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Packers to meet Colts in Hall of Fame game

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Packers Training Camp

Packers Training Camp

Training Camp just got longer for the Green Bay Packers.  That’s because the Packers have been picked to meet the Indianapolis Colts in the August 7 Hall of Fame game.

It means Mike McCarthy will have to get his team ready for five preseason games and an extra-long training camp.  The Packers will likely start training camp sometime around July 24th after opening camp July 30th last year.

The Packers had at least been preparing for this with Brett Favre as the headliner for this year’s class of Hall of Fame inductees.

The Colts have two inductees, receiver Marvin Harrison and coach Tony Dungy.

The enshrinement ceremony is set for August 6.  It’ll be the first time under Mike McCarthy that the Packers will play five preseason games.

 

Hall of Fame means Favre’s journey is complete

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Brett Favre is a 1st ballot Hall of Famer

Brett Favre is a 1st ballot Hall of Famer

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre became the 24th member of the organization to be voted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and just the fifth to do it in his first year of eligibility.

Favre became the 74th individual to be voted into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility overall.  He’s joined by former Packers assistant coach Kevin Greene who ranks third all-time in sacks while playing for the Rams, Steelers, Panthers and 49ers.

This class also includes receiver Marvin Harrison, quarterback Ken Stabler, tackle Orlando Pace, guard Dick Stanfel, coach Tony Dungy and owner Edward DeBartolo, Jr.

Unlike the other members of this class, Brett Favre is directly responsible for reviving an organization that had gone through a couple of decades of losing. [Read more…]

Kevin Greene’s wait is finally over

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Kevin Greene

Kevin Greene

Kevin Greene was a finalist for the NFL’s Pro Football Hall of Fame for a fifth time this year.  Saturday night, Greene finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

Greene and his 160 career quarterbacks sacks are headed to the NFL Hall of Fame, one of eight men to find out their fate on the eve of Super Bowl 50.

Greene joined quarterbacks Brett Favre and Ken Stabler, offensive linemen Dick Stanfel and Orlando Pace, wide receiver Marvin Harrison, coach Tony Dungy and former owner Eddie DeBartolo.

Greene collected 160 sacks during his 15-year career, the most by a linebacker and third all-time behind defensive ends Bruce Smith and Reggie White. [Read more…]

Favre should be an easy choice for first ballot induction

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Brett Favre

Brett Favre

The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2016 Class will be announced on Saturday night, on the eve of Super Bowl 50.

Former Green Bay Packers great Brett Favre should not only be a shoe-in first ballot Hall of Fame selection, but it should come via unanimous vote as well.

Favre was given the keys to the car as the Packers attempted to turn years of misery into winning.  He arrived in 1992 and in just a handful of seasons, won a Super Bowl in 1996.

During Favre’s 16 seasons in Green Bay, the Packers posted the best record (160-93) during that period.  He started an NFL-record 321 consecutive games (including playoffs).  Favre won three MVP awards and became the first player in league history to throw 500 touchdown passes.

Favre is one of three first-year eligible nominees, joining Alan Faneca and Terrell Owens.

The Hall of Fame selection committee will pick between four and eight finalists for induction.  Former Packers assistant coach Kevin Greene is a five-time finalist and this could finally be the year for the long time sack specialist who had playing stints with the Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers and San Francisco 49ers.

Favre one step away from Canton

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Brett Favre

Brett Favre

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre is one step from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Favre is one of three players in their first year of eligibility to make the list of 15 finalists, joining receiver Terrell Owens and guard Alan Faneca on Thursday night.

Former Packers assistant coach Kevin Greene is also a finalist, along with Tony Dungy, Steve Atwater, Morten Andersen, Don Coryell, Terrell Davis, Marvin Harrison, Joe Jacoby, Edgerrin James, John Lynch, Orlando Pace and Kurt Warner. [Read more…]

Rodgers recalls Favre the Prankster (AUDIO)

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Aaron Rodgers & Brett Favre

Aaron Rodgers & Brett Favre

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is looking forward to seeing Brett Favre and Bart Starr return to Lambeau Field on Thursday night as Favre’s retired number-four will be unveiled along with his name on the Lambeau Field façade.

