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September 24, 2008

There’s been no official word yet on the condition of Al Harris and what impact that will have on the Packers, but the team is supposed to find out today the results of additional tests that were conducted. Hopefully we’ll know soon how serious his injury is and how long he’ll be out of action.
I’m […]

September 16, 2008

I didn’t think it was possible, but Tony Kornheiser last night managed to make me dislike the Dallas Cowboys even more than I already did with his incessant braying about Jerry Jones — his boy — and how he (Jones) will do anything and everything to promote his football franchise. Tony praised the team’s ambitious […]

September 3, 2008

Looks like Ted Thompson is seeking some backup help on the offensive line, at least according to The National Football Post. Michael Lombardi reports Green Bay had three linemen auditioning at practice today: Evin Mathias, Nevin McCaskill, and Jon Scott. Mathias has the most significant playing time of the three; a third-round pick out of […]

September 2, 2008

Well, it looks like we made it through one day without some head-scratching personnel move — Jay Feely in for Mason Crosby, anyone? — but I’m a little disappointed, puzzled, and concerned there wasn’t some kind of news about a possible transaction. Despite what you might have been reading the past couple days in the […]

September 1, 2008

Let’s turn to the intersection of politics and sports and ask the question, which was more unexpected: John McCain choosing Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate or Ted Thompson today replacing punter Jon Ryan with Derrick Frost? As much as the gun-toting Miss Wasilla came out of left field, I have to say […]

August 31, 2008

However much Ari Fleischer’s retainer fee is, it’s too much for the Packers to be paying at least as far as Ted Thompson’s press conferences are concerned: The man can be pretty good on his own.
There were two interesting exchanges with reporters today, the first began with a question (I think from Jason Wilde) about […]

There must be something about DeShawn Wynn that Ted Thompson really likes, because the former Florida Gator was one of eight players signed by the Packers to the practice squad. This baffles me a little because Wynn so far has pretty much been a washout since his selection in the 2007 draft due to a […]

We might be in the middle of a long holiday weekend, but this will not be a day of rest for Ted Thompson. There are still some holes to fill in the Packers 53-man roster, signings for the practice squad, and a press conference scheduled for 2pm.
The top priority on Ted’s list is to find […]

August 25, 2008

Offensive tackle Chris Williams, Chicago’s first round pick this year, was damaged goods and the Bears knew it, so says the Sun-Times by way of ESPN’s Kevin Seifert. The product of Vanderbilt was highly regarded in this year’s draft, but a lot of teams were scared off by a neck injury; as it turns out […]

August 20, 2008

Some interesting advice out there in the Packers blogosphere for Ted Thompson, who we all know reads our blogs religiously. Cheesehead TV suggests using one of our many recievers as trade bait to snag a defensive lineman from the Eagles. (Jake Allen and a 4th rounder?) Packergeeks, on the other hand, says send James Jones […]