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The “will they/won’t they/should they” dance over Matt LaFleur’s contract extension last month soaked up just about all of the available discourse resources among Packers watchers. But that wasn’t the only new deal that got done: in addition to LaFleur, general manager Brian Gutekunst also got a new deal, as did cap savant Russ Ball. […]
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When it comes to draft rankings, I think it’s important to evaluate the evaluator. To me, there’s no one in the business doing better work on offensive linemen than Brandon Thorn, who currently drops his draft prospect rankings on Bleacher Report as part of their B/R NFL Scouting Dept. series. Thorn, whom I have previously […]
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made a clear statement during Super Bowl week, claiming that the league is hoping to get to an 18th regular-season game with every team in the NFL playing at least one international game every single season. This echoes the comments of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who said similar on […]
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So far, the Green Bay Packers have reportedly set up only one interview for their quarterback coaching vacancy, which was left open when Sean Mannion took the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive coordinator job. The coach, a Wisconsin native, is former Arizona Cardinals pass game coordinator Connor Senger, who received a promotion every year under Jonathan Gannon, […]
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It’s Super Bowl week, so I figured it’s finally time to talk about the Super Bowl. Here’s the question I want you folks to answer today: Who are you rooting for in Super Bowl LX? Between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, I’ll be rooting for the Patriots. I have little to no trauma […]
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The Packers broke a two-decade streak when they picked Matthew Golden in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. An exciting and explosive player in college, Golden looked like a great addition to a Packers offense that was already full of playmakers. And then that stable of playmakers made it hard for Golden to […]
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Two weeks ago, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft spilled the beans on a local radio show and told the world that the NFL has plans for every single team to play an international game every single year when the league goes up to a 20-week, 18-game regular season. NFL owners are hoping that this […]
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It’s not often that Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst speaks to the media. Last year, he held one of his few media obligations, his end-of-year press conference, on January 17th. Obviously, this year’s edition has been pushed weeks later, in part because the team only officially announced his extension (along with the extension […]
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I think all Green Bay Packers fans realize we’re not getting much bang for our buck from the 2025 free agent class. Usually, free agency is a bad bet. Teams just don’t allow good, healthy players to hit the open market often, especially in an era where cash spending is so much higher than the […]
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It’s now official. The Green Bay Packers formally announced on Monday that they have hired Jonathan Gannon as their new defensive coordinator, replacing Jeff Hafley, who left to take the job as head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Gannon was most recently the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals for the last three seasons. A […]
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The Green Bay Packers aren’t done making changes to their defensive coaching staff. Head coach Matt LaFleur and new defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon are reportedly adding another experienced position coach to the organization, one who has some indirect ties to some of his new coworkers. According to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz, the Packers are hiring […]
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The NFL was off this weekend, as the Super Bowl awaits next Sunday. The pre-Super Bowl bye week was even extra quiet this year thanks to the Pro Bowl Games being moved out to Tuesday. But what stayed busy was the league’s hiring cycle. The final two head coaching vacancies now appear to be filled, […]
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While the Miami Dolphins have been plucking away parts of the Green Bay Packers throughout the last couple of weeks, it was uncertain what the role of former Packers linebackers coach Sean Duggan would be for Jeff Hafley’s new staff. On Sunday, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported that Duggan, who was co-defensive coordinator for Hafley for […]
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It’s taken the Arizona Cardinals forever to name a head coach, but after Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak reportedly committed to the Las Vegas Raiders this weekend, it looks like the Cardinals finally have their guy. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, Arizona plans to hire Mike LaFleur, brother of Matt […]
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Last week, I mentioned that I like to go through offenses around the league during the week, find fun things, then work them into the Green Bay Packers playbook. With only two games last weekend – and one of them short on offense – there wasn’t a lot of film to go through. Last week, […]
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The Dallas Cowboys are going to hire former Green Bay Packers pass game coordinator Derrick Ansley, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz. This shouldn’t be too big a surprise, since Ansley has an extensive history with the quarters system from his time with Alabama, Tennessee and the Los Angeles Chargers. The Cowboys hired their new […]
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I’m not sure whether Jonathan Gannon will be a good, poor, or medium defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers. It is, in fact, virtually impossible to tell how good or bad any defensive coordinator is without an insanely long track record. Jeff Hafley coordinated the seventh-best defense in the NFL (by DVOA) in 2024, […]
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A lot of people are clamoring for a new punt returner for the Green Bay Packers, so I decided to take a look at the upcoming draft class to see what was available. What became very clear to me early on is that the man for the job is Baylor’s Josh Cameron, a 6’1”, 223-pound […]
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According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the NFL let franchises know on Friday that the league projects the salary cap to be in the range of $301.2 million to $305.7 million, which is roughly a $25 million jump from the 2025 season, which had a base salary cap of $279.2 million. The base designation is […]
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It took them a while, but the Green Bay Packers finally announced that they are bringing back head coach Matt LaFleur, general manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball on multi-year extensions. We’ll have to wait and see on further coaching staff moves, as the Packers have been known to […]
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According to CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones, the NFL is “open to discussing” the idea of throwing penalty flags after replay review for specific types of penalties. This rule change could be decided on as early as this spring for the 2026 regular season. Per Jones, a post-play penalty flag would have to be “related to […]
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The Green Bay Packers will need to make at least one move with their offensive coaching staff this offseason, as quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion left to become the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles after just one year in an on-field coaching role. On Friday, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported on the Packers’ first known […]
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The Packers needed a new defensive coordinator and got one in the form of Jonathan Gannon. Recently the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals and formerly the defensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles, Gannon will be counted upon to fill the capable shoes of Jeff Hafley, now the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Hafley’s […]
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Just over three years ago, Sean Mannion was employed as an NFL quarterback. Mannion spent the 2023 season bouncing between the Minnesota Vikings’ and Seattle Seahawks’ practice squads before putting an end to his playing career. Now, after two seasons as an assistant coach with the Green Bay Packers, Mannion is in charge of an […]
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Cornerback is the one position of need for the Green Bay Packers that is projected to be deeper than average in the area of the draft the Packers will actually pick in, as they’ll be out of their first-round picks for the next two years. We’re slowly chipping through some cornerback prospects for the 2026 […]
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