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By GRIDIRON HEROICS
Robin M. Adams
“He Looks Like a Stud;” Green Bay Packers QB Jordan Love Breaks Silence on New WR Matthew Golden
The Green Bay Packers are truly the most unique team in all of professional sports. Not only do they play in the smallest city of any NFL team (or NBA, NHL, or MLB), but they also do not have an owner. Instead, the Packers are “owned” by the community and run by a board of directors that elect a CEO/President. Mark Murphy, the outgoing CEO, is soon to be succeeded by Ed Policy.
Murphy has made the last several weeks of his tenure with Green Bay absolutely memorable. His run as CEO and President had already seen the Packers transition from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers, and then from Rodgers to Jordan Love. He also presided over the Super Bowl XLV winning team.
But in these last months, Murphy helped put together the NFL Draft in Green Bay, a huge undertaking for a city of just over 100,000 people. And, on the first night of that draft, he announced that his team was taking a wide receiver in the first round for the first time since 2002.
The Green Bay Packers Selected Matthew Golden in the First Round of the 2025 NFL Draft
In 2024, the Packers wide receivers dropped 33 passes, the third most in the NFL. Christian Watson, their most sure-handed pass catcher, tore his ACL in Week 18 and will miss part of the 2025 season as a result.
And so, Green Bay selected Matthew Golden in the first round of the 2025 Draft to help replace Watson in the short term and add reliability in the long run. While he had a drop percentage of 9.4% throughout his college career, he lowered it from 13.3% in 2023 to 6.5% in 2024.
Last season, his first and only with the Texas Longhorns, Golden recorded 58 receptions for 987 yards and nine touchdowns.
Even though he has yet to prove that his game will translate to the NFL, his new quarterback with the Packers sure thinks that it will.
Green Bay Packers Quarterback Jordan Love Has High Praise for Matthew Golden
On Friday night, Love hosted the annual charity softball game in which several of his Packers teammates participate. Despite not suiting up for Green Bay yet, Golden accepted the invitation to join the festivities.
After the game, Love showered his new wide receiver with as much praise as he could given the fact they have yet to play a game together:
First time Jordan Love has discussed Matthew Golden since the draft: “Just the start we’ve had … he looks like a stud, looks like a very polished receiver.”
“He’s a great dude. I’m excited to see his potential on the football field. The start we’ve had, doing routes [and things] like that, he looks like a stud, looks like a very polished receiver. So I’m excited to see just how far we can take him.”
The Packers have not had a bonified number one pass catcher since Davante Adams left following the 2021 season. Golden has a long way to go until he can claim that title in Green Bay, but he certainly will get the opportunity to do so.
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2025 NFL Schedule Release Breakdown
The 2025 NFL Schedule release Breakdown is here and we dive into some of the biggest and most important matchups for the Green Bay Packers in 2025. The NFL schedule release was not as kind to the Green Bay Packers as most fans may have hoped. However the Packers do start the 2025 NFL season with 2 of the top 3 teams from the NFC heading in to Green Bay. These first two games may hold a lot of weight come seeding time in the NFC. Today let’s look into the most important games for the Green Bay Packers.
As stated above the NFL Schedule release breakdown starts off with none other than the reigning NFC North Division Champions. This matchup can prove to play a pivotal role in the NFC North Division race as the Packers and Lions are the two top teams in the division. The Packers went 0-2 in 2024 vs the Lions and hope to start 2025 matching their 2024 win total inside their own division. Starting the year at home vs a Lions team that lost a large portion of their coaching staff could benefit the Packers. Let’s hope their piss is running hot in Week 1!
The 2nd of back to back home games to the start the 2025 season brings the Washington Commanders in town for Thursday Night Football. This will be the first time the Green Bay Packers see Quarterback Jayden Daniel’s and the Commanders since the team was revamped in 2024. Depending how Week 1 shakes out vs the Lions this could be a very early must win scenario. You would hate to start 2025 with two losses within the NFC, the Packers will need to be ready if they have aspirations at a chance to earn a first round bye in the playoffs.
Another pivotal matchup that came with the 2025 NFL Schedule release is Week 7 vs the Pittsburgh Steelers. This matchup does not seem as interesting at this particular moment. However most Green Bay Packers fans understand that this most likely will be a matchup vs former Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers has yet to sign with the Steelers as of this moment, but most people around the NFL believe Aaron ends up in Pittsburgh. We are all hoping this rematch vs a former great Packers QB turns out better than the first matchup vs Brett Favre in Minnesota.
