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It’s about time. With less than two weeks to go before the NFL officially begins its 2026 year, the league has finally settled on a base salary cap number. According to multiple media reports, the league has decided upon $301.2 million as the base cap for the upcoming season. That number is on the low […]
The run-up to the start of the NFL’s 2026 league year is underway. The new league year begins on Wednesday, March 11th, at which time all teams must be under the salary cap, trades can again be executed, and free agents may begin signing contracts with new teams. However, a few pieces of the puzzle […]
Nose tackle and cornerback are the most widely talked about needs for the Green Bay Packers ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft, but don’t sleep on an off-ball linebacker like Jacob Rodriguez being a potential target on Day 2. Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst indicated that off-ball linebacker would be an offseason need during media […]
The Green Bay Packers have questions at a number of positions in their lineup, but players who line up over the football on both sides of the line may be the biggest focus area this offseason. Nose tackle needs a long-term solution, and with the Packers all but assuredly releasing Elgton Jenkins, center is right […]
Thursday was the start of the on-field testing drills for this year’s NFL combine, a day that showcased the upcoming draft class’ front seven defenders (interior defensive linemen, edge defenders and linebackers). If you missed the action…you didn’t actually miss much. Why’s that? Not many of them actually tested. Let’s take a look at Day […]
The testing portion of the NFL scouting combine will begin today at 2 pm CT on NFL Network, but players started arriving on Sunday, and interviews have been going on since Monday. This isn’t the “first day of the combine,” as teams have been putting in work throughout the week, but it is the first […]
The NFL recently sued the NFLPA to keep their report cards from being published to the public, but since the lawsuit, the NFLPA has stated that they will continue to run their report cards, distribute them among the union and not publish their findings on their website. That doesn’t prevent union members from leaking this […]
The Green Bay Packers are up to four scheduled interviews for Rich Bisaccia’s replacement, after Bisaccia stepped down as special teams coordinator on February 17th. It’s time to start the interview tracker and take a look at the names that head coach Matt LaFleur is bringing in to lead the kicking game. All of these […]
When the Packers hired Jonathan Gannon to run their defense, the first question most had was “what base will the Packers run now?” Gannon’s résumé features both 4-3 and 3-4. As head coach of the Arizona Cardinals he deployed a 3-4 front, while 4-3 was the preferred flavor during his time as defensive coordinator of […]
Some fans choose their team, and some fans are chosen by their team. Which was it for you? Today, we want to hear your story from you: How you became a fan of the Packers. When did you first become a fan? Were you born into it? Was there a specific game or season that […]
Trying to explain the compensation pick formula and cancellation structure is probably the most convoluted thing the NFL has to offer. You think option bonuses are confusing? Compensation picks take on an entirely different life form that frankly puts the intricacies of the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement to shame. If you want a deep dive […]
A lot of people are asking you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears these days. Apparently, Brian Gutekunst is among them. In his wide ranging press conference on Tuesday, Gutekunst touched on a whole host of Packers-related topics, including the performance of Rashan Gary. We’ve discussed Gary as a potential cap casualty, […]
Sports Info Solutions just dropped their first big board of the 2026 draft class, which features 246 prospects. They have a bunch of interesting stats in there, which include the rate that defensive tackles actually played the nose tackle position. For Green Bay Packers fans, that data might be worth looking at. The story of […]
Another day has brought more news about the NFL’s international games for the upcoming season. The league announced which teams will be the home teams for the three games in London on Wednesday morning, and the Green Bay Packers are not and will not be involved. This fall, the Jacksonville Jaguars will play in two […]
The Packers media panopticon turned its attention to Brian Gutekunst on Tuesday as the Packers’ general manager weighed in on his team’s fate and fortunes from the NFL Combine. Gutekunst was both guarded and candid at times, as you’d expect, and I think it’s a fair question when people ask whether or not we actually […]
The Green Bay Packers don’t communicate much in the offseason, evidenced by the fact that the team hasn’t even scheduled a press conference yet for new defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, who was hired over a month ago at this point. Brian Gutekunst had two separate press conferences at the combine on Tuesday, just the second […]
ESPN’s Bill Barnwell recently released his tiers of offensive free agents, ranging from franchise players (tier 1) to backups who are likely to earn a roster spot (tier 6). For the Green Bay Packers, the squeaky wheel on offense going into 2026 is going to be the center position, as Elgton Jenkins is expected to […]
Before we get into boring things like “economics” and “geography” I want to be clear on two things: Of course, there are plenty of teams that play outside of the cities for which they are named, but that should not stop us. We should also note that Hammond, Indiana has a smaller population than Green […]
Salary cap casualty season is coming for players around the NFL, but you can scratch Josh Jacobs’ name off the list of players who might be looking for a new team in 2026. Brian Gutekunst made that clear on Tuesday when speaking with beat writers ahead of his press conference at the 2026 NFL Combine, […]
The Green Bay Packers added a trio of offensive linemen in the 2025 offseason that indicated a significant change in how the franchise viewed the unit, and general manager Brian Gutekunst revealed at this year’s NFL Scouting Combine that it was an intentional decision. Gutekunst and his staff made a handful of moves to bolster […]
The Packers can spend in free agency this spring. Not a lot, but they can, though it’ll take some work to get there. But what they should spend on is a tricky question. They can’t spend as freely as they might like; don’t expect an extravaganza as we saw in 2019, for instance. The Packers […]
The NFL continues to gradually trickle out assignments for the league’s 2026 international games, and another one dropped on Tuesday morning. The league announced today that the Detroit Lions will be one of the two teams participating in this fall’s NFL game in Munich, Germany, a game that will take place at Allianz Arena, the […]
Heading into the off-season, the Green Bay Packers have two glaring needs that pop off the screen: center and nose tackle. Other positions need competition and depth added in, like linebacker and cornerback, but both center and nose tackle are screaming for starters with how the depth chart looks today. As of today, February 23rd, […]
As we’ve discussed before, we’ve built a consensus list of the top 100 free agents for the 2026 offseason, which now has 22 separate rankings in the database. If you’re wondering how they stack, below is an update: Based on the data, most analysts have Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones ranked ahead of Green Bay […]
The 2026 NFL Combine is fast approaching, with the football world set to descend on Indianapolis once again for the annual event. The first major event of the 2026 season begins on Tuesday as several coaches and general managers hold press conferences with the media, followed by player interviews and eventually workouts later on through […]