Green Bay Packers
12/27/2008
Cornerback Travis Fisher said he won't fly back to Detroit from Green Bay if the Lions somehow manage to find a way to beat the Packers on Sunday. "If we win, I ain't catching the plane back home," he said with a laugh. "I'll walk back to Detroit." Chances are, Fisher won't have to worry about making the 482-mile trek.
12/24/2008
Looking for Ed Hochuli to work another Denver-San Diego game, this one with the AFC West title on the line? Forget it. Hochuli, whose blunder helped decide the first game between the Broncos and Chargers - in favor of Denver - will be a couple of thousand miles east in Green Bay on Sunday for the Lions-Packers game, where Detroit will be trying to avoid the first 0-16 season in NFL history.
12/17/2008
When they sit down together next month to evaluate what went wrong with the 2008 Green Bay Packers, general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy will have to be honest with themselves. They'll have to raise the possibility that they erred in believing a young team with a young quarterback could repeat the success of a 13-3 season. It isn't necessarily a question of Brett Favre vs. Aaron Rodgers, but rather why in Year 4 of Thompson's tenure as GM are they the youngest team in football for the third year in a row? And are all the mental mistakes the players have made this season the result of the way this team has been built?
12/17/2008
Like player, like former coach. This season was supposed to be the last in Seattle and the last in the coaching career of Mike Holmgren of the Seahawks, who led the Green Bay Packers from 1992-'98 and into two Super Bowls. But last week Holmgren told reporters he was reconsidering his decision to leave coaching, even though it won't be in Seattle, which has planned to replace Holmgren with Jim Mora Jr. Holmgren said he might decide not to retire. He'll make up his mind after taking some time off after the season concludes. Gee, that circumstance sounds vaguely familiar. On Sunday, ESPN's Chris Mortensen speculated that Holmgren could wind up coaching - get this - the Dallas Cowboys.
11/29/2008
In the last four weeks, Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant has improved his average from 3.38 yards per carry to 3.9, a significant increase on a team whose running game was in the dumps during the first half of the season. During that span, Grant has averaged a healthy 4.72 yards per carry, which is more like the number he carried last year, when he averaged 5.1.
11/21/2008
Former Green Bay Packers cornerback Bob Jeter, the father of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball coach Rob Jeter, has died. Wisconsin-Milwaukee spokesman Kevin O'Connor said Rob Jeter found out of the death on Thursday afternoon and went to join family members in Chicago, where his father lived. He said Rob Jeter informed him by phone that his father was thought to have died of cardiac arrest.
11/12/2008
One day after watching their already-suspect run defense get gashed by Adrian Peterson, the Green Bay Packers discovered on Monday they now must face life without middle linebacker Nick Barnett.
11/03/2008
e use our Rumors Form to send us your NFL Rumors The Titans still have their sights set on perfection, thanks to Rod Bironas' right leg. Bironas redeemed himself for an earlier miss by kicking a 41-yard field goal with 9:36 to go in overtime that led the undefeated Titans to a 19-16 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
11/02/2008
e use our Rumors Form to send us your NFL Rumors The Green Bay Packers released Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, the franchise sacks leader, on Saturday. The defensive end had been with the team for 9 seasons and appeared in 124 games, starting 74. He had 74 1/2 sacks for Green Bay, passing Reggie White's 68 1/2 in 2007. GM Ted Thompson issued a statement Saturday, thanking Gbaja-Biamila for his contributions and wishing him well.
11/02/2008
The Green Bay Packers made a long term commitment to QB Aaron Rodgers on Friday, signing the 1st year starter to a contract extension through 2014. The team revealed the deal after practice on Friday afternoon, when Rodgers signed the paperwork. Terms were not disclosed. "It means a lot", Rodgers said.
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