Author: Jordan Sigler

Green Bay Packers playoff chances heading into Week 17 The Green Bay Packers playoff chances are still alive on New Year’s Day. That’s a remarkable accomplishment by the Packers, whose odds took a severe dip on Thanksgiving weekend when they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football. Since that game, the Packers have won three straight. They’re playing their best football all year. And their playoff odds have steadily risen through the month of December. According to The New York Times, the Packers have a 32-percent chance to make the playoffs. While having one-third of a chance to…

Allen Lazard was hit with a bad fine Allen Lazard made a great play against the Miami Dolphins. The Green Bay Packers wide receiver blocked his intended target on a run play and wound up taking out three Dolphins defenders in the process. Lazard pointed and counted the Dolphins defenders he made look silly on the block. The NFL punished him for it. Lazard was fined $10,609 for evidently “taunting” the Dolphins’ defenders with his pointer finger. It was a ridiculous gripe the NFL decided to heap wrath upon. What makes it worse, the NFL had league social media accounts…

A Badgers insider predicts Wisconsin quarterback battle winner The Wisconsin Badgers will have an embarrassment of riches in their quarterback room next year. A few weeks after 2022 starting quarterback Graham Mertz hit the transfer portal, the Badgers saw two quarterbacks transfer to Madison. The Badgers added Nick Evers from Oklahoma and Tanner Mordecai from SMU. A Badgers insider predicted the winner for the 2023 Wisconsin quarterback battle. Evers and Mordecai should come into a quarterback room that will have Chase Wolf returning. Wolf had an up-and-down performance in the Badgers’ win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Those three quarterbacks…

The Wisconsin Badgers got a win Friday The 15th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers Men’s Basketball team improved to 10-2 Friday night. The Badgers survived a fierce performance from Western Michigan at the Kohl Center. The Broncos came into the contest with a 4-8 record, but they held tough with the Badgers for most of the game.  The Badgers led by only two points at halftime. Wisconsin never trailed the contest, and they pulled away by double digits in the second half. The win was by no means a dominant performance, but it was a solid win during Christmas Break before Big Ten…

Two Explosive Playmakers questionable for Sunday against the Vikings The Green Bay Packers got a major win against the Miami Dolphins last week. But the victory was costly to the health of the roster. Earlier this week, defensive lineman Dean Lowry was placed on injured reserve. On Friday, two explosive playmakers for the Packers are questionable against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday. According to the Week 17 injury report released Friday, Keisean Nixon and Christian Watson are questionable to play Sunday. Those were the only two Packers with an injury designation for the New Year’s Day contest. The Packers expect David…

Aaron Jones has been limited recently Aaron Jones was considered one of the Green Bay Packers’ best offensive players at the start of the season. Many fans have felt the Pro Bowl running back should have had more carries this season. Head coach Matt LaFleur said multiple times in postgame press conferences that Jones should have been given the ball more. A new report sheds light as to why he hasn’t been fed the football as much in recent games. Jones has run the ball 187 times this season for 962 yards and two touchdowns. During the Packers’ most recent…

Joe Barry is making changes due to an injury Joe Barry has had to deal with a few unfortunate injuries this season. The Packers lost their best pass rusher, Rashan Gary, midseason. The Packers lost Dean Lowry to the injured reserve this week. He was one of four Packers players injured against the Miami Dolphins. The injury to Lowry should allow the Packers’ first-round pick in the 2022 draft to surface more on the gridiron in the next few weeks. According to Matt Schneidman with The Athletic, Joe Barry spoke about defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt during his weekly press conference. Barry…

Packers former safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix retires The Green Bay Packers signed a new contract to the active roster this week. They signed a former safety on Thursday. He won’t see the practice field or play in the Packers’ must-win game against the Minnesota Vikings. The contract will only last for a day. Ha Ha Clinton-Dix will retire a Packer. According to a statement by the Packers, Clinton-Dix let the Packers brass know his decision to retire with the team: “Former safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, who played in 71 regular-season games with 65 starts for Green Bay from 2014-18, has…

Matt LaFleur provides injury updates Thursday The Green Bay Packers have won three straight contests to stay in the playoff chase. They haven’t come out of December unscathed. The Packers had four players go down against the Miami Dolphins. Christian Watson and Keisean Nixon are two players the team will want healthy before they play their next two must-win games. Head coach Matt LaFleur provided an update on their practice status.  Watson has been must-watch television since his three-touchdown performances  Dallas Cowboys. Nixon has been the perfect replacement as a special teams returner for recently waived Amari Rodgers. But they…

The Packers looked at a RB who went high in the XFL Draft The XFL Draft happened in November. But that doesn’t mean drafted players aren’t looking to make the jump to the NFL. The Packers were looking to add to their depth at running back this week. They worked out a running back who was drafted high in the XFL last month. According to Aaron Wilson with KPRC, the Packers worked out Abram Smith this week. Smith was a running back from Baylor. He has not been signed with the Packers as of this publishing. https://twitter.com/aaronwilson_nfl/status/1608235945706377221?s=12&t=Q-rl4ZwQll47cpGzkEQhCg Smith was the…