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Packers posilňujú tight end room

Bart — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:51:15 +0000

Green Bay Packers podpisujú tight enda Jonnu Smitha, ktorý už má skúsenosť so spoluprácou s hlavným trénerom Packers Mattom LaFleurom z čias ich spoločného pôsobenia v Tennessee Titans.

Podľa dostupných správ sa Smith s Packers dohodne na jednoročnej zmluve. Bývalý Pro Bowl tight end len nedávno oslávil 31 rokov. Počas posledných štyroch sezón pôsobil zakaždým v inom tíme a v každom z nich zastával úlohu čiastočného startera – postupne obliekal dres New Englandu Patriots, Atlanty Falcons, Miami Dolphins a Pittsburghu Steelers. Green Bay tak bude už jeho siedmym tímom počas kariéry v NFL.

Smithov herný štýl možno charakterizovať ako hybrid medzi tight endom a fullbackom, ktorý je nebezpečný najmä s loptou v rukách. Častejšie nastupuje mimo line of scrimmage než ako klasický in-line tight end. Matt LaFleur, ktorý so Smithom spolupracoval v Tennessee v roku 2018, dobre pozná jeho univerzálnosť. Smith môže nastupovať ako in-line tight end, zo slotu aj z backfieldu. Ako klasický „move“ tight end veľmi dobre zapadá do LaFleurovho systému a je úspešnou verziou z toho, čo sme chceli mať my z Josaiaha Deguaru.

Tento podpis je zaujímavý aj vzhľadom na aktuálnu situáciu Packers na tejto pozícii. Green Bay si pravdepodobne ponechá Tuckera Krafta, pri ktorom sa hovorí o tom, že by mohol sezónu začať s obmedzeným počtom snapov, a Josha Whyleho, ktorý je typologicky podobným hráčom ako Smith. Luke Musgrave pritom podľa všetkého začne sezónu na PUP liste pre zranenie krku. Green Bay malo problém na pozícii tight enda už od začiatku offseason. Gutekunst po drafte NFL 2026 priznal, že túto pozíciu chcel riešiť, no vzhľadom na to, ako sa draft vyvíjal, sa mu to nepodarilo. Packers dali svojim mladým hráčom počas training campu čas na rozvoj a až teraz, keď sa blíži začiatok základnej časti, sa rozhodli pridať veterána na krátkodobý kontrakt. Smithov príchod pravdepodobne znamená, že o miesto na 53-člennej súpiske príde Drake Dabney. Packers však stále môžu hľadať aj klasického „Y“ tight enda za Krafta, teda hráča schopného pravidelne nastupovať priamo na line of scrimmage. Takýto typ tight enda momentálne v zostave chýba. Po konečných škrtoch by pritom mohla byť otázna aj pozícia Whyleho na súpiske.

Náhradníci za Tuckerom Kraftom zatiaľ príliš nepresvedčili. Josh Whyle môže byť solídnou treťou alebo štvrtou možnosťou na tejto pozícii do passovej hry, ale vstupovať do sezóny s ním ako hlavným náhradníkom predstavuje riziko, najmä keď sa Kraft vracia po vážnom zranení. Drake Dabney počas kempu dostával snapy aj s prvým útokom, no svoju príležitosť zabojovať o väčšiu úlohu nevyužil. To isté platí o Messiahovi Swinsonovi, ďalšom mladom a neskúsenom hráčovi. Nemyslím si, že je úplná náhoda, že Jordan Love hodil počas spoločného tréningu s Cardinals dve interceptions na prihrávkach smerujúcich na náhradných tight endov (Dabney a Whyle) a hneď na druhý deň Packers podpísali veterána. Podpis Jonnua Smitha je jasným signálom, že Packers neboli spokojní s tým, ako sa počas leta vyvíjala trojica tight endov za Kraftom. Dá sa preto predpokladať, že šance Dabneyho alebo Swinsona dostať sa v nedeľu na 53-člennú súpisku klesli prakticky na nulu. Obaja by však boli veľmi zaujímavými kandidátmi pre practice squad.

