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Packers are nearly out of the woods with coaching staff

January 25, 2012 By

Mike Sherman is reportedly interviewing for a second time with the Tampa

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Bay Buccaneers with regards to their head coaching vacancy. 

The Oakland Raiders are set to hire Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Dennis Allen.

Indianapolis appears to be going in a direction that doesn’t include any Green Bay Packers assistant coaches, which means the chances of Mike McCarthy losing any more of his assistant coaches is diminishing.

A number of teams still have coordinator positions open, but Allen’s hiring in Oakland means Dom Capers and Winston Moss, who both interviewed for the Raiders opening, will be returning to Green Bay for now.

McCarthy and his coaching staff is currently in Hawaii, preparing the NFC squad for this weekends Pro Bowl.  Practices are scheduled to begin today.  Six Packers will play for the NFC squad with John Kuhn sitting out because of a knee injury he suffered in the Packers season ending loss to the New York Giants.

 

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Capers, Moss, Sherman still in NFL coaching hunt

January 24, 2012 By

Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers is the latest to talk with

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new Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie about the Raiders head coaching vacancy. 

Packers linebackers coach Winston Moss has also talked with McKenzie, who is taking his time, trying to find the right man for the job. 

Oregon coach Chip Kelly has pulled his name out of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaching search.  That means former Packers coach Mike Sherman will likely get a second interview in Tampa.

Joe Philbin’s departure for Miami means the Packers are looking for an offensive coordinator.  Many expect Mike McCarthy to promote quarterbacks coach Tom Clements from within for that job.

There could be a lot of shuffling on Mike McCarthy’s coaching staff, but the Packers coach seems to welcome the change for some of his coaches, keeping them challenged in the offense.  An example of that would be moving Edgar Bennett last season from running backs coach to his current post at wide receiver.

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Is this the statement game for the Packers?

November 15, 2011 By

For the first time this season, the Green Bay Packers 45-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings was a dominant performance in all three

Aaron Rodgers visits with fan

facets of the game. 

The Packers improved to 9-0 by getting their usual solid contribution from the offense.  But this time, the defense and special teams came to play as well and the Packers turned in their most dominating performance of the season. 

Aaron Rodgers tossed four more touchdown passes to give him 28 for the season, to go along with just 3 interceptions.  Randall Cobb returned a 1st quarter punt 80-yards for a touchdown and added a 55-yard kickoff return to give the Packers good field position on another series.  But the biggest part of this win was a defense that entered the game ranked 30th in yards allowed, yet held the NFL’s best running back, Adrian Peterson, to just 51 yards rushing.

The defense had been waiting for this kind of performance and linebacker Clay Matthews (2 sacks) was glad to finally see it happen.

AUDIO: Clay Matthews on the defensive effort :19

A week earlier, Charles Woodson used the media to deliver a message to defensive coordinator Dom Capers.  He said Capers needed to find more ways to get their best player, Clay Matthews to the quarterback.  Capers went one better.  He found ways to get Matthews, Woodson, Tramon Williams, Morgan Burnett, Desmond Bishop and the list goes on, to the quarterback. [Read more...]

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Packers look to slow down Newton (AUDIO)

September 14, 2011 By

The Green Bay Packers watched Carolina rookie quarterback Cam Newton pass

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for 422 yards in his NFL debut.  Newton will likely find life much more difficult against the defending Super bowl champs this week.

The Packers travel to Carolina on Sunday for their first road trip of the season.

Green Bay’s defense didn’t have an easy time of it in their opening week win over the Saints, but that was against veteran Drew Brees, who has a solid stable of receivers and a solid ground attack. [Read more...]

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A chance to make one last impression

September 2, 2010 By

One last chance to make a lasting impression.  That’s what the Green Bay

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Packers backups have tonight when the Packers close out the preseason at Kansas City against the Chiefs.

The Packers defense started slow last season, but came on strong in the end and finishing with the #1 run defense in the NFL.  How will they stack up this season?

The Packers have had a rash of training camp injuries and cornerback Al Harris and safety Atari Bigby will start the season on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.  There’s a chance that rookie Sam Shields may have to start the season as the teams nickelback.

I talked this week with Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers about the Packers defense in 2010.

AUDIO: Bill Scott talks defense with Dom Capers 3:16

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