Allen Barbre News

The Green Bay Packers' right tackle job is Allen Barbre's to lose. The third-year pro will have to hold on in training camp, when Breno Giacomini returns from ankle surgery, rookie T.J. Lang puts on pads for the first time and contact work begins.

Daryn Colledge can certainly relate to what Allen Barbre faces this offseason. A few years ago, Colledge assumed the burden of great expectations after replacing highly regarded Mike Wahle at left guard.

Members of the Packers will be in Wausau this weekend for a charity softball game.

Green Bay - Instead of focusing on what Aaron Kampman didn't say Wednesday, it might be more insightful to look at what he did choose to say for the first time since his Green Bay Packers converted to the 3-4 defense and changed his role dramatically: "New techniques.

The Green Bay Packers began their second week of organized team activities behind closed doors.

Maryland offensive tackle Dane Randolph, one of 21 tryout participants in last weekend's rookie orientation camp, has been offered a contract by the Packers, his agent, Josh Stevens said Monday.

According to coach Mike McCarthy, those are two of the biggest reasons he feels comfortable with where the Green Bay Packers are with regard to the 3-4 defensive scheme he and coordinator Dom Capers began installing in late March.

When Ted Thompson decided he wouldn't select wide receiver Michael Crabtree on Saturday, his decision with the No.

The Green Bay Packers still don't have a clear-cut starting right tackle, but at least they have some more options.

The second day of the Green Bay Packers' 2009 draft lost much of its punch Saturday evening, when General Manager Ted Thompson traded two valuable third-round picks to land outside linebacker Clay Matthews.

The NFL regular season is still about six months away but anxious Packers fans won't have to wait that long to see their favorite players.

The Green Bay Packers received little immediate help from a 2008 draft class that has seen only one rookie, receiver Jordy Nelson, play extensively.

Going into this game, Jaguars receiver Dennis Northcutt had not had a touchdown all year and had not had a 100-yard receiving day since Dec.

When Mark Tauscher was helped off the field last week with a knee injury, you couldn't help but wonder if that was the last we would see of Tauscher in a Packers uniform.

Atari Bigby wanted to make something perfectly clear. "I've been injured since the third preseason game," the Green Bay Packers safety said Wednesday.

Mark Tauscher's season-ending left knee injury might make it more likely that he will return to the Green Bay Packers next season.

The Packers will be without starting safety Atari Bigby and linebacker Brandon Chillar for today's game against the Houston Texans at Lambeau Field.

It probably said far more about Derrick Frost's struggles over the past three months than about Jeremy Kapinos' practice debut.