Dennis from Parrish, FL
I have a Duke Bobber in my tackle box, NO WAY that's a real name?
Oh, it's real, and it's spectacular.
David from Prior Lake, MN
II, can we talk numbers quick? Outside of 1929-31 when they won their first three titles, the Packers seem to have retired a number or a pair of numbers for their championship teams. Hutson 1931 and 1936, Hutson and Canadeo for 1944, Starr and Nitschke for the '60s, and Favre and White for '96. I would assume Aaron Rodgers will have his number retired someday, but what are the chances of Woodson being the second member of the 2010 championship team to have his number retired?
Mike from Franksville, WI, asked a similar question. With all due respect to Woodson – one of my favorite players who's headed to Canton sooner than later, probably on the first ballot next year – I don't see this happening. If the organization had any inclinations in this regard, it wouldn't have given Ha Ha Clinton-Dix the No. 21 when he was drafted in the first round in 2014. Maybe I'm wrong, but I anticipate the No. 12 will be the only one retired from the XLV squad.
Dave from Boise, ID
Any word on Kamal Martin at ILB?
He certainly looks the part and looks like he belongs, but until you see a young linebacker actually tackle NFL players, it's really hard to gauge.
Greg from Combined Locks, WI
With the veterans knowing within a day or two of who is NFL-caliber, do they approach rookies and say "keep doing what you're doing" or "you better do something different" or do they even care who makes the team?
If a rookie is asking, a veteran's answer is usually the former because the young guys don't always understand the no-news-good-news ethos. If they need to do something different, they're hearing that from their coaches.
Craig from Brookfield, WI
One thing that always blew me away about the Holmgren/Favre era was looking at how they dominated time of possession. "Establish the run" certainly helps with that, but why is there not more focus on dominating TOP?
Because it's not as determinative a statistic as it was 20 years ago. The Packers won time of possession decisively in two of their four losses last year – by almost five minutes vs. Philly and by more than 10 minutes on the first trip to San Fran. They also won games when losing TOP by 11 minutes (Denver) and nine minutes (second Chicago meeting). I'm not saying it's meaningless, but there are plenty of examples where the stat indicates what you think, and plenty where it doesn't.
Bill from Iowa City, IA
Along with the offense, the Packers will enter Year 2 for Coach Mennenga's special teams. That group improved over the season, finishing better than 2018. What are the keys for Packer special teams again showing good improvement?
Keep the penalties down, find a return game early this year, and eliminate the explosives allowed. In Mennenga's first year, the accepted penalties on special teams were more than cut in half, from 26 in 2018 to 10 last year. That alone was a huge step forward. It took until December and Ervin's arrival to find a return game, and they should be better in that phase from the get-go now. And they allowed two kickoff returns of 60-plus and one punt return of 30-plus. Cut out a couple more there.
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