Green Bay Packers information, Arguably one the most popular and successful teams in Football history, the Green Bay Packers officially became an NFL franchise in 1921. Since that time, the Packers have the most NFL Championships with twelve, three of which were Super Bowl titles (I, II, & XXXI) and nine were titles that came before the Super Bowl era (1967). The Packers also have the distinction of being the only publicly owned team in the NFL. They are owned by 112,015 community stockholders in the Wisconsin area that represent the 4.75 million shares to the franchise and rights to Lambeau Field. A team so rich in history also had the most famous head coach of all time, Vince Lombardi. During the 1960’s, Lombardi led the Packers to five Championships in seven years, to this day the most dominant era for the Green Bay Packers. The NFL Championship trophy has since been named the “Lombardi Trophy” after all of his accomplishments and accolades in football.
In 2007, the Packers fell to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship game 23-20 in overtime. The loss too many marked the end of an era with QB Brett Favre at the reigns. For 16 seasons, Favre was the mastermind behind the Packers offense, leading them to seven division championships (1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007) four NFC Championship Games (1995, 1996, 1997, and 2007), two NFC Championships (1996 and 1997), and one Super Bowl championship (XXXI).
Following the 2007 season, Favre announced his retirement from the NFL, only to later come back and ask for official reinstatement from the NFL during the 2008 pre-season. The league granted his reinstatement even after the Packers had offered their former star $20 million dollars to stay retired and help out the organization in other ways. Favre refused and re-joined the team only to be traded away to the New York Jets on Aug. 6, 2008 for a future fourth-round draft choice. The Packers had moved on and set up young QB Aaron Rodgers to take the starting job. Rodgers met all expectations when focused on statistics, but the team was unable to win the close games; resulting in a 6-10 overall record. With a full year of experience under his belt, Rodgers is ready to improve for this season. The 2009-2010 Packers should be a definite competitor in the NFC North division.
Week 6 showed some expected blow outs but also featured a handful of stunning upsets. The Buffalo Bills were able to steal a win from the New York Jets with a field goal in OT. The Oakland Raiders defeated the Eagles for their second win of the season. After dominating the Giants 48-27 yesterday, the [...]
Defensive end Aaron Maybin this afternoon has agreed to a 5-year $25 million deal with the Buffalo Bills after missing all of training camp. The former Penn State All-American led the Big Ten with 12 sacks last season in his thirteen games played. Buffalo will rely heavily on Maybin to make immediate contributions after finishing [...]
Veteran Quarterback Brett Favre is expected to sign a one-year contract for $10-12 million with the Minnesota Vikings. After the Vikings invited him to join training camp last month he declined, saying he wasn’t sure if he was able to play another full season at this point in his career. Now that the Vikings have [...]
