The battle to capture the two or three roster spots behind Jermichael Finley is as close today as it was 15 practices ago. In fact, with the surprisingly strong showing of little-known Tom Crabtree, things are even more competitive than anticipated. The following is a detailed breakdown of Crabtree, Spencer Havner, Donald Lee and...
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General manager Ted Thompson has been prudent when it comes to spending money. Long gone are the days of handing lucrative long-term extensions to broken-down veterans and lavishing millions of dollars on other team’s castoffs. Instead, Thompson has rewarded players on his own roster – usually with contracts that ultimately proved to be fair...
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Fans and members of the media were shocked when Green Bay decided to keep three fullbacks on the active roster last season. At a time when many teams have only one player at the position, holding on to John Kuhn, Korey Hall and rookie Quinn Johnson seemed excessive. But there proved to be a...
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Organized Team Activities (OTAs) are usually noteworthy more for who’s not there than for anything that actually happens on the field, but that wasn’t the case yesterday. Some big news came out of Wednesday’s practice and it had absolutely nothing to do with no-shows Atari Bigby, Johnny Jolly and Tramon Williams. The team has...
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With the first three rounds of the draft now history, it appears as if the Green Bay Packers will have to make do in 2010 with primarily the same cast of characters at cornerback and outside linebacker that were on the roster in 2009. That certainly doesn’t mean all is lost, but it does...
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