Green Bay Packers

Donald Driver willing to take pay cut for Pack

February 11, 2012
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Following his worst statistical season in a decade, Donald Driver now faces a harsh reality — it may be time to move on from the Pack. However, the 37-year-old is willing to do whatever it takes to remain with the only team he’s known in his professional career. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Driver told [...]

Greg Jennings: Rodgers better than Favre

January 9, 2012
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Sitting pretty with the No. 1 seed in the NFC, the Packers are just two more wins from returning to the Super Bowl for the second consecutive season. With three more wins, they’ll repeat as NFL champs, something that hasn’t occurred since the Patriots’ glory days. Even if the team never won another game, however, [...]

Packers are Vegas favorites to win Super Bowl

January 4, 2012
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During the Packers’ Super Bowl run a season ago, the best word to describe their success was “improbable.” This year, with home-field advantage throughout the playoffs and a chance to repeat, the word being tossed around — at least in Sin City — is “expected.” Per the Associated Press, oddsmakers at Las Vegas casinos have [...]

Packers, not Cowboys, are America’s Team

December 22, 2011
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For years, Jerry Jones‘ pride and joy — the Cowboys — had the honor of being dubbed ‘America’s Team.’ It’s a moniker that carries more weight than most, considering the popularity of the sport among the country. Now, technically, it would be incorrect to refer to Dallas as such — another team has claimed the [...]

Aaron Rodgers named AP Male Athlete of Year

December 21, 2011
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After an MVP performance in the Super Bowl and a 13-0 run to begin the season, is it really a surprise that Aaron Rodgers unanimously took home another prestigious award? I think not. On Wednesday, Rodgers was named the Associated Press 2011 Male Athlete of the Year. The Packers quarterback received 112 votes out of [...]

Packers rookie ties NFL record with 108-yard touchdown

September 8, 2011
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While the Saints and Packers are currently locked in a shootout (to no one’s surprise), a first-year player stole the show with an electrifying play. During the third quarter of Thursday night’s regular season opener, Packers rookie receiver Randall Cobb took a kickoff eight-yards deep in his own endzone and scampered 108-yards for a touchdown, [...]

James Jones re-ups with Packers

July 31, 2011
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Free agent receiver James Jones, thought to be pursuing a starting gig elsewhere, had a change of plans and is now back with the Pack. Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the Packers have re-signed Jones to a three-year contract. While the financial terms of the new deal have not yet been [...]

Johnny Jolly will avoid jail time in plea deal

April 21, 2011
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In a surprising development, Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly will not spend any time in the clink for his past drug-related arrests. According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Jolly pleaded guilty to a 2008 felony drug possession charge today. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, he will be placed on deferred [...]