Tag: Green Bay Packers

  • Green Bay Packers, the Most ‘Home Grown’ Team in the NFL

    Green Bay Packers, the Most ‘Home Grown’ Team in the NFL

    Out of the 53 players on the squad of the Green Bay Packers for the 2013 NFL season, only two of them have actually taken snaps for other teams around the league during their careers – Ryan Pickett, the defensive tackle, who used to play for the St. Louis Rams, and John Kuhn, a fullback who played his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

  • Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers Has a Running Back in Eddie Lacy

    Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers Has a Running Back in Eddie Lacy

    Maybe this season we’ll see a change in the way the Green Bay Packers operate, and Aaron Rodgers won’t feel the need to do everything for his offense, as rookie Eddie Lacy is looking like someone who’s ready to get the team’s dysfunctional running game back on track.

  • NFL Rumors – Green Bay Packers Interested in Signing Vince Young

    NFL Rumors – Green Bay Packers Interested in Signing Vince Young

    There’s some distance to go between getting a chance to workout for a team like Vince Young is doing for the Green Bay Packers, but it also shows that the team isn’t too pleased with their situation at backup quarterback, and are willing to give Young a chance to find his place in the NFL once again.

  • NFL Rumors – Green Bay Packers Expecting a Lot From Eddie Lacy & Johnathan Franklin

    NFL Rumors – Green Bay Packers Expecting a Lot From Eddie Lacy & Johnathan Franklin

    The Green Bay Packers have decided that enough is enough. After three seasons of steady decline from their running backs, they got two in the 2013 NFL Draft – Eddie Lacy and Johnathan Franklin, hoping that the promising pair can do much more with the rather steady number of rushing calls over the years than Ryan Grant or Cedric Benson could.

  • Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers Will Turn Randall Cobb into a Superstar

    Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers Will Turn Randall Cobb into a Superstar

    How good can Randall Cobb be? Aaron Rodgers doesn’t have older, familiar targets to throw to anymore, which means that the player who led the team in receptions and yards last season might be headed towards an even bigger season in 2013.

  • NFL Rumors – Green Bay Packers Still Stuck With Sam Shields

    NFL Rumors – Green Bay Packers Still Stuck With Sam Shields

    As always, the Green Bay Packers are taking their time with contract negotiations, but it is hurting their preseason preparations, as Sam Shields, signed on a restricted free agent tender, was missing from OTAs until now and is still looking for that long term deal.

  • Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers Without Donald Driver or Greg Jennings Anymore

    Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers Without Donald Driver or Greg Jennings Anymore

    Since becoming the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers in 2008, Aaron Rodgers has always had Donald Driver and Greg Jennings to throw to, helping him become arguably the best quarterback in the NFL, an MVP and a Super Bowl champions. In 2013, things are going to be very different.

  • NFL Rumors – Charles Woodson Getting Desperate

    NFL Rumors – Charles Woodson Getting Desperate

    After thinking it’s going to be a matter of no time before he finds himself a new team, Charles Woodson remains unsigned, unemployed, and getting more and more desperate to find himself a team to play for in the 2013 NFL season, willing to lower his standards in terms of quality and pay after getting only one interested party contact him – the San Francisco 49ers, after he was released by the Green Bay Packers, but they’ve moved on from him as well.

  • NFL Rumors – Charles Woodson Might Retire Pretty Soon

    NFL Rumors – Charles Woodson Might Retire Pretty Soon

    Age matters more to teams than proven ability, as we can see in the case of Charles Woodson. The future hall of fame defensive back has been performing very well for the Green Bay Packers at his advanced age, even when he was switched to safety last season. All the teams that showed some interest in him earlier in the off-season: New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans have all addressed their secondary situation through the draft or free agency.

  • NFL Rumors – Eddie Lacy Wants Green Bay Packers to Draft Him

    NFL Rumors – Eddie Lacy Wants Green Bay Packers to Draft Him

    The Green Bay Packers have been in the business of finding a running back that could take the load of Aaron Rodgers for quite a while, but they’re not the kind of team to make a splash on an expensive free agent, rather trying to find a suitable fit through the draft. Eddie Lacy, coming out of Alabama, thinks he might be the perfect choice.