PACKERS

Packers show off depth in 24-10 win over Vikes

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Deep on offense and scary-good on defense, the Green Bay Packers were way too much for the Minnesota Vikings.

January 06, 2013

Two Burnett INTs key Packers' 23-14 win

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Morgan Burnett’s two big plays overcame a whole bunch of them by Adrian Peterson.

By Nancy Armour , December 02, 2012

To beat Vikes, Packers must sack Favre

GREEN BAY, Wis. — He used to be the face of the franchise.

By By CHRIS JENKINS , October 22, 2010

For Packers, win more important than Favre subplot

GREEN BAY, Wis. — For many Green Bay Packers fans, Sunday night’s game against Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings will be yet another chance for revenge.

By Chris Jenkins , October 20, 2010

Packers QB cleared to play after concussion

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was cleared by doctors and returned to practice for the Green Bay Packers on Thursday. Assuming he doesn’t have a setback in his recovery from a concussion, he is optimistic he will start Sunday’s game against Miami.

October 15, 2010

Late FG helps Redskins stun Green Bay

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers kept piling up the yards but couldn’t score. The Washington Redskins were left with a surmountable deficit, which they overcame to win yet another game that came down to the last play.

October 11, 2010

Greene: Matthews could be best Packers LB ever

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Until Clay Matthews went on a season-opening, offense-wrecking tear over the past two Sundays, no Green Bay Packers pass rusher had ever put together back-to-back three-sack games — not even Reggie White.

September 22, 2010

Packers RB Jackson gets his chance

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Brandon Jackson doesn’t have an established track record of consistent production like the player he’s replacing. Still, the Green Bay Packers are confident he can carry the load in the wake of Ryan Grant’s season-ending ankle injury.

By By CHRIS JENKINS , September 16, 2010

Packers RB Grant done for the season

MILWAUKEE — Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant is out for the season with a right ankle injury, a significant blow to the team after he piled up 1,200 yards in each of the past two seasons.

By The Associated Press , September 15, 2010

Icon booed, grudge renewed as Vikes and Pack feud

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brett Favre will run out of the Lambeau Field tunnel wearing purple, and nobody really knows how Green Bay Packers fans will react. But if the angry buzz generated by the mere appearance of in-stadium video highlights of Favre and the Vikings during the first few Packers home games is any indication, the once-beloved face of the franchise will be booed. Loudly.

October 31, 2009

Wisconsin braces for Favre’s return

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — For almost 20 years, Brett Favre was like a member of every Wisconsin family. To be from Wisconsin is to be a Green Bay Packers fan, and the fun-loving quarterback rejuvenated the storied franchise, brought the Lombardi Trophy back to Titletown and turned “Cheesehead” from an insult into a boast. That he liked to hunt, fish and, in the early days at least, have a beer or two, well, his birth certificate may have said Mississippi but he was Wisconsin to the core.

October 30, 2009

To beat Favre, Packers need to turn up heat, pressure

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — It’s the soothing mantra recited weekly by virtually every NFL defensive coordinator: Stop the run. Stop the run. Stop the run. But as the Green Bay Packers showed in their loss at Minnesota earlier this month, stopping the run is only a starting point for a defense facing a good passing game led by a motivated, familiar opponent.

October 30, 2009

Favre doesn't think nerves will be an issue

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Before Brett Favre’s first preseason game with Minnesota, a meaningless performance featuring all of six snaps, he was nervous and nauseous. In the last hours before the Vikings played his former team at the Metrodome, Favre muttered to himself, “Man, I’m losing it.” So how anxious must he be THIS week? It’s the highly hyped rematch in Green Bay at Lambeau Field, where betrayed fans will be waiting with what could be a cold welcome and the Packers are eagerly preparing to avenge their recent defeat. “I don’t think it’ll be as bad,” Favre said, “but I don’t know that.”

By Dave Campbell , October 29, 2009

NFL moves Vikings-Packers game to 3:15 due to World Series

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The NFL has moved the Minnesota Vikings-Green Bay Packers’ kickoff on Nov. 1 to 3:15 p.m. to accommodate the possibility of the Philadelphia Phillies playing in the World Series.

October 14, 2009

Favre finishes 24-for-31 with no turnovers in 30-23 win over Packers

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brett Favre proved to the Green Bay Packers he has plenty of fire left inside, and in his right arm. Favre’s first game against his former team was all fun for the Minnesota Vikings and all frustration for the Packers, as the graying quarterback connected for three touchdown passes and 271 yards in a 30-23 victory on Monday night.

October 06, 2009