Evan Dietrich-Smith

NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT For one reason or another, the Packers didn't have close to a full squad on the field for their second session of this year's organized team activities Tuesday. Emerging cornerback Sam Shields is...

Nick Fairley said recently the Lions have the best defensive tackle tandem in the NFL, and one of the league's all-time greats at the position doesn't disagree. "Could be," Hall-of-Fame defensive tackle Mean Joe Greene, in town for the Gridiron Greats...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT The real fun, as chaotic as it is at times, will start May 20 when as many as 90 players congregate on the practice fields across from Lambeau Field for the start of organized team...

When Green Bay Packers offensive line coach James Campen spoke with Texas A&M center Patrick Lewis, the sales pitch was simple: Sign and you won't be camp fodder or a candidate for the practice squad. The door to the 53-man roster is as open to you as...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT Since the establishment of the seven-round format in the NFL Draft in 1994, the Packers had taken only three running backs in the first three rounds and not once chosen two backs in...

Ted Thompson has had some excellent drafts in Green Bay over the years, but it could be argued that 2009 was his finest. Yes, 2009, when the gnashing of teeth from National Football League general managers over the paucity of top-rated players was...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT --The Packers kicked off the second day of the NFL Draft in groundbreaking fashion. An hour before the Jacksonville Jaguars made the first pick of Round 2 on Friday night, a...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT As long as Datone Jones is a quick study - and his new employers have every reason to believe he will be - the Packers defense just might be in a better position to quickly make...

By his admission, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy has planned for next season with one number in mind: 579. As every Packers fan knows, that is the eye-popping yardage total rung up by San Francisco as it ushered Green Bay out of the playoffs in...

NEW YORK -- The NFL announced on Wednesday that it has fined Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh $30,000 for his kick to Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub on Thanksgiving Day. Earlier in the week, the NFL declined to suspend Suh, though the...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Lost in all the opponent stomps, roadside arrests, practice sucker punches and handshake fracases is the fact that the Lions are mighty fine football team that keeps getting better. Matthew Stafford to Calvin Johnson arguably is...

DETROIT -- Aaron Rodgers didn't feel the Green Bay offense played up to its usual lofty standards. It had to rely on the defense most of the way but Rodgers and his receivers got hot at the right time. Rodgers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Randall...