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Before last Sunday, Green Bay Packers fans were still a bit of a skeptical bunch. The Packers needed a late fourth-quarter comeback to defeat the Arizona Cardinals in Week 7, and memories of a loss to the Cleveland Browns and a tie against the Dallas Cowboys were still lingering. With those reasons still in mind, […]
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The Green Bay Packers battled back in the second half of the Week 8 game versus the Pittsburgh Steelers after being down 16-7 at halftime. They held the Pittsburgh offense to nine second-half points while the Packers offense scored on each possession of the 2nd half. In the end, the defense held their former quarterback, […]
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For the second time this season, the Green Bay Packers are set to be favored by double digits. The Packers host the Carolina Panthers at Lambeau Field on Sunday and as of mid-day Friday the point spread is up to 13.5, a full point higher than the spread on Monday morning. The last time the […]
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The Green Bay Packers officially ruled out receiver Dontayvion Wicks (calf), defensive end Lukas Van Ness (foot) and linebacker Nick Niemann (pectoral) versus the Carolina Panthers, after all three were non-participants throughout the week. Both Wicks and Van Ness were out last week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, while Niemann dropped out of the game with […]
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First let’s deal with the elephant in the room on this week’s rankings. The Green Bay Packers are basically flat, and actually slightly down, despite an impressive win in Pittsburgh that has the league discussing Tucker Kraft as the best tight end in the game and Jordan Love as an MVP candidate. So how does […]
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In retrospect, expecting a rookie wide receiver to hit the ground running in year one was always a recipe for disappointment. Still, the old adage about wide receivers needing a year or two to adjust to the NFL game has become less true in the last half decade or so, with guys like Malik Nabers […]
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So far, Micah Parsons is doing exactly what the Packers wanted him to do when they ponied up a war chest of draft picks and guaranteed money to secure his services: he’s making life exceedingly difficult for opposing quarterbacks. Parsons is having an excellent year just about any way you slice it. If you like […]
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It’s very difficult to separate the impact of an NFL running back from his offensive line. There is only so much a running back can do if his guys fail to open holes, and just about any back can be effective if the line is good enough. It is perhaps the very first chicken and […]
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When I look ahead to the Green Bay Packers’ next opponent, sometimes it can take a bit of digging to find where the offense can attack the defense. I start by looking at the numbers. I typically start with DVOA, then just click around a while on NFL Pro. From there, I throw on the […]
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Jordan Love’s recent uptick in counting stats makes him look a lot more viable as an MVP option, but his increased passing output is also bringing a few of his teammates along with him. As Love has continued to pile up better and better passing numbers, Tucker Kraft and Romeo Doubs are seeing the lion’s […]
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Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley hasn’t given up on cornerback Nate Hobbs, and he wants you to know it. Hobbs struggled at outside cornerback in extended looks against the Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals, but both Hafley and head coach Matt LaFleur sang his praises going into last week’s action against […]
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It’s Thursday evening, and that means that the NFL is kicking off its next week of football this evening. Tonight, Week 9 gets underway with a matchup between two underwhelming AFC teams that are looking to scrape out of the bottom of their respective divisions. The Baltimore Ravens are just 2-5 on the young 2025 […]
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Back in 2024, I asked special teams staffers in and around the NFL what the new dynamic kickoff would look like, before we had ever seen the play executed in the league. The response I got was the following: Eventually, teams are going to be good enough to kick “dirty balls,” which are difficult to […]
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Hiring Joe Barry as the Packers’ defensive coordinator is one of the great errors of the Matt LaFleur era. The Packers’ 2021 defense was respectable, but things went downhill quickly under Barry’s guidance, though he’d hang on through the end of the 2023 season. But on the occasion of the Packers facing the Carolina Panthers, […]
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The Green Bay Packers added three more injuries to their Thursday injury report. Quarterback Malik Willis had popped up as a limited participant with an ankle injury, right guard Jordan Morgan was limited on Thursday with an illness and linebacker Quay Walker was a non-participant due to a calf issue. Morgan has split time with […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Packers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Heading into Week 9, we want to know how you’re feeling after watching the team so […]
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I want to say on the front end, I don’t think the Green Bay Packers are going to make a trade before the league’s deadline this year. There are a couple of reasons for that. First, the team is already down future draft picks following the trade for Micah Parsons. Secondly, the two positions that […]
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For the first time in a year, a Green Bay Packer has been named the NFC Defensive Player of the Month. This time, it’s newcomer Micah Parsons. This is his second time winning the award, first receiving the honor in September of 2023 as a member of the Dallas Cowboys, though I suspect this won’t […]
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The Packers and Panthers hardly have a storied history — the Panthers serving as a stepping stone on the way to the Packers’ Super Bowl XXXI victory is about as rich as this matchup gets. But Packers players have put up quite a few memorable performances against the Panthers over the years. Here are a […]
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On Sunday night, the Green Bay Packers got one of their more complete games of the season in their 35-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. But it was hardly perfect, as the team had plenty of issues in the first half that required a big second half performance to overcome. Three three-and-outs before halftime were […]
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Earlier today, it was revealed that the Green Bay Packers had signed cornerback Tyron Herring to the practice squad, based on him being spotted by the media at the Packers’ Wednesday practice. What we now know, though, is that Green Bay actually signed two practice squadders today, as the team announced that the Packers had […]
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The Green Bay Packers held their first practice of the week on Wednesday after a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers over the weekend. In it, three players were non-participants: receiver Dontayvion Wicks (calf), defensive end Lukas Van Ness (foot) and linebacker Nick Niemann (pectoral). Both Wicks and Van Ness were inactive due to injury against […]
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When Green Bay Packers slot receiver Jayden Reed went down with a broken collarbone in Week 2, I thought it would be a long while before we saw him back in action with the team. Reed not only needed surgery to fix his collarbone issue, but he was already dealing with a foot injury that […]
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Earlier this week, the Green Bay Packers lost cornerback Micah Robinson, a 2025 draft pick, when the Tennessee Titans plucked Robinson off the Packers’ practice squad. This left the Packers with just five cornerbacks in practice, all members of the 53-man roster, including two — Bo Melton and Kamal Hadden — who had never played […]
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Green Bay Packers running back MarShawn Lloyd began the regular season on the injured reserve after suffering a hamstring injury in August. Lloyd’s short time with the Packers has already been marred by health issues, including an emergency appendectomy during the third-round pick’s rookie season. When asked if Lloyd would be back in the near […]
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