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Packers unveil 2020 NFL Schedule

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The Green Bay Packers will open the regular season on Sunday, Sept. 13 with a noon kickoff against the NFC North Division rival Minnesota Vikings.  The Packers will close the season with a January 3rd noon kick at Chicago and play five times in prime time in between.

The Packers home opener comes in week two of the regular season, Sunday, Sept. 20 (noon) against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field.

They’ll play their first prime time match-up the following Sunday night (Sept. 27) against the Saints in New Orleans.

The Packers return home in week four, facing the Atlanta Falcons in a Monday night game on October 5th at Lambeau Field. [Read more…]

Favre starts repaying money to Mississippi

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Brett Favre

Former Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre is paying back $1.1 million in welfare money to the state of Mississippi.  Favre received the money for appearances, promotions, autographs and speaking engagements that he hadn’t fulfilled.

Favre reportedly paid $500,000 of that money on Wednesday and plans to repay the rest in installments over the next few months.

The money reportedly came from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program in 2017 and 2018.

The director of the non-profit group has been indicted, but Favre is not facing any charges.

Green & Gold softball game postponed

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The 20th annual Green & Gold Charity Softball game that had been scheduled to be played at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Sunday, June 7 has been postponed due to the COVID-19 virus.

The organizers of the Green & Gold Charity Softball game are hopeful that the event will be able to be rescheduled for later this summer and are currently working on a new date for this year’s game.  A new date and more details will be shared as soon as that information is available.

All tickets that have already been purchased for the event will be valid for the to-be-determined rescheduled date.  The game and all ticket sales will benefit multiple charities in Northeastern Wisconsin, including causes impacted by COVID-19.

 

Packers will know their 2020 schedule on Thursday night

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The NFL isn’t sure if the season will start on time, or if there will be fans in the stands when it does begin.  But the league will unveil the 2020 regular season schedule on Thursday night.

The complete regular season slate will be unveiled on a three-hour television special Thursday night at 7 p.m. CT on the NFL Network.

Opponents were previously announced in December, but now the where and when will be added to the mix.

The NFL says teams won’t be leaving the country for any of their games this season.  The league canceled its International Series and will return next year.  That means four games planned for London and another in Mexico City will be played in the U.S.

Besides home and away games in the NFC North against the Bears, Vikings and Lions, the Green Bay Packers remaining opponents are as follows:  Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans and Philadelphia Eagles.

The Packers will face additional road games against the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts and a rematch against the San Francisco 49ers.

 

Brett Favre goes off on Packers over 2020 draft (AUDIO)

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Aaron Rodgers & Brett Favre. (Photo Courtesy of Mike Clemens)

Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre thinks Aaron Rodgers will end up finishing his career elsewhere, just like he did.

Favre appeared as a guest on the Rich Eisen Show on the NBC Sports Network on Wednesday.

Favre said he talked with Rodgers since the Packers traded up four spots to pick Jordan Love with the 26th overall pick in the draft last Thursday.  Favre said he was surprised the Packers went in the direction that they did.

The Packers have been criticized for not only taking a quarterback in the first round, but not doing more offensively to help the Packers out offensively.

Rodgers has four years left on the $134 million extension that he signed in 2018.  From a salary cap standpoint, it would be next to impossible for the Packers to part with Rodgers for at least the first two years.  But after that, who knows.

“I think he’ll play somewhere else,” Favre told Rich Eisen.  “My gut tells me now.  I don’t know this for certain, but I guarantee you, it’s got the wheels turning in Aaron’s mind.  If that’s the case, then that means there’s a chip on his [Read more…]

Packers agree to terms with 15 rookie free agents

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The Green Bay Packers agreed to terms with 15 rookie free agents, announced on Wednesday by general manager Brian Gutekunst.