Rodgers recalled on Tuesday just how big of a prankster Favre was when the two were together from 2005 through 2007.

Favre placed Rodgers helmet on a table inside the Packers’ locker room with a couple of markers.  Players often place memorabilia they need signed for charity or for their own collections in the middle of the locker room to be signed. [Read more…]

Favre among Hall of Fame semifinalists

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Brett Favre

Brett Favre

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has been named one of 25 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

The three-time MVP retired with 508 touchdown passes, 71,838 passing yards and 186 NFL victories.  Following 16 seasons with the Packers, he finished up with a year in New York (Jets) and two years with the Minnesota Vikings.

Favre was originally drafted by the Atlanta Falcons before being  traded to the Packers.

Former Packers outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene was a finalist last for the 2015 Hall of Fame Induction and is a semifinalist again this year.

Fifteen finalists will be announced in January and the winners will be announced February 6th, the night before the Super bowl.

 

Manning joins Favre as only 70-thousand yard passers in NFL

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Brett Favre (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

Brett Favre (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

With a 10-yard pass to wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders midway through the third quarter on Thursday night at Arrowhead Stadium, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning surpassed 70-thousand passing yards in his career.

Manning became the second quarterback in NFL history to do so, joining former Packers great Brett Favre, who holds the record with 71,838 career passing yards.  Barring injury, Manning should surpass that total this season and become the all-time yardage passing leader in NFL history.

Manning finished with 256 yards, three touchdowns and one interception.  He helped direct a late fourth quarter drive that tied the game against the Chiefs at 24-all.  Then Jamaal Charles fumbled the ball with Denver’s Bradley Roby scooping the ball up and returning it 21 yards for the winning touchdown with 27 seconds left to cap another Peyton Manning comeback.

The Chiefs ended up scoring two  touchdowns within nine seconds of each other to pull out the win.

Brett Favre surpassed 70-thousand yards in 2010 with the Vikings at the age of 41 and in his 293rd career game.  Manning has reached 70-thousand faster, at the age of 39 and in his 258th NFL game.

Favre is a sure bet to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame in Canton, Ohio next year, in his first year of eligibility.

Rodgers doesn’t want a fifth preseason game next year

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Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has already served  notice that he doesn’t like four preseason games, calling them “meaningless games”.  Rodgers isn’t going to like it if the Packers have to play a fifth preseason game next year.

With Brett Favre a shoe-in for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016, there’s a good bet the NFL will include the Packers in their 2016 Hall of Fame game.

That prospect has Rodgers lobbying in advance, to not play in  that game.

Rodgers called preseason games “meaningless” back in August, after the Packers top receiver, Jordy Nelson was sidelined with a season-ending knee injury.

The NFL likes to tie teams to the induction ceremony.  With Favre a virtual guarantee to headline that 2016 class, the NFL may come calling.  What does it mean for Packers fans?  Perhaps a third exhibition that will see Rodgers standing on the sidelines in street clothes.

 

Wolf joins Hall of Fame greats today (AUDIO)

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Ron Wolf

Ron Wolf

Former Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf becomes the 23rd member of the Packers organization today to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

Wolf’s son Eliot, who is the Packers director of player personnel, said he cried when his mother called him in January with the news that his dad had been elected.  Eliot Wolf said he used to joke with his dad that when he got into the Hall of Fame, he would present him.

So that is how it is going down today.  Eliot Wolf will present his father as he enters football’s biggest shrine.

Wolf joined the Packers in 1991 and led the franchise’s turn-around.  He started by hiring Mike Holmgren as his coach and trade a first round pick to Atlanta for quarterback Brett Favre.  Once the ball started rolling, then it was time to make a big free agent splash.  That’s when Wolf enticed Reggie White to sign with the Packers.  [Read more…]