March 2010 - Green Bay Packers Wiretap

Burnett Watching, Learning From Best Safeties

Nov 29, 2014 7:50 AM

Morgan Burnett, Green Bay's third round pick, was asked to compare himself to other safeties. "I really don't know," said Burnett. "I just like to watch a lot of safeties like Troy Polamalu, Ed Reed and Darren Sharper. I've been watching those guys since I was young. I don't know who I compare to. I just try to watch and learn from them." Burnett practiced with the starters during the offseason. "It would really be an honor and a blessing," said Burnett about potentially starting. "I have to stay in my playbook and learn my plays. Pray every night and just work hard as we go along."

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Chmura Leads 40th Packers HOF Class

Oct 31, 2014 7:05 AM

Former Green Bay tight end Mark Chmura was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame on Saturday despite a career that was tarnished by a sexual assault allegation. Chmura called this the "icing on the cake" of his football life.

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NFL Suspends Jolly For 2010

Oct 31, 2014 7:02 AM

The NFL has suspended Packers defensive end Johnny Jolly without pay for the upcoming season for violating the league's substance abuse policy. The league has left open the possibility of suspending Jolly past the 2010 season as well. He will be eligible to apply for reinstatement after the Super Bowl. Jolly is facing drug charges in Houston after his July 2008 arrest outside a club for possession of at least 200 grams of codeine.

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Lambeau Field Hopes To Host Big Ten Championship Game

Dec 15, 2014 3:13 PM

Lambeau Field is the latest venue to express interest in hosting a potential Big Ten football championship game. Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy told ESPN.com on Thursday that the team already has contacted the Big Ten office to express its interest. The Big Ten is now eligible for a championship game. "We'd be very interested," Murphy said. "The Big Ten has got such history and tradition, and to have a championship in Lambeau Field would be tremendous. It'd be good for our community and good for college football to have it in such a historic venue." Several other Midwest facilities have expressed interest in hosting a potential Big Ten championship, including Detroit's Ford Field, Chicago's Soldier Field and Cleveland Browns Stadium. Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium is also considered a strong candidate.

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Green Bay's Operating Profit Cut In Half

Sep 29, 2014 9:20 AM

The Packers remain profitable, but their margin has been cut in half. Green Bay is the only NFL team that opens up it books to the public. Packers officials said Wednesday that the team posted an operating profit of $9.8 million in the fiscal year that ended March 31, down from $20.1 million the previous year.

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Charles Woodson Escapes House Fire

Aug 12, 2014 7:57 AM

Packers cornerback Charles Woodson says he was lucky to escape a burning house in Michigan over the weekend. Woodson said he was at Gwen Haggerty's house in Bay Harbor on Friday night. It was part of a celebration honoring the Ted and Jane Von Voigtlander Foundation for donating $15 million to name the new women's hospital at the University of Michigan. He and other overnight guests were fortunately still awake when the fire started sometime after 4 a.m. Saturday. No one was hurt in the incident.

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Packers Sign TE Quarless

May 18, 2014 9:24 PM

The Green Bay Packers have signed TE Andrew Quarless. d 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, and finished his career as the Nittany Lions' all-time leader in receptions by a tight end (87) and second in receiving yards by a tight end (1,146).

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Fan Gets Season Tickets For Packers After 40 Years On Wait List

Jul 28, 2014 1:28 PM

Forty years after Lowell Dollar put his daughter Tina?s name on the Packers? season ticket waiting list and 16 years after his death, the De Pere resident can join the club of Green Bay season ticket holders. She is one of 126 members of the team?s season ticket waiting list ? which had 83,881 names as of Thursday ? who will have new season tickets. And it?s all that her family has heard about this week.

Green Bay Press Gazette

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Barnett Says Packers Are Super Bowl-Bound

Oct 15, 2014 3:34 PM

Packers linebacker Nick Barnett says the team will be playing in Super Bowl XLV. Barnett was a guest on "NFL Total Access" Friday when he made the claim.

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