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There’s nothing normal about this Packers training camp

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Rookie AJ Dillon’s locker

The Green Bay Packers opened training camp last week, but the first several days were devoted to coronavirus testing.  Rookies were in over the weekend and held their first walk through.  The teams veterans finally arrive today (Monday), the sixth day of training camp.

With veterans arriving, there’s another walk through scheduled for today, along with weight lifting and conditioning.  It’ll be two weeks before the team gets its first padded practice.

There’ll be no preseason games ahead of the September 13th opener at Minnesota, which means coach Matt LaFleur will have to get creative in the way he prepares his team.

LaFleur told reporters in a zoom call on Sunday that he anticipates more live-scrimmage scenarios, trying to replicate situations that players could encounter during games.  LaFleur said some of those scrimmage situations will come inside Lambeau Field.

The Packers will start with a splitsquad format, meaning rookies and injured players working in one group and veterans in another.  That scenario allows the Packers to have as many as 90 players in camp before having to cut down to 80 on August 16.  The Packers roster currently stands at 83 players, not including four that are on the COVID-19 list. [Read more…]

Packers are finalists to host 2024 NFL Draft (AUDIO)

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Mark Murphy

Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy said Thursday the team is one of three NFL franchises in the running to host the 2024 NFL Draft.

Murphy met virtually with reporters following the teams annual shareholders meeting on Thursday.

“I feel confident,” said Murphy.  “I think we’ll be able to make a really strong case.”

“The new Resch Expo will be really helpful to us in that effort, as well as Titletown.  By 2024, Titletown is going to look a lot different than it doesn now and be even more attractive as a destination.”

Reach Expo, which is a new exhibit center to the East of Lambeau Field.  It is set to be completed early next year (2021).

Murphy also told reporters that the Packers will apply to host a Big 10 championship game between 2023 [Read more…]

Packers finalize preseason schedule

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The Green Bay Packers finalized their 2020 preseason schedule and both home games are scheduled for afternoon kickoffs.

For the fourth straight season, the Packers will open the preseason at home, facing the Arizona Cardinals in a noon kick at Lambeau Field.  It’s the first time since 2015 (at Pittsburgh)  that the Packers will play a preseason day game and the first during the day at Lambeau Field since 2006.

The Packers remain home in week two of the preseason, hosting the Cleveland Browns at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 22.  It’ll be the 26th preseason meeting with the Browns, tied for the second-most preseason games against a single opponent.

The Packers will hit the road for the final two preseason games, at the New York Giants on Saturday, August 29 (7 p.m.) and at the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday, Sept. 3 (7 p.m.).

NFL Draft to be “fully virtual”

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There’ll be no NFL Draft inside Lambeau Field this year.

The NFL Draft is still set to take place as originally scheduled, April 23-25, but the annual event will feature more significant changes due to the coronavirus pandemic.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a memo to NFL teams on Monday, telling them the draft will be “fully virtual.”  It means general managers, coaches and other team personnel will all operate separately from their own homes.

The NFL had originally instructed teams in March to shut down their facilities but had kept open the possibility that organizations might be able to have employees in the same place together, as long as they followed the Center for Disease Control guidelines on social distancing.

In Monday’s statement Goodell said, “All Clubs will not have access to their facilities, which is contrary to the fundamental equity principle that all clubs operate in a consistent and fair way.  Moreover, we want all NFL personnel to comply with government directives and to model safe and appropriate health practices.  And after consulting with medical advisors, we cannot identify an alternative that is preferable from a medical or public health perspective, given the varying needs of clubs, the need properly to screen participants, and the unique risk factors that individual club employees may face.”

 

Lambeau Field will remain closed

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The Green Bay Packers announced Thursday that Lambeau Field and the team-run operations at Titletown District will remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic until at least April 24.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers earlier this week issued a “Safer at Home” order directing people to stay at home as much as possible until April 24.

Operations that are closed include the Packers Hall of Fame museum, the Packers Hall of Fame and 1919 Kitchen & Tap, as well as all team-run public activities in Titletown.

Teams are allowed to conduct normal business operations, which includes signing players and evaluating players for the upcoming NFL Draft.

But the look of the NFL Draft is expected to look different.  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated that the draft dates of April 23-25 will not be moved.  But Goodell informed teams they “should be doing the necessary planning to conduct Draft operations in a location outside of your facility, with a limited number of people present, and with sufficient technology resources to…communicate with other clubs and Draft headquarters.”

 

Wisconsin extends deadline to pay for football season tickets

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University of Wisconsin officials are pushing back the deadline for fans to renew their football season tickets for the upcoming 2020 season.

Season ticket invoices and payment was originally due on April 20th.  That deadline has been pushed back to May 11th.

May 11 will also be the priority deadline for single-game ticket requests, including the Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame game at Lambeau Field on Oct. 3.

Earlier this month, the Green Bay Packers pushed back t heir deadline to June 1, from March 31.

Spring football has been pushed  back until at least April 6 and there’s a good chance it’ll be cancelled entirely.  The school’s spring graduation ceremonies, set for May 8 and 9, have already been canceled.

 

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 host Lions in MNF at Lambau Field tonight

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The Green Bay Packers face the Detroit Lions with first place on the line in Monday Night Football action at Lambeau Field tonight.

The Packers currently lead the NFC North (4-1).  Minnesota is next (4-2) and Detroit, which had their bye week off last week, is 2-1-1.

The Lions have won four straight against the Packers, winning twice each of the last two seasons.

For Detroit to have a shot at a fifth straight win, they’ll likely have to scheme to hold down Packers running back Aaron Jones.  With Davante Adams out of the Green Bay lineup again this week, next in line is Jones, who rushed for more than 100 yards and scored four touchdowns against the Cowboys last week.  He combined (rushing & receiving) for more than 180 yards in the Packers win. [Read more…]

Rodgers not excited about Packers early home-heavy schedule

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Starting with this week’s home game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field, the Green Bay Packers will play 5 of the next 6 games at the friendly confines.  Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said he’s not thrilled with the home heavy schedule because those games could be best served later in the season when the temperature dips below freezing.

“Being an elder statesman,” Rodgers said, “You’d like it to be the opposite.  You’d like it to be the stretch run, five of six at home, as cold as possible, under 32 (degrees) and make some of these teams come play us.”

Now the Packers will finish with a heavy road schedule, which means they need to make hay early.

The Packers will host Denver a week from Sunday, followed by a quick turn-around against the Philadelphia Eagles the following Thursday night.  After a trip to Dallas the following week, the Packers return home to face Detroit and Oakland.  That’s five home games in seven weeks.  After that, the Packers will be forced to play six of their final nine games away from Lambeau Field.

AUDIO: Aaron Rodgers not a fan of 5 of 6 at home right now :16

 

 

Packers’ 2019 Preseason Schedule is out

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The Green Bay Packers will open the 2019 exhibition season at Lambeau Field Aug. 8-12, facing J.J. Watt and the Houston Texans.  The Packers will also hold joint practices with the Texans leading up to the exhibition opener.  It’s the first time the Packers will face the Texans in the preseason.

The Packers will go on the road for their second preseason game, traveling to Baltimore to face the Ravens.  The two teams also played one preseason game against the Ravens in Baltimore in 1996.

Preseason game number three will also be played on the road, against the Oakland Raiders, with the location yet to be determined.  Discussions have taken place about a meeting between the two teams in Canada and it would be a Raiders home game.

The Packers will close out the preseason against Kansas City at Lambeau Field.  It’s the second straight year that the two teams will wrap up the preseason and the eighth meeting since 2010.