The 2025 NFL Schedule release ended up benefiting Week 10s opponent the defending Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles come into Green Bay well rested coming off of their week 9 bye. This pivotal NFC matchup is vs the team that eliminated the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL Playoffs. If the Packers have any aspirations of getting home field advantage in the 2025 Playoffs this is a must win matchup.
Week 12 marks the first time the Green Bay Packers will be facing new Minnesota QB J.J. McCarthy. The disadvantage for the Packers seeing the Vikings so late in the season is McCarthy will have potentially 10 games started already. The Packers went 0-2 vs Minnesota in 2024 and look to bounce back in this NFC North Matchup.
Week 13 is a Thanksgiving day affair, the last time these two NFC North foes faced off on Thanksgiving was also the last time the Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions. That 2023 Thanksgiving game was truly the start of Jordan Loves ascension as a NFL Quarterback. It sure would be nice if Christian Watson made his return in this game, as Watson has carved up the Detroit Lions in Ford Field.
Week 14 and 16 bring in the 2025 Offseason champions! For the 5th season in a row the Chicago Bears have won their fans Super Bowl. Playing the Chicago Bears twice in 3 weeks is an odd choice by the NFL given such a historic matchup. The Packers will be looking to bounce back from their Week 18 loss vs the Chicago Bears. This pivotal NFC North collision if for nothing else is about bragging rights. The Green Bay Packers will be looking to start another winning streak vs the Bears in 2025.
The 2025 NFL Schedule release has one benefit to the Green Bay Packers. They play many of their toughest opponents on their home field. This week 17 matchup could truly be a measuring stick type of game before the NFL playoffs. Beating one of the AFCs best teams before the playoffs could give the team a huge confident boost. Former NFL MVP Lamar Jackson may have something to say about that, this should be an amazing late season matchup.
The 2025 NFL Regular Schedule concludes week 18 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota. This matchup could be a Division clinching game for one of the teams. It could also be a season ending game for one of these teams. The NFC North may be won or lost on this day, it will be interesting to see how the 2025 NFL season ends.
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The Packers Are Betting Big On Jeff Hafley To Elevate Their Defense
The Green Bay Packers’ defense took a big step forward under first-year coordinator Jeff Hafley.
They finished fifth in total defense, their highest ranking since they won Super Bowl XLV in 2010. They also finished sixth in scoring defense, allowing just 19.9 points per game, the fewest they’ve surrendered in over a decade. Green Bay also jumped from 27th to seventh in defensive DVOA, ranking fourth in EPA per play, fourth in EPA against the pass, and 10th in EPA against the run.
The Packers defense is:
4th in EPA/play (their best since 2010) 4th in EPA/pass 9th in EPA/rush 4th in takeaways
If you don’t think that’s good, I don’t know what to tell you.
Green Bay fielded a productive defense in 2024 despite missing Jaire Alexander for most of the season and finishing 27th in pass-rush win rate. Still, the Packers had to add reinforcements to have a realistic chance of making the leap from good to great in 2025.
The Packers added Nate Hobbs in free agency and drafted Barryn Sorrell, Collin Oliver, Warren Brinson, and Micah Robinson. However, the nature of their offseason moves underscores how much trust Green Bay is placing in Hafley to elevate and maximize talent across all levels of the defense.
There was early offseason speculation about whether the Packers should trade for Maxx Crosby or Myles Garrett. Green Bay posted 45 sacks last season, but they recorded 20 of those in three games. Fans thought the team would target a top-tier edge rusher to complement Rashan Gary, who has not yet established himself as a game-changer.
Instead, the Packers brought fresh talent for the rotation through the draft. While Gary remains a solid edge rusher, and rookies Oliver and Sorrell are talented, Green Bay is still without an elite edge rusher. The onus is on Hafley to get creative with his defensive looks and help these players reach their full potential.
Green Bay’s cornerback room was exposed when Jaire Alexander tore his PCL. Without Alexander, the Packers had no answers for Justin Jefferson, Amon-Ra St. Brown, A.J. Brown, and Jordan Addison. Through 14 weeks, Nixon and Stokes allowed a passer rating of 71.6 while Alexander was on the field, but that number spiked to 111.6 without him.
