Gregory Junior has a chance to make Green Bay’s roster as the team’s fifth cornerback who specializes in football’s third phase

On Wednesday, the Green Bay Packers signed cornerback Gregory Junior and released cornerback Kaleb Hayes, who was previously under contract on a reserve-futures deal. Hayes spent most of the 2024 offseason with the New York Giants before signing with the Denver Broncos for two weeks last August. Hayes didn’t sign with a practice squad in 2024, but he was given a reserve-futures contract by the Packers, typically deals that they send to their own practice squad players, following Green...

Green Bay’s proposal needed 24 votes of approval and only received 22

The Green Bay Packers’ proposal to ban the tush push, along with other forms of pulling and shoving, fell short at the NFL’s spring league meetings on Wednesday. According to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, 10 teams voted against the proposal, meaning there was a 22-10 vote count. For rule proposals to pass, 24 clubs have to approve, so the proposal fell just two votes short.

Finally, we can put this whole tush push saga behind us.

Don’t think that the Philadelphia Eagles, the team that pushed their quarterback...

If history serves, don’t expect Green Bay’s starters to play much in the preseason

The Green Bay Packers have been aggressive in scheduling joint practices since head coach Matt LaFleur took over back in 2019. For the most part, the team has used joint practices as an opportunity to get controlled reps for starters and has used the team’s preseason games as live reps for backups, who generally see fewer snaps during joint practice weeks.

According to The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman, the Packers will have two sets of joint practices in 2025, against the Indianapolis Colts and the Seattle Seahawks....

Don’t be gaslighted by football memories that only go back 20 years.

Yes, the Tush Push is most likely on its way out, in its current form. Yes, the Green Bay Packers are the team that submitted the rules proposal to do away with it. And yes, twice during the 2024 season the Packers played the Philadelphia Eagles — the team that most famously and successfully uses the play — and the Packers lost both games.

But no, the rules proposal is not doing away with some long-standing NFL rule or erasing a fundamental facet of the sport of football....

The Detroit Lions pulled their proposal on Wednesday

NFL Network’s Judy Battista reported on Wednesday that the Detroit Lions pulled their proposal for changes to playoff seeding less than an hour before owners were set to meet and discuss the potential change. As it stands right now, the top four seeds in each conference come from a pool of the division winners in each conference. The Lions’ proposal would have allowed for “wild card” teams to earn those seeds, if they had a better record than a division winner, and allowed teams in that situation to host a home playoff...

The Packers’ fourth-round pick is a symbol of every NFL Draft selection.

Barryn Sorrell’s appearance on the NFL Draft stage last month was an instant classic moment. You couldn’t have scripted it better. A hard-working, high-character player pays his own way to show up for the NFL Draft, only to be selected by the host team? It would have seemed corny if it hadn’t played out before our eyes. In retrospect, it’s almost surprising we didn’t hear the swelling of an orchestral soundtrack as Sorrell’s big moment played out.

But beyond how cool it was, Sorrell’s story is a great...

The former Packers All-Pro is now a limited partner for an NFL franchise

At the NFL Spring Meetings on Tuesday, the league approved former Green Bay Packers star Charles Woodson to become a part-owner of the Cleveland Browns. He’s being listed as a non-controlling minority interest of the team, which isn’t surprising, considering that even Hall of Fame players are priced out of owning teams in today’s day and age. For reference, Woodson made $98 million in his playing career, before tax, and the San Francisco 49ers were just valued at $8.6 billion after they sold 6.2 percent of their...

NFL owners voted 32-0 to allow their players to participate in the Olympics

On Tuesday, NFL owners voted 32-0 to allow their players to participate in the 2028 Summer Olympics as flag football players. The 2028 Olympics, which will be hosted in Los Angeles, will be the first edition of the event that features flag football in competition.

Over the years, flag football has become increasingly important for the league. The NFL is pushing for the sport to be sponsored for girls at the high school level, they have used it to grow international participation and they’ve been playing a...

The Packers still have a lot of contract questions to answer.

When the Packers finally traded Aaron Rodgers prior to the 2023 NFL Draft, it signaled a new era of financial stability in Green Bay. With the quarterback’s onerous contract off the books, the Packers began the process of getting their financial house in order, and by the start of the 2024 season things had largely been set right.

Following Rodgers, the Packers also parted ways with the expensive contracts of Aaron Jones and David Bakhtiari, setting themselves up for a cleaner cap sheet heading forward.

But fast forward to...

Golden signed a deal that will make him Green Bay’s highest-paid receiver in 2025

ESPN’s Adam Schefter has reported that the Green Bay Packers have come to terms with their first-round pick of the 2025 draft: wide receiver Matthew Golden of Texas. According to Schefter, Golden signed a four-year, fully guaranteed contract worth $17.58 million. The full guarantees shouldn’t have been a surprise, considering that second-round picks in the draft are now receiving fully guaranteed contracts now.

While sometimes agents and teams haggle over the specifics of rookie deals, like whether money will be offset if a player is released...

And if he is, is that a good thing?

A week ago, Adam Schefter reported the Packers had met with Jayden Reed following their decision to select Matthew Golden in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. According to Schefter, the Packers assured Reed that he would remain a key part of their offense, and that choosing Golden “will not affect Reed’s status as its top receiver.”

It’s easy to see why Reed might be worried. Golden, by and large, appears a virtual clone of Reed. It’s easy to see how Reed might wonder how they could coexist, especially...

Canadian QB Taylor Elgersma is eligible for Green Bay’s international exemption

One interesting roster mechanic to track for the Green Bay Packers this offseason is what the team will ultimately do with Canadian quarterback Taylor Elgersma. A former U Sports athlete, Elgersma is eligible to be the team’s exempt/international player, which each NFL squad is granted one spot for each season. Essentially, teams are allowed to carry a 90-man offseason roster plus one roster exemption until cutdowns, and then they are allowed to have a 16-man practice squad with one international roster exemption during the season.

At the moment, the...