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| Packers GM: Driver appears to have avoided serious injury to right foot |
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08/24/2007 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -The Green Bay Packers are hopeful that wide receiver Donald Driver's foot injury is not too serious. Driver was hurt on Thursday night in the Packers' 21-13 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars after making a 12-yard reception late in the second quarter. Jaguars safety Sammy Knight rolled up on Driver's right leg and the Packers two-time Pro Bowler immediately reached for his foot. Driver was aided off the field and did not return. Driver was not available in the locker room for commen |
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| Garrard leads Jags past Pack |
NFL Football |
08/24/2007 |
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| Green Bay, WI (MySportsbook) - David Garrard played two series and led the Jaguars to two touchdowns as the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Green Bay Packers, 21-13, at Lambeau Field. Garrard was 6-for-7 for 97 yards and a touchdown, albeit against the Packers second-string defense. Byron Leftwich, however, finished just 6 of 16 for 67 yards for the Jaguars, who improved to 2-1 in preseason play. Brett Favre went 14-of-20 for 130 yards and Aaron Rodgers threw for 82 yards on 6-of-9 passing for the Packers, who |
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| Jaguars QB Gray to play despite death of father |
Headlines |
08/23/2007 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Jacksonville quarterback Quinn Gray played in the Jaguars' 21-13 loss to the Green Bay Packers Thursday night despite the death of his father, a renowned high school football coach in South Florida. Otis Gray, who coached for 13 seasons at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died Thursday from complications due to colon cancer. He was 62. ``This is a sad day for me and my family,'' Gray said in a statement issued by the team before the game. ``I'll play tonight with a heavy |
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| Fans gravitate to Favre for what he's faced off the field as much as for what he's done on it |
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08/23/2007 |
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| , it's part of their very being. Yet when Brett Favre took the field in Oakland on a December night almost four years ago, the Raider fans welcomed him like one of their own, embracing him with a warm ovation. On this night, he wasn't simply the Green Bay Packers' quarterback, one of the best in the league. He was a son grieving a father who had died unexpectedly a day earlier. But he'd gone to work anyway, a man no different from the millions of ordinary folks who put a brave face to personal sorrows every |
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| Rookie Peterson gets plenty of preseason work for Vikings |
NFL Football |
08/19/2007 |
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| blows and delivering some blows. So it's not an issue at all,'' Peterson said. Notes: The Vikings worked out free agent WR Robert Ferguson after practice. ``I enjoyed our conversation this afternoon,'' Childress said. Ferguson was released by the Green Bay Packers last week. ... New DT Fred Evans, whose court appearance kept him from traveling with the team to New York, also missed Sunday's practice. He's caught up in a ``paperwork'' delay, according to Childress, following his plea agreement in Miami on Thur |
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| Packers set to part ways with WR Ferguson |
NFL Football |
08/17/2007 |
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| Green Bay, WI (MySportsbook) - The Green Bay Packers are putting veteran wide receiver Robert Ferguson on the trading block, according to head coach Mike McCarthy. Whether the team can work out a deal in the next few days or not, Ferguson will not be with the team by the season opener. "We're going in another direction," said McCarthy. "We're just moving on with the other guys." The "other guys" are Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, and rookie James Jones, all of whom are ahead of Ferguson on the Packers' current |
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| Packers to cut ties with receiver Ferguson |
Headlines |
08/16/2007 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Wide receiver Robert Ferguson's injury-marred career with the Green Bay Packers is over, coach Mike McCarthy said after practice Thursday night. He said the team has decided to cut ties with the seven-year veteran, although he didn't say how that would be accomplished. Ferguson, a second-round selection of the Packers in the 2001 draft, wasn't on the practice field for the second of Thursday's two practices. ``Robert will no longer be a Packer. We're going to go another direction,' |
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| Overlooked Herron could play more prominent role with Packers |
Headlines |
08/10/2007 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Vernand Morency is the projected starter at running back, and the Green Bay Packers anxiously await his return from a knee injury. Brandon Jackson is the second-round draft pick full of potential. Somewhere in the background lies third-year player Noah Herron, brimming with quiet confidence despite being somewhat overlooked in the Packers' running back sweepstakes. Herron might not be the first name that comes to mind when fans think about potential replacements for Ahman Green, but |
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| COLLEGE FOOTBALL '07: Was Wake Forest's ACC title a sign of parity - or parody? |
Division I College Football |
08/07/2007 |
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| gram and was joined by a former Big East rival. Tom O'Brien, who at Boston College went winless in four tries against Davis' Miami teams, left BC after a decade to take over at North Carolina State, and the Eagles plucked Jeff Jagodzinski from the Green Bay Packers' staff to replace him. A capsule look at the teams in their predicted order of finish:ATLANTIC DIVISION FLORIDA STATE - Coach Bobby Bowden purged his offensive staff and hired four new coaches, including ex-LSU assistant Jimbo Fisher to run the |
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| Report: Driver receives raise from Pack |
NFL Football |
08/06/2007 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver will reportedly receive nearly $11 million in additional money, as well as a one-year extension to his current contract. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday that Driver, 32, will become one of the NFL's highest-paid wideouts following the second Pro Bowl season of his eight-year career. The boost in salary, along with potential bonuses, will raise Driver's annual salary to close to $6 million. Driver emerged as one of the |
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