With Alexander’s future uncertain, cornerback was arguably Green Bay’s most pressing offseason need. Nate Hobbs was a solid addition in free agency, but he has primarily played in the slot. Throughout most of the pre-draft process, cornerback had top-two odds to be the first position Green Bay would address. However, they waited until the seventh round to add to the position.
The 2025 draft highlighted the difference between fan perception and how NFL teams evaluate talent. While many believed the Packers needed to urgently address the secondary, Green Bay’s lack of moves at the position spoke to how highly they regard their current group – and even more so, how much trust they’re placing in Hafley to develop and maximize that talent.
“I would say definitely,” Matt LaFleur said when asked whether Jeff Hafley’s background coaching defensive backs was crucial in Green Bay’s decision to hire him. “Especially in this league, it’s such a pass-dominant league. That was definitely one of the most appealing things to me – his ability to lead from the back end. But I think he’s got a great knowledge base on all three levels.”
Keisean Nixon and Hobbs are the only cornerbacks on Green Bay’s roster with more than two seasons of experience, and both have primarily played in the slot. As a result, the Packers have a less-than-ideal outlook for their starting outside corners.
Alexander’s time in Green Bay may be ending, and the team also lost its second-best linebacker, Eric Wilson, in free agency. While the Packers still have talent across all three defensive phases, the responsibility again falls on Jeff Hafley to elevate the unit and help it take the next step from good to great.
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John Sbisa
Green Bay Packers Get Strong Grade for 2025 NFL Draft Selections
The highlight of the Green Bay Packers‘ draft was undoubtedly their 23-year-drought-ending selection of a first round receiver in Matthew Golden at no. 23 overall. Leading the SEC with nine touchdown catches last season, the 6’0, 195-pound target out of Texas has the kind of WR1 potential the team was looking to provide for quarterback Jordan Love. By complementing their opening night pick with strong choices in later rounds, the Packers earned a division-best grade from draft analyst Chad Reuter of NFL.com.
Green Bay Packers NFL Draft Review
Day 2 of the draft saw Green Bay select offensive tackle Anthony Belton out of North Carolina State and receiver Savion Williams from TCU. In the fourth round, they made the wildly popular pick of Golden’s Longhorns teammate, edge rusher Barryn Sorrell. The Packers wrapped up the weekend with three other picks following Sorrell on Day 3: edge rusher Collin Oliver (5th round, Oklahoma State), defensive tackle Warren Binson (6th round, Georgia), cornerback Micah Robinson (7th round, Tulane) and tackle/guard John Williams (7th round, Cincinnati).
For Golden, Reuter handed out a grade of A, praising the receiver’s “physicality and crisp route-running” and calling him a “big-play threat.” Concluded Reuter, “Expect him to be a playmaker early in his career.” For a roster in search of a pass-catching stud, Golden is the kind of prospect that made bucking a two-decade trend worthwhile.
The team’s second and third round picks, Benton and Williams, received a grade of B; their Day 3 picks tallied a mark of B-plus.
Successful Draft Weekend Makes Up for Packers’ Underwhelming Free Agency Activity
Elsewhere in the NFC North, Detroit and Minnesota both received B’s, while Chicago graded out a tick better with a B-plus. Nudged to the top by Golden, whom they followed up with an array of solid selections, the Packers topped the division with an overall A-minus grade.
Interestingly, the Packers declined to snap up some of the tastier cornerbacks early in the draft, procrastinating until the final round to draft Robinson. If Jaire Alexander is traded for a non-cornerback in return–and for months now, a trade has seemed probable–the roster will have only two starting-caliber players at the position in veterans Keisean Nixon and the injury-prone Nate Hobbs, signed as a free agent in March. Otherwise subject to depth issues, perhaps they plan to keep Alexander after all.
However, Green Bay did address key needs at receiver and edge rusher after failing to do so in free agency. In the NFC, only the Giants, who drafted coveted Penn State edge rusher Adbul Carter no. 3 overall, received a higher grade. The Packers apparently do not plan to make up ground in the division via splashy trades or signings, but they may have done so, to an extent, with a quietly exciting draft.
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STEVE MEGARGEE
NFL’s smallest market prepares to host league’s top offseason spectacle as draft comes to Green Bay
The NFL draft’s annual pilgrimage to cities across the league is arriving in Green Bay next week with all the pageantry that comes from operating in the home of the league’s only publicly owned franchisees.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Corey Behnke was a 7-year-old attending a Green Bay Packers preseason game with his grandfather when he pointed to the homes across the street from Lambeau Field and vowed to live there eventually.
