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Packers start training camp workouts on Thursday

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Mike McCarthy addresses the media with 2018 Training Camp set to start on Thursday.

Green Bay Packers players underwent physicals and testing on Wednesday with the start of training camp practices on Thursday morning (11:30 a.m.).

Head Coach Mike McCarthy met with reporters and talked about a number of topics, including quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

By now, we all expected Rodgers to have a new contract extension, but that didn’t happen.  Rodgers reported with the rest of his teammates, checked into their training camp home at St. Norbert College on Tuesday and then underwent physicals and testing on Wednesday.  He’ll be on the practice field Thursday, leading the Packers in their first training camp practice.

McCarthy wasn’t about to get into a discussion about Rodgers contract status with the team.

“Like I always stated, and I clearly understand and respect Aaron’s place in our organization, but business affairs are what they are, this isn’t the place to speak on them,” said McCarthy.  “They’re very personal for everyone that goes through it.  I have confidence in the organization, and obviously I have confidence in Aaron.  So we’ll just stay the course.”

Rodgers signed a five-year, $110 million extension and has two years left on that deal.  But he currently ranks 10th on the list in quarterback pay. [Read more…]

Packers Hall of Fame to honor a pair of Packers later this month

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Davante Adams

The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame announced that Davante Adams will be honored with the Hall’s Most Valuable Player award and running back Jamaal Williams will be honored with the Rookie of the Year award at the 48th Packers Hall of Fame Induction Banquet.

Adams had a team leading 74 receptions for a team-high 885 yards and 10 touchdowns, and was selected to his first career Pro Bowl as an injury replacement.  In his fourth year as a pro, Adams was tied for No. 2 in the NFL in TD receptions, and he has 22 receiving TD’s since 2016.

Williams was selected by the Packers with the second of two fourth-round choices in the 2017 NFL Draft, becoming the first BYU running back picked by Green Bay in team history.  He played in all 16 games with seven starts, seeing time on offense and special teams.  He rushed for a team-high 556 yards over the course of the season, the fourth most by a Green Bay rookie in team history.

Former players Ryan Longwell and Mark Tauscher will become the newest members of the Hall at the banquet, to be held July 21st in the Lambeau Field Atrium.

 

NFL suspends Packers RB Jones

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Aaron Jones

Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones has been suspended by the NFL without pay for the first two games of the 2018 regular season for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.

The suspension stems from Jones arrest in October after admitting during a traffic stop to smoking marijuana.  Jones pleaded not guilty to charges of speeding, driving without a valid license and operating a vehicle with a controlled substance in his system.

Jones pleaded no contest in February to one of the three charges filed against him.  A Brown County judge accepted Jones’ plea to a traffic citation for driving with a controlled substance in his system and found him guilty.  Under a plea agreement, tickets for speeding and operating without a license were dismissed.

Jones will miss the first two games of the season, both at home against the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings.  He’s eligible to return to the active roster before the Packers third game at Washington.

Packers announce the signing of TE Lewis

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Packers to resume OTA workouts next week

The Green Bay Packers were looking for blocking help from the tight end position and they found it in former Jacksonville Jaguars veteran Marcedes Lewis.

Lewis is entering his 13th season in the NFL and has been regarded as one of the better blocking tight ends in the league.

Lewis did catch five touchdown passes last season, his highest total since the 2010 season when he caught 10 scoring passes.  He started all 16 games for the Jaguars last season, catching 24 passes for 318 yards.

In 12 seasons, Lewis had 375 receptions for 4,502 yards and 33 touchdowns.

Lewis joins newly signed veteran Jimmy Graham and former Badger Lance Kendricks.  Both Graham and Kendricks are considered to be below average blocking tight ends.

The Packers also have a handful of young undrafted tight ends who will battle for roster spots this summer.

 

Jackson signs deal with Packers

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Josh Jackson

And then there was one.  The Green Bay Packers announced the signing of second-round pick, defensive back Josh Jackson out of the University of Iowa.

Jackson was projected by many to be taken in the first round but went unselected until the Packers picked him in round two of this springs NFL Draft.

