Category Archives: Season Reviews
Packers’ 2011 season one for the record books
By Kareem Copeland, Green Bay Press-Gazette The Green Bay Packers’ offense was lauded for its brilliance and record-setting performances this season. But plenty of attention also was directed at a defense that will go down as one of the all-time … Continue reading
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Packers Team Report
INSIDE SLANT If all goes well for the Packers the next two weeks and they snag a berth in Super Bowl XLVI, their travel distance this postseason will be all of the 400 miles that separates Green Bay from Indianapolis.The … Continue reading
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Packers Open 2011 Season Against the Saints
PRESEASON SCHEDULE Game 1: at Cleveland. Date and time: Saturday, Aug. 13, 6:30 p.m. TV: State. Game 2: ARIZONA (Gold). Date and time: Friday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m. TV: State. Game 3: at Indianapolis. Date and time: Friday, Aug. 26, 7 p.m. TV: CBS. Game 4: KANSAS CITY. Date and time: Thursday, Sept. 1, … Continue reading
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McCarthy points to team’s culture as key to future
By most measures, the Green Bay Packers are built for long-term success. They won the Super Bowl with a stud, young quarterback and defensive playmakers that, in most cases, still have plenty of good football ahead of them. They signed … Continue reading
Filed under Mike McCarthy, Season Preview, Season Reviews, Super Bowl XLV, Ted Thompson
Mike McCarthy expects new challenges after winning Super Bowl
NEW ORLEANS – Anyone worried about the Green Bay Packers becoming big-headed after winning the Super Bowl should have witnessed the scene Tuesday morning at the NFL annual meetings. At the coaches’ breakfast, Mike McCarthy went almost unnoticed. In fact, … Continue reading
Filed under Aaron Rodgers, CBA, Mike McCarthy, Packers Draft 2011, Season Reviews, Super Bowl XLV
One title in hand, McCarthy wants more
Indianapolis — Mike McCarthy, the Green Bay Packers’ third Super Bowl-winning coach, has designs on joining Vince Lombardi as a multiple winner. “I plan on winning another Super Bowl,” McCarthy said matter-of-factly over the weekend at the National Football League … Continue reading
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Packers give GM Ted Thompson contract extension
Team intends for McCarthy to stick around, too Long before the Green Bay Packers went on a six-game winning streak that included a spirited run through the playoffs and a Super Bowl championship, team President Mark Murphy decided he wanted … Continue reading
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Packers basking in victory’s glow
Green Bay — Packers running back Brandon Jackson took the jersey he wore in Super Bowl XLV and studied it. No. 32. It has the Vince Lombardi Trophy emblem on the shoulder, the leather stain of a football under the … Continue reading
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NFC North Draft: Green Bay Packers
By Fox Sports OVERVIEW Green Bay bounced back from a dismal 6-10 season in 2008 with an 11-5 record and a playoff berth last year. The season was highlighted by the continued improvement of quarterback Aaron Rodgers and a defense … Continue reading
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Featured Article: The Day After: Hurt, Reflection and Hope
By Mike Spofford, Packers.com Having one night to reflect on Sunday’s playoff overtime defeat in Arizona didn’t make the Packers feel any better on Monday morning as they cleaned out their lockers, but even with some emotions still raw there … Continue reading
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