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Old 02-17-2015, 12:07 AM   #11131
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I doubt they make a move in FA for Thomas; I think they like what they have in Richard Rodgers. If anything, they'll draft someone in the middle rounds.
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    I doubt they make a move in FA for Thomas; I think they like what they have in Richard Rodgers. If anything, they'll draft someone in the middle rounds.
    I'd love to draft Maxx Williams, but he'll go earlier than our need for a TE would justify.
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    Old 02-17-2015, 06:29 AM   #11133
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    No way should they, or would they, go after Thomas.

    I'm having a hard time seeing them sign Cobb for $9 million/year.
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    Old 02-17-2015, 04:41 PM   #11134
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    They better sign Cobb.
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    I'll be really sad if they don't keep Cobb.
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    Old 02-17-2015, 04:47 PM   #11136
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    Players like Cobb don't just fall out of every draft. I think he's proven his worth from all facets. Pay up.
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    So long A.J. You were a serviceable player.

    Now get Cobb and Bulaga re-signed.
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    Based on twitter chatter, not optimistic about Cobb.
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    Old 03-17-2015, 03:19 PM   #11139
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    Re: ***Official Green Bay Packers Thread***

    Greg Jennings said he'd be happy to reconcile with Green Bay.

    lol where would he even be on our depth chart at this point, WR4?
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    Old 03-18-2015, 01:20 AM   #11140
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    He pissed all over Aaron after he left town. Zero chance they'd want him. His sister can take him in.
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    Old 03-18-2015, 06:14 AM   #11141
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    Sorry, Greg. This is a business, but you made it personal.
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    Old 04-13-2015, 02:16 PM   #11142
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    Re: ***Official Green Bay Packers Thread***

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    #AsExpected, #Packers signings of FB John Kuhn and S Sean Richardson became official today, per the NFL transaction wire.
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    Old 04-21-2015, 11:58 AM   #11143
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    So it appears to be Packers/Bears on Thanksgiving night that would also be #4's retirement ceremony game. Might try to be there.
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    Old 04-21-2015, 01:58 PM   #11144
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    I was there for his last win as a Packer (Playoff game versus Seahawks), I'll try and be there for this game. Was looking at hotel rooms in GB for the night before and night of the game, as I was trying to book I kept getting notices that rates were going up. Started at around $120 per night and by the end they were around $399 per night. Looks like I'll try Milwaukee and drive up on game day. Also can't imagine what ticket prices will look like, but I am long over due for a trip out to GB.
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    Old 04-21-2015, 05:42 PM   #11145
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    Re: ***Official Green Bay Packers Thread***

    Schedule is out http://www.nfl.com/schedules/2015/REG/PACKERS
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    Old 05-01-2015, 08:44 PM   #11146
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    Re: ***Official Green Bay Packers Thread***

    I like what Ted has done so far in this draft. Surprising choices, but they seem like smart picks with a lot of potential.
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    We needed the secondary help. I hope he doesn't forget the interior of the defense. They need more bodies.
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    Old 05-01-2015, 09:26 PM   #11148
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    our hollow interior defense is Ted's blind spot for sure
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    Old 05-01-2015, 10:25 PM   #11149
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    If there's one conclusion we can draw from the Green Bay Packers' 2015 draft through three rounds, it's that general manager Ted Thompson thinks you have to be deep with cover men and receivers to win in today's NFL.

    Thompson lost two cornerbacks from his deepest position group last season when Tramon Williams and Davon House left in free agency, and he used his first two picks this weekend to replace them: Damarious Randall of Arizona State in the first round Thursday night, and Quinten Rollins of Miami (Ohio) with the No. 62 pick overall in the second round.

    He also drafted a receiver, Stanford's Ty Montgomery, in the third round even though that was far less of a need.

    There surely were other players with high enough grades for Thompson to draft with any of those picks to help his defense. And as noteworthy as anything he did the first two days is what he didn't do: Select an inside linebacker in the first three rounds as a possible starter.

    There still are four rounds to go, but it really is shocking that Thompson didn't use a prime pick and even maneuver if he had to for an inside linebacker, considering it has ranked high on the Packers' needs list for two years now. Looks like Clay Matthews will have to play an awful lot of inside linebacker again this season.

    Regardless, even if Thompson didn't come into the weekend planning on drafting corners with his first two picks — only he knows if that was his hope — he had no qualms about doing so.

    So now the Packers have five players to battle it out for the three cornerback spots who will make up their nickel personnel, which they use on about two-thirds of their defensive snaps: Sam Shields, Casey Hayward, Micah Hyde (slot corner only), Randall and Rollins.

