Packers Hope To Avoid Deja Vu Against Niners
By Chris Morgan The Green Bay Packers are being viewed as more formidable than your typical 8-7-1 team headed into the playoffs, and with good season. They made it into the postseason thanks to a major...
View ArticlePackers Face Injury Questions On Defense
By Chris Morgan Last week, the Green Bay Packers got back quarterback Aaron Rodgers and wide receiver Randall Cobb, and those two played a key role in their win over the Bears that gave them their home...
View Article2013 Packers: Surmounting Injuries, Eddie Lacy’s Bright Future
By Chris Morgan When the Green Bay Packers saw their season end, they were losing in Lambeau Field to the San Francisco 49ers. Had you said this before the season, it would not have been too surprising...
View ArticleKeidel: From Frozen Tundras To A Helping Of Heinz
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Since we’ve long since violated the holy tenets of the holiday season, as football becomes our nation’s de facto Sunday sermon, we can publicly cherish our NFL slate this...
View ArticleOpponent Profile: Lions Prepare For Cowboys’ Potent Offense
By Chris Morgan Now that the Detroit Lions have finished off their regular season by losing to the Green Bay Packers on the road once again, they have to prepare for their first round playoff matchup....
View ArticleBye Week Will Help Rodgers Get Healthy For Packers Playoff Run
By Joseph Gunther Aaron Rodgers has been hampered by a calf injury for a few weeks. He re-injured the left calf while scrambling on a touchdown pass to Randall Cobb late in the second quarter of the...
View ArticleBlocked Kicks Are Reason For Concern For The Packers In the Playoffs
By Joseph Gunther The Green Bay Packers entered this 2014 season with five allowed blocked kicks since Shawn Slocum was promoted to special teams coordinator in 2009. This season they allowed more than...
View ArticleTeam Grades: Lions Season Ends In Dallas
By Chris Morgan Maybe it was the officiating, which wasn’t great. Maybe it was the attrition of losing too many players due to injury. Plus, in the end, the Detroit Lions were playing a team that...
View ArticlePackers Look To Change Recent Playoff Trend
By Joseph Gunther The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2011. They’ve made the playoffs every year since, but have just one win to show for it. To quarterback Aaron...
View ArticleInjury Report: Rodgers Probable To Play Sunday For The Packers
By Joseph Gunther The Green Bay Packers should not have a problem with Aaron Rodgers playing against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday at Lambeau Field in the divisional round playoff game. The MVP favorite...
View ArticlePackers Ready For Rematch In Seattle
By Joseph Gunther The Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks were the first two teams to play this season on Sept. 4 at CenturyLink Field. Twenty weeks later, they will play in the NFC championship...
View ArticleGreen Bay Packers Inury Report: Rodgers, Lacy Probable For NFC Title Game
The Green Bay Packers will face the NFL’s best defense with a banged up backfield. Both starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers and starting running back Eddie Lacy were limited during Thursday’s practice....
View ArticleOpponent Profile: Seahawks Look To Bear-Down On Chicago
By Dave Thomas With back-to-back losses to start the season, some NFL teams may be in panic mode at this point. Don’t bet that Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks are one of them. Despite a pair of...
View ArticleOpponent Profile: Seahawks Hoping Lions Remain Tame
By Dave Thomas If you’re the Seattle Seahawks, you have to be loving the fact that you get to play another NFC North team next Monday night other than the Green Bay Packers. After opening the season...
View ArticleBlack & Blue Division Turning Purple
By Jason Keidel Can you really be a sleeper when everyone brands you one? Like many football devotees, I took a shine to the Minnesota Vikings as a dark-horse candidate for the NFL playoffs. Now we’re...
View ArticleSeattle Looks To Ground Vikings, Peterson This Sunday
By Dave Thomas With a huge win in their back pockets this past Sunday against Pittsburgh, the 6-5 Seattle Seahawks begin a two-game road trip this coming Sunday in Minnesota against the NFC...
View ArticleKeidel: Lions-Packers For NFC North Title A Fitting End To NFL Season
By Jason Keidel For a sport that trades on parity, on the notion that every game is essential, it’s fitting that the final game of the NFL season will decide the final playoff spot. The Detroit Lions...
View ArticleThursday Night Football Breakdown: NFC North Rivalry Renewed Between Chicago...
By Kevin McGuire One of the most storied rivalries in football resumes this Thursday night at Lambeau Field when the Green Bay Packers host the Chicago Bears in the first regular-season meeting of the...
View ArticleKeidel: Case Keenum Leading Vikings To Top Seed In NFC
By Jason Keidel The matter seems resolved, except where it matters most. The Minnesota Vikings, twelve games into a surreal season sans their starting or backup quarterback, seem to be the only ones...
View ArticleVikings-Bears Preview: Cousins, Trubisky Face Daunting Defenses
(CBS Chicago/CBS Local) — The Minnesota Vikings (2-1) and Chicago Bears (2-1) quarterbacks finally seemed to find their footing in Week 3. Kirk Cousins went 15-21 with a touchdown pass, as the...
View ArticleNFL Week 4 NFC North Picks: The Vikings ‘Have To Open That Passing Game Up,’...
(CBS Minnesota) — It’s already Week 4 in the NFL, and the NFC North isn’t quite shaking out as expected. The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers sit atop the division, both at 3-0. While the Packers...
View ArticleNFL Week 9 NFC North Picks: ‘I Do Not See This Current Bears Team Going Into...
(CBS Chicago) — The NFC North is looking a little messy going into Week 9. The Green Bay Packers still hold the division lead, but they’re coming off a loss to the last-place Minnesota Vikings. The...
View ArticleNFL Week 10 NFC North Picks: Dalvin Cook ‘Has Been Tremendous Since His...
(CBS Minnesota) — The Green Bay Packers lead the NFC North, sitting at 6-2 with a favorable schedule ahead of them. If they keep winning, and Aaron Rodgers keeps playing like he has, they should find...
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