March 2015 - Green Bay Packers Wiretap

Aaron Rodgers Wins 2nd NFL MVP Of Career

Feb 2, 2015 9:14 AM

Aaron Rodgers has won his second NFL Most Valuable Player award.

"I feel so fortunate to live out my dreams, year after year," Rodgers said after accepting the award on Saturday night.

 

Rodgers led the NFL in TD-to-INT ratio (38 touchdowns, five interceptions) during the regular season. He also finished second in passer rating (112.2) and yards per attempt (8.43) and third in touchdown passes.

Rodgers beat out J.J. Watt to win the award. Watt received 13 MVP votes compared to 31 for Rodgers.

 

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Tags: Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Personal Award

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Clay Matthews Fined $22,050 Fined For Hit On Wilson

Jan 22, 2015 5:00 PM

Clay Matthews has been fined $22,050 for an illegal blindside hit on Russell Wilson.

"I was just blocking whoever and it turned out to be the quarterback and obviously calls are going to go in their direction whether it was a blind-side hit or whatever," Matthews said after the game. "I'm just looking to pick up a block and unfortunately that's just how the game played out."

The hit occurred during a second quarter interception.

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Tags: Green Bay Packers, Suspension

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Seahawks, Packers Have Built Offenses Without Using First Round Picks

Jan 16, 2015 8:18 PM

The Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks have combined to acquire just one of their skilled position players via a first round pick.

Aaron Rodgers was a first round pick by the Packers in 2005.

The Seahawks selected Russell Wilson in 2002 with a third round pick.

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Tags: Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, IQ

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Seahawks, Patriots Open As 7-Point Favorites

Jan 12, 2015 1:30 PM

The Seattle Sehawks have opened as seven-point favorites in the NFC Championship against the Green Bay Packers.

The Seahawks defeated the Carolina Panthers by a final score of 31-17 in convincing fashion.

The Packers, meanwhile, needed a fourth quarter comeback to defeat the Dallas Cowboys by a final score of 26-21.

The New England Patriots also opened as seven-point favorites for the AFC Championship against the Indianapolis Colts.

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Tags: Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks

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Aaron Rodgers Has Slight Tear In Calf Muscle

Jan 9, 2015 11:32 AM

Aaron Rodgers has a slight tear in his calf muscle in addition to a significant strain.

The injury is not expected to prevent Rodgers from playing in Sunday's divisional playoff against the Dallas Cowboys, but it could impact how mobile and effective he is.

"There's no question he will play, but there's also no question he will not be 100 percent," said one doctor familiar with the injury. "The question is whether he'll be 95 percent or 50 percent."

The Packers are aggressively treating the injury, with the hope he can be as well as possible. 

Chris Mortensen, Adam Schefter/ESPN

Tags: Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Injury

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Aaron Rodgers Will Play Sunday, Unsure How

Jan 8, 2015 11:14 AM

Aaron Rodgers has promised to play on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys despite a strained left calf.

"I'm going on Sunday," Rodgers said Wednesday. "It's just a matter of how."

Mike McCarthy held Rodgers out of practice on Wednesday, meaning he has not been on the field since he reinjured his left calf in the Dec. 28 regular-season finale against the Detroit Lions.

"I plan on Aaron playing Sunday," McCarthy said after Wednesday's practice. "Today's schedule was for him to stay exclusively in the training room. There's still some things that he needs to work through. We'll see what tomorrow brings, if he'll be able to practice. It's day-to-day, but everything points in the direction of him playing."

 

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Tags: Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Injury

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Packers Name Eliot Wolf Director Of Player Personnel

Jan 2, 2015 6:58 PM

The Green Bay Packers have promoted Eliot Wolf to director of player personnel. 

Wolf is in his 11th season with the club and spent the last three years as director of pro personnel under Ted Thompson.

In 2011, he served as the team’s assistant director of player personnel after working as the team’s assistant director of pro personnel from 2008-10. Wolf originally joined the Packers as a pro personnel assistant in 2004 and spent four seasons in that position.

 

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