All Entries in the "NFC North" Category
Packers Moving Practices to Indoor Facility
With a winter storm bringing ice and below-average temperatures to the Dallas/Fort Worth area, the Green Bay Packers are moving this week’s practices to the indoor facilities at Highland Park High School, Gil Brandt of NFL.com reports. The Packers were originally scheduled to work out at Southern Methodist University’s facilities this week. TCU, which has [...]
Vikings LB E.J. Henderson’s Pro Bowl Absence Explained
Minnesota Vikings middle linebacker E.J. Henderson was a late addition to the 2011 Pro Bowl roster last week. Henderson got the nod when New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma backed out for personal reasons. Despite the announcement that he had backed out, Vilma ended up with a pair of tackles in last night’s highly-viewed All-Star [...]
Super Bowl XLV News and Notes
Super Bowl News and Notes Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin climbed out of the shadow of the Rooney Rule long ago, writes Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Tomlin took the team to a Dave & Buster’s on Saturday. For years now, Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward has been eager to mentor the team’s [...]
Packers DL Coach Mike Trgovac Plans to Stay
Green Bay Packers position coaches Darren Perry (safeties) and Mike Trgovac (defensive line) have been linked to various defensive coordinator vacancies this month. Teams planning to interview the pair have had to wait until after the Packers’ playoff run is over. Perry may have his pick of coordinator opportunities this off-season, with Oakland and Philadelphia [...]
Super Bowl and Senior Bowl News and Notes
Super Bowl News and Notes The Green Bay Packers’ Super Bowl window is just opening, writes Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. For the moment, contract extensions for Packers general manager Ted Thompson and head coach Mike McCarthy are on the back-burner. McCarthy’s upbringing drives his success, writes Kareem Copeland of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. [...]
Super Bowl and Senior Bowl News and Notes
Super Bowl News and Notes The Packers’ secondary poses a big challenge to the Steelers’ passing attack, Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes. Packers secondary coach Darren Perry is on the Philadelphia Eagles’ list of defensive coordinator candidates. Steelers Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey has a 50-50 shot of playing next Sunday night. Packers [...]
Super Bowl XLV Injury Report – January 27, 2011
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers have issued their second injury/practice participation reports in advance of Super Bowl XLV. Neither team reported a change from Wednesday’s report. Pittsburgh Did not participate: S Will Allen (knee), CB Bryant McFadden (abdomen), S Troy Polamalu (Achilles), C Maurkice Pouncey (ankle), WR Emmanuel Sanders (foot), OT Jonathan Scott [...]
Vikings LB E.J. Henderson A Late Addition to the Pro Bowl Roster
Minnesota Vikings linebacker E.J. Henderson has been named to the Pro Bowl roster, the team announced on Thursday. After two injury-plagued seasons, the 30-year old middle linebacker is headed to his first Pro Bowl after totaling 106 tackles, 1 quarterback sack, and 3 interceptions in 16 starts in 2010. Who Henderson is replacing in Honolulu [...]
Bears DE Julius Peppers Fined $10,000
Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers has been fined $10,000 for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the NFC Championship Game. Peppers was penalized 15 yards on the fourth quarter play. After signing a six-year, $91 million contract that included over $20 million in compensation in 2010, $10,000 is sand [...]
Browns Hire Chris Tabor to Coach Special Teams
The Cleveland Browns announced that they have hired Chris Tabor to be their special teams coordinator. Tabor replaces Brad Seely, who was named “Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams” by the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday. Tabor comes to Cleveland after spending the previous three seasons as the assistant special teams coach for the Chicago Bears, who [...]
Lions LB Zack Follett Rips Stafford, Cutler
Detroit Lions linebacker Zack Follett made critical comments of his own quarterback, Matthew Stafford, and Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. “Stafford, good guy,” Follett told ESPN Radio in Fresno, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “He’s a china doll right now. Anytime he gets hit, he goes down. But the kid is — [...]
Hanie Comes to Cutler’s Defense
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler has been skewered by fans, media, and his fellow NFL players for coming out of yesterday’s 21-14 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the second half with a knee injury. Reports today are that Cutler did, in fact, tear a ligament in his left knee. More specifically, Cutler has [...]
Report: Cutler Has Torn MCL
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler reportedly has a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee, Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Cutler underwent an MRI on Monday after exiting Sunday’s NFC Championship Game three plays into the second half of the Bears’ 21-14 loss. The degree of sprain–1st, 2nd, or 3rd, the most [...]
Lions DT Ndamukong Suh Open to Recruiting in Hawaii
Detroit Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh won’t be playing in the Pro Bowl after undergoing shoulder surgery earlier this month. Suh is going to Hawaii, though, and when he’s not busy keeping his room number a secret, he’ll try to sell his fellow Pro Bowlers on the Lions. “I’ll definitely be up to answering [...]
Redskins LBs Fletcher, Orakpo Added to NFC Pro Bowl Squad
The Washington Redskins announced that linebackers London Fletcher and Brian Orakpo have been added to the NFC’s Pro Bowl roster. Orakpo replaces Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews, who’ll be playing in Super Bowl XLV. Fletcher will make his second straight Pro Bowl, and second overall in his 13-season career, replacing Chicago Bears linebacker Brian [...]
