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It has been a sad weekend for members of the 1960s-era Green Bay Packers. One of the best and most crucial members of the Vince Lombardi championship teams from that era passed away a few days ago. Forrest Gregg, the team’s stalwart right tackle for over a decade, dealt with Parkinson’s Disease for many years and has passed at the age of 85.
Gregg was every bit as important to those championship teams as anyone else, and his impact can be felt best by hearing what his teammates have to say about him. And while some of those teammates had to wait years before getting the call to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Gregg’s career put him there in his first year of eligibility.
While we remember a legend, Packers fans also are looking ahead to the 2019 season. So too is new head coach Matt LaFleur, who finally weighed in for the first time on the recent drama surrounding his team, his quarterback, and his predecessor. If LaFleur is worried about any of that, he certainly isn’t showing it and he certainly won’t say so. Instead, he’s saying exactly what one would expect: that he’s focused on his own relationship with Aaron Rodgers rather than worrying at all about what happened in the past.
Packers great Forrest Gregg dies at 85 | Packers.com
Gregg, the Hall of Fame right tackle for Vince Lombardi's teams in the 1960s, passed away on Friday. He and Bart Starr played nearly their entire careers together, and Gregg even served as the Packers' offensive line coach during his final two years playing for the team.
Forrest Gregg earned respect, confidence of Packers teammates | Green Bay Press-Gazette
Several of Gregg's teammates, including Jerry Kramer and Dave Robinson, weighed in on the career of their teammate. Kramer in particular illustrates the near-perfect level of communication between the two on the right side of the line.
Matt LaFleur, Aaron Rodgers begin their Packers partnership | SI.com
LaFleur discusses the first speech that he gave to the Packers as a team last Monday (saying that it was "nerve-racking" at first), and he also talks about his early interactions with Rodgers. The two got dinner after the NFL Meeting in Arizona last month, and he says he "(doesn't) really care what happened" in the past, focusing on moving forward to 2019.
How Zach Allen plans to be a pass-swatting menace like J.J. Watt in NFL - SBNation.com
Boston College’s Zach Allen is an intriguing prospect, whose big 6-foot-4 frame offers him the length to get up and knock down passes. However, there’s much more to that ability than simply height -- there’s definitely an art to it.
Packers should learn from the past, invest in edge depth early | Packers Wire
This echoes what I have been saying for weeks now, ever since the Packers signed the Smiths in free agency: EDGE should still be a priority in the draft, because you can never have enough good pass rushers.
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