Green Bay Packers Rumors & News

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly received his diploma on Wednesday for completing a court-ordered drug treatment program, according to a report by Chris Roth at WBAY-TV in Green Bay: "I know I've seen a change, and I know your family has seen a change, and we are just so darn proud of you..." May 24

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "After serving as president for the Green Bay Packers for 19 years and in additional roles for 37 overall, Bob Harlan stepped down for good Jan. 28, 2008. Finally, carefree days were ahead, to be filled with whatever projects and hobbies he wanted. As a 10-year survivor of melanoma, however,..." May 24

ESPN Chicago "A member of the Green Bay Packers is going to miss Brian Urlacher? That's right. Aaron Rodgers said on "The Jim Rose Show" that the Chicago Bears middle linebacker, who retired Wednesday, was his "favorite player to play against." "I just have the utmost amount of respect for him, the way he..." May 24

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Packer quarterback Aaron Rodgers said Wednesday he would be "excited" to see Brett Favre's number retired in Green Bay before Favre is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, NFL.com reports. Rodgers made the remarks to the "The Jim Rome Show." "It's been too long. I think our country..." May 24

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "For the first time since 2005, the Green Bay Packers head into a season without Greg Jennings and Donald Driver. A changing of the guard -- one that began in 2012 -- is official at wide receiver. The Packers are counting on Randall Cobb, James Jones and Jordy Nelson leading Mike McCarthy's..." May 23

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Two days in, he nailed the attire. After Tuesday's organized team activity, Tramon Williams wore a T-shirt featuring the face of the "Star Wars" character, Yoda. Williams is a huge fan of the movies. But he also wants to be the older, wiser, go-to voice of reason in the Green Bay Packers'..." May 23

PackersNews.com "Entering his fourth NFL season, Morgan Burnett’s goal isn’t to replace Charles Woodson or Nick Collins in the Green Bay Packers’ secondary. After leading the team with 123 tackles last season, the only player Burnett is striving to be is an improved version of the 6-foot-1, 209-pound safety he..." May 23

ESPN.com "Cutting two games off the preseason -- either by expanding the playoffs or moving to an 18-game schedule -- is still being discussed, commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday at the NFL's spring owners meetings in Boston. He said all "[options] are on the table." "As I have said before, I..." May 23

Akron Beacon Journal "Jimmy Haslam, whose purchase of the Browns was unanimously approved in October, apologized to fellow NFL owners for the negative attention an ongoing federal investigation targeting his family business, Pilot Flying J, has brought upon the league, Jarrett Bell of USA Today reported. Since the..." May 23

PackersNews.com "The once-distant relationship between Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers has seen significant progress over the last three months. In February, Favre and his predecessor, Aaron Rodgers, handed out the NFL comeback player of the year award together during the NFL honors ceremony. Last..." May 23

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "A month ago the news was big but the timing was right. The Green Bay Packers staff told the offensive line that everyone except center Evan Dietrich-Smith would begin the offseason playing a new position. After four weeks of work behind the scenes, that change was unveiled to the media and fans..." May 22

PackersNews.com "Wayne Dallman is already working on passing down his passion for the Packers to his young son. “I came when I was a kid to a training camp practice about 20 years ago,” said Dallman, who drove three hours from Thorp for the Packers’ first public Organized Team Activity practice of the spring on..." May 22

San Francisco Chronicle "Defensive back Charles Woodson signed a one-year deal with the Raiders Tuesday night. And while the fan support surely played a factor so did $4.3 million, which is what Woodson can earn including incentives. That includes a $700,000 signing bonus for a 36-year-old player who had very little..." May 22

NFL.com "The NFL draft provides football fans with a peek into the exhilaration that comes with entering the league. Far less publicized is a player's exit from the game, which carries its own emotional weight. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the NFL Spring Meeting in Boston that he had met with..." May 22

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "It got so bad in Kevin Dorsey's senior season at Maryland that after four quarterbacks were out with season-ending injuries, the Terrapins had to go with a scout-team linebacker, Shawn Petty, to throw the ball. And yet receiver Dorsey did not crumble under the reality of what this was doing to..." May 21

