Could the Packers Start a Rookie on the Offensive Line?
Packers rookie offensive lineman J.C. Tretter
If I put the over/under on the number of rookies the Packers will have starting on the offensive line for the regular season opener at 0.5, would you take the over or the under?
What if I changed the season opener to week 10, but kept the over/under at 0.5?
If you believe some of the scuttle out of the Packers rookie mini-camp, recent...
Bulaga to Left Tackle Highlights Changes on Packers Offensive Line
The Packers will move Bryan Bulaga from right tackle to left tackle for the 2013 NFL season.
The Green Bay Packers aren’t waiting until training camp to shuffle their offensive line.
Details of the Packers new-look line can be found in this excellent Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel story by Tom Silverstein. To summarize:
Bryan Bulaga moves from right tackle to left tackle
Josh Sitton...
Evaluating Evan Dietrich-Smith’s Cool Reception on the Free Agent Market
Evan Dietrich-Smith ended up back in Green Bay.
When the Packers only offered the original round tender to restricted free agent Evan Dietrich-Smith — as of now, the team’s leading candidate to start at center — I was a little puzzled.
In Dietrich-Smith’s case, “original round” meant any team that wanted to sign him would not have to surrender a draft pick as compensation...
Position Analysis: Center and Guard
A strong group of guards and a so-so crop of centers await the Packers, who appear set with Evan Dietrich-Smith at center and Josh Sitton and T.J. Lang at guard as their starters but are short on depth.
Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived
Surviving Sundays with no Packers Football
Instead of a long intro this week, I’m going to save my bloviating for the non-Packers links and other nonsense section and get right to the Packers news of the week.
I’ll be back next week with a strong opinion on something related to the Packers or the NFL. For now, we’ll just catch up on Packers news and talk about a baseball text...
Packers C Evan Dietrich-Smith Signs His One-year Tender Offer
Packers center Evan Dietrich-Smith guaranteed that he would be present for the start of the off-season conditioning program Monday when he signed his one-year, $1.323 million restricted free-agent tender Friday.
Dietrich-Smith was tendered with the lowest qualifying offer and had the chance to shop himself around the NFL during the restricted free agency period, which began March...
Dietrich-Smith to remain with Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith has signed his one-year restricted free-agent tender.
Dietrich-Smith was given the lowest qualifying offer, which carries a value of 1.323 million. Though Green Bay had a right to match any offer to Dietrich-Smith, there would have been no compensation associated with it if another team had successfully signed him...
Dietrich-Smith to remain with Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith has signed his one-year restricted free-agent tender.
Dietrich-Smith was given the lowest qualifying offer, which carries a value of 1.323 million. Though Green Bay had a right to match any offer to Dietrich-Smith, there would have been no compensation associated with it if another team had successfully signed him...
Packers News: Evan Dietrich-Smith signs one-year deal
Packers center Evan Dietrich-Smith
Evan Dietrich-Smith signed his restricted free agent tender worth $1.323 million, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. He’s expected to be the Packers’ starting center next season after Jeff Saturday retired.
Dietrich-Smith, 26, was handed the lowest possible restricted free agent tender with no compensation. If a team wanted to sign...
Packers CB Sam Shields Receives Second Round Restricted Free Agent Tender
The Green Bay Packers apparently saw more potential free agent interest in Sam Shields than they did in Evan Dietrich-Smith, and have slapped him with a second round restricted free agent tender. Any team who signs Shields to an offer sheet will have to compensate the Packers with a second round pick if he signs and the Packers do not match. If Shields is not signed to an offer sheet...
Packers News: Team issues Restricted Free Agent tenders
Sam Shields received the second-round tender
Today is the day free agency is officially set to kick off, and it’s also the deadline for teams to tender their restricted free agents.
Yesterday, the Packers surprised some by hitting Evan Dietrich-Smith with the lowest possible tender. Because Dietrich-Smith was undrafted, the Packers would get no compensation if they he signed with...
Reports: Shields gets second-round tender
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Packers have placed the second-round tender on restricted free-agent cornerback Sam Shields, according to multiple reports.
That level of tender (the middle of the possible three) is worth 2.023 million for the 2013 season. Now, if another team ends up signing Shields this offseason, Green Bay would receive a second-round pick from that team. The Packers also...
