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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Versatility is Royce Newman’s calling card. The question among scouts before the 2021 NFL Draft was whether Newman’s a jack of all trades or simply a master of none. “I think he sucks,” one scouting director said the Green Bay Packers’ fourth-round pick. On the other hand, said one area scout: “He could be a four-position backup at the very least if not a starter.” Newman started at left guard as a junior at Ole Miss and at right tackle as a senior. While he...

May 13, 2021 GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers signed three of their late-round draft picks on Thursday, a day ahead of their rookie camp. Slaton started 14 games in four seasons at Florida, with a dozen of those coming as a senior, when he set a career high with 37 tackles. He added 1.5 sacks and 3.5 tackles for losses, just off his career highs of two sacks and four TFLs from 2019. An offensive tackle in high school, Slaton will be battle-tested coming out of the powerful SEC. He aver...

Fifth-round pick Shemar Jean-Charles earned some first-team All-American accolades as a senior, when he led the nation with 17 passes defensed.

May 11, 2021 GREEN BAY, Wis. – Eric Stokes’ sprint to the NFL as a first-round pick by the Green Bay Packers started almost exactly five years ago. On May 14, 2016, Stokes won Georgia state championships in the 100 and 200 meters as a junior at Eastside High School. The University of Georgia’s defensive coordinator, Mel Tucker, was there. “I’m at the Georgia state track and field meet and saw this kid win the 100 meters and I said, “Holy, Smokes, who the heck is this guy?’” Tuck...

May 11, 2021 GREEN BAY, Wis. – The uncertainty over Aaron Rodgers’ future with the Green Bay Packers has meant uncertainty over the team’s championship chances. That’s reflected at FanDuel Sportsbook. The Packers, with back-to-back appearances in the NFC Championship Game, opened at +1200 to win Super Bowl LVI. However, with the MVP quarterback’s 2021 in limbo, they’ve fallen to +1700. In response to the potential chaos in Green Bay, two teams’ Super Bowl odds have shortened sign...

With two college athletes as parents and two competitive older brothers, life experiences helped deliver Ohio State center Josh Myers to the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the NFL Draft.

May 6, 2021 GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers used the first of their sixth-round picks on Wisconsin offensive tackle Cole Van Lanen. Here’s a look at his five-year career with the Badgers. Cole Van Lanen’s Stats with the Badgers Van Lanen started 18 games at left tackle during his final two seasons, including 13 games in 2019, when he was second-team all-Big Ten, and five games in 2020, when he was first-team all-conference despite missing two games due to an undisclosed injury. In...

May 6, 2021 GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers used their fifth-round pick on Florida defensive tackle Tedarrell Slaton. Here’s a look at Slaton’s four-year career with the Gators. Tedarrell Slaton’s Stats at Florida Slaton, who also goes by T.J., arrived on campus with big dreams of breaking Florida’s single-season sacks record of 13. Instead, he mustered only 3.5 sacks in 45 career games. Of his 14 career starts, a dozen came as a senior, when he set a career high with 37 tackl...

Stats for Packers First-Round Pick Eric Stokes Eric Stokes had four interceptions in 2020. Heres a look at his basic stats and some beyond-the-box-score numbers. Author: May 3, 2021 GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers used their first-round pick on Georgia cornerback Eric Stokes. Here’s a look at Stokes’ three-year career. Eric Stokes’ Stats at Georgia Stokes played in 31 games in three seasons. He had zero interceptions and nine passes defensed during each of his first two seasons....

Analyzing Packers’ Trade to Acquire Amari Rodgers One media outlet gave the Packers a D for the trade. Heres what a scout said and who the Packers passed up in trading up to land Clemson receiver Amari Rodgers. Author: May 4, 2021 GREEN BAY, Wis. – When Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst traded up for Amari Rodgers in the third round of the NFL Draft on Friday, the team lost on the trade-value chart as well as in the court of public opinion. WalterFootball.com gave the Pac...