The list includes:

Krys Barnes                    –   LB   –   UCLA
Henry Black                   –   S     –   Baylor
Travis Bruffy                   –   T     –   Texas Tech
Marc-Antoine Dequoy  –   CB   –   Montreal (Canada)
Tipa Galeai                    –   LB   –   Utah State
Frankie Griffin               –    S    –   Texas State
Zach Johnson               –    G    –   North Dakota State
Jordan Jones                –   FB    –   Prairie View A & M
Jalen Morton               –   QB    –   Prairie View A & M
Willington Previlon      –   DT    –   Rutgers
Stanford Samuels        –    CB   –   Florida State
Delontae Scott            –    LB    –   SMU
Darrell Stewart            –   WR   –   Michigan State
Will Sunderland          –   CB    –   Troy
Patrick Taylor              –   RB    –   Memphis

NFL preparing for contingency plans

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With NFL teams holding virtual offseason programs, there’s a chance the league’s regular season won’t start on time.  According to a report in the Sports Business Journal, the league is considering several contingencies, just in case they can’t kick off the season on time.

The NFL schedule will be released early next month and it will be designed to handle a delay, even as far out as October 15th.  That would allow for a 16-game season without a bye week.

The league is also reportedly talking with Super Bowl host Tampa about the plan, which could push the league’s championship game back as far as February 28.

The main goals right now are to preserve a 16-game season and play the Super Bowl in February.

 

Packers release QB Manny Wilkins

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After drafting quarterback Jordan Love in the opening round of the NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers reduced their quarterback stable by one, releasing Manny Wilkins on Monday.

Wilkins signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent last year and was in the mix to be Aaron Rodgers’ backup before being released after training camp.

Wilkins later returned and spent the season on the Packers practice squad.

Lazard, Sullivan sign tenders

Wide receiver Allen Lazard and cornerback Chandon Sullivan are back for 2020.  They each signed their exclusive rights tender, guaranteeing their return for the season.  It allows both to take part in the Packers virtual offseason program, which started on Monday.

Lazard had 35 catches for 477 yards and three touchdowns last year, while Sullivan had 30 tackles and an interception.

 

Packers 2020 draft class ranks among the NFL’s worst

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Packers GM Brian Gutekunst

After the dust has settled, the Green Bay Packers 2020 NFL Draft class ranks among the worst in the league and still has Packers Nation shaking their heads at what transpired over the weekend.

A record 37 receivers were selected in a receiver rich draft, but none of those 36 went to the Packers, who entered the draft needing to add help on the outside to improve the arsenal with which Aaron Rodgers has to work with.

The Packers traded a 4th round pick to move up from 30th to 26th in the first round and selected Utah State quarterback Jordan Love.  General Manager Brian Gutekunst had given us some clues over the previous three weeks that he would at least consider such a move.  We all shook it off as a smoke screen, because the Packers have Aaron Rodgers under contract for the next four years.

The scenario was similar when the Packers used the 24th pick in the first round on Aaron Rodgers back in 2005, when Brett Favre was still going strong.  But that move turned out alright, so we move on. [Read more…]

Packers trade up, select QB Jordan Love

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Jordan Love – Photo Courtesy of Getty Images

Nobody really expected the Green Bay Packers to pick Aaron Rodgers back in 2005, but when he fell to them at #24, Ted Thompson made the move that would shape the team’s future for years to come.

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst is hoping to find lightning in a bottle again after trading up from number 30 to number 26 in a trade with Miami to select Utah State quarterback Jordan Love.  The Packers traded their fourth-round pick to Miami to move up to select Love.

Love is 6’4, 224 lbs and has the ability to be the Packers quarterback of the future.  But he’ll have some time to watch and learn under Aaron Rodgers.

Love left Utah State a year early.  He threw for 3,567 yards and 32 touchdowns with just six interceptions in 2018.  Last year, his numbers dropped to 3,402 yards, 20 TD’s and 17 interceptions as Utah State struggled.

Gutekunst repeatedly said before the draft that if the right quarterback was available when they picked, he wouldn’t hesitate to make the move.  Obviously, it wasn’t lip service.

With the trade, the Packers now have eight picks left, including single picks in the 2nd and 3rd rounds on Friday night.