the game, and Green Bay played the reserve offense to end the second half, as they were already down 41-24 in the closing minutes of the game.
So let’s go through the Packers’ snap counts against the Ravens, which might have been Green...
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After the Green Bay Packers’ blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens, head coach Matt LaFleur was asked about the status of his top two quarterbacks, who were both listed as questionable to play against the Ravens on the team’s final injury report of the week on Thursday. Love was later downgraded to out on Friday, while Willis made the start under center, despite battling through a shoulder injury and an illness.
On the topic of Love, LaFleur said that the quarterback is feeling good, but that he simply did not pass concussion protocol in time. The head coach also said...
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In a game the Green Bay Packers want to forget, their biggest weakness was exposed in a loss to the Baltimore Ravens that ended their hopes of an NFC North title.
A 41-24 loss to the Ravens officially gave the Chicago Bears their first divisional title, but it also gave the rest of the NFC the blueprint on how to attack the current state of Green Bay’s defense. The Ravens rushed for 308 yards and four scores as a team, averaging an absurd 5.9 yards per carry as a team despite not having their starting quarterback, Lamar Jackson.
The defense...
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The story of the Green Bay Packers’ Week 17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens was very simple: It was a game of Malik Willis against Derrick Henry. Willis, the Packers’ starting quarterback due to Jordan Love suffering a concussion last week, wound up completing 18 of 21 passes for 288 yards and a touchdown to go along with nine carries for 60 yards and two more touchdowns on the ground.
In short, Willis did everything that could have been asked of a backup quarterback in this game. In all likelihood, he will be starting for another team in 2026.
Still,...
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Sorry, NBC. For your late-season game streamed exclusively* on Peacock, you were expecting Jordan Love vs. Lamar Jackson with playoff implications. Instead, you’re getting Malik Willis vs. Tyler Huntley instead.
*Except in the Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Baltimore markets, which will get the game on local NBC stations.
To be sure, Willis vs. Huntley is pretty darn good as backup quarterback matchups go. Willis has been excellent for the Packers in the last two years when called upon to fill in for Love, while Huntley has been much the same as Jackson’s backup for five of the last six seasons....
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The Green Bay Packers ruled out quarterback Jordan Love on Friday, but Baltimore Ravens fans had to wait until Saturday to get the bad news about Lamar Jackson. Jackson, who injured his back last week, was listed as doubtful by Baltimore on the final injury report of the week. He’s going to miss this game, meaning that both teams will be duking it out with their backup quarterbacks.
Along with...
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