Jake Stoneburner

Bostick expected to miss Packers opener

August 22, 2014 By Bill Scott

The Green Bay Packers are expected to be without tight end Brandon Bostick in their Sept. 4 season opener at Seattle.

Brandon Bostick – UPI/Robert Cornforth

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel cited sources as saying Bostick suffered a slight fracture of the fibula in his right leg during last Saturday’s game at St. Louis.

Bostick was in the locker room walking on crutches this week, after Mike McCarthy said the tight end would miss a couple of weeks with a lower leg injury.

The Packers are hoping to have Bostick back by week 2 or 3.

Without Bostick, the Packers figure to give most of the playing time to rookie Richard Rodgers and Andrew Quarless. It also means the Packers may have to keep one or two additional tight ends. Veterans Ryan Taylor and Jake Stoneburner are next in line. Stoneburner has received plenty of work during training camp workouts, many times ahead of Quarless in the rotation.

Taylor and Stoneburner are being challenged by rookie Justin Perillo, a free agent from Maine. If Perillo doesn’t make the roster, there’s a good chance he would be called back to the Packers practice squad.

NFL increases size of practice squads

August 20, 2014 By Bill Scott

Tramon Williams started his career on the Packers Practice Squad

The NFL and the NFLPA announced Tuesday, teams can add two more players to their Practice Squad, going from eight to ten players.

The expansion of the Practice Squads covers the next two seasons and means a total of 64 more jobs will be available around the league in each of the next two years.

The league also announced that each team will be able to sign two players “who have earned no more than two accrued seasons of free agency credit.” Otherwise players who have earned one or more accrued seasons would not be eligible for the practice squad unless they spent fewer than nine games on the 46-man gameday roster during those seasons.

Practice Squad players will earn a minimum salary of $6,300 each week, totaling $107,100 whould they hold on for all 17 weeks of the regular season.

With the Green Bay Packers last season, Myles White, Jake Stoneburner and Jumal Rolle all spent time on the Packers Practice Squad before signing onto the active roster last season.

AUDIO: Mike McCarthy is in full support of adding to the Practice Squad :18

Packers put Cobb on IR

October 16, 2013 By Bill Scott

The Green Bay Packers put wide receiver Randall Cobb on Injured

Jermichael Finley

Reserve/Designated to return, which means he will be eligible to practice in six weeks and to play in eight. That means Cobb won’t be eligible to play for the Packers until the Dec. 15 matchup against the Dallas Cowboys in Irving, Texas.

The Packers also put offensive lineman Greg Van Roten on season ending injured reserve.

Filling those spots on the roster, the Packers signed tight end Jake Stoneburner and wide receiver Myles White off of the teams practice squad.

It’s possible that James Jones (sprained PCL) could still play, but the Packers will prepare to have Jordy Nelson, Jarrett Boykin and Myles White at wide receiver.

Stoneburner’s promotion to the roster means the Packers are likely planning to use Jermichael Finley at wide receiver as well.

The Packers tried to add other receiver help yesterday, trying to sign rookie receiver Tavares King off of Denver’s practice squad. But the Broncos signed King to the active roster in Denver, keeping him away from the Packers.

During the exhibition season, White finished second on the team with 8 receptions for 90 yards.

A big year coming for Packers TE DJ Williams

July 3, 2013 By Bill Scott

To say the upcoming NFL season is a big one for Green Bay Packers tight end D.J.

D.J. Williams

Williams would be an understatement.

After being selected in the 5th round of the 2011 NFL Draft out of Arkansas, the Mackey Award-winning Williams has done very little. In his first two seasons and a total of 26 games, Williams has netted just 9 catches for 70 yards and no touchdowns.

Entering his third season in the NFL, Williams said he knows exactly what is at stake.

AUDIO: D.J. Williams says this is a big year for him :14 [Read more…]