Archive for January, 2009

The Pack have brought in one of the best sack artists to coach their outside linebackers. The Green Bay Post Gazette reported today that the team has hired former NFL sack leader Kevin Greene.
Greene twice led the league in sacks — with Pittsburgh in 1994 and Carolina in 1996 — while playing in [...]

Now that Dom Capers is the new defensive coordinator with the Pack and they are going to a 3-4, the team is trying to make that move without much fanfare. The following tidbit about the move comes from today’s Journal Sentinel:
Packers General manager Ted Thompson has said publicly that the Green Bay Packers’ switch [...]

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From: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Utah State cornerbacks coach John Rushing will be part of Mike McCarthy’s revamped staff in Green Bay, according to the school. Rushing was an intern with the Packers last year during training camp as part of the National Football League’s Minority Internship Program. He coached the past six years for the Aggies, [...]

It’s that time again to start talking about free agency, and we’ll spend some time breaking down positions, and today we are going to start with maybe the most important position on the field – quarterback. Here are our rankings of Free Agent QB’s, and what we think will be the end result for [...]

From: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Packers HC Mike McCarthy said Monday that the arrival of new defensive coordinator Dom Capers will bring a change from the old 4-3 to the 3-4 defense. While he was still open to the 4-3 defense, McCarthy wanted to go after the 3-4. Capers is an excellent fit, said McCarthy. “His vision [...]

In quite a turnaround from just a few days back when it seemed he was not taking the position, the Packers have landed coaching vet Dom Capers as their new defensive coordinator. The 58-year-old Capers has 38 years of coaching experience, including 23 years in the National Football League. He has been a defensive [...]

From: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
After watching prospective defensive coordinators Mike Nolan and Gregg Williams take jobs elsewhere after interviewing, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy could see his fourth candidate do the same. Former Houston Texans and Carolina Panthers coach Dom Capers spent Friday night and all day Saturday talking to the Packers and then returned to [...]

From: Pro Football Talk.com
According to Adam Schefter of NFL Network, Pats special assistant/secondary Dom Capers is interviewing for the defensive coordinator job on Mike McCarthy’s staff. Capers, 58, has spent the last 23 years in the NFL, working as among other things the first head coach of both the Panthers and the Texans, and the [...]

The Packers today promoted Shawn Slocum to special teams coach to take the place of the now retired Mike Stock. Slocum served as the Packers’ special teams assistant coach the past three seasons, and coached 15 seasons at the collegiate level before coming to Green Bay. The team then hired Curtis Fuller to fill [...]

From: JSOnline
Center Scott Wells underwent surgery to repair a torn right labrum Tuesday, which was discovered in his physical after the season, a source familiar with the operation said.