Tramon Williams News

Shawn Slocum is taking the Green Bay Packers back to basics on kick returns, and why shouldn't he? No team has fared worse on them in recent years than the Packers, whose 20.10-yard average last season again put them at the bottom of the NFL.

When General Manager Ted Thompson traded two third-round draft picks to move up from the second round to the first to select Clay Matthews, the price alone indicated the Green Bay Packers saw the former USC outside linebacker as a viable starter as a rookie.

There are hundreds, maybe thousands of nuances to Dom Capers' defense. Yet one thing above all else is critical, the Green Bay Packers' new defensive coordinator believes, to making his scheme work.

For a little less than two hours on Monday, Nick Collins was back where everyone expected him to be - on the practice field as one of the starting safeties for the Green Bay Packers.

The Packers WILL NOT have a losing season! - The Packers WILL NOT have a losing season! What makes some people to thinking that the Packers will have a losing season?? That is the question I ask myself each and everytime I come onto this board and read crap like that.

The Packers offense looks very strong with players such as Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Grant, Greg Jennings.

Now for the seventh and final positional analysis of the Green Bay Packers: Defensive Backs.

Aaron Kampman finally spoke Wednesday, but he did so in very un-Kampman-like fashion.

Sorry it took me so long to get to this, but it was a very busy day. News and notes from the first open practice of 2009: CB Charles Woodson, S Nick Collins and WR Donald Driver were the only veterans not at the voluntary workouts.

Plenty of contract talk in Green bay during the Packers' first week of OTA's. First off, cornerback Tramon Williams was given a 1-year deal on Thursday, reported to be worth $900,000. Safety Nick Collins missed Wednesday and Thursday practices.

The 2008 Packers season has been categorized in many ways. "Special" was not one of them.

Donald Driver wants his contract reworked - again. The Green Bay Packers three-time Pro Bowl wideout was missing from the team's first open-to-the-media organized team activity practice Thursday at the Don Hutson Center, and two NFL sources said - and a team source confirmed - that Driver was absent because he wants the team to sweeten his deal.

Safety Nick Collins was among the players missing from the organized team activities Thursday.

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

Posted by John Paulsen Regular readers know that Anthony Stalter is our NFL guru and that I'm a huge Packer fan.

Brandon Underwood came out of the rough and tumble Ohio high school ranks with nearly unlimited potential and followed the well-worn path to Ohio State with everything lined up for him.

We're on the scene at Lambeau Field. One more hour to go. A couple of things I've heard in the past 12 hours or so: Talked to someone close to Boston College B.J. Raji late last night.

The Packers recently made a couple minor roster moves in an offseason that, thus far, has been devoid of any major acquisitions.

You probably have noticed by now the extremely modest approach being taken by a number of NFL teams on the free-agent/trade front so far this offseason.

Green Bay Packers defensive backs Nick Collins and Tramon Williams are both waiting for the club to make them financial offers they think are worthy of their signatures.