The NFL draft’s annual pilgrimage to cities across the league is arriving in Green Bay next week with all the pageantry that comes from operating in the home of the NFL’s only publicly owned franchise.
“I think it’s going to be iconic in a way that other drafts aren’t,” said Behnke, now president of the neighborhood association of the area adjacent to Lambeau Field.
As soon as the NFL started taking its draft around the country nearly a decade ago, Packers officials wondered what it would take to bring the event to Green Bay. They realized they’d never get a Super Bowl because of Green Bay’s small population and frigid February weather.
Hosting a draft would be the next best thing.
The possibility that Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy envisioned so long ago now becomes reality just as he prepares for his retirement this summer. As draft-related construction continues in the area around Lambeau, one of several Packers-themed signs in the yards of homes across the street from the stadium includes this message: “Draft Dreams on Murphy’s Turf.”
“For us, we’d been seeing how the draft has grown and what it’s become, and knew the kind of impact it would have, not just on the local Green Bay community, but the entire state,” Murphy said. “Since we’re a community-owned team, that’s really one of our top priorities, is to give back to the community. It’ll be the largest event ever held in Green Bay.”
Therein lies the challenge.
The Green Bay metro area includes about 320,000 people, according to Discover Green Bay spokesman Nick Meisner. The city itself has a population of under 110,000. Bringing the draft to a town of this size creates obstacles that league officials didn’t have to worry about when this event took place in Chicago, Philadelphia or other major metro areas.
Green Bay has about 5,000 hotel rooms, a figure that gets up to 10,000 when nearby Appleton is included. That means plenty of fans watching the draft may have to stay a couple of hours away in Milwaukee or Madison, though many of them already are accustomed to doing that for Packers home games.
“When people say, can the city handle it, well, what does that mean?” Behnke asked. “Do we have enough hotels? No, but we knew that. Does Wisconsin have enough hotels? Yeah, I think so. I think a lot of people (understand) the fact that it’s going to be a driving event. People are going to drive here. But I also think that’s how games are. … I think people are kind of used to driving an hour-and-a-half or two hours to get to Green Bay.”
The smaller population likely means a smaller number of people at this draft. Murphy said a total attendance of about 250,000 is expected, less than one-third of the record crowd of over 775,000 that attended last year’s draft in Detroit. Crowd figures are measured by adding the attendance numbers for each of the draft’s three days, so one person who attends all three days would be counted three times.
“The beauty of the draft is you can adapt it to any environment you’re in,” said Jon Barker, the NFL’s senior vice president for global event operations. “With each draft, there’s always going to be challenges that you need to overcome, but there’s also great opportunity.”
Those opportunities involve focusing on the tradition and history of a place Behnke calls “the best football town in America.”
For instance, one of the NFL’s greatest training-camp rituals occurs at Green Bay each summer, as players borrow children’s bicycles to ride from the locker room to the practice field. Packers officials referenced this tradition in their draft bid by sending a Packers-themed bike to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s office.
“We had our draft pitch in video form in the basket in the Packer bike,” said Gabrielle Dow, the Packers’ vice president of marketing and fan engagement.
Without giving too much away, Barker said part of Thursday’s draft opening will incorporate that bike tradition. A bike parade for children is planned for Saturday.
There are other local connections as well. When first-round picks hear their names called, they’ll go through a walkway featuring artwork from Milwaukee-based Ike Wynter, who will have made each of his pieces of reclaimed wood from discarded furniture collected across the state. Former Wisconsin Badgers such as Jonathan Taylor, Joe Thomas, Tim Krumrie and James White will be announcing picks on the draft’s second and third days.
Lambeau Field also will play a central role in this draft, though this sprawling event encompasses millions of square feet surrounding the stadium. Admission is free, and television screens all over the area will enable fans to watch the draft even if they’re far from the stage and taking in the NFL Draft Experience, a fan festival featuring games, exhibits, activities and autograph sessions.
When probable first-round selections make their red-carpet entrance Thursday before the draft, they’ll walk onto the field known for its Frozen Tundra nickname. Fans will be able to go into the stadium to watch the draft on the giant scoreboard. The stage on which the picks are announced is in a parking lot just east of Lambeau Field.
“I think it’ll be a three-day commercial not just for Green Bay but for the entire state,” Murphy said. “So many different things that are unique and special to Wisconsin, you’ll see that as a part of it.”
