Ty Detmer, Doug Pederson, Matt Hasselbeck, Aaron Rodgers. What do these four guys have in common besides being quarterbacks? All four of these guys backed up former Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Brett Favre at some point in their career.
Not that Farve needed it. Favre owns the ironman streak for consecutive games played and did not miss a start for 17 years straight.
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April 29, 2012
As far as regular season records are concerned, nobody did it better than the Packers last season.
Unfortunately, that ended up translating into the title of "most prestigious loser." The Packers' secondary got torched early and often throughout the season and the Giants made them pay the ultimate seasonal price for not addressing it. They also had a running game...
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April 30, 2012
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Trading up in the NFL draft is something Packers general manager Ted Thompson rarely does. It goes against everything in his nature, his upbringing and his beliefs in how to run an organization.
So when Thompson moved up not once, not twice but three times in this year's draft, he wasn't quite feeling like himself afterward.
"It's horrible,"...
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May 01, 2012
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. The Minnesota Vikings have released backup running back Caleb King after he was arrested and jailed Saturday for allegedly fracturing a 22-year-old males skull in a fight at a mutual friends party.
Anoka County prosecutors spokesman David Cossi said King, 24, was released from jail Tuesday with no charges, though the case remains under investigation.Vikings...
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May 01, 2012
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- At the moment, Donald Driver is still a member of the Green Bay Packers. However, some doubt was raised over the weekend about how much longer that will be the case.
With an opportunity to put all questions to rest about Driver returning for his 14th season with the only team he has ever played for, coach Mike McCarthy and general manager Ted Thompson created...
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April 29, 2012
It looks like Chris Cook isn’t the only Viking whose got into a bit of trouble with the law.
Per the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Vikings running back Caleb King was arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of assault in the third-degree after allegedly beating a 22-year-old man, who suffered serious injuries.
As the story goes, King was attending a birthday party Friday night...
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May 01, 2012
Hmm.. Yet another woman has come forward in the “Brett Favre sent me sexy texts” crap. In this case though, actually two women have come forward, In a report from Barbara Ross of the New York Daily News, Ross reports that Favre will have to testify in court on allegations of sending the text messages.
Christine Scavo and Shannon O’Toole, two women pushing a Lawsuit against...
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May 01, 2012
Brett Favre will testify in civil court over sexually suggestive text messages he sent to two massage therapists while a member of the Jets according to Robert Klemko of USA Today. Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole claim they were subject to sexual harassment and lost their jobs with the Jets after complaining about messages from the married QB in 2008. Favre wrote in one text...
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May 01, 2012
According to Jeremy Fowler of the Pioneer Press, the Minnesota Vikings have released running back Caleb King. Signed as a free agent after leaving the University of Georgia and declaring for the 2011 Supplemental Draft, King spent 16 of 17 weeks on the Vikings' practice squad before he was activated for the final game of the regular season, but did not dress for the game. King...
Brett Favre and B.J. Coleman share the same agent, with Bus Cook linking the quarterbacks together. Twice a week for two months, the quarterbacks worked out together. Coleman, the Packers' seventh-round pick, called Favre an "awesome legend."
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April 29, 2012
There is very little reason to doubt Packers general manager Ted Thompson when it comes to the NFL draft.
After all, during Thompson's seven years running the draft in Green Bay, he was the one responsible for drafting Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, B.J. Raji and Nick Collins, to name a few.
So, after Thompson's newest class of draftees included...
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April 29, 2012
Minnesota Vikings new general manager Rick Spielman conducted his first draft having the final say on the team's picks and certainly enjoyed the experience.
There was a constant smile on Spielman's face in his post-pick press conferences. Coach Leslie Frazier described him as "giddy" after Minnesota traded with the Cleveland Browns to swap the third and fourth...
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