The Green Bay Packers (14-1) and Detroit Lions (10-5) face off in Week 17 of the NFL season Sunday. The basics When: 12:00 CST, Sunday, January 1, 2012. Where: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI. TV: FOX; Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick with the call, Laura Okmin on the sidelines. Radio: 620 AM WTMJ (Milwaukee); Packers Radio Network; NFL Sunday […]
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McCarthy: As Expected, Packers Will Play it Safe vs. Lions on Sunday
Despite giving a few signs earlier in the week that his team might go full throttle after 15-1, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy confirmed Friday that the Packers will play it safe with a good chunk of his starters, including quarterback Aaron Rodgers, against the Detroit Lions. Several key players dealing with lingering dings […]
Rating the Rookies: Cobb Leads Packers 2011 Class Through 7 Games
The rookies on the Green Bay Packers roster have yet to complete a half-season in 2011, but the bye week in Week 8 gave us an opportunity to gauge how the Packers’ first-year players look through seven games. Snap-counts and statistics are courtesy of Pro Football Focus. T Derek Sherrod (R1) The Packers wanted him […]
Packers GM Ted Thompson Did Not Claim Anybody off Waivers
According to Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Green Bay Packers did not claim anybody off waivers after Saturday’s roster cuts. This means the Packers will enter their final days of preparation before facing the New Orleans Saints with an abnormally high number of TEs (5) and LBs (10), and record lows on […]
Packers vs Chiefs: Things to Watch In Green Bay’s Preseason Finale
The Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs will close out their preseason schedules Thursday, with the Chiefs traveling to Lambeau Field in a rematch of each team’s 2010 preseason finale. The Chiefs won that game at Arrowhead Stadium, 17-14. As was the case when these two met last August, the Chiefs come in to […]