Odchovanec FIU má v NFL status tzv. vested veterána, čo znamená, že ak bude na súpiske Green Bay v 1. týždni základnej časti, jeho plat za celú sezónu bude garantovaný. Pomôže Smith v special teamoch? Pravdepodobne nie. Počas celej kariéry odohral v special teamoch iba 288 snapov a od roku 2022 sa v jednej sezóne nedostal cez hranicu 50 snapov. Väčšina náhradných tight endov prispieva aspoň nejakým spôsobom aj v special teamoch, no v Smithovom prípade sa s tým v roku 2026 veľmi počítať nedá. Za posledné tri sezóny odohral v kicking game iba päť snapov, zatiaľ čo v útoku ich nazbieral 1,815.

Ako blocker nebude pravidelne vyhrávať svoje súboje, no stále má veľmi dobrý pohyb a počas deviatich sezón v NFL nazbieral 345 zachytených prihrávok pre 3,531 yardov a 30 zachytených touchdownov. Green Bay bude dúfať, že Smith bude výkonnostne bližšie k svojej sezóne 2024 než k roku 2025. V Miami v roku 2024 zachytil pod vedením playcallera Mikea McDaniela 88 prihrávok a zaznamenal osem touchdownov. Počas kariéry priemeruje 10.2 yardu na jeden catch, pričom svoje kariérne maximum 12.9 yardu zaznamenal práve v roku 2018 pod Mattom LaFleurom v Tennessee. Dlhodobo patrí aj medzi veľmi nebezpečných hráčov po zachytení lopty. V kariére priemeruje výborných 6.7 yardu po zachytení a v štyroch rôznych sezónach dokázal vynútiť viac než desať missnutých tacklov.

Smith je omnoho viac „move“ tight endom a hráčom využívaným na vytváranie výhodných matchupov než klasickým old-school tight endom. Pred draftom v roku 2017 namerali jeho výšku 189 cm, čo rozhodne nie je prototypická výška pre túto pozíciu. Zároveň však zabehol 40 yardov za 4.62 sekundy a zaznamenal vertical jump 38 palcov, takže jeho atletické parametre boli na tight enda veľmi zaujímavé. Ako naznačujú aj jeho čísla, Smith je nebezpečný najmä v krátkej passovej hre, kde dokáže po zachytení lopty rýchlo zrýchliť smerom dopredu a vďaka kombinácii atletickosti a sily pridávať ďalšie yardy. Práve to by mohlo do útoku Packers veľmi dobre zapadnúť.

Jordan Love rád útočí do hĺbky ihriska a má na to aj vhodných receiverov v podobe Christiana Watsona, Matthew Goldena a Jaydena Reeda. Čo však Green Bay, okrem Tuckera Krafta, doteraz chýbalo, bol spoľahlivý safety receiver schopný premeniť jednoduchú prihrávku na jeden yard na zisk šiestich či ôsmich yardov. Presne túto úlohu môže plniť Smith. Jeho príchod by zároveň mohol umožniť Kraftovi častejšie útočiť do väčšej hĺbky ihriska. Kraft je toho schopný, no počas svojej kariéry od neho Packers takúto úlohu zatiaľ nevyžadovali vo väčšej miere. Ak Smith prevezme časť úloh spojených s tvorbou yardov po zachytení lopty, Kraft by mohol mať väčší vplyv pri prihrávkach do hĺbky ihriska. Spomedzi 49 tight endov, ktorí boli v minulej sezóne targetovaní aspoň 30-krát, mal Kraft priemernú hĺbku targetu 4.8 yardu, čo ho radilo na delené 42. miesto. Podľa PFF zachytil Kraft v minulej sezóne osem prihrávok za line of scrimmage. Zároveň zachytil sedem prihrávok smerujúcich 10 až 19 yardov do hĺbky ihriska a jednu prihrávku hodenú 20 a viac yardov do hĺbky. Celkovo Kraft zachytil 8 z 9 prihrávok smerujúcich aspoň 10 yardov do hĺbky ihriska, pričom z nich získal 207 yardov a zaznamenal dva touchdowny.

