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Pack will be hard-pressed to avoid paying Woodson

Earlier this week, a report surfaced from Josina Anderson of FOX31 in Denver (huh?) that reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Charles Woodson had approached the Green Bay Packers about a new contract.

Woodson, who turns 34 on October 7, has three years left on the seven-year, $52.7 million (if he hit all the various incentives) contract he [...]

Putting the final bow on Green Bay's 2010 draft

Look a little closer and you’ll see that this group has the chance to make a rather significant impact, both next season and for years to [...]

Selections of Neal, Burnett tell much about the condition of Green Bay's 3-4 scheme

By targeting defensive line and safety with Green Bay’s day two selections, Thompson showed he has much more confidence in his team’s outside linebackers and corners than most fans/analysts [...]

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. [...]

If I was running the draft room in Green Bay...

As I write this, we sit on the eve of the 2010 NFL Draft.

Holy crap.

That being the case, it’s time for me to put on my Ted Thompson cap and pretend I’m running the draft room in Green Bay. Yeah, this should be fun.

Before we tee this thing off, a few ground rules:

I am not going to [...]

2010 NFL Draft scouting profiles: Safeties (part two)

Truth be told, this post wasn’t supposed to run until tonight.

We had planned on dedicating Tuesday night and this morning to recapping the release of the 2010 NFL regular season schedule, as many thought it would come out Tuesday. But, of course the NFL isn’t ready to do that yet. Why would they be? That [...]

2010 NFL Draft scouting profiles: Safeties

What he does that could work for the Packers: Just look at the numbers, Mays is a freak. The combination of size, speed and strength makes any GM drool. There might not be a better closing player in the draft at any [...]

2010 NFL Draft scouting profiles: Cornerback (part three)

So far, we’ve taken a look at arguably the top five corners in this year’s draft (outside of Joe Haden, of course).

For our final segment on the corners, we’ll look at five more players, all of whom are likely no better than second round picks. Not necessarily a bad thing as it’s looked at as a [...]

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 [...]

So...why do people hate Ted Thompson, again? A closer look

Now that doesn’t mean I agree with everything he does. But at the end of the day, I’m glad he’s running the show over at 1265 Lombardi [...]