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Finding fun plays at Bowling Green
I love draft season, in part because it gets me to watch a ton of college film I might not otherwise watch. There’s a ton of fun, creative stuff happening at all levels of football, and the draft allows me to find some of that cool stuff while watching a prospect. I inevitably end up thinking about how the Green Bay Packers could steal some of those plays and incorporate them into their offense.
This happened recently while I was watching Harold Fannin Jr., a tight end out of Bowling Green. Fannin is a...
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Oregon defensive tackle Derrick Harmon is again Green Bay’s first-round pick
The first round of our Mock Draft 2.0 ended in a tie between two prospects for the Green Bay Packers: quarterback Jaxson Dart and defensive tackle Derrick Harmon. The troll attempt almost went the distance, but I will give Harmon the tie-breaking vote here. Better luck next time, Jordan Love doubters.
Harmon is becoming a popular pick for the Packers, as he was also the winning vote-getter for Green Bay’s pick at #23 in our Mock Draft 1.0. Here’s what I had to say about Harmon in [last week’s...
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No matter what they do in the rest of the offseason, the Packers still have promising youngsters at wide receiver.
The Packers might have a bigger need on the defensive line, but I think it’s safe to say no position has caused more angst and consternation this offseason than wide receiver — and a lot of it has been misplaced.
Could the Packers receivers have been better in 2024? Without a doubt. Are there still short- and long-term concerns at the position? No question. Are the Packers’ wide receivers a collection of no-talent bottom feeders? Absolutely not.
Maybe they’re missing...
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You hold the entirety of human knowledge in your pocket. You gotta get theoretical
If one were to create a list of things that a person had to experience to qualify as a Millennial, there’s a very strong chance that I would check almost every box. I’m about as dead-center in the demographic for Midwest, Millennial, and Male that a person can be without becoming a living embodiment of an ohhyoubetcha sketch.
This means that I grew up in a suburb that fits the idealized Boomer-described childhood. You know the ones! Scraped knees and grass stains! Staying out until the...
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Six fan bases seem to think James Pearce Jr. is going to be their first-round pick
Once draft season is in full swing, one of the most popular football websites around is Pro Football Focus’ Mock Draft Simulator. There, fans spend hours crafting mock drafts, either for their team or the league as a whole.
On Monday, PFF released a list of each team’s most-selected player, generally who their most popular selection is in the first round. For the Green Bay Packers, it’s defensive end James Pearce Jr. of Tennesse, who reportedly took a pre-draft visit with the team.
Here’s...
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Check out the jersey numbers of the Packers’ newest additions.
With the first big wave of NFL free agency finally behind us, the Green Bay Packers have made a few updates to their jersey numbers. As a refresher, it was reported the Packers would be signing OL Aaron Banks and CB Nate Hobbs when free agency opened. Last week, the Packers also added WR Mecole Hardman. Their official jersey numbers have been announced, so you can all begin beefing up your gameday gear.
Aaron Banks will be wearing #65, previously occupied by DL James Ester, who the team signed in...
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The anonymous scouts are back for draft season.
Real information about the NFL Draft is distressingly sparse. Sure, we’ve got the NFL Combine and mock drafts and the ever-evolving machinations of the rumor mill, but in terms of what NFL teams and personnel people actually think, there’s basically nothing out there.
Except for Bob McGinn’s annual draft reports. Working with Tyler Dunne, his former colleague at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, McGinn parcels out a series of reports on the various groups of players available in a given year’s draft class. Just today he dropped his first offering for 2025, diving...
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You decide who Green Bay will take with the 23rd overall pick
It’s Monday, so that means it’s time to start another round of mock draft voting. As we did in our Packers Mock Draft 1.0, whichever player receives the top post in terms of “rec”s in the comment section will be awarded to your Green Bay Packers this round.
Here’s a recap of how mock 1.0 went for the Packers:
You could argue that Green...
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Between high draft prospects and trade bait, the receiver unit could look very different in 2025.
The Green Bay Packers’ wide receiver unit may well look very different in 2025 than how it did in 2024. Christian Watson’s torn ACL has a lot to do with that, but so too does the potential for the Packers to make some moves during and around the 2025 NFL Draft.
Heading towards the draft with the 23rd overall pick, the Packers could very well break their streak of not drafting a wideout in round one this season. Matthew Golden and Emeka Egbuka have...
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A closer look at some of the defensive trends under first-year defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley.
Today, we’ll look at some of the defensive trends under first-year defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, including blitz rates and coverage usage among other trends.
The Packers' defense finished the season as the 4th most efficient defense in EPA/play (-.066) and 7th in defensive DVOA. Not too shabby for Hafley and his wholesale change from a 3-4 under Joe Barry to a 4-3 in less than a year.
Installing a predominantly 4-3 cover-3 style defense of the Seattle scheme/”legion of boom” mold under Pete Carroll of...
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10 of 13 mocks picked just 5 players for Green Bay’s first-round selection
With only three remaining Green Bay Packers unrestricted free agents left on the market, it’s time to turn our full attention to the 2025 NFL Draft. As always, we’ll go through a dozen notable mock drafts published over the last week and our first Acme Packing Company mock to show you some of the more popular names that analysts have going to the Packers about a month before draft day.
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Three former Green Bay pass-catchers hope to bring home a four-peat for Birmingham
The United Football League kicks off next week, which means that the UFL’s eight rosters just went through their roster cutdown process. Many notable Green Bay Packers ended up making it through cuts, most of which were also members of the league last season.
Here’s your quick rundown on some of the top former Packers in the league:
The former LSU quarterback was a member of the Packers’ roster from 2021 to 2023, but he never appeared in a regular season...
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