Packers sa v minulej sezóne veľmi darilo pri využívaní 12 personnelu (2 tight endi na ihrisku). Podľa Sumer Sports boli siedmi v lige v miere využívania tejto formácie a piati v EPA na passových plays. „Success“ je pritom dobrým ukazovateľom úspešnosti jednotlivých plays. Napríklad pri first-and-10 sa zisk 4 yardov považuje za úspešnú play, zatiaľ čo zisk 3 yardov alebo menej už nie. Pri využívaní 12 personnel boli Packers v minulej sezóne siedmi v úspešnosti passových plays, piati v úspešnosti behových plays a piati v celkovej úspešnosti.

V minulej sezóne Smith však zo 38 zachytených prihrávok vyťažil iba 222 yardov a dva touchdowny na 345 odbehnutých routach. Smith bol počas kariéry známy ako nebezpečný hráč po zachytení lopty, no v roku 2025 priemeroval iba 4.8 yardu po zachytení, čo bolo jeho najhoršie číslo od sezóny 2022.

Zatiaľ neboli zverejnené žiadne ďalšie finančné podrobnosti Smithovej zmluvy. Vieme iba to, že ide o jednoročný kontrakt.

GO PACK GO!

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Inside the Room: NFL Players‘ Perspectives on Mental Health

Bart — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:12:51 +0000

A great commerce experience cannot be distilled to a single number. It’s not a Lighthouse score, or a set of Core Web Vitals figures, although both are important inputs. A great commerce experience is a trilemma that carefully balances competing needs of delivering great customer experience, dynamic storefront capabilities, and long-term business — conversion, retention, re-engagement — objectives. As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate junk. At the limit, statically generated, edge-delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. That is until you are confronted with the realization that the next step functions in improving conversion rates and business.

A CLEANSING HOT SHOWER OR BATH

The journey, often, starts “simple” with localization. But then, quickly advances to contextual pricing, juggling complexity of large and frequently updated product catalog, managing continuously running multivariate tests and promotion campaigns, and serving customer-tailored dynamic recommendations. Eventually, you reach a realization that every page is similar to an open Tetris board where each “slot” can and should be dynamically tailored by dynamic visitor preferences, all powered by an ever-growing set of dynamic business rules.

SETTING THE MOOD WITH INCENSE

From connecting back-office operations to front-of-the-house A/B testing and dynamic personalization for each customer, the shared foundation is fast server-side rendering powered by fast storefront data access. On top of this foundation, we add layers of caching, prerendering and edge delivery optimizations — not the other way around.

Surveying the existing landscape of available developer tools and runtimes, we felt that there is a gap. Enabling dynamic commerce requires close integration between server and client, an optimized streaming and data fetch strategy, and a production platform that operates at scale. These are hard technical problems that Shopify can help solve and this is why we’ve been hard at work on the Hydrogen framework. It’s a React-based framework optimized for commerce and specialized to be powered by Shopify APIs and infrastructure: The future of commerce is dynamic and personalized.

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Unpacking the Impact of NFL Rule Changes on the Upcoming Season

Bart — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:48:55 +0000

A great commerce experience cannot be distilled to a single number. It’s not a Lighthouse score, or a set of Core Web Vitals figures, although both are important inputs. A great commerce experience is a trilemma that carefully balances competing needs of delivering great customer experience, dynamic storefront capabilities, and long-term business — conversion, retention, re-engagement — objectives. As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate jank. At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. That is until you are confronted with the realization that the next step function in improving conversion rates and business.

A CLEANSING HOT SHOWER OR BATH

SETTING THE MOOD WITH INCENSE

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WHAT IS THE WEATHER FORECAST AT THE OVAL FOR DAY 5 OF THE FIFTH?

