Harlan Delays Retirement...."Management Issues" sidetrack Jones
A stunning and unexpected move happened this weekend when 70 year old Bob Harlan essentially sacked his hand picked replacement as President, John Jones.
When it comes to winning playoff games, there is no substitute for having a QB that can protect the ball. A wonderful article that I stole from coldhardfootballfacts.com
Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy started using this word around the time he was hired. What does it mean? Does it mean anything? Is there really any substance to it, or is it just kind of a feel good PR term? Some thoughts from members of the PackerNation Discussion Group
370 Carries In A Season Wears Out Your Running Back
The 370-carry theory is generally summarized as follows: “A running back with 370 or more carries during the regular season will usually suffer either a major injury or loss of effectiveness the following year, unless he is named Eric Dickerson.”
The Packers have spent less draft resources on running back than any team in the league over the past decade, but overall they've been one of the better drafting teams in the league during that time.
I don't want Randy Moss on the Packers, I'll be upfront honest about that. Even if he still had the skills that made him the league's premiere deep threat I wouldn't want him......I wanted to share with you today was this little graph courtesy of footballoutsiders.com. They do this little statistical trick of looking at Moss's past three seasons and then comparing him with other players who have a similar profile,
This is an actual scholarly paper written by a Duke University professor. It's long, and has lots of big words, so what I'm going to do is give you the link and some excerpts and the abstract and some of the thoughts the PackerNation Discussion Group had on this.
