11/10/2006
Scene of the crime
Halfback Ahman Green is returning to the Metrodome for the first time since rupturing the quadriceps tendon in his right leg there last October. But he won't be thinking about that injury - or the new contract he's aiming for - when he takes the FieldTurf.
Hodge ready, already
Backup middle linebacker Abdul Hodge is, for the first time in four weeks, not listed on the Packers' weekly injury report. His knee injury is healed, he said, and has been for some time. Hodge was held out of the Buffalo game. Asked if he was frustrated by that, he said, "I'm very frustrated; I'm pissed off. I definitely want to play. I definitely want to be out there. I don't know; it's Coach's call." Hodge said the coaches knew he was eager to play for the first time since he injured the knee Oct. 2 at Philadelphia. "They know how I feel," Hodge said. "They played the game, a lot of them have, so they know how you feel. That's just how it is sometimes."Going to the Wells
Packers center Scott Wells' comments on getting an unexpected contract extension this week: "I didn't necessarily expect it to get it done during the season because there's not a long history of (Packers general manager) Ted (Thompson) doing that. I was kind of thrown, a little surprised, obviously excited about it. It is a huge relief not to have to go through free agency." For about the millionth time, Wells was also asked how the snap work was going between him and quarterback Brett Favre. After two botched exchanges Sunday, they have put extra emphasis on it this week to correct it. "I still don't know what happened on that first one," Wells said. "The second one, that was a communication thing." Wells said a practice period for just centers and quarterbacks takes place in the beginning of practice where they work on the hardest plays to snap. They work on the shotgun formation, on plays where Wells has to move fast to reach block, and he has a tendency to take the ball with him. Wells, who has played in the Metrodome twice, said the silent snap count should be the best way to overcome crowd noise.
Cut-blocking 'a coward move'
By Jason Wilde / madison.com
Minnesota Vikings defensive tackles Kevin and Pat Williams didn't need coach Mike McCarthy's declaration to know what the Green Bay Packers offensive line has in store for them on Sunday. On Wednesday, McCarthy complimented the Williamses (no relation) by calling them "clearly the best tandem of defensive tackles we have played" but also promised that the Packers will "cut them all day" as part of the zone-blocking scheme because "to stand up and go toe-to-toe with those guys" with rookie guards Jason Spitz and Daryn Colledge "doesn't make a whole lot of sense." And what do the Williamses say to the Packers' plan to take them out just above the knees? "It don't matter. We'll just go out there (and) whoop their (expletive), point blank," Pat Williams said. "I ain't worried about what their coach is talking about and what they're talking about. It don't matter." -- More 
Collins works out of the Sharper image
Young safety seeks impact plays
By ROB REISCHEL / Special to Packer Plus
Posted: Nov. 8, 2006
The game was still 11 days away. But Nick Collins didn't need a schedule. "Minnesota," he said last week. "It's coming." Collins, a second-year safety for the Green Bay Packers, also knew what else was coming. The inevitable comparisons to Darren Sharper, the man he replaced in Green Bay. Nearly two years now since Green Bay cut Sharper, then drafted Collins to fill his shoes, it's hard to make a case that the Packers upgraded. Collins hasn't had nearly as many blown coverages or allowed the number of big plays Sharper did. But he also hasn't made close to the number of game-changing plays that Sharper prided himself on. In 24 games now with Green Bay, Collins has just one interception, one forced fumble, no sacks and no fumble recoveries. This season, Collins has taken the goose egg in all four columns. In that same time, Sharper has 11 interceptions, including two for touchdowns. He's also recovered two fumbles, has one sack and was named to the 2005 Pro Bowl. That follows an eight-year career in Green Bay in which Sharper had 36 interceptions, good for fifth in team history. Although Sharper turned 31 last week and Collins is just 23, the old Packer has had a far greater impact than the new one over the past 18 months. "He's balling. He's balling," Collins said of Sharper. "He's doing his job and that's what he gets paid to do, make plays. And he's doing a very good job of doing that." -- More Franks fires blanks in Green Bay's offense
Packers rely mostly on his blocking
By ROB REISCHEL / Special to Packer Plus
Posted: Nov. 8, 2006
"You'd love to go out there and catch nine balls, but if you don't, what are you going to do? Go out there be upset? Things have just changed." -- Bubba Franks
Bubba Franks sounded like a beaten man. Green Bay's veteran tight end was discussing his limited role in the Packers' offense these days. And Franks, who's been a forgotten man the past month, wasn't optimistic anything would change soon. "I've been on the back burner the last three, maybe four years," Franks said. "I'm used to it. I've accepted that. My role in this offense is to pass protect, run block and catch a ball every now and then. That's how I see my role. "Whether I like it or not, that's not my problem. I have to do what I'm asked to do. That's what I'm paid to do is to do my job." Franks certainly didn't do his job in Green Bay's 24-10 loss at Buffalo Sunday. The typically reliable Franks dropped both balls that were thrown at him, a pair of mistakes that helped kill two drives. That was just the latest chapter in what's become an incredibly disappointing season for Franks. At the season's midway point, Franks has just 12 catches for 123 yards and zero touchdowns. That puts Franks on pace for season-lows in every category except receiving yards for years in which he's played a full season. Franks has been blanked in Green Bay's last two games, just the second time in his career that's happened. And he has only one catch over the last three weeks. While Franks remains the starter in-name, he's clearly been surpassed by David Martin in passing situations. -- More Well-conditioned machine
Hawk dedicated to his training
By LORI NICKEL / journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 9, 2006
He's a workout fiend. Sleeps in a virtual oxygen tank. Downs his vitamins with protein shakes. But rookie A.J. Hawk does allow himself one day off a week from pumping iron, and that day would be . . . "Game day," Hawk said, bluntly, with a puzzled look that kind of said, what are you, stupid? There's really a fine line between dedication and obsession, and it's being drawn by this starting weak-side linebacker for the Green Bay Packers. Nearly everything Hawk does, from constructing his new home to pumping up his deltoids, is geared toward making the best football player out of his 6-foot-1, 246-pound body. That work is paying off in more ways than just 56 tackles (solo and assisted). There are 17 rookies on the Green Bay roster rounding the bend of the NFL season with the next game on Sunday at Minnesota. But forget anything about Hawk hitting that so-called rookie wall. He's just getting started. "Yeah it's been eight games, but it's gone quick for me," Hawk said. "It really has." -- More 
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