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 Womens Brett Favre Jersey , four players earned raises for the 2019 season based on their playing time over their first three years."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCSTShareTweetShareShareCheese Curds, 2/7: Packers defenders get raises, Rodgers gets set for Pebble Beach Pro-AmOrlando Ramirez-USA TODAY SportsAaron Rodgers’ knee is apparently feeling good, a topic we discussed here at APC a few days ago. However, a typical offseason activity for Rodgers is coming up this weekend, as he trades out the cleats and jersey for short spikes and a polo shirt.The Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament gets underway on Thursday, and Rodgers is participating in the event as usual. This year, despite his usual pairing with a Wisconsin native, he had a special request for the other part of the foursome, which apparently was granted.Meanwhile, in on-field news, the Packers saw a few members of their defense earn big raises for the 2019 season. Late draft picks are eligible for bonuses if they play at least 35% of their team’s snaps in two of their first three seasons, or if they end up over 35% overall for all three years. This year, four Packers will get those bonuses — three of their own draft picks Davon House Jersey White , who were over the number overall and for each of the last two years, and a fourth who hits the number based on playing 75% of his team’s snaps a year ago.While that will cut into the Packers’ cap space a bit, it’s a nice feature of the CBA for these players, which gives them a raise up to the same value as the lowest Restricted Free Agent tender value. This year, that’s expected to be about $2.02 million.Fackrell-Martinez-Lowry trio earn raises, roles in Packers' D for 2019 - ESPNThese three Packers draft picks from 2016 hit the snap targets to earn them the Proven Performance Escalator given to fourth-year players drafted in the third round or later. It also appears that linebacker Antonio Morrison hit them as well, largely because of his time in Indianapolis.Which potential trade targets could be available to the Packers? | Packers WireIt's difficult to predict what players might be available on the trade market, but here's an attempt to do so.Jaire Alexander gets his high school number retired | Packers.comCongratulations to Alexander, who followed up his PFWA All-Rookie team season with this great honor from his high school in Charlotte.Aaron Rodgers is grouped with Hosung Choi at Pebble Beach Pro-Am | Golf WeekRodgers will play with Wisconsin native Jerry Kelly as usual, but they're paired up with Choi and actor Chris O'Donnell. Why did Rodgers want to play with Choi?Ho-Sung Choi and his swing gyrations already have everyone's attention at Pebble Beach - Golf DigestOh. That's why. He has a funny swing. Cool, I guess?2018 in a nutshell: One season-defining play for all 32 NFL teams - NFL.comEw. The Packers' play is Aaron Rodgers overthrowing an open Davante Adams in the loss to the Cardinals. Actually, though, that sounds about right.Reviewing almost every frame of the NFL’s Super Bowl ad - SBNation.comSpencer Hall discusses every appearance in the ad for the league's 100th season and breaks them down in perfect Spencer Hall fashion. All stats, advanced or otherwise Kyler Fackrell Jersey White , don’t really work after just two football games. The sample size is too small, no one knows how to adjust for strength of opponent, and generally speaking, the numbers are just liars. At least for a few weeks. With all of those caveats out of the way, I still like Football Outsiders’ DVOA for a quick glimpse into what may be going right or wrong. DVOA is fundamentally an efficiency stat and we can at least glean how efficient the team and its players have been, even if playing the Bears and their stellar defense (and anti-stellar offense) are big contributing factors. To anyone who has watched the first two games, It’s no surprise that the Green Bay Packers’ passing offense has struggled, with Aaron Rodgers sitting at 15th in DVOA with a slightly below average -2.5%. He’s also 14th in DAVE, their efficiency counting stat. Given the level of competition Rodgers has faced, it’s not a terrible start. Last season he finished 12th (5.2%) and if he can improve his performance against some of the weaker defenses they face in the middle of the season, he may find himself in the top ten shortly. The biggest threat in the passing game is, not surprisingly, Davante Adams, who is 30th in DVOA and 22nd in DAVE. It’s not surprising that Adams hasn’t been hyper-efficient as the passing offense as a whole has been inefficient http://www.packerslockerroom.com/authentic-justin-vogel-jersey , but given the level of opposition — Kyle Fuller and Xavier Rhodes specifically — that’s a good showing. More disappointing is, well, everyone else.The bomb MVS caught against Chicago was a great play, and led directly to the Packers’ victory, but outside of that bomb he has been extremely inefficient. MVS is catching just 58% of targets for paltry sums, ranking him 70th in DVOA with -50.3%. Geronimo Allison has somehow been worse, and while he does have a TD, he also has a costly fumble in only 5 receptions. His -52.7% DVOA would be one of the league’s worst if he had enough work to qualify.As for the tight ends and running backs, Jimmy Graham actually ranks 10th on the strength of the PI penalty he drew against Chicago. By EPA that was the single most important play of that game, but there is definitely a sample size issue here as well. Graham has been efficient with his catches and a penalty, but he’s hauled in just 38% of targets and no-showed completely against the Vikings, like every other Packer TE. Meanwhile, Marcedes Lewis is 37th with -59.3%. He may still excel as a blocker, but as a pass-catcher he is strictly a gimmick player.Much was made in the offseason of using the running backs more in the passing game Womens J'Mon Moore Jersey , and the Packers have been true to their word so far, but running back receptions tend to be somewhat inefficient by their nature. While it’s better to hit Aaron Jones than to take a sack, it’s ultimately better to his an outside receiver down the field. The usual suspects like James White and Austin Ekeler dominate the running back receiving list, and they’re pretty efficient, but Jones is just 25th with an almost exactly average receiving DVOA. Jamaal Williams, always an underrated pass catcher, has been much better with 25.5%, good for 13th. If you ever find yourself wondering how Williams gets himself more work year after year, it’s because of his blocking and receiving. Overall, the passing game been Adams and a bunch of no-shows, especially given the fact that Jimmy Graham has mainly produced while being interfered with. It will be interesting to see what happens against Philly in a few weeks, but it’s disappointing that Allison and MVS could not capitalize against Minny and Chicago with Adams taking the brunt of the coverage.

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