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Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCDTHeading into
the team’s rookie minicamp over the
weekend
Davante
Adams Jersey , the Green Bay Packers signed several of their draft picks
and eleven undrafted free agents. Combined with a few additional recent roster
transactions, the Packers’ 90-man roster sat at 88 members in advance of the
camp, while 20 players attended minicamp on a tryout basis.One of those two open
spots is now accounted for. According to Bill Huber of 247sports, the Packers
are signing wide receiver Darrius Shepherd from North Dakota State.Unlike the
other wide receivers on the Packers’ roster, Shepherd is a smaller player,
reportedly measuring in at 5-foot-10 1/2 and 186 pounds at NDSU’s Pro Day this
spring. This makes him the only receiver currently on the roster listed at a
height shorter than 6-foot-1 and one of just three receivers under 200 pounds
(joining Trevor Davis and Teo Redding).Once the signing is confirmed, Shepherd
will join recent Packers signee Billy Turner as NDSU alumni on Green Bay’s
roster. The Packers have signed other Bison players in the past, particularly as
undrafted free agents. Running back John Crockett spent some time in Green Bay
recently as well.Shepherd had an impressive senior season in 2018, catching 62
passes for 1,065 yards and nine touchdowns, helping lead the Bison to another
FCS title — its sixth in the last seven years. Shepherd won the title game’s MVP
award, thanks in large part to a pair of third-quarter touchdown receptions from
quarterback Easton Stick. The Los Angeles Chargers drafted Stick in the fifth
round of this year’s NFL Draft.Shepherd appears to have the build and skill set
to play in the slot in Green Bay. Despite his smaller stature, he is not a
particularly fast or quick player (4.61 forty, 7.13 3-cone), requiring him to
win with savvy route-running. However, he also has experience as a punt
returner, averaging 15.6 yards per return on 19 attempts as a senior.Keep an eye
on Shepherd throughout OTAs and minicamp this spring as he likely fights to earn
a spot on the Packers’ practice squad. Mike McCarthy didn’t see it coming. It’s
fitting really. McCarthy, the consummate Packers coach, a fit of personality and
culture, never thought anyone would be suited to coach this team besides him. So
when the news came Sunday evening he would not return in Green Bay, it
blindsided him.
Next
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Rush Jersey , the person Mark Murphy gets to replace McCarthy will have to
coach in the shadow of a man with a street named after him, with a Lombardi
Trophy in his case, and a resume full of NFC North wins. The confidence of
Packers fans was dwindling before the firing of Mike McCarthy, according to our
FanPulse results. Click here to sign up, Packers fans. While Murphy made the
right call moving on from McCarthy, whether it was now or on Black Monday, this
move comes with more risks than most fans are willing to admit. A more momentous
move hasn’t been made since the Packers traded Brett Favre to install Aaron
Rodgers as the face of the franchise and the gamble is hardly any smaller. For
whatever anyone thought of McCarthy as the Packers head coach, no one loved
being the coach more than he did. He embodied the blue collar mentality of the
fanbase and an organization owned by the people. Green Bay was nobody’s underdog
and McCarthy bristled at the notion the Packers ever would be, even without
Aaron Rodgers under center. He understood this team doesn’t hang banners for
division titles. He ran a program that bred winning, with eight straight playoff
seasons, and had Anthony Barr held up just a little bit, likely would have set a
new NFL record for consecutive postseason appearances. McCarthy is one of the
winningest coaches in team history and one of the best active coaches in that
department. Shortcomings and all, he will leave 1265 Lombardi with more Super
Bowl wins than the entire NFC North combined going back to 1985. Yet, some
obvious changes must be made within the organization. Reports of complacency
cropped up over the last few years, and making such a sweeping change could
reinvigorate a franchise desperate not to squander the final years of an
all-time great quarterback. But the Packers were trying to accomplish that same
feat when they hired Ray Rhodes and Mike Sherman. It took McCarthy’s arrival to
reset Brett Favre and build up Aaron Rodgers. Making a change could energize
this franchise, or the lack of cohesion could send them into a tailspin. With
Mark Murphy assuming the role of de facto owner these days, there could be a
power grab this offseason with the new coach and Brian Gutekunst. Murphy can
offer a potential head coach more power than McCarthy had, undercutting
Gutekunst’s standing in the organization. While the cement is hardly dry on
Gutekunst’s ability as a GM, early returns are good and he should be empowered
