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What Packers have, what they need heading toward NFL draft

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The last time the Green Bay Packers made this drastic of a change on defense, when they moved from a 4-3 to a 3-4 in 2009 after hiring Dom Capers as coordinator, they supplemented it with two first-round picks in nose tackle B.J. Raji and outside linebacker Clay Matthews. This year’s […]

NFL free agency: Roster additions, cuts, remaining questions

The initial NFL free agency rush of 2024 was more frenetic than ever, as hundreds of players were given millions of dollars to relocate to new cities. Leading the way were a pair of former Pro Bowl quarterbacks looking to rekindle old success in new locales, but Kirk Cousins and Russell Wilson were hardly alone […]

Packers add safety Xavier McKinney on four-year, $68M contract

Free agent safety Xavier McKinney is signing a four-year, $68 million deal with the Green Bay Packers, agent David Mulugheta told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. McKinney’s addition comes as the Packers earlier on Monday lost safety Darnell Savage, who agreed to a three-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars, a source confirmed to ESPN. Safety was perhaps […]

Darnell Savage, Keisean Nixon among key Packers free agents

Their futures could become clearer after this week’s NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, where agents for several of those players are scheduled to meet with Packers executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball, who handles negotiations for Gutekunst. While the Packers aren’t completely clear from salary cap troubles, they’re at least unburdened from the […]

New Packers DC Jeff Hafley on 4-3, jump from college to NFL

Hafley, 44, was happy to expound on both topics during a nearly 30-minute session with reporters at Lambeau Field. He was Boston College’s head coach from 2020 to 2023 after spending 2019 as Ohio State’s co-defensive coordinator. Before that, he was a defensive assistant with several NFL teams from 2012 to 2018, working with some […]

Led by Jordan Love, young Packers are just getting started

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers was as fresh as the grass stains on Keisean Nixon‘s uniform when he was asked to sum up the 2023 version of the Green Bay Packers. As much as the 24-21 playoff loss at Levi’s Stadium had left its mark, so did this […]

Kristin Juszczyk, wife of 49ers star, designs Taylor Swift’s Chiefs jacket

More Teams. More Games. Taylor Swift arrives at Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs matchup with the Dolphins wearing an 87 Travis Kelce jacket. (0:16) The NFC’s top-seeded San Francisco 49ers played a role in the opening weekend of the playoffs without even touching the field. Well, sort of. Kristin Juszczyk, wife of 49ers fullback Kyle […]

Packers coach nearly nixed Love-Watson play that started big day

More Teams. More Games. The Packers take advantage of the Lions’ failed fake punt with a Christian Watson touchdown. (0:31) DETROIT — Jordan Love and Christian Watson went to sleep Wednesday night with the perfect visualization: The Green Bay Packers quarterback and receiver were going to start the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions with […]

NFL 2023 Week 12: Biggest questions, risers and takeaways

More Teams. More Games. Christian McCaffrey bulldozes into the end zone to give the 49ers a 14-3 lead. (0:20) Week 12 of the NFL season started on Thanksgiving, as the underdog Green Bay Packers went wire to wire in a 29-22 victory over the Detroit Lions. The Dallas Cowboys followed that up by beating the […]

Packers extend Lions’ Thanksgiving Day misery as Jordan Love excels

More Teams. More Games. The Packers take advantage of the Lions’ failed fake punt with a Christian Watson touchdown. (0:31) DETROIT — Turns out, quarterback Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers’ offense were just getting started last week. They came out of Sunday’s win over the Chargers feeling like they had put together their […]

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