It also will showcase how much growth has taken place in the area around Lambeau Field.
The Resch Expo, a 125,000-square-foot facility just east of the stadium, opened in 2021 and will serve as the green room for draft prospects. The NFL Draft Experience will be at Titletown, a 45-acre development just west of Lambeau Field that features offices, shops, restaurants and apartments.
“If those developments don’t happen, I don’t think we get the draft,” Meisner said.
The draft should have an economic impact of $20 million for Brown County and $90 million for Wisconsin, according to Beth Jones Schnese, Greater Green Bay Chamber vice president of marketing/member engagement. She said that equates to the amount generated by three straight Packers home-game weekends. It also means some inconveniences for local residents with all the road closures and traffic headaches.
Then again, this community is used to expanding for several weekends each football season. This is just a super-sized example.
Behnke knows that as well as anyone. His family has owned Packers’ season tickets since Lambeau Field opened in 1957. He was born in Green Bay, started living across from Lambeau Field full-time about five years ago and co-founded the Cheesehead TV Packers fan site.
He believes the Packers are ingrained in the Green Bay community in a way that’s different from other cities that have multiple pro sports franchises. They’re accustomed to accommodating fans who consider visiting Lambeau Field a bucket-list item.
“I do think as stewards and ambassadors of the city, I think people take that very seriously,” Behnke said. “We’re not just Wisconsin nice or Minnesota nice or Midwestern nice. I think people understand we have an obligation and a responsibility to the people who come here, to show them a good time, which is what you see on gamedays. So I think that will just extend.”
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Free Agency Updates for the Green Bay Packers; additions and departures
NFL free agency has begun, and the transaction wire has been very busy around the league as usual. Here are the free agency updates for the Green Bay Packers so far, as there have been new additions as well as departures.
Isaiah McDuffie LB
The Packers kicked off their free agency by resigning linebacker Isaiah McDuffie. McDuffie is the only remaining pick from the Packers 2021 draft to still be on the roster. McDuffie signed a 2-year eight-million-dollar deal with a chance for up to 9.5 million. McDuffie has logged 183 tackles over the last two seasons.
Brandon McManus K
The Packers made sure to retain Brandon McManus not long after bringing back Isaiah McDuffie. McManus proved to be a reliable kicker for the Packers this past season. Green Bay was in dire need for an answer at kicker early at the start of last season.
McManus proved to be the guy for the job. McManus was 20 for 21 on the season for field goal attempts and was a perfect 30 for 30 on extra point attempts. With this signing, Green Bay will avoid being in a scramble to find a reliable guy. McManus was brought back on a three year 15.3-million-dollar deal.
Aaron Banks G
Green Bay’s first official splash in free agency came as a surprise to most. The Packers signed Aaron Banks, former guard for the San Francisco 49ers. The Packers are paying Banks for four years at 77 million dollars. That’s a lot of dough. Hopefully this turns out to be another well scouted signing from Gutekunst and company. There can never be too much protection for your quarterback.
Nate Hobbs CB
As many anticipated, the Packers had several corners set to be free agents this cycle. With so any unknowns, Green Bay signed former Raider’s cornerback Nate Hobbs to a four year 48-million-dollar contract. Hobbs will provide more security for an already thin corner room.
When asked about why Hobbs wanted to sign for Green Bay, he stated “Everybody I’ve spoken to about it likes it. It’s a special place. I want to be part of a special place.” Hobbs will wear number 21 for Green Bay. Let’s hope his impact is similar to the former Green Bay legend who wore 21 and came from the Raiders.
Departures
T.J. Slayton
The Packers have certainly added to several positions of need; however, a few former players are on their way out of Green Bay. Former defensive lineman T.J. Slaton has found his new home in Cincinnati. Slaton was drafted by Green Bay in 2021 and was never more than an average rotational piece for Green Bay.
AJ Dillon RB
Former running back AJ Dillon landed in Philadelphia earlier this week. The former running back spent his 2024 season injured and with an already crowded running back room, he was unlikely to find the playing time he was looking for. The Packers will look to rely on Josh Jacobs and MarShawn Lloyd who was unable to stay healthy his rookie season in 2024.
Eric Stokes CB
Another draft pick from 2021 found a new home. Eric Stokes, the Packers former first round selection has signed with the Raiders. Stokes had a promising rookie season but was riddled with injuries in the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Despite playing the majority of the 2024 season, the play was not consistent.
