Nick Barnett News

Lambeau Field is lifeless. Nothing rustles through the tunnels, no one is coming or going.

The Green Bay Packers are going to need nine or 10 linebackers for their new 3-4 defense, but do they need one who's making $1.9 million as a backup? That's a question General Manager Ted Thompson will have to ponder when it comes to determining Brady Poppinga's worth this season.

The most prominent name is off the list, but the Green Bay Packers have plenty of decisions left to make about their robust free-agent class of 2010.

One day after Greg Jennings said he and the Green Bay Packers were close to an agreement on a new contract, the two sides were nearly finished with the deal.

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.

The Green Bay Packers look like they're planning to get Ryan Pickett and B.J. Raji on the field together as much as they can.

Linebackers coach Kevin Greene works with Aaron Kampman Wednesday during organized team activities in Green Bay.

Green Bay Week 3 of the Green Bay Packers' organized team activities, and the installation of the new 3-4 defense is rolling along.

While B.J. Raji has accelerated directly into the starting mix, the Green Bay Packers' other first-round draft pick remains stuck in first gear.

Players don't win NFL jobs during voluntary, non-contact practices in June. That said, it certainly doesn't hurt Anthony Smith's case that he's out there practicing with the Green Bay Packers' first-team defense this spring while both of last year's starting safeties, Nick Collins and Atari Bigby, sit out.

Brown County's cities, towns and villages paid more than $2 million on lawyers last year.

Many of you have asked about the condition and progress of Green Bay linebacker Nick Barnett , who is seven months removed from tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee but has a starting job waiting for him in the Packers' new 3-4 defense.

The Green Bay Packers are halfway through their organized team activities schedule, which means the end is nearly in sight for linebacker Nick Barnett, who is rehabbing from ACL surgery last November.

B.J. Raji's life these days is all about transition. From the suburbs of big-city Boston to Green Bay.

The Green Bay Packers were one happy family on Wednesday - at least that's what they would have you believe.

Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver is not unhappy with his contract but has approached the team about making some financial changes.

Nick Collins has taken his unhappiness over his contract to another level. The fifth-year safety, who made his first Pro Bowl last season, has skipped the first two days of the Green Bay Packers' organized team activities.

Justin Harrell was skeptical about trying alternative medicine on his ailing back, but he's become a believer.

The bar has definitely been lowered for Justin Harrell . Not that the Green Bay Packers necessarily think anything less of their 2007 first-round draft choice, but after two consecutive years of major back problems and minimal production, just keeping him on the field for a full season in 2009 appears to be priority No.

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