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Green Bay's rookies answer the call and help Packers cope with early-season injuries to veterans
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers’ “TikTok babies” are showing that their time has arrived. With the NFL’s youngest roster in the first year of their post-Aaron Rodgers era, the Packers (1-1) are leaning heavily on their 13-man draft class as they prepare for...
Packers' frustrating fourth quarter shows their run defense remains a major concern
Green Bay's early season schedule gave the Packers a couple of immediate opportunities to measure how much they shored up their run defense, the team’s biggest weakness during Matt LaFleur’s coaching tenure. The early returns suggest there’s still plenty of work to do. The...
Love takes blame for crucial botched quarterback sneak in Packers' 25-24 loss to Falcons
ATLANTA (AP) — Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur wanted to blame crowd noise for a failed fourth-and-1 sneak by Jordan Love that opened the door for Atlanta's go-ahead touchdown drive. It turns out LaFleur was just being kind, trying to take his young quarterback off the hook following...
Packers' Jones, Watson, Bakhtiari, Walker are all questionable for Sunday's game with Falcons
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers don’t know whether they’ll have their best running back, receiver and offensive lineman available for Sunday’s game at Atlanta. Running back Aaron Jones, wide receiver Christian Watson, offensive tackle David Bakhtiari and...
Even with a new face of the franchise, the Packers don't look that much different to the Falcons
ATLANTA (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have a certain way of doing things, even with a new face of the franchise. From Atlanta's point of view, the Jordan Love-led Packers look much the same as the team that had Aaron Rodgers at quarterback all those years. “It's a...
Jets' Aaron Rodgers says he 'will rise yet again' in first comments since season-ending injury
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers' season is over. It appears he might not be ready to call it a career. “The night is darkest before the dawn,” the New York Jets quarterback wrote on Instagram on Wednesday night. “And I shall rise yet again.” Rodgers...
Jordan Love delivers in opener, throws 3 TD passes as Packers beat Bears 38-20
CHICAGO (AP) — Jordan Love kept telling himself he and his teammates were going to play great. He imagined how it would feel to leave the field with a win, too. Now he knows. Love looked like he might be ready to follow in the footsteps of Brett Favre and Aaron...
Hamstring injury makes WR Christian Watson unavailable for Packers' season opener with Bears
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson won’t play in Sunday’s season opener at Chicago while he deals with a hamstring injury. The Packers’ injury report Friday ruled Watson out for the Bears game and listed wide receiver Romeo Doubs as...
Packers' Romeo Doubs practices on a limited basis while Christian Watson remains out
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers received mixed news about their injury situation at wide receiver Thursday as Romeo Doubs practiced on a limited basis while Christian Watson remained out. Watson and Doubs, Green Bay's top two returning wideouts, both are dealing with...
Packers facing uncertain situation at receiver as Jordan Love begins his 1st season as starting QB
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The opening week of Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love’s first season as a starter just got a bit more challenging. Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs didn’t practice Wednesday because of hamstring injuries, raising the possibility the Packers might...