Josh Myers C
It looks as if the Packers are planning to shake up their offensive line starters as center Josh Myers signed with the New York Jets earlier this week. Myers was also a 2021 draft selection. Myers missed only one game since his rookie season. It’s hard to understand what the plans are for the Packers up front, as Myers signed an extremely cheap deal with the Jets.
Eric Wilson LB
By bringing back Isaiah McDuffie, it was clear that Eric Wilson’s time in Green Bay was over. Wilson was a solid contributor for Green Bay on the special team’s front and filled in at linebacker when called upon. Wilson will play for the division rival in Minnesota this upcoming season.
Corey Ballentine CB
The cornerback room lost yet another body, as Corey Ballentine signed with the Colts. Ballentine was originally drafted by the Giants. Ballentine was a defensive reserve player and contributed the most on special teams.
What’s Next?
The Packers have not addressed the holes at their defensive front. It seems unlikely that this will be improved through agency, as most of the promising free agents have signed elsewhere. It looks as if the only option left is Trey Hendrickson from Cincinatti, but multiple reports from around the league have made it clear that the asking price is too high right now. Will Gutekunst make one more splash at a great position of need? Or will he rely on the draft?
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WENDELL FERREIRA
Josh Jacobs delivers an eye-opening take on Jordan Love’s potential for the Packers in the NFL
Josh Jacobs has played with several quarterbacks throughout his NFL career. Derek Carr, Jarrett Stidham, Aidan O’Connell, Jimmy Garoppolo, Brian Hoyer, Malik Willis. He can certainly identify when a player is just different. And that’s what he sees in Jordan Love.
Since arriving on the Green Bay Packers last offseason, the elite running back has been impressed with what Love can do.
When asked about Love by his former head coach Jon Gruden, Jacobs had a few points to emphasize about Love’s talent and level of play.
“Special, man. I don’t think people really know how good he is. I think he was like fifth in QBR this year, and that was a “down year” for him, supposedly,” Jacobs said. “He’s very poised. He’s one of them guys, man, where like he’s never rattled, he’s gonna stay and he’s gonna be the last guy in the building, he’s gonna be the first guy in the building. He does everything the right way. He talks to the guys, has relationships with the guys.”
After a year together, Jacobs is excited about what might come next for their offense.
“When he gets on that field, his arm, the talent, I’m like ‘Man,'” Jacobs added. “I think when he gets truly comfortable in his capabilities, what he can do, and then also within the offense, sky’s the limit for that dude.”
The best aspect of this for Packers fans is that everyone knows how sincere Josh Jacobs is. During Super Bowl week, the running back made an honest assessment of the wide receiver room, saying it was important to add a real elite piece. So if he’s talking like that about Love, it’s his real perception.
Meanwhile, Josh Jacobs made the Pro Bowl for the third time in his NFL career. He finished his first season in Green Bay with 301 attempts for 1,329 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns, plus 36 receptions for 342 yards and a touchdown—his first career receiving score in the NFL.
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WENDELL FERREIRA
Packers immediately found two building blocks in 2024 that can do even bigger and better things in 2025
A prevailing perception about the Green Bay Packers‘ roster-building process is how they prefer to take raw, athletic players. These draftees could have a high ceiling, but it takes a lot of time to get them in position to succeed—a time that the current version of the NFL doesn’t offer.
Well, pundits and fans can’t complain about the 2024 class. Two players have immediate impact, and they still have room to grow moving forward.
We are starting our Rookie Report Card series, and it would be impossible to start it anywhere else. Linebacker Edgerrin Cooper and safety Evan Williams had a huge season in 2024, and the outlook for the future is even more promising.
Both made the All-Rookie Team, and it’s the first time two Packers defenders did it at the same time since Clay Matthews and BJ Raji in 2009. The main difference is that the Packers found Cooper in the second round, and Williams in the fourth.
Edgerrin Cooper
The Packers took Cooper in the second round to add athleticism (again) to the LB room. Early returns indicate that he is a different animal, though, and that the outcome will be much better than what they had with 2022 first-round pick Quay Walker.
Cooper is a smart player, with solid coverage skills—good enough for him not to be picked apart by opposing offenses. He’s also a positive run defender, attacking gaps with precision.
