PACKER NEWS

Packers: Reworked offensive line getting work

Posted by Brian E Murphy, PackersInsider senior editor ~GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers are using their spring practices as a chance to get their reconfigured offensive line accustomed to their new roles. Although offseason team activities... [More]

OTA notes: Shields a no-show, Tretter breaks ankle doing silly drill, Neal moving around

By Tyler Dunne, Bob McGinn, Tom Silverstein , Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ~Green Bay — Organized team activities for the Green Bay Packers have begun without Sam Shields. The starting cornerback who finished last season with a bang was not... [More]

How will Packers’ suddenly stacked run game look in 2013?

By Chris Burke, Sports Illustrated ~GREEN BAY – It really was not all that long ago that the Green Bay Packers had an imposing threat at running back. In both 2008 and 2009, Ryan Grant topped 1,200 yards on the ground, while averaging... [More]

Packers’ draft pick Datone Jones ready to make a point

By Tyler Dunne, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ~GREEN BAY – 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... [More]

Packers can count on Jarrett Boykin in 2013

By Brian E Murphy, PackersInsider senior editor ~A year ago, you couldn’t find a Packer fan in Wisconsin anywhere who had even heard of Jarrett Boykin. He was an undrafted receiver who would get a short, three-day look in Jacksonville,... [More]

Randall Cobb ready to star in multiple choice roles for Packers

By Tyler Dunne, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ~GREEN BAY - In Year 2, Randall Cobb became a go-to weapon. Lining up in the backfield, the slot, wherever, the former college quarterback single-handedly opened up the Green Bay Packers’ playbook. And... [More]

Rookie David Bakhtiari could be among favorites at right tackle for Packers

By Rob Demovsky, Green Bay Press-Gazette ~GREEN BAY – To hear Eric Bakhtiari tell it, his little brother did all the things that little brothers do. Seven years younger, David (6’4″ 295lbs) was by his older brother’s side... [More]

Retooled TE Brandon Bostick sees an opportunity with the Packers

By Tyler Dunne, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ~GREEN BAY – Last year, he was an undrafted rookie hoping to hang on. This year, Brandon Bostick (6’4″ 230lbs) has a different set of expectations. Out with No. 48, in with No. 86. “It... [More]

QB B.J. Coleman shows better command of Packers offense

By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ~GREEN BAY – 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... [More]

Super Sophomores?

By Jason Wilde Thing, ESPN Milwaukee ~ GREEN BAY – As much as this weekend will be about Datone Jones, Eddie Lacy and the rest of the Green Bay Packers’ rookie class, the team’s success in 2013 is more likely to hinge on the players who... [More]

Congo native Mulumba raw but promising outside LB prospect for Packers

By Pete Dougherty, Green Bay Press-Gazette ~GREEN BAY – Ken Delgado has coached six defensive linemen in college who have played in the NFL, including former first-round draft picks Tyson Alualu and Cameron Jordan at California, and recent... [More]

Eddie Lacy wants to get toehold in Packers’ backfield

By Tyler Dunne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ~GREEN BAY – 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’... [More]

Could WR Charles Johnson be another 7th round hit like Donald Driver was from 1999?

By Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com ~Charles Johnson, a wide receiver from Lloyd High School (Ky.) and Grand Valley State (Mich.), was selected by Green Bay in the seventh round of the NFL draft on Saturday. The 6-2, 215-pound Johnson was a prolific... [More]

Dynamic Duo? Top picks Perry and Jones are the key to the Packers 2013 defense

By Tyler Dunne, Journal Sentinel ~GREEN BAY – He repeated the number himself – “579″ – at the NFL scouting combine. Mike McCarthy and the Green Bay Packers will not escape that nightmare at Candlestick Park any... [More]

Is Bulaga’s move to the left side of offensive line the right move for the Packers?

From Jason Wilde, ESPN Milwaukee ~GREEN BAY – From the moment the Green Bay Packers picked him in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft, Bryan Bulaga’s preference has always been to play left tackle. And from the moment veteran Mark Tauscher... [More]

Read Older Packer News