by Bill Scott | Jan 1, 2018
It would appear that the Green Bay Packers are serious about shaking things up after a disappointing 7-9 season that saw them miss the playoffs for the first time since 2008. The NFL Network first reported that GM Ted Thompson would step down and a search for his...
by Bill Scott | Sep 15, 2016
Former Green Bay Packers coach Mike Holmgren, safety Leroy Butler and receiver Sterling Sharpe were among the 94 players and coaches nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2017. Holmgren served as the Packers head coach from 1992 to 1998 and...
by Bill Scott | Aug 5, 2016
Being a first ballot Hall of Famer was never in doubt for Brett Favre. His 20-year NFL career helped revitalize a Green Bay Packers franchise that was on life support. During his career, he won a Super Bowl and played in two with the Packers. He was a game away from...
by Bill Scott | Feb 7, 2016
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...
by Bill Scott | Aug 8, 2015
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...
by Bill Scott | Feb 1, 2015
The man who brought the Green Bay Packers back from the dead, received the ultimate reward when he was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. It was Wolf that took over in 1991 in Green Bay, hired Mike Holmgren, then traded a first round draft pick to...
by Bill Scott | Nov 3, 2014
The Green Bay Packers announced the signing of head coach Mike McCarthy to a multi-year contract extension. Terms of the contract weren’t disclosed, but the new deal likely keeps McCarthy in line with general manager Ted Thompson’s new deal that he signed...
by Bill Scott | Oct 17, 2012
Former Green Bay Packers coach Mike Holmgren is being forced out in Cleveland. Jimmy Haslam was introduced as the Browns’ new boss after NFL owners unanimously approved his $1-billion purchase from Randy Lerner. Haslam followed the approval of the owners by...
by Bill Scott | Jan 25, 2012
The Green Bay Packers were an organization going nowhere for two-plus decades. That’s when general manager Ron Wolf hired Mike Holmgren to coach the Packers. It was that move that set the wheels in motion once again for the Green Bay Packers organization....
by Bill Scott | Jan 17, 2012
The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc. will induct former Packers coach Mike Holmgren into the Hall at the 42nd Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, to be held Saturday, July 21, 2012, in the Lambeau Field Atrium. Holmgren coached the Packers from 1992 through 1998,...