rather than subverted. Surely the goal will be to find a coach, whether as the
head man or the offensive coordinator, who will click with Aaron Rodgers -- who
can be a prickly personality for all his estimable gifts. He’s incredible and he
knows it and the dick measuring between him and McCarthy may have undermined
this team over the course of the season. If the Packers bring in a Lincoln Riley
or a Kliff
Kingsbury
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will Rodgers readily accept their coaching, or wonder why someone who could have
been in his chemistry class at Cal is telling him what to do? There are quality
candidates on the market. Josh McDaniels reportedly would have interest in a
head job, bringing championship pedigree and experience coaching a Hall of Fame
quarterback. But his first head coaching stop was an unmitigated disaster and he
too has some potential personality questions. Trendy candidates like John
DeFilippo and Matt LaFleur would enter as complete unknowns, an enormous risk
for a franchise with a closing window to undertake. If John Harbaugh loses his
job in Baltimore, he feels like a lateral move from McCarthy and has no resume
indicative of a coach who will come in and make this offense any better, nor
does he have a history of finding offensive coaches who could accomplish such a
task. Bruce Arians would turn 67 next season, isn’t sure he wants to be a head
coach at all, and has said outright the only place he’d come back to coach is in
Cleveland. After squeezing just one quality year of Carson Palmer’s final
seasons, what proof is there Arians would be a surer bet than McCarthy to get
this turned around? And what of Mike Pettine? His scheme brought vitality and
energy to a wallowing defense, creating chicken salad from, well, not chicken
salad. Retaining Pettine and his attacking defense would help young defensive
players like Jaire Alexander, Kevin King and Josh Jackson grow within a scheme.
A new coach could want his own DC, and force this defense to readjust once
again. Pettine proved he’d still one of the better defensive coaches in football
and the next person in that booth may not be able to say the same. All of this
said, the Packers surely needed to make this move, whether now or in early
January. When asked if McCarthy lost the locker room, Randall Cobb dissembled
and equivocated. If the answer had been, “No,” he could have and likely would
have said that. Rodgers clearly soured on McCarthy whether as a playcaller or
designer of offense or both. The message had grown stale, not just for Rodgers
but for the team. This was a move McCarthy may not have seen coming, but those
paying attention have been reading the writing on the wall for weeks. Even the
best coaches has a shelf life. Phil Jackson was the zen master until the NBA
passed him by. Mike Ditka was a coach’s
coach
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Jersey , one of the best ever, but never evolved to meet the dynamic needs
of a modern NFL. The offense clearly needs updating, something Rodgers and
likely other players readily realize. McCarthy was the only man in the civilized
universe not to realize Aaron Jones was the best running back on this team or
that Davante Adams couldn’t be covered 1-on-1. He was also the last one to
realize Dom Capers lost his fastball years ago. Ultimately that dichotomy will
define McCarthy’s tenure with the Packers. His attitude, leadership, and
unqualified success in revitalizing the career of one stalwart quarterback while
nurturing a nascent superstar en route to a Super Bowl, should go down as one of
the greatest accomplishments in team history. There’s a street named after him
after all. The ultimate job of a coach is to win, and he did it with aplomb,
with four conference championship appearances and a Lombardi Trophy to his name.
But he will also be remembered for the shortcomings, for being slow to react to
the obvious failings of his coaches and players, for conservative playcalling in
pivotal games, and for impeding the greatness of one of the game’s all-time
greats. It’s possible to remember McCarthy as both of those men. He was at once
the kind of coach who would have made Vince Lombardi proud, a football man who
preached fundamentals and mental toughness, while also fading from relevance
within his own locker room as he struggled with the modern game, punctuated with
a performance unfit to be watched even by Lombardi’s statue outside Lambeau. The
Packers couldn’t have asked for a better leader of their franchise right up
until they had to. That’s the legacy of Mike McCarthy in all of its complicated
nuance and glory. He was a great coach, probably even an underrated coach, until
he wasn’t. There’s just no guarantee the man who succeeds him will be a better
coach, and it’s unlikely Mark Murphy will find a better ambassador for this or
any team.
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