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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…]

Rodgers career best game leads Packers past Raiders

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Aaron Rodgers

The Green Bay Packers offense, under new head coach Matt LaFleur is really starting to heat up with Aaron Rodgers driving the ship.

Rodgers threw for 429 yards and five touchdowns and he ran for another as the Packers rolled to a 42-24 win over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday at Lambeau Field.

Rodgers completed 25 of 31 passes to eight different receivers, who all finished with at least two catches.  And he did it again, for the third week in a row, without his top target Davante Adams, who is sidelined with turf toe.

The turning point in the game came late in the first half when the Raiders were driving for a potential touchdown.  It would have given Oakland a 17-14 lead.  Instead, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, while reaching the ball towards the goal line, fumbled and the ball went into and out of the end zone.  By rule, a touch back gave the ball to the Packers at the 20-yard line. [Read more…]

Sack celebrations a thing of the past in Green Bay

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Za’Darius Smith

Za’Darius Smith is second on the Green Bay Packers team with six quarterback sacks and each one has drawn a more elaborate sack celebration.

“I had one for this week,” Smith said Thursday.  “It was going to be nice.  Coach (Matt LaFleur), he felt situations during that time could affect the punt team or (if) they want to go for fourth down, I’m taking up too much time.”

So for now, the sack celebrations are history.

Smith came up with the sleepy-time celebration that he unveiled Monday against the Lions after he missed a meeting last week.  He was fined and decided to let everyone know he got caught napping with a little on-field celebration.

Za’Darius Smith has six sacks in six games this season.  Teammate Preston Smith leads the way wit

h seven and even without a sack celebration, both should continue to cause havoc with the opponents passing game. [Read more…]

Packers add receiver help, sign Grant

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Jace Sternberger

The Green Bay Packers could be thin at wide receiver this week when they face the Oakland Raiders, so they went out and added some veteran depth at the position this week.

The Packers signed sixth-year wide receiver Ryan Grant, who has 123 receptions for 1,333 yards and seven touchdowns.   A former fifth round pick by the Washington Redskins in 2014, had career-high totals of 45 catches for 573 yards and four touchdowns with the Redskins in 2017.

Grant went on to sign a four-year, $29 million free agent deal with the Baltimore Ravens in 2018, but he was let go when he failed his physical.  Grant then signed a one-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts for $5 million.  He caught 35 passes for the Colts before moving on this season, signing with the Oakland Raiders.

With the Raiders, Grant caught four passes for 14 yards in two games this season before being released. [Read more…]

NFL officials erred in hands to the face penalty

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According to an ESPN report, NFL officials erred when they called a second hands-to-the-face penalty against Detroit defensive end Trey Flowers on Monday night, allowing the Green Bay Packers to run the clock down and kick a game winning field goal.

NFL executive vice president Troy Vincent said at the league’s fall meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Tuesday after the Packers knocked off the Lions 23-22 on Monday night.

Vincent said the two controversial hands-to-the-face penalties, called against Flowers, were a topic of discussion at a meeting with the competition committee on Tuesday.

Vincent said there was one penalty that they clearly support.  The other is something that you don’t want to see called.

In his pool report, referee Clete Blakeman explained what the umpire who threw the flags, Jeff Rice, saw on the fouls. [Read more…]