WR/QB Alex McGough was also added to the practice squad

The Green Bay Packers had running back MarShawn Lloyd, who was originally on the injured reserve for an ankle injury, return to practice last week — which opened up a 21-day window where the team needed to decide to bring him up to the 53-man roster or he’d revert to season-ending injured reserve. Unfortunately, Lloyd was discovered to have appendicitis, which will keep him sidelined even longer than that window allowed, just two days into his return.

At the time, head coach Matt LaFleur stated that he was unsure how...

Alexander was unable to finish the game against Chicago on Sunday

The only player on the Green Bay Packers’ 53-man roster to not suit up for Wednesday’s practice was cornerback Jaire Alexander, who dropped out of action versus the Chicago Bears on Sunday after just 10 snaps played defensively. According to head coach Matt LaFleur after the game, the plan was always to play Alexander — who was dealing with a knee injury — on a pitch count, but Alexander was unable to finish the game as it was apparent that he wasn’t at full health.

If there’s any silver...

So much volatility at the top!

Week 11 is over, and for your abacus-based power rankings, Peter has you covered somewhere on this site, but over on this side we’re trying something a little different. We’re using top-of-the-line AI (quickly switches tabs to hide Excel) to generate objective rankings. Power rankings are all about arguing about why they’re wrong, and it’s one thing to be subjectively wrong like Peter, and it’s quite another to be objectively wrong. And so, in the spirit of being objectively wrong we have created C.A.L.C.U.L.A.T.O.R., the Comprehensive Analysis of League Competition Using Latest Analytics To...

The lineman blocked what would have been a game-winning field goal against the Chicago Bears in Week 11

The Green Bay Packers keep racking up the accolades this year! Edgerrin Cooper was the Week 8 NFC Defensive Player of the Week, Xavier McKinney was named Defensive Player of the Month for October, and Jordan Love won FedEx Air & Player of the Week and NVP in the same week. Now special teams is getting in on the action!

The NFL announced that Karl Brooks was named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his Week 11 performance in...

Green Bay’s game gets a wide audience this Sunday.

If you’re getting sick of hearing Tom Brady comment on Green Bay Packers games, I have bad news for you: it will be at least one more week before you are rid of him for the foreseeable future.

FOX has assigned Brady and play-by-play partner Kevin Burkhardt to the Packers’ game this week against the San Francisco 49ers, which is that network’s top game in the 3:25 PM Central time slot on Sunday. However, this will be the last time that this pairing has a chance to be on the call...

Give us your feelings on the Packers after Sunday’s thrilling win in Chicago.

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If the Packers have a 2023-style run in them, it’s time to get started.

A year ago the Packers were still becoming the team that would terrorize the NFC playoff field down the stretch. Jordan Love hadn’t quite rounded into form. The offense wasn’t clicking. Aaron Jones was still hampered by injuries and AJ Dillon wasn’t carrying the load in his absence.

We know what that team became — just ask the Dallas Cowboys. Can this year’s squad flip the switch the same way?

I don’t know the answer to that question, but the pieces are still there. Love flashes...

The floodgates are opening on Rodgers era Jets stories

According to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini and Zack Rosenblatt, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson suggested that the team bench quarterback Aaron Rodgers after the team’s 2-2 start to the season. Citing three sources, Russini and Rosenblatt’s joint report claimed that on the Monday after the Jets’ loss to the Denver Broncos, New York’s top decision-makers — including the now-fired head coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas — met and Johnson suggested that the team turn to backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor as “Rodgers’ performance was holding the team back.”...

There is no word on whether Douglas will join the Packers as an analyst

He’s done it. Aaron Rodgers has gotten every significant decision-maker involved in the trade that sent him to the New York Jets fired.

First, it was head Robert Saleh, who was fired a little over a month ago, only to resurface as an analyst with the Green Bay Packers — Rodgers’ former team. That same week, Rodgers’ former offensive coordinator in Green Bay, Nathaniel Hackett, was stripped of his play-calling duties for the Jets.

The writing was on the wall that this marriage wasn’t working out....

Riding Escort Screens to Glory

Football is full of little innovations and tweaks. Things that may not ever truly change the game, but can make a standard play just a little more effective. The beauty of football, then, is the ability to iterate off that little tweak. Because once you’ve established it as a tendency, you can look to break that tendency for a big gain.

Today, we’re talking about Escort Screens. At least, that’s what I’ve seen them called, even though it’s not actually a true screen. It’s more of a super-charged checkdown, and they’ve really taken off over...

Breaking down a nice, efficient day

They say you should never look a gift horse in the mouth and the same is also true of narrow victories in the NFL.

Ah, forget that. Let’s take a look at that sweet, sweet block.

That’s the stuff. As Packers fans, we’ve been on the losing end of too many special teams blunders over the years. It’s nice to be on the winning side.

But we’re not here to talk special teams. No, in this space we talk about the passing game, so let’s get to it.

The red zone interception certainly stands...

Jacobs has been the Packers’ most consistent offensive performer. Can he solve their red zone issues?

The Packers can’t get out of their own way in the red zone, this much is clear. Between misfiring on passes, penalties, turnovers, and general incompetence, they just can’t seem to execute their offense when it matters most.

Along with their ongoing pass rush malaise, this seems to be the Packers’ biggest problem right now. And it’s unavoidable — unless the Packers figure out how to score all their touchdowns from at least 20 yards away, sooner or later they’re going to have to...