Van Pelt added to Packers' assistant staff
Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson play rough sometimes when it comes to the game of musical chairs for assistant coaches in the National Football League.
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Video: Greg Jennings Wants A Dome On Lambeau Field
Greg Jennings dropped by Dan LeBatard Is Highly Questionable for an interview on Monday. LeBatard asked Jennings a series of questions, but the most interesting one occurred near the six minute mark. LeBatard asked Jennings if he would want a dome on Lambeau Field and Jennings said he would like one.
First off, I’m not sure how serious Jennings is. However, that thought...
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Packers assistants move on up
Coach Mike McCarthy wasn't sure if Joe Philbin or Tom Clements would be hired away from the Green Bay Packers, but he wanted to be well-prepared if they were.
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Giants Sign OG Chris White, 2 Others To 'Futures/Reserves' Deals
The New York Giants have signed veteran guard Chris White and two other players to reserve/future contracts. Also added to the roster Monday were defensive end Craig Marshall, who was briefly a member of the Giants practice squad last season, and former Tampa Bay tight end Ryan Purvis. White has played in 33 games during his seven-year NFL career, including eight starts for the...
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McCarthy's unique staff just 'creative thinking'
GREEN BAY, Wis. If the members of the Packers 2012 coaching staff seem a bit out of place in their new roles, it may be true, but it's all part of the design by head coach Mike McCarthy.
McCarthy finalized his staff on Monday by officially naming his former tight ends coach Ben McAdoo as quarterbacks coach. McAdoo has spent the last six seasons coaching tight ends and has never...
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McAdoo takes QBs role in GB coaching shuffle
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) The Green Bay Packers have moved Ben McAdoo to quarterbacks coach, Jerry Fontenot to tight ends coach and added Alex Van Pelt as their running backs coach.
McAdoo has been the Packers' tight ends coach since 2006. He takes the place of Tom Clements, who was promoted to offensive coordinator after Joe Philbin left to become head coach of the Miami Dolphins...
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Own a piece of the Packers before it’s too late
For the 5th time in the history of the Green Bay Packers, fans are invited to become legitimate NFL owners. The Packers are the only non-profit, publicly owned major league professional sports team in the U.S. 280,000 shares of common stock are being offered at $250 per share until February 29th or until the offering is fully satisfied. Since the first stock sale in 1923, a total...
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Tramon Williams: 2011 Green Bay Packers Evaluation and Report Card
Tramon Williams
1) Introduction: Tramon Williams burst onto the scene in 2010. With a career high six interceptions, Williams became known for his clutch playmaking skills. He made the game saving interception of Michael Vick with 33 seconds left in the Wild Card game at Philadelphia against the Eagles and in Atlanta he made back-to-back interceptions of Matt Ryan including...
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McAdoo takes QBs role for Packers
The Green Bay Packers have moved Ben McAdoo to quarterbacks coach, Jerry Fontenot to tight ends coach and added Alex Van Pelt as their running backs coach.
McAdoo has been the Packers' tight ends coach since 2006. He takes the place of Tom Clements, who was promoted to offensive coordinator after Joe Philbin left to become head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
Fontenot will be...
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Packers make changes to offensive staff
Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy announced a few changes to the club's offensive staff on Monday.
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Packers Hire Alex Van Pelt As RB Coach
The Green Bay Packers announced this morning that Alex Van Pelt, the longtime NFL quarterback, has been hired as the teams running backs coach. In the shuffle, quarterbacks coach Tom Clements was promoted to offensive coordinator. Tight ends coach Ben McAdoo moved to quarterbacks coach and running backs Jerry Fontenot is now the tight ends coach. The newcomer to the bunch is Van...
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Packers hire ex-Bucs staffer Van Pelt to coach running backs
The Green Bay Packers have officially moved Ben McAdoo to quarterbacks coach, named Jerry Fontenot tight ends coach and added Alex Van Pelt as their running backs coach.
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Packers shuffle offensive assistants (AP)
The Green Bay Packers have moved Ben McAdoo to quarterbacks coach, Jerry Fontenot to tight ends coach and added Alex Van Pelt as their running backs coach. McAdoo has been the Packers' tight ends coach since 2006. He takes the place of Tom Clements, who was promoted to offensive coordinator after Joe Philbin left to become head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
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McAdoo takes QBs role as Packers shuffle coaches
The Green Bay Packers have moved Ben McAdoo to quarterbacks coach, Jerry Fontenot to tight ends coach and added Alex Van Pelt as their running backs coach.
