Favre/Barnett/Jackson
'Wild stallion' Favre seems a bit tamer
Coach wants QB to have best stats
By RICHARD PUFALL / Packer Plus editor
Posted: Aug. 22, 2007
Green Bay - In 15 seasons as the only starting quarterback the Green Bay Packers have known, Brett Favre has played with a style all his own: always gambling, attacking, forcing the issue and the football, flying around the field at 100 miles per hour with his hair on fire. It is an approach that has served him well, winning him a Super Bowl ring, three NFL most valuable player awards and a spot in the waiting room of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But Favre turns 38 on October 10, more than a month into his 16th season with the Packers and 17th in the NFL. Favre started training camp coming off rehab from ankle surgery, with a tender right shoulder and a heavy heart after the death of his wife's stepfather, Rocky Byrd, his friend and confidant. More>>
Barnett sees start of something special
He's excited by take-aways
By ROB REISCHEL / Special to Packer Plus
Posted: Aug. 22, 2007
"I'm very optimistic that as a unit, we're going to have a lot more turnovers than we've had. I'm not going to say we're the best defense in the world. But it's getting there." -- Nick Barnett
Green Bay - Nick Barnett will never forget the dog days of 2004. It's burned onto his brain, and in many ways, those frustrating memories help drive him today. Barnett, a second-year linebacker at the time, remembers his Green Bay Packers trying everything humanly possible to force turnover plays. In the end, though, it just didn't happen and the paltry 15 take-aways the Packers forced were an all-time franchise low. By the looks of things, Green Bay won't have such issues in 2007. In the Packers' second pre-season game of 2007 last Saturday, they forced an impressive six turnovers - turning two into touchdowns. Those plays helped Green Bay steamroll visiting Seattle, 48-13. More >>
Jackson hears opportunity knocking
Rookie gets starting shot
By ROB REISCHEL / Special to Packer Plus
Posted: Aug. 22, 2007
Green Bay - The National Football League has meant - and always will mean - Not For Long. Sprain an ankle, twist a knee or break an arm and your employer can forget about you rather quickly. Vernand Morency appears to be experiencing that first hand right now. Morency suffered a strained patellar tendon in his right knee during the Green Bay Packers' first practice of training camp. And it's almost a given now that rookie Brandon Jackson - and not Morency - will be the Packers' starting running back when the season begins Sept. 9 against Philadelphia. More>>
Coach wants QB to have best stats
By RICHARD PUFALL / Packer Plus editor
Posted: Aug. 22, 2007
Green Bay - In 15 seasons as the only starting quarterback the Green Bay Packers have known, Brett Favre has played with a style all his own: always gambling, attacking, forcing the issue and the football, flying around the field at 100 miles per hour with his hair on fire. It is an approach that has served him well, winning him a Super Bowl ring, three NFL most valuable player awards and a spot in the waiting room of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But Favre turns 38 on October 10, more than a month into his 16th season with the Packers and 17th in the NFL. Favre started training camp coming off rehab from ankle surgery, with a tender right shoulder and a heavy heart after the death of his wife's stepfather, Rocky Byrd, his friend and confidant. More>>Barnett sees start of something special
He's excited by take-aways
By ROB REISCHEL / Special to Packer Plus
Posted: Aug. 22, 2007
"I'm very optimistic that as a unit, we're going to have a lot more turnovers than we've had. I'm not going to say we're the best defense in the world. But it's getting there." -- Nick Barnett
Green Bay - Nick Barnett will never forget the dog days of 2004. It's burned onto his brain, and in many ways, those frustrating memories help drive him today. Barnett, a second-year linebacker at the time, remembers his Green Bay Packers trying everything humanly possible to force turnover plays. In the end, though, it just didn't happen and the paltry 15 take-aways the Packers forced were an all-time franchise low. By the looks of things, Green Bay won't have such issues in 2007. In the Packers' second pre-season game of 2007 last Saturday, they forced an impressive six turnovers - turning two into touchdowns. Those plays helped Green Bay steamroll visiting Seattle, 48-13. More >>Jackson hears opportunity knocking
Rookie gets starting shot
By ROB REISCHEL / Special to Packer Plus
Posted: Aug. 22, 2007
Green Bay - The National Football League has meant - and always will mean - Not For Long. Sprain an ankle, twist a knee or break an arm and your employer can forget about you rather quickly. Vernand Morency appears to be experiencing that first hand right now. Morency suffered a strained patellar tendon in his right knee during the Green Bay Packers' first practice of training camp. And it's almost a given now that rookie Brandon Jackson - and not Morency - will be the Packers' starting running back when the season begins Sept. 9 against Philadelphia. More>>
Published by PackerPundit On Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 2:59 AM.
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