The Packers were one of four teams checking out former Lions’ running back Kevin Jones over the weekend. Jones went through a workout in Saline, Michigan just five months after major knee surgery. The Dolphins, Steelers and Lions also had representatives there to watch. The Lions cut Jones in March with one year left on [...]
With Fantasy Football on the minds of many fans these days, Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is being labeled as a “Slepper” this year by KFFL.com. Here is what the site says about the new Packers QB:
Everything seems to be in place for Rodgers to succeed in his first season as the team’s starter following [...]
For some reason Daunte Culpepper must think he is a better QB than he is. Otherwise, why would have he recently turned down a reported one-year offer to go play for a playoff contender - the Green Bay Packers. The story hit a few days ago about Culpepper turning the offer down, but the QB [...]
From: Pro Football Weekly
Word is Packers third-year CB Will Blackmon might miss the start of training camp because of his chronic foot injury, whereas veteran DE Kabeer-Gbaja Biamila has a much better shot at being fully recovered from his offseason knee surgery.
The Packers reportedly were interested in getting their hands on Dolphins unhappy DE Jason Taylor, but according to a source close to Taylor, the former Defensive Player of the Year is not headed for the land of cheese. “I don’t see it happening,” a source close to Taylor said Friday. “He’s been through that quarterback [...]
Packers veteran pass rusher Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila missed this past Packers minicamp due to offseasn knee surgery, but reports says that he’ll be ready to go come training camp. “I have no doubt that I should be ready for training camp,” Gbaja-Biamila said. “If this was the season, I’d probably be out there trying to get [...]
Ryan Grant did a little “mini-protest” today, as he sat out the Packers mandatory minicamp as he and the team continue to work out a new deal. In a move that shows good faith though, the running back has been at the teams offseason workout programs as well as meetings, and though he’s been at [...]
Reports say the Packers will be more aggressive on defense in 2008, making sure that they get after the quarterback and ball carriers quicker. Todays Milwaukee Journal Sentinel talks about the the Packers new look defense, talking about the team taking more chances with blitz packages. “There’s definitely more of an emphasis there,” coach Mike [...]
From: Pro Football Weekly
With Koren Robinson having been shown the door in Green Bay, we hear as many as five different players — Will Blackmon, Tramon Williams, Brandon Jackson, DeShawn Wynn and Shaun Bodiford — will be in the mix for the team’s return duties later this summer.
Packer great Donald Driver has taken over one of Brett Favre’s annual charity events. More than five-thousand fans attended the charity softball competition at Fox Cities Stadium on Sunday. Driver said the proceeds this year will go to Goodwill and the Special Olympics. Other Packers taking part in the event included Charles Woodson, Aaron Kampman [...]