However, Cooper’s ability to create pressure as a blitzer is what separated him from everyone else on the roster. He finished his rookie season with an elite 90.1 pass rush grade by PFF, 11 total pressures in only 51 pass rush snaps.
“As long as he continues to work, which I know he will,” head coach Matt LaFleur said about Cooper’s potential. “It was a huge learning curve coming from Texas A&M to here. And you saw, the more he played, the better he got, and the more consistent he got. It’s going to be a great offseason for him. I think he’s planning on staying in town. Hopefully we can get him bigger, faster and stronger.”
Initially, Cooper was a backup. Injuries and the learning curve mentioned by LaFleur put him after Quay Walker, Isaiah McDuffie, and Eric Wilson on the depth chart. He played more and more snaps throughout the season, though, and by the end of the year it was impossible to keep him off the field.
Overall, he played 45% of the defensive snaps and 19% of the special teams snaps. Cooper had 3.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, seven quarterback hits, a forced fumble, two fumble recoveries, and an interception.
With Jaire Alexander possibly out and with Rashan Gary having a step back in 2024, plus considering age and contract, it’s easy to say that Edgerrin Cooper has the potential to become the most valuable player on the defense.
Evan Williams
When the Packers played the Philadelphia Eagles in Brazil in Week 1, Evan Williams simply did not play defensive snaps. Xavier McKinney and second-round rookie Javon Bullard were the options.
Throughout the season, though, Williams had his opportunities and showed what he was capable of. There were some questions about where the Packers took him in the draft, but he answered them in a definitive manner.
Bullard was moved to the slot, and Williams became a full-time starter at safety alongside McKinney.
Despite a late-season injury, he played 43% of the defensive snaps and 26% of the special teams snaps.
Even though Williams was ok as a run defender, his best trait is coverage and how much field he can cover. The safety allowed a 69.7 passer rating when targeted, which included an interception and three passes defended. He also had a forced fumble.
The Green Bay Packers needed an influx of talent on the defensive side of the ball. They got it with Cooper and Williams, and it’s just the beginning of what they can do for them.
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Zack Kruse
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst likes team’s salary cap situation entering 2025 offseason
Finally out from the financial shadow of the Aaron Rodgers era and with a young, mostly cheap roster constructed, Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst likes where his team is at from a salary cap standpoint entering the 2025 offseason.
The Packers have the cap space and flexibility to retain free agents, re-sign young players and aggressively target veterans this offseason.
“I feel really good about our ability to go do what we need to do to field a championship-level team,” Gutekunst said Thursday. “The opportunities out there are unknown right now, we’ll see how that goes, but we’re in a better situation than we have been over the past 2-3 years.”
Gutekunst and Russ Ball did a quick and effective renovation on the salary cap during the transition from the Rodgers era to the Jordan Love era at quarterback.
“Russ does a fantastic job with our cap,” Gutekunst said. “All the decisions we’ve made over the past few years have put us in a position where we’re in pretty good shape right now. Again, have to keep making good decisions…we have a lot of good players under rookie contracts right now. We have to make sure we can extend those guys when that time comes.”
According to Over the Cap, the Packers are at roughly $50 million in cap space and a little over $38 million in effective cap space as of mid-January. The dead money from trading Rodgers and transitioning away from several veteran players is mostly gone from the cap, freeing Gutekunst from needing to do a bunch of salary conversions and cap tricks to create operating room financially this offseason.
Gutekunst said he’d like to be in this situation — with cap flexibility to do different things — every offseason instead of borrowing from the future like was necessary through the COVID challenges and trying to keep a veteran roster around Rodgers, but he won’t avoid the situation if borrowing from the future is required to add elite, high-end players in unique situations.
Gutekunst made it clear that players like Josh Jacobs and Xavier McKinney — two free-agent signings who made the Pro Bowl in Year 1 in Green Bay — don’t come around often. And when they are available, he wants the Packers to be aggressive in getting them regardless of cap situation.
“I feel like I approach every offseason like I have to attack it aggressively,” Gutekunst said. “We’ll see what transpires through the free agency class, who gets re-signs, who doesn’t, salary cap causalities. If it’s right for us, we’re going to attack it.”
Entering Year 3 with Love as the starting quarterback, Gutekunst said it’s “time” for this group of Packers to start competing for championships. After creating valuable flexibility with the salary cap over the past few seasons, Gutekunst now has an opportunity to go add a few pieces that could help the Packers get over the hump from good to great in 2025.
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