    Pass rushers still offer the best way to defend the pass, and good ones can cover up all sorts of defensive shortcomings. But cornerbacks can change games too by taking the ball away, and Thompson's draft clearly is a stab at finding playmakers at that position. The quality he, college scouting director Brian Gutekunst and cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt kept coming back to when talking about Randall and Rollins was their ball skills.

    "This is a passing league now, and interceptions, turnovers, is a way you can really change the game," Whitt said. "So I value (interceptions). I think we're very good at it. The six years we've been here we're No. 1 in the league by a good margin. I believe both these guys have the skill set to get the ball. Added to what Sam and Casey can do, and Micah, that's very exciting."

    Now, just because Thompson has drafted cornerbacks with his first two picks doesn't mean either or both will be any good. In 1999, former GM Ron Wolf had an open starting spot at cornerback and drafted a corner with each of his first three picks: Antuan Edwards in the first round, Fred Vinson in the second and Mike McKenzie in the third.

    Edwards never panned out at cornerback or in his move to safety. Vinson had a bad foot and was a total bust. McKenzie was the best of the group, started as a rookie and played some good football before a contract dispute led to his departure.

    So who knows how these two will turn out? Randall is making the move from safety to cornerback, even if the Packers are high on his athletic talent. Rollins' inexperience suggests he has ground to make up, though he was the Mid-American Conference's defensive player of the year. He was a four-year starter in basketball as a point guard at Miami and hadn't played football since high school before returning to it last year.

    The one NFL scout I asked about Rollins last week said he was one of the more interesting cornerbacks in what he considered a weak class. He liked Rollins as a late second-round to third-round prospect.

    "He's a real intriguing guy," the scout said. "He has the basketball (background), and you can see the quickness. The thing that got me really excited about him right from Jump Street is that for a guy who hadn't played football for four years, there was no fear whatsoever. When there was a play to be made or a tackle he was go get it. He's going to play, because he has the ability, he likes contact and he has the athletic ability to do something. I really liked him."

    Thompson obviously liked him too with the surprise pick. The smart money had him taking a defensive player at another position, and among those available at No. 62 were TCU's P.J. Dawson, an inside linebacker; Iowa defensive tackle Carl Davis, who was a favorite of one scout I talked to last week; and UCLA's Owa Odighizuwa, a raw outside pass rusher.

    Thompson also either resisted the urge or couldn't find a palatable deal to trade up for any of the other inside linebackers who were picked in the run at that position in the middle of the second round. Mississiippi State's Benardrick McKinney went to Houston at pick No. 43; UCLA's Eric Kendricks to Minnesota at No. 45; and Miami's Denzel Perryman to San Diego at No. 48.

    And he passed on Dawson again at No. 94 overall to take Montgomery, a receiver and return man from Stanford. Receiver wasn't much of an immediate need, but return man was, and like the selection of the two cornerbacks, this pick acknowledged that the NFL is only becoming more pass oriented by the year.

    "The game is that sort of game," Thompson said. "Since I've been here we've had Brett Favre playing quarterback or Aaron Rodgers, so you like to get them as many people to throw to as you can."
    http://www.packersnews.com/story/spo...kers/26761209/
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    Old 05-02-2015, 01:36 PM   #11150
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    Not feeling this draft class by TT. I'm sure he has a plan, but I'm starting to get really sick of the defense preventing championships. Rodgers won't be young forever, and there needs to be a better balance between winning long term and winning right now. Hundley may help out with a few draft picks three years from now, once he has been developed, but in the meantime hard nose running teams and read option QBs will continue to eat up the defense. Definitely some head scratchers by Teddy this year.
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    Old 05-02-2015, 01:55 PM   #11151
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    Weird draft. I kinda like it though.
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    Old 05-02-2015, 02:00 PM   #11152
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    And there's. D End. Finally. Solid draft I'd say. We shall see who makes the squad and what they can do, but I kinda like this class.
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    Old 05-02-2015, 07:37 PM   #11153
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    It's a quirky class, but it'll be fun to see who makes it, I think we're stronger now than we were a few days ago.
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    Old 05-29-2015, 08:03 AM   #11154
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    http://www.theonion.com/video/packer...inking-f-14397

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    Welcome home #4.
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    Old 07-18-2015, 06:48 PM   #11156
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    Holmgren is a great storyteller, this is fun.
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    !!! Brett at the podium !!!
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    Brett did a great job.
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    Had a blast watching that. Holmgren did a tremendous job and I thought Brett's speech was humbling and flat out perfectly delivered. Miss Brett.

    Rodgers will probably end up being the statistical leader, but Brett will always be the all-time best.
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    The thing I think about is that in about 10 years or so we'll be the only team with 3 Super Bowl winning Pro Football HOF Quarterbacks.
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