News from around the NFC North including the Division defending champion Green Bay Packers as well as rivals Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings.
For Green Bay Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy the messages sent to his players this week was simple and straight-forward. First ‘I don’t want to hear anything about the bye week’, and secondly ‘if you are healthy you play’ regardless of when the bye week happens to fall.
News from around the NFC North including the defending champion and first place Green Bay Packers as well as the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings.
What may be surprising to some is that the St. Louis Rams defense is statistically ranked only in the middle of all NFL defenses in total yardage allowed at 356.5 YPG. It is also vulnerable to the run and if the Packers can exploit it, they stand a good chance of winning this week's game at Lambeau Field.
Could Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon push for more live tackling for younger players in training camp than Green Bay has traditionally done under LaFleur?
Aaron welcomes in Mark Oldacres to discuss how several key contributors will need to rediscover their best form if Green Bay is going to make a serious run.