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Wearing one of those ghastly creamsicle jerseys that are an ugly reminder of Tampa Bay's past, rookie Josh Freeman gave the struggling Buccaneers plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the future.

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In a somber locker room following the Green Bay Packers' loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, a handful of reporters waited for defensive lineman Johnny Jolly to explain his puzzling first-quarter, momentum-changing personal foul penalty.

In a somber locker room following the Green Bay Packers' loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, a handful of reporters waited for defensive lineman Johnny Jolly to explain his puzzling first-quarter, momentum-changing personal foul penalty.

Running back has just two fumbles, compared with nine last season. The Vikings aren't giving much away these days, which means the bandit defense of the Green Bay Packers might find its chances at turnovers few and far between Sunday at Lambeau Field.

The Vikings faced the Packers less than a month ago -- 28 days to be exact -- meaning it would seem logical that some of the same shortcomings Brett Favre was able to find in his former team's defense in a 30-23 victory should still be present.

Players - and fans for that matter - always want defensive coordinators to blitz more.

This is ita 'Packers/Vikings II at Lambeau Fielda 'the game Packers fans have long looked forward to hating.

Brett Favre won the Packers and Vikings first meeting by beating the Packers defense at nearly every turn.

While the difference in the victories against the Detroit Lions in week six and the Cleveland Browns Sunday was just two points, the blowouts were about as different as they could be and showed what exactly the Packers have in store for the rest of the season.

Conflicting reports surfaced on Tuesday night about former Packers running back Ahman Green.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert What's going on with Green Bay linebacker A.J. Hawk? That's the question asked Thursday by Greg A. Bedard of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press-Gazette . Hawk is technically a starter but isn't involved in most of the Packers' sub defensive packages.

The Lions finally got their first third-down conversion of the game, sort of, when the Packers' Nick Barnett was flagged for a facemaks penalty on a sack of Drew Stanton on third-and-6 from the Green Bay 26.

Last year, only the Dallas Cowboys committed more penalties than the Green Bay Packers, and no team gave away more yards via penalties than the Packers.

"Yes, but" were the operative words for the Green Bay Packers in their 26-0 triumph on Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field.

Once all the available air fresheners in Brown County were rounded up to rid Lambeau Field of the lingering scent left by the Detroit Lions, there was still much cleanup required on the aisle where nothing was as tidy as an NFL shutout and reasonable offensive numbers might reflect.

Nearly 11 months after doctors reconstructed his blown-out right knee, Green Bay Packers linebacker Nick Barnett still can hear it.

It was certainly an interesting off-season for Green Bay Packers assistant head coach Winston Moss.

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Aaron Rodgers exceeded expectations for the Green Bay Packers during a tenuous time period for the franchise, A.B. - After Brett.