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The Green Bay Packers get to enjoy week seven as spectators on their bye week as they get healthy (or at least healthier) and resume their season in Denver a week from Sunday. In the meantime, we're left with looking back at the first six games of the season and looking ahead to the team's long-term needs instead of having any real football news to discuss.
Among the topics in today's curds are the hiring of Mike Holmgren, Jermichael Finley's injury, and a look ahead to the 2016 Draft and the team's biggest need.
Hiring Holmgren was a coup for Wolf in 1992 | Packers.com
According to Cliff Christl, Ron Wolf had two names on his list for head coach: Mike Holmgren and Bill Parcells. Coincidentally, those two would meet in Super Bowl XXXI, with Holmgren leading the Packers to victory over the Patriots.
Ron Zook's special teams haven't hurt Packers this season | JSOnline.com
And when you think about it, that's a huge upgrade from Shawn Slocum's units last season.
Assessing the Packers’ Pass Defense Issues Against the Chargers | Cheesehead TV
Here's a great look at some of the coverages that the Packers employed (and how they failed) when facing Philip Rivers.
Packers' top draft need in 2016: outside LB | Packersnews.com
You'll get no argument from me here. With Matthews manning the middle, Peppers going into the last year of his deal, and both Nick Perry and Mike Neal potentially hitting free agency, the Packers will need a young playmaker or two on the edge. Michigan State's Shilique Calhoun and Auburn's Carl Lawson could be intriguing possibilities near the end of the first round.
Ex-Packers TE Jermichael Finley on retiring: 'Game is getting violent' - ESPN
There's apparently a very good reason that the Packers' doctors didn't clear Finley after his neck injury - his vertebrae weren't fused properly and the bruise on his spinal cord is still present.
Bears release DL Jeremiah Ratliff after reported argument with GM Ryan Pace - SBNation.com
Oops. Ratliff had to be escorted out of the Bears' facility by police. This is the second time he has been released under, shall we say, turbulent circumstances.