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The Packers offense reportedly struggled at times against the Cincinnati Bengals defense at joint practices The Green Bay Packers are in Cincinnati for joining practices with the Bengals ahead of the preseason opener this weekend. While it’s not an official game, it’s still action on the field against another team which is valuable. During Wednesday’s joint practice, however, it appears as if the Bengals defense was presenting a big challenge for the Green Bay offense. Pro Football Focus analyst Sam Monson is at the practices and tweeted out an interesting observation that the Bengals’ defense was ‘suffocating’ the Packers’…

The Packers and Bears rivalry gets FOX’s top broadcast team for the Week 1 showdown The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers will renew their historic rivalry early in the 2023 season when they meet in Week 1 at Soldier Field. It will be a new era of quarterback play with Justin Fields leading the Bears and Jordan Love leading the Packers, making this game that much more important. And the rivalry is getting the national spotlight as well. With kickoff set for 3:25 p.m., FOX is giving this game their top broadcast team in Greg Olsen and Kevin Burkhardt. …

Former Packers tight end Robert Tonyan thought Justin Jones’ comments were ‘funny’ After a five-year stint with the Green Bay Packers, tight end Robert Tonyan is sticking in the NFC North but will play for rival Chicago. Tonyan signed with the Bears as aa free agent this offseason, going back home to play for the team he grew up rooting for. On Wednesday, Tonyan was asked about the comments his teammate Justin Jones had on Tuesday about Packers fans and questioning their lack of football knowledge. Tonyan didn’t fully defend Packers fans and did say the comments were “funny” but…

The Packers secondary has talent but there is plenty of question marks going into 2023 With the Green Bay Packers entering a new era at quarterback under Jordan Love, it could put more pressure on Joe Barry’s defense to play better than they did last season. The Packers are coming off a disappointing 2022 season on the defensive side despite the talent that they have. And with the team addressing some spots there in free agency and the draft, the expectation is that they should be better in 2023. As we sit here going through OTA’s and minicamp, the 33rd…

A former Packers coach broke his silence on Aaron Rodgers being traded to the Jets Former Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy spent a lot of time with Aaron Rodgers in his career. Getsy worked in Green Bay from 2014-2017 and then returned in 2019 before leaving again ahead of the 2022 season. Right now, Getsy is the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears and on Wednesday he was asked about his former player, Rodgers joining the Jets. Getsy gave an open and honest answer, saying he believes  Rodgers going to New York was made a lot of sense…

The Wisconsin Badgers Football program is in Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt’s preseason top 25 The countdown for the 2023 Wisconsin Badgers football season rolls on as we enter the month of June and there’s a lot of excitement for the Luke Fickell era to start. With the head coach taking over, the Badgers will run a new style of offense and the hope is that he can maximize the talent on the roster. So far, it’s been good for Fickell but he has to get that momentum to transfer over to the football field. Following recruiting and Spring football…

Patrick Mahomes has high praise for Aaron Rodgers in his all-time quarterbacks list Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is on a historic pace to be one of the greatest of all time at his position. After his second Super Bowl MVP last season, Mahomes returns this year hoping to earn his third Lombardi Trophy. But before the season starts, Mahomes sat down with Complex and talked a variety of things including who is in his all-time top five quarterbacks. And that included Aaron Rodgers. Mahomes listed off his top five quarterbacks in NFL history with Tom Brady taking the…

ESPN doesn’t think the start of the Jordan Love era in Green Bay will go well The Jordan Love era is about to begin for the Green Bay Packers and while the franchise has had over 30 years of success with Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers, the hope is that they found another star to lead their franchise. But we shouldn’t expect it to happen this soon. With OTA’s opening up here in the offseason, ESPN has released its first version of the 2023 Football Power Index. And it’s not good news for Packers fans. ESPN has Green Bay ranked…

The Green Bay Packers front office is adding a new piece to help with the salary cap. On Wednesday, it was announced that the Packers have hired Joey Laine as the new salary cap analyst for the franchise. Laine joins the Packers in the position after spending time in New Orleans and then following Ryan Pace to the Chicago Bears as Director of Football Administration. It’s a move that adds a new but small chapter to the rivalry. https://twitter.com/InsideTheLeague/status/1658857637977489409 With Green Bay entering a new era of this franchise backed by Jordan Love, it’s not shocking to see moves being…

The Packers watched tape on a familiar foe to see how they can help Jordan Love It’s been a long time since a Green Bay Packers quarterback not named Aaron Rodgers started the offseason as QB1 for the franchise. But that’s exactly what’s happening here in 2023 as the Jordan Love era is officially set to begin. Love is now the starter for the Packers as they usher in a new era and the hope is that he continues in a long line of success at the position for Green Bay. While we don’t know exactly what Love will be…