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Very sad news. Just heard from two sources that former #Packers GM Ted Thompson died last night. He had just turned 68 on Jan. 17.
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#Packers have agreed to a one-year deal with TE Robert Tonyan. Includes a voidable year.
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#Packers WR Davante Adams said if you go out and get a star it works out, but "shout out to our personnel department for finding Rasul (Douglas)."
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According to NFL source, #Packers are offering Odell Beckham Jr., the veteran minimum. Of course, that could go up, but they canโt pay him a ton when they still havenโt extended Davante Adams.
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Maurice Drayton will not return as #Packers special teams coordinator, a source said. Story to come shortly.
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#Packers RB A.J. Dillon said he moved here three days after being drafted in the middle of the pandemic. He said he wound up meeting people through the process of being in Green Bay over time, met his fiance here and has come to feel a part of the community.
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It should remembered that Ted Thompson played a huge role in building the current #Packers team. Rodgers, Adams, Jones, Clark, Williams, Bakhtiari, Linsley, Crosby, King, Lowry. It's a shame he didn't get to see this season through but those who know him know what he did for GB.
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In sum, the #Packers will have Randall Cobb, Jaire Alexander, Billy Turner, Za'Darius Smith, David Bakhtiari and Josh Myers on the practice field a week and a half before their divisional playoff game. Next week's practice in pads should tell us a lot more where these guys stand.
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Cobb said he had tears in his eyes when he left Houston knowing he was going back Green Bay, where he started. He said he and his wife both broke down because he wanted to come back so much. "We love this place," Cobb said.
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#Packers S Evan Williams and LB Quay Walker appear to be back.
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New from JSOnline and PackersNews: 'These are our people': Aaron Rodgers donates $500,000 to Barstool Fund to help struggling small businesses ift.tt/2XrpvP2 #Packers
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Former #Packers RB Jamaal Williams getting a huge cheer from the fans who gather around the tunnel on his way into the locker room. He was the last Lions player to leave the field.
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The #Packers have submitted a $3.384 million restricted free agent tender to TE Robert Tonyan, which sets the compensation at a 2nd-round pick if the team were not to match an offer, a source said. It pretty much guarantees Tonyan will be back and could lead to a long-term deal.
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To get under the salary cap, the #Packers cut WR Randall Cobb's salary by about $5.5 million. He was due to make around $8.5 million in total salary and now will make $3M, according to a league source.
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#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers reminded reporters that in his four NFC Championship games none were played at Lambeau Field and said homefield advantage is something this team really wants.
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Source confirmed initial diagnosis on #Packers RB Aaron Jones is a sprained R MCL. Jones has sprained his MCL 3 other times, 2 on his R and once L. He missed 2 games in '17 w/L and did the R at the end of the '17 and '18 seasons, so he didn't return. No surgery for any of them.
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#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers confirmed he texted Brett Favre after he tied Favre's TD record. Rodgers said part of his success was being able to learn for three years behind Favre. Said he has " a lot of love" for Favre.
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In order to get RB Aaron Jones' deal done, the #Packers will have to complete an extension with OLB Za'Darius Smith that will greatly lower his salary cap number. Expect that to be completed in the next day or so.
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One thing the #Packers have going for them in the pursuit of Rich Bisaccia as ST coach is that Bisaccia is very tight with defensive coordinator Joe Barry, a source said. They worked together in TB and Barry is Rod Marinelli's son-in-law. Marinelli and Bisaccia are best friends.
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Hall of Famer Brett Favre announces that LeRoy Butler has made the Pro Football Hall of Fame. There are three Hall of Famers from the #Packers' Super Bowl XXXI team now: Favre, Butler and Reggie White.
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LaFleur said that GM Brian Gutekunst is looking to see if there are some free agent players who can help them since they potentially have two spots on the 53-man roster (Alexander and Watson). Likely would have to be someone who has played with them or in their system.
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#Packers continue to talk with WR Marquez Valdez-Scantling in hopes of re-signing him, and a deal could come this weekend. MVS had other offers before GB jumped in, so he has options. Thereโs a starting position waiting for him in GB though.
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DT Jack Heflin making the #Packers' 53-man roster is quite an accomplishment. The undrafted Iowa product came out of nowhere and just played himself into a spot on the 53-man roster. He made them keep him. Pretty remarkable.
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Adams said Jordan Love has really started to look like the first-round pick that he is. Said he has been impressed with him in practice and is looking forward to seeing how he does Sunday.
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#Packers have returned WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling from the COVID-19 list to the active roster. He tested positive on Dec. 21, so he's back after eight days.
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#Packers OLB Za'Darius Smith said he, Preston Smith and Kenny Clark went to DC Mike Pettine this week and asked to simplify things and let them get after the QB like they were used to doing. He said Pettine turned them loose especially late in the game as opposed to last week.
