Green Bay traded away DE Preston Smith to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday
Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst started his post-NFL trade deadline press conference on Tuesday by thanking defensive end Preston Smith, who was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers today after 5.5 seasons with the team. While many Packers fans were hoping that Gutekunst would add a pass rusher — not trade one — or a cornerback at the deadline, this was the lone transaction that Green Bay made.
When asked about how the defensive end room will fare without Smith,...
After 5.5 seasons in Green Bay, Smith is sent to the AFC
The move has been rumored for weeks now. On the day of the NFL trade deadline, the Green Bay Packers finally moved on from defensive end Preston Smith, who was sent to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a seventh-round pick, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The Packers do not own their original seventh-round pick in the 2025 draft, as they traded that selection to the Tennessee Titans in August for quarterback Malik Willis.
Smith, a former second-round pick made by Washington, signed with the Packers as a free...
The second-year receiver is struggling. What are the Packers’ options?
You can take your pick of great plays from the Packers’ Wild Card round win over the Dallas Cowboys last season, but for my money, Jordan Love’s 20-yard touchdown pass to Dontayvion Wicks was the best.
Recognizing presnap pressure, Love stayed calm, adjusted the play at the line, held the ball in the face of a heavy blitz, then found Wicks in the end zone. Wicks, for his part, shook free from two-time All-Pro Stephon Gilmore and found himself all alone in the end zone, collecting Love’s pass for a...
The Packers are 6-3 but have room for improvement.
Two things are true about the Packers: they’re in a good spot at 6-3, and they’ve got a lot of work to do to join the contenders in the NFC. Their loss to the Lions showed both of those facts in stark reality.
The Lions clearly outclassed the Packers on Sunday. The Packers are not ready to go toe to toe with a team like that, not if they’re going to execute the way they did this week. Their own penalties and miscues sunk them beyond recovery.
But even among the...
TE Tucker Kraft will have to continue his iron man streak until Musgrave’s ankle recovers
On Monday, following the team’s loss to the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed that tight end Luke Musgrave recently underwent surgery to the ankle that landed him on the injured reserve. Musgrave previously tried to play through the injury before the staff realized how serious the injury was and chose to shut him down for an extended period of time.
Because of the timing of the injury, there was hope that Musgrave would be able to return in Week 11...
KC tries to remain as the NFL’s last unbeaten team tonight.
Week 9 comes to a close this evening on Monday Night Football, and tonight’s game features a relatively recent Super Bowl rematch, though one of the two teams is drastically different from the one that won a title a few years ago.
After the 2020 season, Tom Brady led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl title, beating Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9. Now, a few years later, Baker Mayfield is the Bucs’ quarterback instead. His top two receivers — Mike Evans and Chris Godwin,...
Apparently, DE Preston Smith and OT Andre Dillard are on the trade block
The Green Bay Packers aren’t usually big swingers at the NFL trade deadline. Despite often being linked to other teams’ players via reports, Green Bay doesn’t usually land big fish via trades.
Last year, the Packers were actually sellers at the deadline, sending cornerback Rasul Douglas (and a fifth-round pick) to the Buffalo Bills for a third-round pick — which was used to pick up Missouri linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper in April. This year, at least according to reports from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and The Athletic’s Dianna...
Luke Getsy got to call all of nine games for Las Vegas
Back in the 2022 offseason, the Green Bay Packers allowed then quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Luke Getsy to leave for an offensive coordinator position with their division rival Chicago Bears because head coach Matt LaFleur thought it was important for Getsy’s career to gain play-calling experience. After just two years with the Bears, Getsy was relieved from his position in Chicago, leading to him signing on with the Las Vegas Raiders, again as an offensive coordinator, for the 2024 season.
On Monday, the Raiders made the...
Love is tied for the league lead in interceptions through Week 9
Despite missing 2.5 games with injury, Green Bay Packers starting quarterback Jordan Love is tied for the league lead in interceptions with 10 after Week 9’s Sunday slate. For perspective, Love has thrown 102 fewer passes than the Seattle Seahawks’ Geno Smith, who has also thrown 10 interceptions this year.
And you know what? Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is tired of hearing about it.
After Green Bay’s home loss to the Detroit Lions, LaFleur stated that “it’s really annoying” having to field questions about Love’s interceptions on...
The Packers have been their own worst enemy this season
Sunday’s loss felt like Groundhog Day. It's not the loss itself; the Packers are 6-3 despite missing quarterback Jordan Love for two games, and he is playing at less than 100% in nearly every other game, but in the way the game unfolded. The Packers racked up penalties, drops, and then one really poor decision by the franchise quarterback, and the Detroit Lions are far too competent of a team to survive that cacophony of errors.
All told on Sunday, the Packers officially dropped five passes (per PFF), and actually...
Sloppiness was surmountable against teams like the Jaguars, but not the Lions.
Yes, the elements were unpleasant on Sunday for the Green Bay Packers’ game against the Detroit Lions. Yes, they made the football hard to catch, hard to snap, hard to kick.
But the Packers are a professional football team, and they are paid to perform in whatever conditions they face. And while they were tripping all over themselves on Sunday afternoon, the Detroit Lions — a team that plays in a dome and will only be outdoors three times during the 2024 regular season — handled the sloppy...
The Packers lost to the Lions 24-14 in Week 9 to drop to 6-3. Check out their complete schedule and results for the 2024 season. All times are Central Time.
The Green Bay Packers are 6-3 through Week 9 of the 2024 NFL season. They sit in third place in the NFC North. They lost to the Lions 24-14 this past week.