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Apparently, a trade for New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence would look a lot more like the 2023 Leonard Williams trade than the 2025 Quinnen Williams trade, if we’re talking about trade assets. Lawrence, arguably the best well-rounded nose tackle in the league, is reportedly in a contract dispute with the Giants, despite his […]
I submit that Matthew Golden’s rookie year was not so much bad as it was odd. His statistical output was, to be blunt, frustrating. The only 0 I wanted to see from Golden last year was on his uniform, not in the “touchdowns” column of his page on Pro Football Reference. Yes, he got into […]
There are just eight more days to go until the start of the 2026 NFL Draft, and mock drafts continue to fly in with regularity. One in particular is worth analyzing today, however, coming from Dane Brugler of The Athletic. Perhaps no single draft analyst works harder to bring information to the public than Brugler. […]
The Green Bay Packers are going through a defensive coordinator change this offseason, and it might be felt the most at the defensive line position when it’s all said and done. Hopefully, that means good things for the Packers, who had an elite first-quarter defense in 2025 but were one of the worst in the […]
This is going to be a big one. There are a lot of opinions and a lot of realities at the offensive line position that are in conflict for the Green Bay Packers going into the 2026 season. Let’s talk about it all today. Packers Offensive Line Depth Chart Even with Elgton Jenkins and Rasheed […]
Prepare yourself for the Packers to make a move at running back next week. I wrote last week about the Packers’ pre-draft visits tipping their priorities a bit, and that’s still true. The picture has clarified since then: with 23 visits now reported, the Packers have touched base with five different cornerbacks. Usually when they […]
In one of the more surprising pre-draft visits, the Green Bay Packers brought in a safety for a top-30 visit. LSU Tigers safety AJ Haulcy posted to Instagram that he was in Green Bay, presumably for an official visit less than two weeks before the start of the 2026 NFL Draft. It’s a surprise visit […]
Following their trade of Dontayvion Wicks to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Green Bay Packers have a need for depth and long-term options at the wide receiver position. Wicks was one of several players with contracts expiring after this season, but the Packers were able to get draft pick compensation for this year (and next) by […]
If you followed Acme Packing Company or our podcast feed during the 2023 season, you probably remember the season of Dontayvion Wicks. Wicks consistently crushed his over/under numbers on receiving yardage during the second half of his rookie season, posting 40 or more yards in six of the final eight games in his rookie season. […]
We’ve been talking NFL draft prospects and the Green Bay Packers over the last week. If you want to catch up on the previous posts in this series, we’ve already hit on the quarterback, running back and receiver positions. Next up for us is tight end, which might be a sneaky need or not a […]
If you’re new to this series, we’re reviewing how the Green Bay Packers offense performed in 2025 by down & distance. We’re doing that by building out a call sheet. I ran it all down in my initial post. This is the 6th article in the series, where we’re looking at 3rd & Long (where “Long” […]
Per Tom Silverstein, the Green Bay Packers had a top-30 visit with Texas Tech quarterback Behren Morton on April 7. Justis did a write-up when the visit was announced, but today we’re digging in a bit more. Morton is a 5th-year senior, and he spent all 5 of those years with the Texas Tech Red […]
In Week 15 this past season, the Green Bay Packers’ defense suffered its most brutal loss of the season to that point. No, it wasn’t that they lost a 34-26 game to Denver, but rather the loss of Micah Parsons for a team that was sitting at 9-3-1 heading into the game. The loss of […]
The Green Bay Packers have a need for a productive pass rusher in 2026, particularly with Micah Parsons likely to miss the first few games of the season as he recovers from his torn ACL. Texas Tech EDGE Romello Height could fill that need. According to Ryan Fowler, the Packers have (or have had) a […]
The Green Bay Packers have traded wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks, who was on the final year of his rookie contract going into the 2026 season, to the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2026 fifth-round pick and a 2027 sixth-round pick, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Wicks has also agreed to a one-year, $12.5 million extension with […]
Let’s add another player to the list of pre-draft visitors with the Green Bay Packers, and this one checks just about every box of the typical Packers visitor. Small-school player? Check. Elite athlete? Check. Likely to be a late-round pick or undrafted free agent? Check. Enter Michael Heldman, a defensive end out of Central Michigan, […]
Sports Illustrated’s Bill Huber is reporting that the Green Bay Packers will bring in Texas A&M cornerback Will Lee III for a pre-draft visit. I can’t lie: I’m pretty stoked about this one. While Lee only ran a 4.52-second 40-yard dash at the combine, he plays much faster than that (can cover drag routes from […]
We’ve previously hit on the quarterback and running back positions, so next up to bat in our draft series are the receivers. Let’s take you through what the Green Bay Packers’ depth chart looks like, what the draft class looks like and what the Packers could potentially do at the position on draft week. Packers […]
The Packers’ pre-draft visits are a reliable barometer of what the team thinks of an incoming draft class. It’s an open secret so open it’s barely a secret. Track the Packers’ visits and you’ll have a pretty good idea what they’re planning for a given year’s draft. For example, last year, they focused most of […]
The 2026 NFL Draft is now less than two weeks away, but barring something truly shocking, the Green Bay Packers will not be on the clock until two Fridays from now, having traded away their first-round selection. Their first selection at 52 overall should be in the middle of a really interesting group of defensive […]
The Green Bay Packers have no first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, though this is a better year than most for that to be the case. The general consensus on this year’s class is that it is stronger and deeper in day-two prospects than it is a at the top, with only a handful […]
The NFL has announced that 16 players will be attending the NFL draft live in person when the event kicks off in Pittsburgh later this month. Let’s break down who is going to be there, who isn’t and what it could mean on draft day. All players are ranked by their current ranking on the […]
Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst is doing his homework on this year’s running back class. After earlier reports that the Packers were bringing in Arkansas running back Mike Washington Jr. for a top-30 visit, reports have emerged mid-week that Indiana Hoosiers RB Kaelon Black will also be coming in prior to the 2026 […]
Generally speaking, I only deal with offensive skill position players come draft time because they have the largest number of publicly available metrics cataloguing their exploits. However, the Green Bay Packers don’t really need any receivers or tight ends, and if you need a quarterback this year, well, good luck with that. The Packers do […]
Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that the Green Bay Packers will have New Mexico running back Damon Bankston on a pre-draft visit. Notably, Bankston took two kickoff returns for a touchdown in the 2025 season. At the moment, the Packers’ top kickoff options for the 2026 season are receiver Savion Williams […]