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Fans get their first look at new Packers in open OTA

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Packer fans watching today's OTA workout!

Packer fans watching today’s OTA workout!

The Green Bay Packers opened OTA workouts on Wednesday and hold their first open to the public and media workout today at 11:30.

While the Packers have their entire starting offense back, they will have some new looks on defense and special teams.

The Packers will have at least one new starter at defensive back this season, replacing last years starter Tramon Williams.

We’ll also see just how much change we can expected to see at Inside Linebacker.  Based on the way Mike McCarthy talked during the draft, it appears the Packers may look to keep Clay Matthews at inside linebacker at least some of the time.  If things stay that way, then the Packers won’t be as hard pressed to find middle linebackers. [Read more…]

McCarthy gives up play calling to focus more on all phases of his team

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Tom Clements

Tom Clements

Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy told reporters on Thursday that he had thought about giving up play calling before.  After the Packers coughed up the lead and fell to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship game, McCarthy could no longer hide from the fact that he needed to get more involved in all aspects of his football team.

To pull that off, McCarthy needed to give up the job that he loved, the job that required so much of his time and attention.

McCarthy and the Packers announced a number of staff moves on Thursday, first and foremost, the promotion of Tom Clements to Associate Head Coach/Offense, with play calling duties. [Read more…]

Packer’s run game looks to get stronger

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James Starks (L #44) and Alex Green (R #20) practice

Packer Nation held their breath when Green Bay Packer running back Cedric Benson went down in the week five match-up against the Indianapolis Colts.

News didn’t get  any better when he was assigned to temporary injured reserve and would miss eight weeks.

Fast forward five weeks, and the Packer’s run game has averaged 102.7 yards without Benson.  The Packers have had mixed results with Alex Green, but the return of James Starks to the lineup, teaming with Green, has seen better results.

Packer’s running back coach Alex Van Pelt said he’s encouraged by the strong performances from Starks and Green in the win over Arizona.

AUDIO: Van Pelt on Green v Cardinals :13

AUDIO: Van Pelt excited about Starks :15

Van Pelt said there’s light at the end of the tunnel with the Packers running backs.  He said he’s looking forward to having a full stable of healthy backs, including Cedric Benson. [Read more…]

Packers settle on their coaching staff

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The Green Bay Packers had already named Tom Clements their offensive

Ben McAdoo

coordinator, yesterday they completed their staff for next season.  The Packers moved Ben McAdoo to quarterbacks coach, Jerry Fontenot to tight ends coach and they added Alex Van Pelt as their running backs coach.

McAdoo has been the Packers’ tight ends coach since 2006.  Aaron Rodgers had stated earlier that he’d prefer a quarterbacks coach with quarterback experience.  McAdoo said he’s not upset with Rodgers for those words. [Read more…]

Packers unveil coaching staff changes

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The Green Bay Packers have named Jerry Fontenot tight ends coach, Ben McAdoo quarterbacks coach and Alex Van Pelt running backs coach.  John Rushing will now serve as offensive assistant/special teams and Joel Hilgenberg will serve as assistant offensive line coach. 

Fontenot will be entering his seventh season with the Packers, having coached the team’s running backs this past season. 

McAdoo has been with the club since 2006, serving as the tight ends coach each of the past six years and replaces Tom Clements as quarterbacks coach.  Clements is the Packers new offensive coordinator.

Van Pelt will be entering his seventh season as an NFL coach, having served as the quarterbacks coachwith the Tampa Bay Bucaneers the past two seasons. 

Mike McCarthy made the coaching moves official this morning.