Bart — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:21:09 +0000

A great commerce experience cannot be distilled to a single number. It’s not a Lighthouse score, or a set of Core Web Vitals figures, although both are important inputs. A great commerce experience is a trilemma that carefully balances competing needs of delivering great customer experience, dynamic storefront capabilities, and long-term business — conversion, retention, re-engagement — objectives. As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate jank. At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. That is until you are confronted with the realization that the next step function in improving conversion rates and business.

A CLEANSING HOT SHOWER OR BATH

SETTING THE MOOD WITH INCENSE

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News NFL Football Club Season Kicks

Bart — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:14:36 +0000

A great commerce experience cannot be distilled to a single number. It’s not a Lighthouse score, or a set of Core Web Vitals figures, although both are important inputs. A great commerce experience is a trilemma that carefully balances competing needs of delivering great customer experience, dynamic storefront capabilities, and long-term business — conversion, retention, re-engagement — objectives. As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate jank. At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. That is until you are confronted with the realization that the next step function in improving conversion rates and business.

A CLEANSING HOT SHOWER OR BATH

SETTING THE MOOD WITH INCENSE

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THE ACROBATIC UCL PREMIER LEAGUE

Bart — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:10:04 +0000

A great commerce experience cannot be distilled to a single number. It’s not a Lighthouse score, or a set of Core Web Vitals figures, although both are important inputs. A great commerce experience is a trilemma that carefully balances competing needs of delivering great customer experience, dynamic storefront capabilities, and long-term business — conversion, retention, re-engagement — objectives. As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate jank. At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. That is until you are confronted with the realization that the next step function in improving conversion rates and business.

A CLEANSING HOT SHOWER OR BATH

SETTING THE MOOD WITH INCENSE

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From Village Greens to International

Bart — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 07:57:01 +0000

A great commerce experience cannot be distilled to a single number. It’s not a Lighthouse score, or a set of Core Web Vitals figures, although both are important inputs. A great commerce experience is a trilemma that carefully balances competing needs of delivering great customer experience, dynamic storefront capabilities, and long-term business — conversion, retention, re-engagement — objectives. As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate jank. At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. That is until you are confronted with the realization that the next step function in improving conversion rates and business.

A CLEANSING HOT SHOWER OR BATH

SETTING THE MOOD WITH INCENSE

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Breaking Down the Top NFL Quarterbacks of the 2023 Season

Bart — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 06:35:06 +0000

A great commerce experience cannot be distilled to a single number. It’s not a Lighthouse score, or a set of Core Web Vitals figures, although both are important inputs. A great commerce experience is a trilemma that carefully balances competing needs of delivering great customer experience, dynamic storefront capabilities, and long-term business — conversion, retention, re-engagement — objectives. As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate jank. At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. That is until you are confronted with the realization that the next step function in improving conversion rates and business.

A CLEANSING HOT SHOWER OR BATH

SETTING THE MOOD WITH INCENSE

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THE ENGLISH LEAGUE – MAN CITY CHAMPION AT PREMIER LEAGUE

Bart — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 06:35:01 +0000

A great commerce experience cannot be distilled to a single number. It’s not a Lighthouse score, or a set of Core Web Vitals figures, although both are important inputs. A great commerce experience is a trilemma that carefully balances competing needs of delivering great customer experience, dynamic storefront capabilities, and long-term business — conversion, retention, re-engagement — objectives. As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate jank. At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. That is until you are confronted with the realization that the next step function in improving conversion rates and business.

A CLEANSING HOT SHOWER OR BATH

SETTING THE MOOD WITH INCENSE

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The Race to Super Bowl LVI: Early Season Predictions and Favorites

Bart — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 04:25:30 +0000

A great commerce experience cannot be distilled to a single number. It’s not a Lighthouse score, or a set of Core Web Vitals figures, although both are important inputs. A great commerce experience is a trilemma that carefully balances competing needs of delivering great customer experience, dynamic storefront capabilities, and long-term business — conversion, retention, re-engagement — objectives. As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate jank. At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy. That is until you are confronted with the realization that the next step function in improving conversion rates and business.

A CLEANSING HOT SHOWER OR BATH

SETTING THE MOOD WITH INCENSE

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