Green Bay Packers

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 [...]

Packers interested in RB Brian Westbrook

April 13, 2010

Might Brian Westbrook don a different shade of green this season? ESPN’s Adam Schefter has stated that the Green Bay Packers have had preliminary talks with free-agent running back Brian Westbrook. Although Schefter cautions that “it is still early in the process”, they’ve indeed contacted him and look to be interested in signing the two-time [...]

Packers reward S Collins, NT Pickett with new deals

March 12, 2010

While Packers GM Ted Thompson hasn’t spent much on others in free-agency thus far, he has made it a priority to lock up his own. Today, he hammered out extensions with two key defensive players. Free safety Nick Collins has agreed to a three-year extension with the Packers worth $23.4 million ($14 million in the [...]

De Niro to play Lombardi

March 10, 2010

ESPN Films has just announced their forthcoming major motion picture, Lombardi, starring Oscar winning actor Robert DeNiro. The script will be penned by Eric Roth, who might be most well known for Forest Gump, but also wrote the screenplay for Ali, starring Will Smith. Charles Coplin, NFL VP of programming, shared that, “There are few [...]

Packers ask about Jason Taylor

June 19, 2008

According to a report by ESPN.com, the Green Bay Packers have inquired about Miami Dolphins DE Jason Taylor, and what it’d take to get home. As previously reported, Taylor has demanded a trade from the Dolphins and said he will play one final season in the NFL, preferably for a contending team. According to the report, [...]