It leaves the Packers with just one unsigned draft choice out of the 11 selections.  Third-round selection, linebacker Oren Burks out of Vanderbilt is still without a contract.

The Packers open the first of their OTA’s next week.  They have a total of 10 OTA’s prior to the teams mandatory minicamp June 12th through the 14th.

Packers sign top draft pick, Alexander

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#23 Jaire Alexander

The Green Bay Packers signed first-round draft pick Jaire Alexander to a rookie contract, announcing the deal on Tuesday.

Alexander’s four-year deal is worth a reported $11.6 million with a $6.5 million signing bonus.

Alexander becomes the ninth player in the teams 11-player draft class to sign his rookie contract.  Only second-round selection Josh Jackson out of Iowa and third-round pick Oren Burks out of Vanderbilt remain without a deal.

Alexander is expected to give Green Bay some immediate help in the defensive back field after the Packers finished 23rd in the NFL in 2017 in passing yardage allowed per game (236.8).

Alexander suffered through an injury-plagued junior year in which he sustained a knee injury in the season opener against Purdue and a broken hand in practice in late October.  He recorded a 4.38 time in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

College Scout Alonzo leaving the Packers

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Former Packers scout Alonzo Dotson

College scout Alonzo Dotson is leaving the Green Bay Packers for a job with the New York Jets.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dotson’s exact title with the Jets is unclear, but the franchise needs a national scout and a director of college scouting.

Dotson joined the Packers in 2013 after two seasons at the University of Houston.  His departure means the Packers are looking for his replacement, as well as executives Alonzo Highsmith and Eliot Wolf, both of whom joined the Cleveland Browns.

 

Packers sign six draft picks

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6th round pick Equanimeous St. Brown

One day following the end of the Green Bay Packers rookie minicamp, the team announced the signing of eight players, including six of this years draft picks.

Missouri wide receiver J’Mon Moore is the highest of the draft picks to sign.  He was picked in the 4th round.

Fifth round selections Cole Madison (G-Washington State) and Marquez Valdes-Scantling (WR-South Florida) signed deals with the Packers.  So did sixth round selection Equanimeous St. Brown (WR-Notre Dame) and seventh round selections James Looney (DT-California) and Kendall Donnerson (LB-Southeast Missouri).

The Packers also signed a pair of undrafted free agents today, Greer Martini (LB-Notre Dame) and Ryan Smith (TE-Miami/Ohio).

Both rookie free agent signees participated in the Packers rookie orientation camp this past weekend.

 

Packers release Vogel, paves the way for Scott

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#5 Justin Vogel was released on Friday.

The Green Bay Packers selected punter J.K. Scott out of Alabama in the fifth round of the NFL Draft last Saturday and now appear to have paved the way for him to be the teams punter on opening day by releasing Justin Vogel.

The Packers granted Vogel’s request for a release after he saw the writing on the wall.

When a team used a 5th round pick on a punter, it’s a given that Scott  was going to unseat Vogel for the job.

Vogel did finish seventh in the NFL with a 41.6-yard net average.  That was a team-record as well as the first time a Packers punter finished in the league’s top 10 since Jon Ryan in 2007.  It shouldn’t take Vogel long to find a job.

 

Packers release Callahan, Browns pick up option on Randall’s contract

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Joe Callahan

The Green Bay Packers are parting company with 24-year-old backup quarterback Joe Callahan, announcing his release from the team on Monday.

Callahan spent parts of two seasons with the Packers after signing as an undrafted free agent in 2016.

The Packers made the move after the reported signing of undrafted free-agent quarterback Tim Boyle out of Eastern Kentucky.

Randall’s option picked up in Cleveland

The Cleveland Browns have exercised the fifth-year option on defensive back Damarious Randall, acquired in a offseason trade with the Green Bay Packers.

The Browns sent quarterback DeShone Kizer and swapped fourth and fifth round draft picks with the Packers back in March, in exchange for Randall.

Randall was the Packers 30th overall pick in the 2015 draft.  After playing corner for the Packers for three seasons, he’s expected to play free safety for the Browns.  Randall started 30 games with the Packers and appeared in 39 games.  He had four interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.