In regard to the question Friday, you need to add Jonathan Ford, Davon House, Antonio Freeman, Doug Pederson, Gilbert Brown and Ryan Grant to the list of players who left and returned.
From my time here, I should’ve remembered House and I totally forgot about Grant. Thanks. Ford doesn’t really count the same to me because he never played in a game his first go-round in GB.
Good morning. Listening to you guys describe the new coaches in “Unscripted” was very enlightening. It made me wonder, the jump from college to the NFL being so great for players, wouldn’t it be similar for coaches?
I’m sure there’s an adjustment, but the speed of the game is the biggest change for players, and I don’t think that really applies for coaches. Plus, in the NFL they can spend all their time coaching and don’t have to dedicate a portion of their jobs to recruiting and the portal.
While you want to see how CB 2-3-4 shakes out, I’m interested in CB1. Keisean Nixon ranked 41/144 CBs (PFF). He allowed a passer rating of 105, gave up seven TDs, had one interception (a big one) and was the most penalized corner in the league. I’m excited to watch the competition.
I can appreciate the sentiment for the Packers to be better at CB1, but I’d also like to see Nixon’s stats/rankings before and after the Devonte Wyatt and Micah Parsons injuries. Regardless, he’s unequivocally CB1 on this team, and his 17 passes broken up last season led the defense by a wide margin (Xavier McKinney was next with 10, and the next-highest total by a corner was Carrington Valentine with four). Those 17 PBUs also ranked seventh in the league. I don’t see Brandon Cisse becoming this defense’s top corner right away as a rookie, but could he be CB1 down the road? Absolutely.
Richard from Caledonia, WI
Has the Packers’ second-round pick signed yet? Must he be signed prior to participating in team practices?
There’s no issue until training camp rolls around.
Tyler from Cross Plains, WI
Hey guys, regarding the checks and audibles at the line of scrimmage, wouldn’t it be advantageous to get the play call in and communicated ASAP so Jordan Love has time to read the defense and possibly make adjustments after his initial cadence, when the defense shows their hand, a la Peyton Manning? Getting the play call in early and getting to the line of scrimmage hasn’t been a strong suit for our offense lately, I hope we can get that cleaned up to give the offense a better opportunity to succeed.
It’s always the goal, and the Packers have certainly been more efficient in some games than others. Often, if there’s a delay, it’s from a change in personnel grouping that takes a few extra ticks for everybody to get in the huddle.
I am so old, I remember when the National Football League schedule used to come out before the draft. When was that, 2023?
Somewhere pre-2015 or so the schedule came out in April.
Mark from Westminster, CO
My wish for the year is to ban clichés and coach-speak when teams address the media. Any season wishes from Spoff or Hod, besides no flex games?
Good luck enforcing your ban. I always hope for road games outside the division (longer flights) to NOT be at night, with the L.A. road trip to play the Rams at the top of that list this year. But I’m sure I just jinxed it.
With the schedule set to come out Thursday, was wondering how long before some of the games start leaking out. When will you guys officially find out the schedule? A day or two before, then you’ll be on double secret probation if you let it out? Then you could get a head start writing articles about it.
We get it a few hours in advance of it being officially announced. That’s our head start to get all our content prepared. We’re way too busy and on too tight a time crunch to leak anything.
Andy from Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Whenever the topic of having veteran backup QB is brought up, your usual rebuttal (and rightly so) is the cost. I haven’t seen any contract info on Tyrod Taylor, so what is his cost compared to Ridder? I agree with everything said about Taylor, but I was genuinely curious to see what Ridder could do being younger and a third-round pedigree.
The contract info I’ve seen on Taylor indicates the Packers got him for about twice the vet minimum, which feels like a good deal given his experience and track record. There are also some incentives charged to the cap the Packers presumably will get credited back to them if he doesn’t have to play much. As for Ridder, I was curious, too, but I guess there’s a reason the Packers were his fifth different team over the last two years. He had started only one game since leaving Atlanta.