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Packers game at San Francisco moved to prime time

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The Green Bay Packers November 24th game at San Francisco has been flexed from a 3:25 start to a 7:20 Sunday night kickoff.

It’ll be the Packers fifth Prime Time game this season with a sixth, on Monday, Dec. 23rd at Minnesota, still remaining on the schedule.

The Packers are 8-2 and trail the 49ers (8-1) by a half game for the top seed in the NFC.  San Francisco became the last team to lose a game this season, falling last Sunday night to Seattle 27-24 in overtime.

The Packers are currently 3-1 in Prime Time contests, having beaten the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs.  They lost to the Eagles in a night game at Lambeau Field.

Green Bay and San Francisco met last season at Lambeau Field with the Packers pulling out a 33-30 victory.

Packers late defensive stand produces win over the Panthers

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Aaron Jones – File Photo

The Green Bay’s defense surrendered a lot of yardage throughout Sunday’s game, but in the end, they held NFL MVP candidate Christian McCaffrey short of the goal line as time expired and the Packers held on for a 24-16 win at snowy Lambeau Field.

Aaron Jones rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns, the second time this season he’s rushed for three scores.  Jones is the first Packers player since Sterling Sharpe in 1994 with multiple three-touchdown games in a season.  He is also the first Green Bay running back since Jim Taylor in 1962 with multiple three-touchdown games in a season.  Taylor did it three times that year.

The Panthers got the ball back with 2:25 left on their own 11-yard line, trailing by eight points.  Quarterback Kyle Allen drove the Panthers down the field, including completing a 12-year pass to D.J. Moore on fourth-and-10 with 56 seconds left. [Read more…]

Packers activate Campbell

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The Green Bay Packers activated safety Ibraheim Campbell from reserve/physically unable to perform and released linebacker Tim Williams on Tuesday.

Campbell saw action in three games for the Packers last season and played well before a torn ACL landed him on injured reserve.  Campbell registered 20 tackles (16 solo), a forced fumble and a pass defensed prior to the injury.

Campbell was originally selected in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns out of Northwestern.

In addition to the Packers and Browns, Campbell also spent time with the Houston Texans, new York Jets and Dallas Cowboys, appearing in 46 games with 12 starts.

Panthers place Newton on I.R.

The Carolina Panthers will go with Kyle Allen at quarterback against the Packers on Sunday.  The Panthers placed Cam Newton on injured reserve.

Newton has missed the last six games while trying to battle back from a mid-foot sprain.

Newton was the league’s MVP in 2015, but has lost his last eight starts dating back to last season.

LaFleur says he’ll re-evaluate the plan for their trip to Los Angeles

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Matt LaFleur

The Los Angeles Chargers were a playoff team one year ago, finishing 12-4 and tied with the Kansas City Chiefs for the best mark in the AFC.  This season, things haven’t gone as well for the Chargers, starting 3-5.  But Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur knows the Chargers are still plenty talented and he tried to convey that message to his players.  But that message appears to not have hit home with everyone.

The Packers lost the game 26-11, playing their worst game of the season.

LaFleur took his team to California a day early and after the game, quarterback Aaron Rodgers said it was important for everyone on offense to re-evaluate how they used the extra day in California to prepare.  Rodgers inferred that some of his teammates may have treated this trip as more than a business trip.

Leaving two days early for a trip west has been done before.  Mike McCarthy did it several times.  But somewhere along the way, the message for LaFleur got lost in the shuffle.  For that reason, the coach is [Read more…]

Packers hit bump in the road in Los Angeles

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Matt LaFleur

Just when everyone was telling the Green Bay Packers how good they are, they went out and laid an egg, falling to the Los Angeles Chargers 26-11 on Sunday afternoon, bring to an end their four-game winning streak.

Packers fans out-numbered Chargers fans in a visiting stadium, but the Packers played their worst offensive game of the season and the defense and special teams weren’t much better.

The Packers had no answers for the Chargers defensive pressure and any adjustments came way too late to make a difference.

The Packers offense had been making steady progress and playing at a high level.  Then they got their top receiver, Davante Adams, back from a turf toe injury that saw him miss four games.

The Packers only had three possessions in the first half and they stalled out for a number of reasons, including penalties. [Read more…]

Adams returns to practice

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Davante Adams

Pro Bowl wide receiver Davante Adams is back on the practice field again, trying to work his way back into the lineup when the Green Bay Packers face the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday in L.A.

It was a walkthrough on Wednesday, but Adams returned to the field again on Thursday, this time in helmet and pads, a good indicator that Adams could be ready to play on Sunday.

“We’ll take it day by day and see how he does,” coach Matt LaFleur said.  “When he’s ready to go, we’ll be ecstatic.”

Adams missed the last four games with a turf toe injury.

Packers announce roster moves

After releasing TE Evan Baylis and WR Darrius Shepherd earlier in the week, the Packers signed both players to their practice squad.  The Packers released WR Keon Hatcher from the practice squad.

 

Packers Hall of Fame announces 2020 class

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Charles Woodson

The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc. will induct former Green Bay Packers cornerbacks Al Harris and Charles Woodson at the 50th Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, which will be held April 18, 2020.

Woodson was selected fourth overall in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders after winning the 1997 Heisman Trophy as a junior at the University of Michigan.  After eight seasons in Oakland, Woodson came to the Green Bay Packers as a free agent in 2006, where he spent the next seven years of his career, posting 38 interceptions and 115 passes defensed.

Woodson was selected to four straight Pro Bowls (2008-11) while with the Packers and led the league in interceptions in 2009 and 2011.  He holds [Read more…]

Game time for Packers-Panthers game changed

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The Green Bay Packers‘ Week 10 home game on Nov. 10 against the Carolina Panthers has been changed to a 3:25 p.m. CT kickoff at Lambeau Field.

The game was originally scheduled for noon.  The contest is slated to be broadcast by FOX and will remain on that network.

The Lambeau Field parking lots will open at 11:25 a.m., with stadium gates opening at 1:25 p.m.

Packers edge Chiefs, finish first half at 7-1

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Aaron Jones – File Photo

Aaron Rodgers threw the go-ahead 67-yard go-ahead touchdown pass to Aaron Jones in the fourth quarter and the Green Bay Packers went on to beat the Kansas City Chiefs 31-24 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Sunday night.

Rodgers passed for 305 yards and three touchdowns for the Packers, who jumped out to a 14-0 lead, only to see the Chiefs battle back to take a 17-14 halftime lead.

Jones caught seven passes for 159 yards and two touchdowns and added 67 more yards on the ground.

Matt Moore threw for 267 yards and two touchdowns in place of the injured Patrick Mahomes.

Damien Williams tied the game in the fourth quarter at 24-all with a three-yard TD run.  The Chiefs fell to 5-3 with the loss.

The Packers win streak is now at four games and their lead on Minnesota remains 1-game atop the NFC North.  They’ll return to the road this week and face the Los Angeles Chargers in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon.

 

Adams expected to sit another week (AUDIO)

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Davante Adams – File Photo

A week ago, veteran wide receiver Davante Adams said his toe injury felt a million times better, but he still wasn’t ready to play against Oakland.

Thursday, Adams said this week, his turf toe feels 2 million times better but he admitted he just doesn’t know where things are at yet.

Adams stretched with his teammates the last two days, but that’s about all he did.  He said he’s just not fully recovered yet.

The Green Bay Packers would love to get Adams back as soon as possible, but they also don’t want to rush him.

“I want him to come back when he feels healthy,” quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. [Read more…]