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How the Packers look, position-by-position, on defense and special teams

Alright, enough about the pretty boys on offense.

For part two, we’re going to talk about the tough guys on defense (and, okay, special teams, too).

Defensive linemen (6)

Starters: Johnny Jolly, Ryan Pickett, Cullen Jenkins

Backups: Mike Montgomery, B.J. Raji, Jarius Wynn

There’s certainly a lot of talent here. They just have to show they can do what [...]

Preseason game four vs. Tennessee: Not the best finish, but at least it's finished

The fourth preseason game is a lot like the five-minute conversation you have to have with your irritating cousin at a wedding or family reunion.

It’s awkward, you’re counting down the minutes until it’s over and when it’s done, you instantly forget it because it was so meaningless.

(And if it was really bad, you might have [...]

Roster down to 75; other news and notes

Some news and notes on the happenings in Green Bay since Friday night’s win over the Arizona Cardinals in preseason game three. As always, this information comes courtesy of the fine folks at the Green Bay Press Gazette and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

The Packers get their roster down to 75

By releasing offensive lineman Duke Preston [...]

Friendly fire: Update edition, part two

Here is the second (and final) part of our update on the seven major position battles still going on with the Green Bay Packers.

Part one covered backup quarterback, No. 3 running back and fullback. I’d link to it, but if you scroll down just a bit, you’ll find it. I mean, I know it’s Friday [...]

Training camp stew- 8/20/09 edition (the series finale)

As Adam previously stated, he and I are pretty much done talking about Judas. In fact, we ARE done. Gene will be weighing in with his thoughts sometime soon, but after that, don’t expect any more Judas stuff from us.

We’re very glad that you all felt as passionate about the issue as we did – [...]

Training camp stew – 8/13/09 edition

Here it is, your nightly serving of the most interesting bits of information from today’s training camp practice.

The Packers had two practices today and, with only two days to go until Saturday’s preseason opener against the Cleveland Browns, there’s quite a bit to get to.

As always, this information comes courtesy of the folks at the [...]

How they looking so far?

(As I type this, a backup punter for the Tennessee Titans has just taken a fake punt to the house for the first score of the preseason. Football’s back! It’s baaaaaack!!)

With the Green Bay Packers just over a week into training camp – nine practices, to be exact – it seemed like a good time [...]

Training camp stew – 8/6/09 edition

Like the Green Bay Packers, we at OBOD decided to take yesterday off. We didn’t do much – you know, went to Home Depot, Bed, Bath & Beyond. Actually, a pretty nice little Wednesday.

Now it’s time to get back in the kitchen – and by kitchen I mean my couch – and give you your [...]

Training camp stew, version 1.0

We at OBOD – Adam, Gene and myself – are not credentialed members of the media, meaning we don’t have access to the team.

We don’t live in Green Bay – sorry, cats out of the bag – so we aren’t able to watch training camp practices live.

But we still want to give you our thoughts [...]

Friendly fire: Training camp battles, part three

The first two parts of this series have been offensive-minded. That’s because, well, most of the major pre-camp battles exist on that side of the ball.

By our count, there are only two that exist in the areas of defense and special teams – one in each, in fact.

And here they are:

Right outside linebacker

The combatants: Jeremy [...]