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "His shoulder was still a problem? What? In an interview with 105.7 The Fan in Baltimore, Williams talked about the nerve damage in his shoulder. Yet while Williams was talking about the shoulder bothering him during the 2011 season, when the interview went viral, many thought he was talking..." May 21

PackersNews.com "Former Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Santana Dotson has learned what many former teammates have at some point. Once a Packers player, always a Packers player. Especially when you help the team win a Super Bowl like Dotson did in 1997. He spent his final six NFL seasons with Green Bay..." May 20

PackersNews.com "The Green Bay Packers thought enough of Oklahoma State offensive lineman Lane Taylor to make him their highest-paid college free agent this offseason. Shortly after last month’s NFL draft, the Packers gave the 6-foot-3, 328-pound guard a $7,000 signing bonus to sign in Green Bay, according to a..." May 19

PackersNews.com "The Green Bay Packers have featured some famed one-two running back combinations in their history. Who can forget Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung blowing up defenses in the 1960s? Or John Brockington and MacArthur Lane punishing tacklers in the 1970s with their double-barreled attacking..." May 19

PackersNews.com "Over the past seven years, Jarrett Bush has seen hundreds of players pass through the Green Bay Packers’ locker room. Since being claimed off waivers from Carolina in 2006, more than 30 draft picks have come and gone, yet the once-undrafted cornerback and special teams maven lingers. While..." May 19

Detroit News "Former Michigan standout Charles Woodson, a Heisman Trophy winner and eight-time NFL Pro Bowl player, said he would consider playing for the Detroit Lions. But a lot of things would have to fall into place, like the right financial figures. Woodson, in Ann Arbor on Friday to support the..." May 18

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "The demand seems simple enough. In today's NFL, teams need large, athletic defensive linemen. As the spread offense proliferates, defenses must dot the field with multiple defensive backs. And more players on the back end means fewer players up front. Disruptive interior pass rushers are at an..." May 18

Fox Sports Wisconsin "The improvement that Randall Cobb showed from his rookie year in 2011 to last season was more than the Green Bay Packers could have possibly hoped for. Cobb finished sixth on the team in receptions and yards in his first NFL season with 25 catches and 375 receiving yards. The Year 1 to Year 2..." May 16

Fox Sports Wisconsin "Cheeseheads, prepare for your 15 minutes of fame. Hardcore Packers fans will be featured in an upcoming television reality show, tentatively titled "Cheeseheads." The show, which will air on TBS, was announced at the network's annual upfront presentation. TBS described the new series..." May 16

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Running back Alex Green has no issue with what the Green Bay Packers did during the NFL draft. In the second round, they drafted Alabama's Eddie Lacy. In the fourth round, they took UCLA's Johnathan Franklin. His position overcrowded, his future blurred, Green's phone was buzzing after each..." May 15

PackersNews.com "Randall Cobb’s ascent to the top of the Green Bay Packers’ depth chart last season couldn’t have come at a better time with Greg Jennings and Jordy Nelson each battling injury, and Donald Driver showing his age. Now, with Jennings in Minnesota and Driver retired, the Packers are fixed to rely..." May 14

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Last year should give hope to the five latest players to sign with the Green Bay Packers. Both wide receiver Jarrett Boykin and tight end Brandon Bostick managed to stick around Green Bay after surviving rookie orientation as tryout players. Boykin made the 53-man roster, while Bostick was on..." May 14

Fox Sports Wisconsin "As Datone Jones opened his Green Bay Packers' defensive playbook for the first time this past weekend, everything looked very familiar. While the rest of the team's rookie class was starting from scratch and learning a new system, Jones was already several steps ahead. "We ran pretty much the..." May 13

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "This is how different things are for Green Bay Packers second-year quarterback B.J. Coleman: During a rookie orientation camp practice Friday inside the Don Hutson Center, Coleman came up to the line of scrimmage, got his receivers lined up in the right place, barked out the signals and then..." May 12

