Packers’ head coach Mike McCarthy isn’t lacking for thoughtful messages and willing listeners. His audience includes his staff, which helps relay it to the players, and then the media which passes it on to the fans. In the first OTA open to the public and media, McCarthy’s message…
Between the time when Packers head coach Mike McCarthy sends his players off on their final six weeks of the off-season, and they return to begin carving out the 2015 season, there’s time to over-analyze. My advice is this: Don’t do it.
Talk is cheap in the NFL. It is especially true in the offseason.That said, the Packers’ first week of OTA’s (Organized Team Activities) proved to be more about talk than action. However, it also proved to be revealing on several key fronts.
Here are five worthwhile notes…
In all the excitement of the NFL Draft, Brett Favre’s Packers homecoming and the new PAT rule, Green Bay’s 2015 schedule was a bit overlooked in the shuffle. Here are my fearless predictions for the Packers this season…
This week the NFL adopted a new rule governing a play that has been a source of irritation for a long time. The problem is that it didn’t involve pass interference, what exactly is and/or isn’t a catch or any change to increase player safety. On the contrary, the NFL elected to pick on the little ‘ol PAT.
For the first time since the 1992 NFL Draft the Green Bay Packers didn’t select an offensive or defensive lineman in the first five rounds. That says a lot about how Packers GM Ted Thompson and head coach Mike McCarthy feel about their depth in the trenches. It also suggests a belief that the Packers are only a few pieces away from a championship.
Perhaps the relationship between Packers head coach Mike McCarthy and GM Ted Thompson could be best-described as this: Highly effective without the drama. There are no major crises, just problems to be fixed. That’s how the Packers set about tackling last week’s NFL draft.
When the Packers selected the Arizona State “safety” Thursday night with the 30th pick in the first round of the NFL draft, the choice seemed to come out of left field. In fact, it came out of center field, where Randall roamed before a shoulder injury forced him out of baseball. In hindsight, so much of what NFL scouts have said about Randall is quite flattering. Excellent speed (4.41 in the 40), explosiveness (a 38-inch vertical leap) and above-average ball skills were repeatedly cited.
The Green Bay Packers are sitting pretty at 30. They earned that late-round slot because they were among the NFL’s best teams last season. Now, they can capitalize on it by being patient, trusting their scouting department and letting the best players fall. The big question is which player the Packers are going to take? Here’s a look at several just four days before the NFL draft.
With a wry grin and in a booming, baritone voice, Lee Remmel would kick off the quarterback’s news conference in grand style: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, BRETT LORENZO FAVRE!” Then, Remmel would stealthily step back into the shadows, one Packers’ legend quietly, proudly yielding the spotlight to another. Remmel, 90, passed away Thursday, and the Green Bay Packers lost one of the kindest, wisest and most extraordinary men in team history.
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