Archive for December, 2008

Packers to Shift LB’s Barnett and Hawk?

From: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Packers have entered the past three training camps with a pretty good idea which player was going to be at each linebacker spot: Nick Barnett would man the middle; A.J. Hawk was on the weak side; and Brady Poppinga helped clog up running lanes on the strong side. No more. [...]

Some Coaching Changes May Be Coming for the Pack

From: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel On the first day of the offseason for the Green Bay Packers, coach Mike McCarthy did not make any moves with his coaching staff. But changes on defense could be coming soon. No word was given on the future of coordinator Bob Sanders, whose defense continually fell apart in crucial situations [...]

Current Packers Think They Need Some Name Free Agents on Defense

From: Green Bay Press-Gazette Perhaps by the end of the week, coach Mike McCarthy will decide whether to dump Bob Sanders or give him another shot to coordinate the Green Bay Packers’ defense next season. But on Sunday, two members of the starting defense made public pleas, not for or against Sanders, but rather for [...]

Rodgers Says He Doesn’t Think He’ll Need Surgery

From: Yahoo! Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Monday said he does not think he will need shoulder surgery in the offseason. Rodgers, who went 6-10 in his first season as a starter, suffered a sprained right shoulder in Week Four vs. Tampa Bay, but did not miss any time. Rodgers said the shoulder will be [...]

Packers To Get 3rd Round Pick For Favre Trade

From: NFL.com Terms of what the New York Jets will surrender to the Green Bay Packers for Brett Favre are now complete. Green Bay will receive New York’s third-round pick in April. The pick could have been as high as a first-round pick, but it will be a third.

Packers Season Ends With Win Over Lions

Packers Doom Lions to Historic 0-16 with 31-21 Defeat at Lambeau

The Packers scored first, the Packers scored last, and the Packers scored the most as the Detroit Lions made ignominous history with a 0-16 season, the only such record in the NFL. Aaron Rodgers threw 21 times for 3 touchdowns and 308 yards. Donald Driver and Greg Jennings both had games of more than 100 [...]

RB Wynn Making the Most of His Chances

From: Packers.com Like a lot of young players, running back DeShawn Wynn has had some ups and downs during his first two seasons, starting four games as a rookie in ’07 before being released in training camp and landing on the practice squad this year. After not getting many opportunities this season since being signed [...]