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#Packers QBs coach Luke Getsy said that in practice, C Lucas Patrick went up to QB Jordan Love and told him how excited how he was about the way he was handling calls and the huddle.
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Now that we've seen #Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has $101M guaranteed fully and $150M guaranteed against injury, can we please drop the "it's not about money" garbage or that it's a "cap-friendly" deal. He got paid, as he deserves. But it's not some great sacrifice for the team.
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I get that you have to coddle your superstars and Rodgers needs to feel included in everything the #Packers do, but when it comes to picking players not a single guy in the Ron Wolf tree would allow someone in the locker room to dictate who he drafts. Wolf himself said ...
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#Packers WR Davante Adams said that former GB WR Randall Cobb called him to let him know Tavon Austin was coming up to for a workout. Cobb and Austin are friends and Adams said he can tell Austin will be a good fit in the locker room because of his upbeat personality.
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I can't believe I'm defending the #Packers - it's really not in my DNA - but they paid him the 2nd highest SB in history, 2nd most guaranteed $$, made him highest-paid in NFL and asked everyone but him to extend their contracts without additional money to get under the cap.
Green Bayโs โyouโre just an employeeโ attitude toward Rodgers is one of the reasons theyโre in this mess.
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Equanimeous St. Brown is starting to flash. Heโs catching everything and really using his length around the sideline. Rodgers seems more willing to throw to him.
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#Packers ILB De'Vondre Campbell said that it's not true he didn't get offers during free agency. He said he had a bunch of offers, but he was looking for the right place after a situation in Arizona he thought didn't show what he could do. He said GB was a good fit.
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When are the #Packers going to sign a free agent? They're wasting QB Aaron Rodgers' career. Four hours in and they haven't done anything.
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#Packers coach Matt LaFleur said he could "potentially" get CB Jaire Alexander, LT David Bakhtiari and OLB Za'Darius Smith back at practice this week. He said it would be clear on Wednesday when they practice.
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#Packers RB AJ Dillon said one of the worst winter conditions he played in was at Yankee Stadium in the Pinstripe Bowl his freshman year. He said the ground was frozen and players were using gym shoes instead of cleats. "I looked like Scooby Doo running away from a monster."
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The #Packers committed the sin that GM Ron Wolf tried to live by, which is move on from a player one year too early rather than one year too late. And they gave him a contract that just handcuffs them, all in the hopes of winning a SB, which they didn't come close to winning.
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#Packers OT Yosh Nijman said that after the first series he settled down and did what he knew what he had to do. "I knew I had to step up, i just wanted my teammates to know they could count on me," he said.
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I wondered about this earlier and have been assured from a #Packers source that they never told Rodgers they would trade him. It doesn't make sense. If that were the case, every team in the NFL would know about it. They wouldn't give him that kind of leverage.,
Sources: The Packers reportedly told Aaron Rodgers they were going to trade him in the off season, then backed off. Itโs been a bleep show between them ever since. And within the last week Rodgers told the team.. trade or no trade Iโm not coming back. Buckle up folks
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#Packers WR Randall Cobb is back, practicing in pads. MVS and Kevin King back from Covid and practicing.
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#Packers OLB has signed a five-year extension worth $53.5 million of new money. He can make $75 million total. By signing the deal, the Packers will save $8 million in salary cap money. He'll make $14 million in the first year and $27 million over two years. Signing bonus of $12M
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The contract is in for #Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and his cap number is down to $28M, according to a source. More to come on a complicated deal.
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#Packers are going offense next in free agency. They have agreed to terms with Denver OL Billy Turner, according to an NFL source.
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In the department of blood is thicker than water: #Packers WR Davante Adams said CB Jaire Alexander didn't give up a TD Sunday, that Diontae Johnson pushed off on the play. Imagine a WR siding with a CB? On a push off? Unheard of.
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I am not diminishing Davante Adams' greatness. He is the best WR in the NFL. But I was around when Sterling Sharpe got hurt and the next year the #Packers were in the NFCC. Wolf stacked their defense and let Favre carry them on offense. GB will need to keep building its D, IMO.
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CB Jaire Alexander is being a pain for QB Aaron Rodgers. First, he broke up a pass over the middle to Allen Lazard and then he broke up pass to the sideline to Davante Adams. #Family night #packersfamilynight
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#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers said there is no lesions on his toes. He said he has a fractured toe. He said he expects a full apology from the Wall St. Journal. "I have a fractured toe," he said.
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Source said #Packers coach Matt LaFleur plans a full-on search for a new defensive coordinator to replace Mike Pettine. Doesn't mean DBs coach Jerry Gray won't get the job, but LaFleur wants to interview a number of people before making a decision.
