Green Bay Packers Fantasy News

Friday, April 16, 2010, 3:15pm

Adam Caplan on Twitter - [Full Article]

Packers FB John Kuhn signed his RFA tender.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 9:56am

Adam Schefter on Twitter - [Full Article]

It is only preliminary talks and it is still early in the process, but the Green Bay Packers have contacted free-agent RB Brian Westbrook .

Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 11:32am

ESPN.com - [Full Article]

Green Bay Packers director of football operations John Schneider has been chosen as the new general manager of the Seattle Seahawks, league and team sources said.

Early Doucet making presence felt
Saturday, January 16, 2010, 8:54am

New Orleans Times-Picayune - [Full Article]

It was easy to spot Early Doucet last Sunday.

He was the helmetless Arizona wide receiver flexing his biceps in the end zone after a second-quarter touchdown reception in the Cardinals' 51-45 overtime victory against the Green Bay Packers in an NFC wild-card playoff game.

Doucet, a second-year pro, made the most of his opportunity against the Packers when he moved up a spot in the wide receiver rotation because starter Anquan Boldin was inactive after suffering left ankle and knee injuries the week before.

On Doucet's first touchdown catch, he lined up next to receiver Larry Fitzgerald and got open over the middle. On the second, Doucet broke a tackle near the 10-yard line and scored as his helmet was knocked off at the goal line with 2:16 remaining in the first half.

"I don't mind the contact going over the middle, " Doucet said. "Football is a contact sport, so whether you catch the ball or not, you are still going to get hit nine times out of 10."

Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 5:38pm

Yahoo Sports - [Full Article]

The Wild Card victory over the Aaron Rodgers and the Packers puts the Cardinals into next Saturday’s divisional-round matchup against the top-seeded New Orleans Saints at the Louisiana Superdome, where they’ll have to deal with another prolific passer, Drew Brees (notes), and coach Sean Payton’s high-flying offense. Yet after what Rodgers did to the Cardinals defense on Sunday, some of Arizona’s players think they’ve already confronted the most formidable foe imaginable.

“Let me tell you something – that dude is scary,” Arizona free safety Antrel Rolle(notes) said of Rodgers. “We have a great defense, and we were up on him and ready to pounce, and he found ways to tear us apart.

“I don’t ever want to face him again in my life. I am dead serious. I’ll face Drew Brees any day of the week before I face him again.”

Rex ticked off by Revis snub
Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 5:30pm

New York Daily News - [Full Article]

You knew Jets HC Rex Ryan wouldn't be shy about sharing his thoughts on the NFL Defensive Player of the Year going to Packers CB Charles Woodson -- and he wasn't.

"I wasn't going to comment on it, but I was really going to comment on it," he said. "You know what I would like? I would like to congratulate the people who voted for Darrelle Revis, that these guys obviously really know the game. You've got to look at the numbers, not just a number about this or a number about that, this stat or that stat.

"A number I think is interesting would be eight, and, no, that's not the amount of touchdown passes that Green Bay gave up against Arizona. That is the number of touchdown passes we gave up all season as the Jets, and the biggest reason for that is Darrelle Revis."

Ryan said Revis had the best season by a cornerback that he's ever seen. He also added, "Revis is going for different hardware right now." So take that, Woodson.

I was on the panel of 50 voters, and I'm not going to reveal my choice ... well, let's just say it wouldn't be popular among Cheesehead Nation. I put a lot of thought into it, talking to people and studying the numbers, and I felt that Revis' impact on the Jets' defense went beyond pure stats. Without him, they wouldn't have made the playoffs and they probably would've been a sub-.500 team.

Woodson captured 28 votes, Revis 14.

Woodson wins AP Defensive Player of the Year
Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 10:34am

LA Times - [Full Article]

Green Bay cornerback Charles Woodson has won The Associated Press 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award.

The versatile Woodson tied for the league lead with nine interceptions, returning three for touchdowns, and was a key to the Packers' turnaround on defense. His role in Green Bay's ranking second in overall defense, first in interceptions (30), takeaways (40) and turnover margin (plus-24) earned Woodson 28 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL.

He doubled the number of votes for New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis in becoming the first Green Bay winner since Reggie White in 1998 and just the second Packer in the 36-year history of the award.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 10:04am

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - [Full Article]

Unbeknownst to him, kicking the ball in the air might have cost quarterback Aaron Rodgers a chance to have his fateful fumble reversed in the Green Bay Packers’ 51-45 overtime loss Sunday to Arizona.

As Cardinals cornerback Michael Adams slammed into Rodgers, the ball came out of the quarterback’s hand at about the same time his arm was coming down. As the ball dropped down near his legs, Rodgers kicked at it with his right foot, causing it to pop up in the air and into the arms of linebacker Karlos Dansby, who returned it 17 yards for the winning touchdown.

According to a league spokesman, even though the ball didn’t hit the ground, it is a fumble and not an interception. And because it didn’t hit the ground, it is not subject to the infamous “tuck rule”, which states that a ball lost while the arm is in the process of coming down is an incomplete pass.

Had it hit the ground, the referee could have called an incompletion. Even if he didn’t call, it’s likely the replay official, which handles all challenges in the final 2 minutes of each half and overtime, could have reviewed it.

Randall Liu, NFC information manager, said in an e-mail that “had the ball hit the ground, it would’ve been subject to (instant) replay. And that would be a judgment call by referee Scott Green.”

Based on television replays, there was at least a reasonable chance that Green would have ruled Rodgers’ arm was moving forward at the time he was hit by Adams. As NFL director of officiating Mike Pereira said in a 2005 interview in the Washington Post, there’s not a lot of gray area.