| Bucs turn to future against Packers (AP) |
6 Nov 2009 at 11:05pm
| Rookie quarterback Josh Freeman wiped the sweat off his forehead, took a deep breath and answered another question about taking over the offense of the only team yet to win a game in the NFL. Ready or not, the 17th pick in this year's draft will make his first start for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, facing the Green Bay Packers (4-3) on a day the Bucs (0-7) will reflect on the past while... |
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| Packers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
6 Nov 2009 at 6:59pm
As bizarre and incendiary as it was, Brett Favre's victorious return to Green Bay in a Minnesota Vikings uniform Sunday was telling of the Packers' lot in the league right now.
Favre's last game at Lambeau Field before last weekend came on Jan. 20, 2008. His last pass as the quarterback of the Packers for 16 years was an interception, which led to the decisive field goal by the New York Giants in a 23-20 overtime win in the 2007 NFC Championship. That stunning setback—and the soap opera that played out several months later culminating with Favre's ouster from Green Bay—can be looked at as the start of a troubling trend for the Packers, who were a formidable 13-3 in 2007. Green Bay has fallen from the ranks of the elite because it can't beat the elite... |
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| Packers' Rodgers, Driver probable for Bucs game (AP) |
6 Nov 2009 at 5:12pm
| Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and receiver Donald Driver practiced Friday and are probable for Sunday's game at Tampa Bay. Rodgers suffered a sprained toe in last Sunday's 38-26 loss to the Minnesota Vikings and has been coping with a sprain in his other foot the past few weeks. |
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| 3 Packers fined $5,000 each by league (AP) |
6 Nov 2009 at 4:24pm
| Green Bay Packers Johnny Jolly, Al Harris and rookie B.J. Raji have been fined $5,000 each by the NFL for actions in last Sunday's loss to Minnesota. Defensive tackle Jolly was fined on Friday for unnecessary roughness for head-butting Minnesota running back Chester Taylor. Cornerback Harris was fined for unnecessary roughness for grabbing a helmet-opening to make a tackle, and DT Raji was fined... |
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| Former LB Havner now pass-catching threat for Pack (AP) |
6 Nov 2009 at 2:49am
| Nobody expected the Spencer Havner experiment to work out quite like this -- not even Havner himself. Three months after coaches let the backup linebacker begin taking snaps at tight end in training camp, Havner has become a bona fide pass catching threat. Making the most of his increased playing time in the wake of an injury to tight end Jermichael Finley, Havner has caught three touchdowns in the... |
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| Clifton, Tauscher could return to Pack's O-line (AP) |
4 Nov 2009 at 5:18pm
| Fire up the DeLorean and cue the Huey Lewis music. The Green Bay Packers might be going back to the future to protect their ailing quarterback. With sacks piling up at a record rate and quarterback Aaron Rodgers now hobbled by a pair of foot injuries, Packers coach Mike McCarthy strongly hinted Wednesday that recently re-signed veteran right tackle Mark Tauscher could start Sunday's game at... |
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