After the Packers lost to the Vikings in Week 12 to fall to 4-6-1 on the season, quarterback Aaron Rodgers said the team would need to run the table and get help from others in order to make the playoffs. Rodgers noted that going “to Chicago, a place we’ve won a number of times” and [more]
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Fan hopes to win legal right to wear Packers gear on Soldier Field sideline
The Packers will need all the help they can get, if they hope to beat the Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field. One Packers fan hopes to have the ability to support the cause in a very specific way. According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, a Packers fan who purchased Bears season tickets will try [more]
Packers add some needed offensive line depth
The Packers were threadbare on the offensive line because of injuries, and made a move to add some depth. According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Packers placed right guard Byron Bell on injured reserve, and signed guard Nico Siragusa off the Ravens practice squad. Bell was inactive last week because of [more]
If favored teams win, 9 of 12 playoff teams will be set this week
So far we know three of this year’s 12 playoff teams. If everything goes as expected, that number will triple by the end of the week. The Chiefs have already clinched an AFC playoff berth, and the Rams and Saints have already clinched their divisions. If all of the favored teams win in Week 15, [more]
NFC playoff picture: Seahawks take a commanding wild card lead
The Seahawks are heading to the playoffs. Although Seattle hasn’t actually clinched a playoff berth yet, Monday night’s win over Minnesota just about ensured that the Seahawks will be there in January. They now have a two-game lead in the wild card race with three games to play, and considering that the 49ers and Cardinals [more]
NFC playoff picture: The division races are basically done
The Saints, Rams, Bears and Cowboys will win the four NFC divisions. That’s only official in the case of the NFC South and NFC West, where the Saints and Rams have already clinched. But we can pencil in the Bears as champions of the NFC North and the Cowboys as champions of the NFC East. [more]
Packers win Joe Philbin’s debut, Falcons’ collapse continues
When the schedule came out, today’s Falcons-Packers game looked like it should be a December battle between NFC playoff contenders. This game was anything but. Instead, it was a fairly uninspiring game between one team that has already fired its coach, and another team that might have to start thinking about firing its coach. The [more]
Aaron Rodgers breaks Tom Brady’s record, throws 359th straight pass without a pick
It hasn’t been a great year for Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, but he has managed one significant accomplishment. Rodgers just set the NFL record for consecutive passes without an interception. The old record, set by Tom Brady, was 358 straight passes without a pick. When Rodgers hit Randall Cobb for a touchdown in the third [more]
Packers embark on wide-ranging search, with no outside help
It became abundantly clear in the first two minutes of Sunday’s game against the Falcons that red-flag happy interim coach Joe Philbin won’t be a viable candidate for the full-time coaching gig in Green Bay. So what will the Packers do? A league source tells PFT that the Packers will handle the search on their [more]
Joe Philbin throws red flag twice early, loses both challenges
Packers interim head coach Joe Philbin apparently missed having the ability to throw the red flag. Philbin, the former Dolphins coach, did it twice in the first 100 seconds of Sunday’s game against the Falcons. And Philbin lost both challenges. In each case, Philbin questioned whether a play ruled a catch on the field by [more]
Winston Moss jokes that Aaron Rodgers has been the head coach in Green Bay
If former Packers assistant coach Winston Moss is hoping to secure another job in the NFL, cracking jokes on TV about dysfunction at his last job may not be the best way to make that happen. Moss appeared on FOX earlier today to discuss the recent changes in Green Bay, starting with the firing of [more]
Jim Harbaugh says he’s staying at Michigan
Cris Carter may need to find different sources. The former Ohio State standout apparently tried to throw a wrench into that school up north’s recruiting efforts by linking Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh to the Browns and the Packers. Harbaugh saw right through it, and he now says so. “This is a choreographed message that comes [more]
Week 14 early inactives
Every week we bring you all the inactives from the early games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. Check back to see the full list as it becomes available 90 minutes ahead of the 1 p.m. ET kickoffs. Panthers at Browns Panthers: K Graham Gano, CB Lorenzo Doss, WR Mose Frazier, DE Marquis [more]
John Harbaugh will be in demand after the season
When the Ravens were 4-5 and fading, players on the team believed that coach John Harbaugh would be fired absent a turnaround that takes the team to the playoffs. Three straight wins later, the Ravens are very much alive for the postseason. But Harbaugh could still be out. Per a league source with knowledge of [more]
Packers hoped to avoid charade over final four weeks
The Packers absorbed a surprising amount of criticism for firing coach Mike McCarthy with four games left in the season. But NFL teams firing coaches with games remaining in the season is hardly uncommon; nearly every year, one or more teams part ways with a coach before the final game is played. With McCarthy, his [more]
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