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Packers win awards at the ESPY’s

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Jordy Nelson

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was honored with two ESPY awards on Wednesday night on the 25th anniversary of the ESPY’s.

Rodgers won the ESPY for the NFL’s Player of the Year.  He also won best play of the year with teammate Jarrod Cook.  They won the award for their pass and catch along the sideline, to set up the game-winning field goal, of this past seasons divisional playoffs in Dallas.

Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson bounced back from injury to win the ESPN for Comeback Player of the Year.  Nelson missed the entire 2015 season with a knee injury, then caught 97 passes for 1,257 yards and 14 touchdowns last season.

Cook signs free agent deal with Oakland

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Jared Cook couldn’t get a deal with the Green Bay Packers, but former Packers personnel man Reggie McKenzie, who is not the Oakland Raiders general manager, signed Cook to a two-year contract worth up to $12.2 million.  The first season of the deal is fully guaranteed.

Cook went into the offseason as one of the priorities for the Packers.  The Packers were in discussions with Cook but the two sides couldn’t come to an agreement.

Cook took other visits but eventually settled with Oakland.  The Raiders finished 12-4 last season and was a real postseason threat until quarterback Derek Carr was lost for the season with a broken leg.

With the Packers, Cook caught 30 passes for 377 yards and a touchdown, then added 18 more receptions for 229 yards and two touchdowns in three playoff games.

The Packers signed Martellus Bennett and Lance Kendricks instead and Cook, despite not landing a deal in Green Bay, still gets a chance to play for a team on the rise in Oakland.

Crosby’s late heroics lead Packers past Cowboys

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Mason Crosby

Mason Crosby booted a pair of 50+ yard field goals in the final minutes, helping the Green Bay Packers hold off the Dallas Cowboys 34-31 in the NFC Divisional playoffs on Sunday.

The Packers (12-6) went into the game as 5 1/2 point underdogs and came out of AT&T Stadium with their 8th straight victory.

The Packers won for the second time in this postseason, something that’s happened only one other time under Mike McCarthy.  They had lost on the final play five times in the last seven years.

Cowboys rookie quarterback Dak Prescott finished with a passer rating of 103.2, throwing three touchdown passes and one interception.  Fellow rookie Ezekiel Elliott rushed 22 times for 125 yards, but couldn’t bust a long one or reach the end zone. [Read more…]

Packers going conservative with Rodgers

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Aaron Rodgers – Photo UPI/Robert Cornforth

Aaron Rodgers didn’t practice on Wednesday and isn’t expected to do much, if anything on Thursday as the Green Bay Packers get ready for Sunday’s NFC North matchup against the Chicago Bears.

Rodgers worked in the teams rehab group on Wednesday, as he continues to nurse a right calf injury sustained early in last week’s win over Seattle.

Rodgers went through a similar injury back in 2014, although it was an injury to the opposite (left) calf.

Rodgers was hobbling around during the game against the Seahawks, but the end result wasn’t compromised.  In fact, Rodgers may have had his best game of the season.

The Packers will spend some time outside today (Thursday), but backup Brett Hundley is expected to handle those practice snaps.

AUDIO: Aaron Rodgers updates the media on his injured right calf :11 [Read more…]

Rodgers says the Packers can run the table

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QB Aaron Rodgers UPI/Bill Greenblatt

QB Aaron Rodgers UPI/Bill Greenblatt

It would be hard for Green Bay Packers fans to buy into quarterback Aaron Rodgers latest predictions.  After all, the those fans have just witnessed their team losing four straight games and the injuries continue to grow.

On Sunday, Rodgers said he was very optimistic about the Packers ability to turn their season around.  On Wednesday, Rodgers was asked what he meant.

“I feel like we can run the table, I really do,” Rodgers said.  “The offense is starting to click a little bit more, we’ve just got to put together a game where we’re more consistent from the first snap to the last.  We’ve been, I think, getting closer to that.  We’ve really been clicking, at times, in the last few games. [Read more…]

Packers 4th straight loss making playoffs look less likely

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packers-logoNo player wants to say it, but the Green Bay Packers are not a good football team.  They were blown out by the Washington Redskins 42-24 on Sunday night at Fed Ex Field and the players say they have to watch the film to figure out what went wrong.  It’s the same old story for the last four and five of the last six weeks.

Washington (6-3-1) rolled up 515 yards of total offense and used some huge fourth quarter plays to keep the Packers at bay.

Pierre Garcon’s 70-yard touchdown reception early in the fourth quarter started things off.  Jamison Crowder’s 53-yard pass play set up another Washington touchdown and Robert Kelley ran 66 yards up the middle to set up another score.

Kelley finished with 137 yards rushing on 24 carries. [Read more…]

Starks and Cook progressing towards return

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Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy

Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy said James Starks and Jared Cook “practiced well yesterday. We’re going to see if we can increase their workload today.”

Depending on how their padded workout goes today, both players could be ready to return to action when the Packers face the Tennessee Titans in Nashville on Sunday.

The Packers are desperate for Cook to return after missing six weeks with a high-ankle sprain that he suffered in the Detroit game.  Without Cook running routes down the middle of the field, the Packers’ offense has struggled.

Starks could bring some stability back to the running back position when he returns to the lineup. [Read more…]

Packers offense comes to life in win over Detroit

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Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers

After weeks of offensive struggles, the Green Bay Packers came to life on Sunday, beating division foe Detroit 34-27 in the home opener at Lambeau Field.

The Lions were missing top defensive players Ziggy Ansah and DeAndre Levy and the Packers showed no mercy, putting 31-points on the board in the first half and taking a 31-3 lead into the locker room at halftime.

It was the offense that Packers fans are used to seeing.  Aaron Rodgers tossed four touchdown passes in the first half for the second time in his career, two of the four to Jordy Nelson.  Rodgers ended up completing 15 of 24 passes for the game, finishing with a 129.3 passer rating.  He ended a string of 14 consecutive games without a passer rating of 100 or more. [Read more…]

Packers fall to Chiefs, ready to shape their final 53-man roster (AUDIO)

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Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy

The Green Bay Packers sat 17 starters, ten on offense and seven on defense, when they faced the Kansas City Chiefs in the preseason finale at Arrowhead Stadium.

Mike McCarthy’s goal was to give his backups one final shot to try to make the 53-man roster.  He also wanted to leave Kansas City without suffering any major injuries.  Having most of his starters on the sidelines would insure that.

The Packers fell 17-7 to the Chiefs.  The only Green Bay touchdown came in the first quarter when Joe Callahan threw a short touchdown pass to tight end Jared Cook.

The only significant injury in the game came early when Packers fifth-round draft pick Trevor Davis left with a shoulder injury and he didn’t return.  He appeared to be in position to make the Packers regular season roster, but this injury could change things. [Read more…]

P.U.P Players return to Packers practice (AUDIO)

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Ty Montgomery returns to practice.

Ty Montgomery returns to practice.

Three of the five remaining P.U.P. players returned to practice with the Green Bay Packers on Tuesday night.

Linebacker Sam Barrington, wide receiver Ty Montgomery and tight end Jared Cook all passed their physical and practiced for the first time in training camp.

Only wide receiver Jordy Nelson and center Corey Linsley remain on the P.U.P. list.

Cook returned from preventative foot surgery and looked good his first time out.  Montgomery is returning from ankle surgery after playing in just six games last season. [Read more…]