January

Jan. 5, 2009   

Packers fire Sanders, five other assistants

The Packers officially released six assistant coaches Monday morning, led by defensive coordinator Bob Sanders. Four other defensive assistants were given their walking papers — DE coach Carl Hairston, DT coach Robert Nunn, secondary coach Kurt Schottenheimer and defensive nickel package/cornerbacks coach Lionel Washington — as well as strength and conditioning coordinator Rock Gullickson. “These are difficult decisions,” head coach Mike McCarthy said in an official release. "I hold each of these men in high regard ... More>

December

Dec. 8, 2008   

Packers OT Tauscher suffers season-ending knee injury

In addition to losing their third game in a row and registering one of the worst defensive performances in franchise history (549 yards allowed) in a 24-21 loss to the Texans in Week 14, head coach Mike McCarthy announced at his Monday press conference that the Packers also lost veteran ORT Mark Tauscher for the remainder of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that will land him on the injured reserve list. The 31-year ... More>

November

Nov. 17, 2008   

Grant bolsters Packers' playoff prospects

There were plenty of positives in the Packers’ surprisingly easy 37-3 rout of the division-rival Bears in Week 11 that moved them into a three-way tie atop the NFC North with Chicago and Minnesota. QB Aaron Rodgers, benefiting from flawless protection — “I didn’t get touched all day,” he said — looked sharp in completing 23-of-30 passes to nine different receivers for 227 yards and two touchdowns. Green Bay’s defense minus normal starting MLB Nick Barnett, ... More>

Nov. 10, 2008   

Loss of Barnett adds to Packers' defensive woes

The Packers’ season-long problems defending the run became a lot more serious Monday morning after head coach Mike McCarthy announced that starting MLB Nick Barnett had suffered a season-ending torn ligament in his right knee early in the third quarter of Green Bay’s 28-27 loss to the Vikings in Minnesota. Before being forced out of Sunday’s game, Barnett, a Pro Bowl alternate who had missed only two games in his five-year Packers career, registered five tackles, including one ... More>

October

Oct. 21, 2008   

"Lionsgate" tarnishes Favre's luster in Green Bay

Did he or didn’t he? Jets QB Brett Favre is insisting that he didn’t spend anywhere from 60-90 minutes in advance of the Packers’ Week Two game against Detroit providing inside information to the Lions about his ex-team, as was first reported by Jay Glazer on the Fox pregame show last Sunday. In a text message to Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, Favre said Glazer’s report was “total BS.” Glazer, however, strongly defended his report on the ... More>

Oct. 20, 2008   

Many happy returns for Packers' secondary

The Packers did a lot of good things in their 34-14 victory over the Colts at Lambeau Field Sunday that catapulted them into a tie atop the NFC North with the Bears at 4-3. But the best thing was the inspired play of the team’s secondary that has continued to more than hold its own despite the prolonged absences due to the injuries of RCB Al Harris (spleen) and SS Atari Bigby (hamstring).

Playing in their nickel ... More>

September

Sept. 30, 2008   

Packers medical update: Rodgers questionable; Jenkins out for season

The Packers’ string of good luck on the injury front has come to an abrupt end. Already entering last Sunday’s game in Tampa Bay missing starting CB Al Harris (spleen), starting FS Atari Bigby (hamstring) and starting FB Korey Hall (knee), five more players went down for the count against the Buccaneers, led by QB Aaron Rodgers, who suffered a strained shoulder on a third-quarter scramble, and DE Cullen Jenkins, who the team said Tuesday would ... More>

Sept. 9, 2008   

Packers QB Rodgers earns high marks in first pro start

Aaron Rodgers no doubt feels like a million bucks today, fresh off a sterling season-opening performance at home on "Monday Night Football" that would appear to bode very well for his immediate future. In his first pro start ever, Rodgers was efficient, resourceful and deadly accurate, completing 18-of-21 passes (81.8 percent) for 178 yards and a TD, with no interceptions, and rushing for another score in Green Bay’s 24-19 victory over the Vikings.

Rodgers clearly played better ... More>

July

July 27, 2008   

Packers' camp opens with Favre's status in limbo

Packers players are scheduled to report to training camp Sunday, but Brett Favre won't be among those reporting, after he agreed to sit tight at GM Ted Thompson's request.

"I had planned on reporting for the start of Packers training camp Sunday, but Ted Thompson asked if I would give him a couple of days to try to get the situation resolved," Favre told SI.com Saturday. "… I don't want to be a distraction to the Packers, and I hope in ... More>

July 25, 2008   

Favre trade possibility on increasingly fast track

Multiple media outlets are reporting that Brett Favre is ready to report to the Packers' training camp and could file for reinstatement into the NFL via a letter to commissioner Roger Goodell before the day runs out. The signals remain mixed, however, as to whether or not Favre will be sticking with the Packers, who continue insisting they have no plans to release Favre from a contract that runs through 2010, or heading to another team in ... More>

July 17, 2008   

Packers accuse Vikings of tampering with Favre

As first reported by FoxSports.com, multiple media outlets have confirmed that the Packers have filed a tampering charge against the division-rival Vikings for allegedly communicating with retired Packers QB Brett Favre, presumably with the intention of feeling him out about the possibility of coming out of retirement to play in Minnesota. According to FoxSports.com’s Jay Glazer, Favre has been having “inappropriate” conversations with Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, a close friend and former assistant coach with ... More>

March

March 4, 2008   

Favre announces retirement

It had to happen some time, right? With 17 illustrious NFL seasons under his belt, Packers QB Brett Favre, a future first-ballot Hall of Famer if there ever was one, has decided to retire.

The NFL’s all-time leader in completions, attempts, passing yards, TD passes and consecutive starts by a quarterback reportedly broke the news to Packers head coach Mike McCarthy Monday evening. According to Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, there were no immediate plans for Favre to ... More>

January

Jan. 21, 2008   

Smart money is on Favre returning to Packers

On the day after the Packers’ dramatic 23-20 overtime loss to the Giants in the NFC championship game at frozen Lambeau Field, the hard, cold truth remained the same: The Giants were the better team — on both sides of the ball. And after all was said and done, Eli Manning was better than Brett Favre, whose interception by Giants CB Corey Webster set up the game-winning score. The question now becomes the same for Favre as ... More>