Packers Story: RISE OF PLAYER COSTS RELATIVE TO REVENUE A GROWING CONCERN The Green Bay Packers once again were profitable over the past fiscal year, but their operating profit dropped more than 50 percent from the previous year as the rising cost of player salaries continued to outpace revenue growth. In the team’s latest financial [...]

Packers Story: Former Green Bay Packers tight end Mark Chmura is among three 2010 inductees into the team’s Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony is slated for Saturday, July 17. A sixth-round selection in 1992 from Boston College, Chmura spent eight seasons in Green Bay (1992-99) and appeared in 89 games with 62 starts. He [...]

Packers Story: The Green Bay Packers have signed TE Andrew Quarless. The signing was announced Monday by Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations Ted Thompson. Quarless, the first of the team’s two fifth-round draft picks, was a four-year letterman at Penn State. He appeared in 49 career games, including 29 starts, [...]

Packers Story: Former Green Bay Packers offensive tackle Greg Koch is among three 2010 inductees into the team’s Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony is slated for Saturday, July 17. A second-round draft choice in 1977 from the University of Arkansas, Koch played nine seasons (1977-85) in Green Bay, appearing in 133 games. A fixture [...]

Packers Story: Interested Participants Encouraged To Sign Up Before Race Reaches Limit The inaugural ’5K Run at Lambeau Field’ has surpassed half its capacity with 1,800 registrants, the Green Bay Packers reported Friday. Interested participants are encouraged to register before the event reaches its capacity of 3,000 runners. The event, presented by the Packers and [...]

Packers Story: To help Packers fans get to know the newest members of the team better, Packers.com caught up with each of the seven 2010 draft picks for an extended Q&A about their background, both on and off the field. The interviews are being posted as a weekly series, continuing today with fifth-round selection Andrew [...]

Packers Story: As the Green Bay Packers look at their return game for 2010, they see both promise and uncertainty, and that goes for both punt and kickoff returns. On punt returns, it starts with Will Blackmon. There’s plenty of promise there, as Blackmon returned three punts for touchdowns during the 2007-08 seasons, but no [...]

Packers Story: Former Green Bay Packers tight end Marv Fleming is among three 2010 inductees into the team’s Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony is slated for Saturday, July 17. An 11th-round draft choice from Utah in 1963, Fleming played seven seasons (1963-69) in a Packers uniform, appearing in 95 games – fifth most in [...]

Packers Story: Packers’ First Downs To Result In Additional Trees Planted In Community The Packers Green Team and Wisconsin Public Service today announced a new program, “First Downs for Trees,” a joint effort with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and local forestry and parks departments in Northeastern Wisconsin to increase the number of trees planted [...]

Packers Story: To help Packers fans get to know the newest members of the team better, Packers.com caught up with each of the seven 2010 draft picks for an extended Q&A about their background, both on and off the field. The interviews will be posted as a weekly series, continuing today with fifth-round selection Marshall [...]

Packers Story: In a matter of four seconds, the quarterback must make a throw with pin point accuracy to keep his team moving down the field. One-one thousand, the quarterback drops back in the pocket. Two-one thousand, his receivers break off their routes. Three-one thousand, the quarterback scrambles to his right and scans the field [...]

Packers Story: Click here for the Family Night Fact Sheet Aug. 7 Event to Benefit Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Program More than 30,500 tickets for ‘Packers Family Night, Presented by Bellin Health,’ have been sold, the organization reported Monday. With the initial sales period having passed, the limit of eight tickets per purchase has been removed. [...]

Packers Story: Titletown Grill and Boomerang Cafe To Open For Shareholders Meeting, July 29 The Green Bay Packers and Festival Foods today announced a partnership to operate two eateries, the Festival Foods Titletown Grill and Festival Foods Boomerang Cafe, in the Lambeau Field Atrium. The eateries will celebrate their first day of operations for the [...]

Packers Story: Less than a handful of times people can recall when sports and theatre have mixed. The yet-to-be-released play ‘Lombardi’ – based on David Maraniss’ impressive biography When Pride Still Mattered – was talked and discussed in detail Monday evening at Lambeau Field, amongst Packers fans of all ages. To show how important and [...]

Packers Story: When the Green Bay Packers didn’t draft any cornerbacks this past April, it was probably a relief to young players at the position like Brandon Underwood and Pat Lee, both talented but unproven. But it was also a message that their time to prove themselves is now, and they’re getting that chance during [...]

Packers Story: General Manager Ted Thompson and Head Coach Mike McCarthy have long espoused the philosophy that the most improvement a football team makes from one year to the next comes from within. For the 2010 Packers, that applies to multiple areas: the offensive line, which with largely the same personnel will be expected to [...]

Packers Story: Simply put, offensive lineman T.J. Lang has done his best to make the most of a difficult situation. Geared up like many second-year pros are for their first full offseason program in the NFL, Lang reported with the rest of the Packers’ participants in mid-March and got to work. But within the first [...]

Packers Story: Forced to sit out of football his first year at Stillman College as a partial qualifier under NCAA rules, Quinn Porter wanted to find some way to stay close to the team. Be around it, still get to know the players and coaches, maybe learn some plays, all of that. But he didn’t [...]

Packers Story: Packers rookie Bryan Bulaga has formed many memories over the years, participating in hot and humid training camps as an offensive lineman, but on Saturday memories of a different kind were recalled when he made his first community appearance at the Junior Power Pack Clinic inside the Don Hutson Center. Bulaga joined two [...]

Packers Story: The Packers announced their training camp schedule on Wednesday morning, and the format will be very similar to each of the past few years under Head Coach Mike McCarthy. The players will report to camp on Friday, July 30, with the first practice scheduled for Saturday, July 31, at 2 p.m. The first [...]