PackersNews.com "Patrick Lewis and his teammates heard all the naysayers. The critics openly questioned how a Texas A&M football program that couldn’t win consistently in the Big 12 could suddenly expect to thrive in the West Division of the powerful Southeastern Conference. Coming off a disappointing 7-6..." May 12

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Datone Jones the basketball player was exactly like Datone Jones the football player. Old Compton running mate DeMar DeRozan, now with the Toronto Raptors, remembers it all well. "Reckless," DeRozan said. "He was just all over the place, running around, jumping. Reckless." Jones was a..." May 11

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Eddie Lacy dropped a pass and tripped over a tight end. Johnathan Franklin didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Now, Angelo Pease, that's another story. If you had said ahead of time that Pease, an undrafted free agent from Kansas State, would be the running back who would stand out..." May 11

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "You may have noticed former Packers cornerback Charles Woodson appeared on two shows on the NFL Network this week. He was interviewed on "NFL Total Access" about his being a free agent after 15 seasons in the league. He also provided analysis on Thursday’s installment of "The Top 100 Players of..." May 11

Wisconsin State Journal "He is 230 pounds and, in the lexicon of the NFL, a downhill runner. Still, rookie running back Eddie Lacy’s signature move is his spin move. So where did that come from? “I honestly don’t know,” the second-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers said Friday. “It’s just natural. It just..." May 11

Fox Sports Wisconsin "With the Packers' rookies all in Green Bay, the team has finalized contractual agreements with all but two of them. The two who were still unsigned as of late Friday afternoon were the team's top two draft picks, defensive end Datone Jones (first round) and running back Eddie Lacy (second..." May 11

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "For three years, Eddie Lacy rammed into a crowded line of scrimmage. It was the norm. So not surprisingly, the 229-pound running back is licking his chops to join the Green Bay Packers' backfield. Lacy believes he'll be the X-factor that finally makes Green Bay's opponents respect the..." May 10

NFL.com "Charles Woodson figured he'd have more clarity to his situation by now. The three-time All-Pro has remained on the free-agent market since being released by the Green Bay Packers in February. He has met with only one team, a fruitless visit with the San Francisco 49ers. Woodson was at NFL..." May 10

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "The phone finally rang and Charles Johnson was coy. He hid his elation. With some 40-50 friends and family members packed into this clubhouse in Union, Ky., he turned around and spoke in a low, inaudible tone to the Green Bay Packers. Johnson hung up, asked someone to turn down the music, turn..." May 09

PackersNews.com "Running back Johnathan Franklin, a fourth-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers, has to miss all of the team’s remaining offseason work except this weekend’s mandatory minicamp because of the NFL’s graduation-related rules. But his teammate at UCLA, defensive lineman Datone Jones, can..." May 08

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "So here's how old Charles Woodson is. Back when Woodson dominated the Ohio high school football scene - the prelude to his do-it-all Michigan days - Micah Hyde watched from the stands. As a 6-year-old kid. "I just remember him being at running back and he was obviously tearing us apart,"..." May 07

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is scheduled to appear on this week's episode of NBC-TV's "The Office." Rodgers is to play a judge in a singing competition. The episode is to air at 8 p.m. Thursday on WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) in the Milwaukee market. In the last few years on his weekly..." May 07

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "The Green Bay Packers got around to beefing up just about every one of their weaker positions with 11 selections in the National Football League draft. Safety was the glaring exception, and that's where Greendale's Ben Ericksen comes in. A two-year starter at Illinois State, Ericksen and his..." May 04

PackersNews.com "Six weeks ago, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy indicated he had a plan for his offensive line. “We need some improvement from the left side of our line,” McCarthy said at the NFL annual meetings in late March. “That’s, if you’re breaking down the line as a whole, our left side and the..." May 04

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "The season opener is four months away and a lot can happen between now and then, but the Green Bay Packers are starting the off-season with some major changes on their offensive line. The most noteworthy is that right tackle Bryan Bulaga is moving to the left side to be quarterback Aaron..." May 03