By the end of the week, the 2010 season will be underway - holy crap!

(Before we begin: Our “Friendly Fire” training camp battles series begins Tuesday.)

Before this week’s over, it will begin.

The two-a-days. The position battles. The fights. The heat – my God, the heat.

No more guessing will be necessary. Okay, there will still be some guessing – but not as much. Before this week’s over, training camp for [...]

LOLB will likely be a group thing this season

And a new horse has entered the race at left outside linebacker for the Green Bay Packers.

Monday’s news that the team is indeed trying defensive end Cullen Jenkins at the position, for at least a stretch, comes as a major surprise (more on him in a bit). It also makes it official: There’s a good chance the position [...]

Jolly or Jenkins? One won't be back in 2011

The Green Bay Packers put a significant emphasis on the defensive line in this year’s draft.

By selecting Mike Neal (Purdue, second round) and C.J. Wilson (East Carolina, seventh round), the team made it clear it felt more size and depth needed to be added up front. And by officially moving B.J. Raji (RAJI!) and Ryan [...]

Power rankings in mid-June? Sounds good to me!

So, it’s mid-June.

There’s a bit of NFL activity (minicamps, OTAs, arrests, blanket apologies, trial delays, accusations, etc.) but overall it’s pretty quiet.

What better time to roll out OBOD’s first ever power rankings, right?

Absolutely!

The NFL odds for the 2010 season have long been up. And about a month ago, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King gave his power rankings [...]

Burnett already third on depth chart?

Thompson traded up 15 spots to get him, trading pick #86 (third round) and #122 (fourth) to Philadelphia for pick #71. Second straight year Thompson made a significant trade up in the top three rounds and you can’t blame him here, Burnett can ball. [...]

2010 NFL Draft scouting profiles: Cornerback (part two)

However, many of you are right and there are more pressing needs to address in the first round, so let’s look at a couple second-day prospects the Green Bay brain-trust could be [...]

Collins situation set up to get ugly

When we check the numbers for our site, it lets us know what search engine terms people are entering in order to find us.

While some are just flat-out weird – one person actually found us by entering “I hate Chris Lempesis” and I swear to God that’s true (yeah, I remember her) - most are Green [...]

Peppers on the Packers doubtful, but intriguing

I was on the phone with my brother-in-law Brian last week and he and I got to talking about the idea of the Green Bay Packers making a run at Julius Peppers.

Peppers, currently a member of the Carolina Panthers, seems destined for free agency as long-term contract talks between he and the team have pretty [...]

From question mark to Defensive Player of the Year: A look at Woodson’s remarkable four-year journey

Some marriages are based on love, amazing unions where both parties are truly, madly, deeply in love with each other.

The marriage of Charles Woodson and the Green Bay Packers was not such a merger.

After all, Green Bay waited until April 2006 to begin its pursuit of the former Oakland Raiders’ cornerback – roughly two months after the start of free [...]

Rex Ryan, please shut up

Well, that didn’t take long: The media might not have big-timed Charles Woodson, the defensive player of the year from little Green Bay who beat out New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis, but Jets coach Rex Ryan has already blasted the reporters who voted for Woodson over Revis.

This from Ryan, as quoted by the Milwaukee [...]