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5h ago
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News and notes from around the division as we head into another weekend of football.
We recently passed the halfway point in the season, which was technically midweek because there are an uneven number of games. Does this bother anyone else? No? Just me? OK. Anyway! As we get ready to hit the couch (or the barstool) for week 9, here’s a quick look at what’s going on around the NFC North.
Chicago Bears
Bears may stand pat at Edge as trade deadline nears - With fans expecting a move, Sports Illustrated’s Gene Chamberlain makes the case for why the Bears are m ..read more
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5h ago
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How do you hit a Goff and pin him down?
The Green Bay Packers have their work cut out for them this weekend as the host arguably the hottest team in the NFL. The Detroit Lions lead the NFC North by a half-game over the Packers but are blowing away the rest of the league in offensive production and overall point differential.
They’re also doing it in a way that’s embarrassing their opponents, according to one Packers defender, and he doesn’t like it. Thankfully, Xavier McKinney is playing as well as any defensive player in the NFL right now, and he was ju ..read more
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18h ago
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The Packers just can’t stop winning in October
The NFL announced that Green Bay Packers safety Xavier McKinney was named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for October. McKinney had 19 tackles, 2 interceptions, a sack, and a fumble recovery in the Packers’ 4-game win streak during the month.
McKinney has a league-leading 6 interceptions on the year and tied a league record in Week 5 for having 6 straight games with an interception going back to the final week of last season. He’s also the first NFL player since the 1970 merger to have an interception in the f ..read more
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18h ago
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The Jets are favorites tonight despite their awful start to the season.
This evening, the NFL gets week 9 underway on Halloween night. Unfortunately for the New York Jets, the first eight games of the season have been a horror movie, as the team is just 2-6 and has already fired its head coach and traded for another one of Aaron Rodgers’ favorite receiving targets.
Tonight, they get a chance to try to get back on track, but they will have to face a 6-2 Houston Texans team that leads the AFC South by two games. The Texans may be a bit of a paper tiger, however; th ..read more
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23h ago
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The newest Minnesota Viking caused a scene on Sunday
The Jacksonville Jaguars recently traded their former starting left tackle, Cam Robinson, to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for draft picks that change in value based on Robinson’s performance for the remainder of the 2024 season. Why the Vikings made the trade for Robinson — their starting left tackle Christian Darrisaw went down for the season last week — is obvious. What isn’t so obvious is why the Jaguars were willing to make the deal.
Now, a potential factor has surfaced. Robinson, who played the G ..read more
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23h ago
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Lions fans evidently didn’t want to see their team at Lambeau Field
Taking a trip to Lambeau Field is a rite of passage, not just for Packers fans but for anyone who loves football. It’s not the birthplace of football, but it might as well be. No other stadium in the NFL embodies the rich history of the league and its small-town roots, and it’s a bucket-list trip for football fans for good reason. Who wouldn’t want to see their team play there?
Well, evidently, Lions fans. The Packers announced today that a limited number of tickets are now available for Sunday’s game b ..read more
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23h ago
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The Packers lead the league in explosive plays (according to one definition).
Everyone has a little bit of a different definition of what constitutes an “explosive play.” Each NFL team has its own analytics department these days, and they each have their own data sets that help influence in-game decision-making, playcalling tendencies, and many more facets of coaching.
Early on this century, the Green Bay Packers managed to pry one of the NFL’s first “numbers analysts” away from a division rival, and he went on to be an invaluable resource to the team over the ..read more
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1d ago
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Green Bay chases explosive plays. Here’s one they can use on Sunday
Looking at this upcoming Green Bay Packers/Detroit Lions game, I’ve started thinking about ways the Packers may look to hit an explosive play against this Lions' defense. After some rough years, the Lions have a good defense this season. Per FTN’s DVOA, they’re 5th against the pass and 3rd against the run. NFL Pro has them allowing an average of -0.16 EPA per play, 2nd best in the league. Pro Football Reference has them as the second-best defense in the league at the percentage of drives that end in a ..read more
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2d ago
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Head coach Matt LaFleur makes it clear: Walker is the team’s middle linebacker
After practice on Wednesday, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur announced to the press that not only had middle linebacker Quay Walker cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol, but that Walker will start versus the Detroit Lions on Sunday. Walker missed last week’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars with the concussion that he suffered against the Houston Texans the week prior.
With Walker out of the lineup, the Packers won back-to-back games that ended on last-second fiel ..read more
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2d ago
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Love is dealing with a groin injury that led to the coaching staff pulling him on Sunday
While reports have claimed that the Green Bay Packers are optimistic that they avoided any sort of serious injury on Sunday versus the Jacksonville Jaguars, their participation rate on Wednesday should still raise some concerns from Packers fans going into a key matchup against the NFC’s top-ranked Detroit Lions. According to Sports Illustrated’s Bill Huber, not only was quarterback Jordan Love missing from practice today, but so were running back Josh Jacobs, left tackle ..read more