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#Packers CB Rasul Douglas said "nothing crazy" when asked what it would take for the team to re-sign him. "Probably a little bit more."
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LaFleur said that he told defensive coordinator Joe Barry to either play coverage or get after the quarterback because playing man and sending just four in the first half wasn't creating any pressure. Barry started to bring pressure more in the second half and it helped.
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#Packers DC Joe Barry said players "pissed off" when they came in on Monday. "We watched the tape, learned from it and moved on," he said. "We had a great Wednesday and a great Thanksgiving and a phenomenal Friday. It was good to see guys upset. We all were."
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#Packers DC Joe Barry called CB Rasul Douglas a "gym rat." He said he's come down to the cafeteria numerous times at 8 o'clock at night and seen Douglas sitting at a table studying tape on his tablet.
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Drayton said that ILB De'Vondre Campbell sits in on all of the team's special teams meetings even though he's not asked to. When Krys Barnes suffered a concussion, Campbell stepped in and covered his assignments on special teams despite playing every snap on defense.
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#Packers TE Jimmy Graham said he turned down a lot of money to sign with a team he said he feels can win it all. โ12 is hungry,โ he said.
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The #Packers officially announced the signing of CB Rasul Douglas. Interesting part of it is that they wouldn't have been able to do the deal if WR Davante Adams hadn't been traded.
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LaFleur said GM Brian Gutekunst and negotiator Russ Ball have a plan to deal with $40M-plus in cap overage and thinks they won't have to gut the team, but he said "there definitely will be some tough decisions."
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In addition to adjusting S Adrian Amos' deal, the #Packers have also altered OLB Preston Smith's to lower his salary cap number, a source said. Don't have the details yet, but Brian Gutekunst is tapping sources wherever he can in order to eliminate $9.7 million in cap overage.
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I'm sure a lot of #Packers fans are upset Matt LaFleur didn't win Coach of the Year. But Mike Vrabel had 54 players on injured reserve this year, lost his best player (Derrick Henry) and was forced to use a record 91 players. Voters were definitely swayed by that.
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Does anyone else feel like this story about what Rodgers is getting to return seem like a PR blitz from his agents? He's creating cap room, he's helping Davante Adams, he's not taking additional salary? I mean, he went through all of that just to get one voidable year?
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#Packers TE Marcedes Lewis addressed the team along the sidelines before it came out for warm-ups. It would be interesting to hear what he said.
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#Packers veteran TE Marcedes Lewis, 35, said he wants to play next year and is hoping it's in Green Bay. He said he thought he got into a groove with his role inside LaFleur's offense and still loves the game.
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#Packers rookie C Josh Myers now officially designated to return from IR with his appearance in practice.
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#Packers RB Aaron Jones said he went up to K Mason Crosby after his last miss and told him, "I love you." Jones said he ave him a nod back. "I'm glad it worked out that way (that Crosby got another kick)."
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Ted did not like to be in the spotlight and there were days he wouldn't admit that the sun had come up. But there were few people as honorable as him and if he made a mistake it wasn't because of ego or spite. He did everything in the name of bettering the #Packers.
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The #Packers did not release anyone today, according to the NFL's transaction wire. That means they did some contract restructuring to get under the cap, most likely with WR Randall Cobb. Possibly others.
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#Packers CB Rasul Douglasโ deal is three years, $21M and includes $5.3M signing bonus. Cap this year is about $3.3M. Two-year compensation is $12M. He gets $9M in year three.
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They also made his LT highest-paid in NFL, his nose tackle highest-paid, will make his WR highest-paid , re-signed his RB, his veteran TE, his young TE, all to take another run at the Super Bowl. They're in cap hell because they pay their best players. I don't know.
I can't believe I'm defending the #Packers - it's really not in my DNA - but they paid him the 2nd highest SB in history, 2nd most guaranteed $$, made him highest-paid in NFL and asked everyone but him to extend their contracts without additional money to get under the cap.
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Free agent DE Muhammad Wilkerson will be visiting the #Packers Wednesday, according to a source. He has other visits set up as well, but chose Green Bay first.
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#Packers WR coach Jason Vrable said it was exciting to see Tavon Austin catch a couple of passes in practice Thursday and he said he could tell Austin is really excited to play with Aaron Rodgers.
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#Packers president Mark Murphy praises what former GB WR Davante Adams contributed to the organization during the team's shareholder meeting at Lambeau Field. He said he looks forward to when Adams comes back and is inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame.
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Source said the Randall Cobb trade is contingent on whether #Packers can renegotiate his salary. The $8.25M he is guaranteed is a problem for GB's cap and Cobb has to make a decision on how much he's willing to take and how it will be structured. It is not done yet.
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