What is packerupdate.com?

[Patler]

does anyone know the background of and/or the sources of information for
http://www.packerupdate.com/ ?

They have a lot of articles quoting "scouts" from various teams, also packer "sources", etc. I find myself believing what they write. Some interesting articles from them recently:

Crosby is highly thought of at least by some. Could be great.
TT hated Longwell's whinny attitude.
GB has no intention of keeping Wells as a backup, will be traded or released if not the starter.
TT is very high on Tramon Williams and is working up a multi-year offer.
Jeremy Thompson may be a good fit for the 3-4 (no great insight in that)
Rouse could be on his way out.

They don't update daily, but I like their format, which is short and to the point. I would like to know who or what is behind it.

[MJZiggy]

Isn't that the one that Andrew Brandt started after he left the team?

[Fritz]

I don't know, Patler - is this the site referred to on another thread which the JSO refers to but pretends to have no ties to?

I did read it, and it was interesting and appeared to my amateur eyes as insightful - with the benefit of hindsight you can see they got the Bush story right. And it doesn't seem to have the anti-Thompson bias of the jso. So I don't know, but thanks for linking it. I enjoyed it and have it bookmarked now.

[Patler]

Isn't that the one that Andrew Brandt started after he left the team?

The one Brandt is involved in, and writes one of the columns for, is The National Football Post. They have an interesting collection of columnists:

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/

[Packnut]

Rouse

No surprise on Rouse. Just another waisted 3rd pick down the drain. The "turtle" approach will NEVER work when you keep blowing picks.

I guess in Teddy's brain Rouse was the "best player available".

[Patler]

Re: The prupose of this thread

No surprise on Rouse. Just another waisted 3rd pick down the drain. The "turtle" approach will NEVER work when you keep blowing picks.

I guess in Teddy's brain Rouse was the "best player available".

To stay on topic - Do you know anything about the website? Who runs or backs it? How it obtains its information?

It's obviously more than just a fan's site as the information posted seems of original creation; not copying or summarizing information from other sources.

[Partial]

I like the way the site gets to the point. Good find Patler!

[AV David]

I kind of like the site. I get the impression it is a guy whose uncle or best friend is a former scout who has some contacts in the industry. When he needs a story, he just calls him up. I am not knocking him for that. I like the site myself, but it cannot be a mega media creation. It generally has only one advertiser and maybe two stories a week during the football busy season. I guess I always assumed it was a guy trying to make a few bucks in the blog/website business.

I hope he does.

[Patler]

I don't know, Patler - is this the site referred to on another thread which the JSO refers to but pretends to have no ties to?

Could be Fritz. I may have been referred to it originally from a link on Bedard's "Packers Daily Briefing". I don't really remember how I came across it. I've been following it for a couple months now, but haven't been able to figure out who or what is behind it.

[texaspackerbacker]

It sounds to me like some know-nothing just taking shots in the dark. A couple of the items sounded reasonable; Some others did not.

I highly doubt that Rouse is on the way out.

Wells may be done if he doesn't start, but I really don't see Thompson or anybody in the organization saying that before hand.

The rest could pretty much be summarized by saying "Duh".

[Patler]

I kind of like the site. I get the impression it is a guy whose uncle or best friend is a former scout who has some contacts in the industry. When he needs a story, he just calls him up. I am not knocking him for that. I like the site myself, but it cannot be a mega media creation. It generally has only one advertiser and maybe two stories a week during the football busy season. I guess I always assumed it was a guy trying to make a few bucks in the blog/website business.

I hope he does.

I spent some time looking through their archive, which goes back to 2006. They have nothing during the season. Their last post is in August or September each year, then they start up again in December and go through the off-season. It does rely heavily on opinions and information from a "former scout with 20 years experience" who seems to attend practices and have some Packer sources.

[Patler]

It sounds to me like some know-nothing just taking shots in the dark. A couple of the items sounded reasonable; Some others did not.

I highly doubt that Rouse is on the way out.

Wells may be done if he doesn't start, but I really don't see Thompson or anybody in the organization saying that before hand.

The rest could pretty much be summarized by saying "Duh".

That is really no different than the well-healed sources of the primary newspapers that cover the Packers. A hit and miss collection of predictions about players, and a lot of "Duh" analysis. For example, they predicted big things for Hodge in June 2006, that he would eventually start in the middle; but they also noted in the June 2006 camp a lack of improvement in Mike Hawkins from 2005. He was eventually released in August

The funny thing is, they seem to have more nuts and bolts, down to the basics information and discussion than I find on either JSO or GBPG, and they are no less accurate than either of the papers. Just a lot of one and two sentence comments about various players. I like that.

[SkinBasket]

If that site had a forum it would be perfect!

[packers04]

packer update

one of my favorite sites, a vast majority of their analysis is right on the money.

[bobblehead]

Re: The prupose of this thread

No surprise on Rouse. Just another waisted 3rd pick down the drain. The "turtle" approach will NEVER work when you keep blowing picks.

I guess in Teddy's brain Rouse was the "best player available".

To stay on topic - Do you know anything about the website? Who runs or backs it? How it obtains its information?

It's obviously more than just a fan's site as the information posted seems of original creation; not copying or summarizing information from other sources.

Patler, this is one of the best single posts I ever read. Well done.