The Packers have started practicing, and many young players have made early impressions. Kids line up their bikes in hopes of meeting their favorite player. A familiar face will present Brett Favre at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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All summer long, we've wondered if Eddie Lacy would appear to have lost weight when training camp officially began.
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Welcome to the very first episode of Blue 58! This week we're taking injuries, the start of training camp, and the weirdness of the Mike Sherman GM era. Settle back, listen in, and let us take you on an audio journey.
The Packers move into their training camp home at St. Norberts, the national media descends on Green Bay, and Mike McCarthy holds a season-opening press conference.
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Pro Football Focus has provided our first opportunity for a fact check since we put them “on notice.” The boys at PFF have offered up their season preview for the Packers. Let’s rundown five of their predictions.
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Greg Jennings has announced his retirement today after ten years in the NFL, so let's take a couple minutes to remember his biggest contribution to the Packers: bailing them out of the Javon Walker situation.
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If we’re going to criticize roster selections later in training camp, we might as well put our money where our mouths are. Here’s our best guess at this year’s final 53 man roster.
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Once upon a time, B.J. Sander posted a higher passer rating in a game than Brett Favre.
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Aaron Rodgers was not the only anointed successor to Brett Favre. The Packers tried at least four other times to find an heir to the Gunslinger's throne. This is the story of The Athlete, Akili Smith.
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In football, there is nothing more mythical than a player’s speed. Rumors of Trevor Davis’ ability to get down the field spread quickly after his selection by the Packers in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
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As we start training camp, it’s important to keep in mind that every player on the Packers roster was very likely a local legend in their high school days.
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Rodgers says more needs to be done to treat players who have CTE. Might that include medical marijuana?
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The word is out when it comes to the Packers and undrafted free agents (UDFAs). Every year Ted Thompson brings in 15 to 20 players who weren’t drafted, and every year it seems like two or three end up making the roster.
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When a team drafts a well-respected player, it's easy to want to explain things away when that player doesn't immediately pan out. For instance, 2014 fourth round draft pick Carl Bradford seemed destined to find a role somewhere on the Packers' defense from the moment he was drafted.
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The Stanford linebackers currently in the NFL – Washington’s Trent Murphy, San Francisco’s Shayne Skov, and Buffalo’s A.J. Tarpley – reads like a ‘who’s who’ list of tackling specialists that Martinez is primed to join.
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It is absurd that Joe Whitt, Jr. is the cornerbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers.
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When I was in school, group projects were a boom or bust proposition. If you were able to surround yourself with the right classmates, everything was easier. While the classmates were mostly the same for the Packers on offense in 2015, the chemistry didn’t work out to the naked eye. The 2015 Packers struggled to find consistency on offense, though very little had changed from 2014.
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Expectations are sky high for Jared Cook, and it's not his fault. His arrival in Green Bay is less about him and more about Richard Rodgers.
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There was no chance Marco Rivera and Mike Wahle would return to the Green Bay Packers for the 2005 season.
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The Packers are taking eleven wide receivers into camp this year, but don't be fooled: the position group is already set.
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