Packers C Evan Dietrich-Smith Handed Lowest Restricted Free Agent Tender
If the Green Bay Packers view Evan Dietrich-Smith as their future starting center, they're banking that no one else sees what they see in the young offensive lineman. According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Dietrich-Smith has been hit with a low restricted free agent tender. If he is signed by another team, the Packers will receive no compensation.
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2013 Packers Position Group Analysis: Offensive Line
The Packers can always count on Josh Sitton on the offensive line.
Packers offensive line: The Packers have invested a significant amount of resources into their offensive line over the last three years. Two first-round draft picks (Bryan Bulaga and Derek Sherrod), a notable free-agent signee (Jeff Saturday) and a few contract extensions (Josh Sitton and T.J. Lang). Despite...
Combine Interview: Intrigue at Center
In yet another Packer Report exclusive, Travis Frederick's "bad" performance at the Scouting Combine was good news for one scout, who hoped to find a bargain in Round 2. Frederick is the best center in the draft. So, what will the Packers do with Evan Dietrich-Smith, and is Frederick a possibility at No. 26?
Packers Notes: Bryan Bulaga, A.J. Hawk, Evan Dietrich-Smith & Chris Canty
Bryan Bulaga
According to Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Packers may try to move OL Bryan Bulaga to left tackle in next season.
Bulaga has played right tackle since entering the league, but the Packers appear to be looking for an upgrade Marshall Newhouse.
“I think he’s an all-pro right tackle,” said head coach Mike McCarthy of Bulaga. “I thought he was...
Several Centers are Worthy of Attention
Given his strong play after a late-season promotion, the Packers probably are secure at center with Evan Dietrich-Smith. Nonetheless, there are some talented centers available and the Packers have almost no depth at the interior positions.
Packers have a tough decision to make on Evan Dietrich-Smith, Sam Shields
According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Green Bay Packers have a tough decision to make regarding the future of cornerback Sam Shields and center Evan Dietrich-Smith. They need to decide whether they’re going to use the top or middle tender on each player.
The highest tender sets compensation at a first-round pick, the middle tender sets it at a second-round pick and...
Packers Evan Dietrich-Smith: 2012 Player Evaluation and Report Card
Packers C/G Evan Dietrich-Smith
1) Introduction: Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers often had positive things to say about Evan Dietrich-Smith on his weekly radio show. Rodgers made it sound like Dietrich-Smith may not have taken football as seriously as he should have early in his career, but now has seen the light. I’d like to think Dietrich-Smith finally got one too many tattoos...
Senior Bowl Mock Draft: Fourth Round (A)
The Packers need to fortify the interior offensive line, now that last year's top backup, Evan Dietrich-Smith, figures to be the starting center. One possibility would be the second-best offensive lineman in the Pac-12, Cal's Brian Schwenke.
Veteran center Jeff Saturday will retire after Pro Bowl
Jeff Saturday has provided snaps for two of the best quarterbacks in the game in Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers.
He has a Super Bowl ring and multiple Pro Bowls under his belt. After 14 seasons he’s ready to call it a career.
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Packers C Jeff Saturday “Likely To Retire?”
Jason Wilde of ESPN Milwaukee writes that Packers C Jeff Saturday is “likely to retire.”
Saturday, 37, was signed as a stop gap for the Packers after they lost Scott Wells during free agency, but he was ultimately benched in favor of Evan Dietrich-Smith. Green Bay reportedly sees Dietrich-Smith as a long-term option at center, but GM Ted Thompson was seen speaking with Oregon...
Shields Leads Packers' RFAs
The Packers have five restricted free agents, including cornerback Sam Shields and center Evan Dietrich-Smith. Of them, the big financial decision will be with the tender amount for Shields.
Too Soon To Judge Dietrich-Smith
Veteran Evan Dietrich-Smith wasn’t really challenged in his first start at center
The Packers benched center Jeff Saturday in favor of Evan Dietrich-Smith prior to last Sunday’s game. After re-watching every play, I still have no idea whether the move will make the offensive line better heading into the playoffs. That’s because the Titans were so awful on defense that Green...
Which Packes RB Will Have the “Hot Hand” the Rest of the Season?
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Could Ryan Grant be the hot hand Mike McCarthy talks about?
Packers coach Mike McCarthy said during his Wednesday news conference that he will continue to stick with the “hot hand” at running back.
Usually when a coach says something like that it means he has a number of options at the position, which often means he has no options because he has...
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