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Packers agree on deal to keep TE Finley for two more years

By NFL.com Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley agreed to atwo-year deal with the team Wednesday, a league source told NFL Networkinsider Jason La Canfora. Matt Flynn highlights a group of intriguingplayers waiting to hit [...]

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Defensive needs will get close look during combine

Monday, however, should be one of the most important days for the Packers’scouting team. That’s when defensive linemen and linebackers will gothrough their series of workouts. The Green Bay pass rush was one of theworst in [...]

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PFT: RGIII motivated by diss from ESPN’s McShay

But if the Packers tag Flynn and no one strikes a deal for his services,he’ll make nearly $6 million more in 2012 than the defending NFL MVP. Thereare two factors that nevertheless could nudge the Packers [...]

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Nike plans to “have some fun” but “respect traditions” with NFL gear

In 2010, a Nike executive created a stir by suggesting that, once thecompany inherits the NFL apparel deal from Reebok, dramatic changes will bemade to team uniforms. Some were fascinated by this; others feared that thepro [...]

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Ex-Packers lineman Tauscher backs concussion bill

Richland Center High School student Brock Rosenkranz, left, and NFLlobbyist Kenneth Edmonds listen. Scott Bauer/AP MADISON — Former GreenBay Packers offensive lineman Mark Tauscher joined high school athletes,doctors and state lawmakers on … Link to Original [...]

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Packers’ top needs: Defense, defense and defense

“Poor coverage skills, missed assignments and a lack of a pass rushcontributed to the Packers allowing the most passing yards in NFL history,and the great Charles Woodson is near the end of his career,” Horton saidin [...]

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Former Packer Tauscher backs concussion bill

In January, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NCAA President Mark Emmertsent letters to the states’ governors calling for passage of the laws. Tohelp make the case, former NFL players have been speaking out in support ofsimilar [...]

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Green Bay Packers: Jermichael Finley, Wide Receiver?

Should the NFL have two different positional and financial designations fortight ends? The Packers aren’t likely to be willing to pay Finley at thereceiver rate in 2012, but they don’t have much legal footing to stand [...]

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Packers are still America’s team, at least online

By Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel We’ve explored the issue of thepopularity of the Green Bay Packers before, but at least in the world ofsocial media, the Packers are tops. Based on a comScore examination [...]

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Super Bowl Exceeds Expectation, Even for an Olympian

When New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady heaved the ball to the endzone on the final play of Super Bowl XLVI, George Breen ’56 stoodspeechless in the stands at Lucas Oil Stadium. “The ball’s in the [...]