McAdoo has been the Packers' tight ends coach since 2006. He takes the place of Tom Clements, who was promoted to offensive coordinator after Joe Philbin left to become head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
Fontenot will be...
Via AP on Fox
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Packers: Donald Driver Situation Puts Pressure on Ted Thompson
Packers WR Donald Driver is willing to take a pay cut to stay in Green Bay.
Speaking a day after his team had lost to the New York Giants in the NFC Divisional Round, Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver wasn’t having any of the speculation that he may be retiring after 13 NFL seasons.
And without actually saying it, Driver made it seem clear that continuing his career...
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DRIVER OFFERS TO TAKE PAY CUT
Veteran wide receiver wants to return to the Packers in '12
Donald Driver told reporters at the 38th annual Three Harbors Council Boy Scouts Leadership Breakfast in Milwaukee last Friday that he’d be willing to take a pay cut in order to stay with the Packers. The 37-year-old wide receiver is due a $2.2 million roster bonus next month – money he will obviously never...
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Evan Dietrich-Smith: 2011 Green Bay Packers Evaluation and Report Card
Evan Dietrich-Smith
1) Introduction: Evan Dietrich-Smith has the good fortune of owning a Super Bowl ring. After being cut in the 2010 preseason, the Packers re-signed him in late December of that year to replace the IR’d Marshall Newhouse on the roster. Smith got the pleasure of watching his teammates win the Super Bowl. To the surprise of some, Smith made the roster in 2011...
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Jermichael Finley: Dominant TE’s may become a necessity
Potential free agent Jermichael Finley of the Green Bay Packers has had sporadic contact with the team since the end of the season and remains hopeful that a long-term deal will get done before the team must decide whether to use the franchise tag on him. With a complete revolution of the tight end position sparked by Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots and Jimmy Graham of...
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Packers Making Big Changes To Their O-Line?
Rob Reischel of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writes that the Gree Bay Packers could move RT Bryan Bulaga over to the left side if they choose to release Chad Clifton in the coming weeks. The Packers are projected to have very little cap space at this point and with some key free agents like TE Jermichael Finley and C Scott Wells to address, Green Bay will have to consider making...
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Derek Sherrod: 2011 Green Bay Packers Evaluation and Report Card
Derek Sherrod
1) Introduction: Sherrod was drafted in the first round last April with the intent of being the future replacement for Chad Clifton and bookend tackle compliment to the previous year’s first round pick, Bryan Bulaga. Thanks to the NFL lockout, Sherrod would miss months of important technique instruction and studying the playbook.
2) Profile:
Derek Lee Sherrod...
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Mag Excerpt: Inside the Ty Isaac Recruitment
The March issue of GoBlueWolverine the Magazine looks back on the All Star game performances by UM recruis, we catch up with Charles Woodson, and profile the diehard UM fans on the TruTV show, Hardcore Pawn. In this mag excerpt, we highlight Sam Webb's chat with the father of bluechip recruit Ty Isaac regarding his son's development and recruitment.
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DRIVER DISCOUNT
Driver open to taking a pay cut
Donald Driver, who is set to make nearly $5 million next season between salary and roster bonuses, is willing to take less money to stay in Green Bay.
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Sam Shields: 2011 Green Bay Packers Evaluation and Report Card
Sam Shields
1) Introduction: Sam Shields was an undrafted free agent going into the 2010 season and when the Green Bay Packers picked him up, no one knew the impact he would have on the team’s march to the Super Bowl XLV title. A wide receiver and special teams player in his three years at the University of Miami, Shields was a speedster that the Packers decided to convert into...
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2012 NFL Free Agency: 3 TE’s Who Could Make a Difference
As we inch closer to NFL free agency teams will now decide what to do with some of their top players and difference makers. There is a significant lack of star power at the tight end position, but there are still a few names that could make a difference including Jermichael Finley of the Green Bay Packers and Fred Davis of the Washington Redskins. Here are the top three choices for...
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January 05, 2012
Donald Driver willing to take pay cut to stay in Green Bay
According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Packers wide receiver Donald Driver indicated on Friday that he’s willing to take a pay cut in 2012, in order to remain in Green Bay.
“The organization knows what I’ve done on and off the field, and they want to keep me around as long as possible,” Driver said. “If that means sitting down and taking pay cuts to stay around, then...
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