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With the Packers reportedly $21.5 million under the salary cap after giving star WR Greg Jennings a three-year contract extension averaging almost $9 million per year in late June, team insiders tell us the odds are strong that there will be a fair amount of wheeling and dealing in July involving the seven remaining starters entering their contract ...

Safety Nick Collins showed up for the Green Bay Packers' mandatory minicamp Monday but he didn't seem all that happy about it.

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.

Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings has a three-year, $27 million contract extension and he didn't have to boycott the offseason program or training camp to get it.

They call the football field at Aplington-Parkersburg High School the "sacred acre," and given the values - commitment, hard work - Aaron Kampman had learned from Ed Thomas while playing for him on that patch of land in rural Iowa, it was no surprise to see where Kampman was Wednesday morning: On the Green Bay Packers' practice field.

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The NFC North Winnebago is pulling out of the Bay late Tuesday evening after two fun-filled days at the Packers' minicamp.

Clay Matthews still isn't working with the No. 1 defense, but at this point, the Green Bay Packers' first-round draft pick is just happy to be working at all.

It was only a red-zone drill during a noncontact minicamp practice, but everything Aaron Kampman does these days draws scrutiny.

Now that OTA's are just about wrapped up, next up is training camp. For the Green Bay Packers, the OTA's were primarily focused on the installation of the new 3-4. It was nice to see everyone attending camp with the exception of a few... by Frank Bonincontri 19 reads Now that OTA's are just about wrapped up, next up is training camp.

Aaron Rodgers said he doesn't get HBO. His smirk suggested he was kidding. Either way, the Green Bay Packers' quarterback said he didn't see Monday's interview on the cable network with his legendary predecessor, Brett Favre, who all but confirmed he'll play for the rival Minnesota Vikings this year if he recovers fully from shoulder surgery.

Packers Pro Bowl safety Nick Collins attended practice Wednesday but did not fully participate and it is not yet clear if his contract is still an issue.

Anthony Smith realizes this could all be temporary. Sooner or later, the Green Bay Packers' incumbent starting safeties will be back to work, and he'll have to fight to get the snaps with the first-string defense he's getting right now.

The Packers had their OTA Wednesday on Clarke Hinkle Field, and here is a running diary of some of what went on.

Mark Tauscher's odds of returning to the Green Bay Packers may have indeed gotten slimmer with the way the NFL Draft played out, but the changing of the guard at right tackle probably won't be the only thing different on the offensive line in 2009.

The folks at Blogger.com appear to be having a few issues with publishing today, so here's the Insiders blog's daily roundup in our regular story format.

The folks at blogger.com appear to be having a few issues with publishing this morning, so here's the daily roundup in our regular story format.

When looking at draft steals, I looked mostly at production from position. Few offensive linemen are drafted very high, and many take years to develop and are never drafted, so those types of things are taken into account.

Despite popular beliefs, the 20-yard shuttle is a much more functional test of what a player is asked to do on the football field than the 40-yard dash, given that it better measures how quickly a player can change direction, how loose he is in the hips, how easily he can bend and how fast he can play the game in short areas, where most action ...

DANA POINT, Calif. -- Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy was kind enough to step into the Black and Blue late Monday afternoon here at the NFL owners meetings.

Offensive lineman Duke Preston visited the Green Bay Packers last week and the unrestricted free agent is definitely on their radar.