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Sure, Aaron Rodgers enjoyed beating the San Francisco 49ers. It's the team he grew up rooting for, and the team that snubbed him on draft day in 2005.

It was nearly a decade ago that veteran cornrback Eric Allen sat in the Raiders' locker room and said he fully expected Charles Woodson to go from Pro Bowl cornerback to defensive cornerstone.

Jared Allen's monstrous year rushing the quarterback and Darren Sharper's penchant for returning interceptions for touchdowns have put those two defensive standouts in the national spotlight.

The Lions have lost big for a decade, but this is a time for them to think big. Big, for the Lions, is the potential to win two straight games and what that would mean to this struggling franchise.

Without a game to play last weekend, 49ers offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye switched on the Packers -Cowboys showdown from the comfort of his living room.

Wonderful Woodson: When the Packers needed someone to step up, Charles Woodson and the defense provided that boost in the second half to give Aaron Rodgers and the offense momentum and excellent field position to work with.

It was the same, frustrating drill for Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley every day last week: a member of the team's medical staff would fiddle with his knee a little bit, then shake his head in disapproval.

CHAREAN WILLIAMS Mike Pereira, the NFL's vice president of officiating, said Wednesday the Cowboys would have lost a challenge on Tony Romo's fumble if the play could have been challenged.

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Sidney Rice, Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson and Washington Redskins punter Hunter Smith have been named the NFC's top players for Week 10 of the NFL season.

GREEN BAY -- Nick Barnett is a realist. As much as he enjoyed going hog wild after Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo on Sunday and sacking him twice, the Green Bay Packers linebacker knows the stars have to align just right for defensive coordinator Dom Capers to use a similar plan game in and game out.

The Packers have struggled to maintain some semblance of consistency this season.

Green Bay Packers coaches haven't been shy in recent weeks about pointing to their No.

GREEN BAY - In a miserable tailspin one week, solid playoff contenders the next.

After Green Bay's 17-7 victory over Dallas, here are three indisputable facts I feel relatively sure about: And here is one question I'm still asking: Anyone else see Charles Woodson whooping it up after his sack/forced fumble of Dallas quarterback Tony Romo ? Woodson obviously didn't know that rookie linebacker Clay Matthews was still chasing a ...

Charles Woodson helped Green Bay's defense finally play up to its potential against a big-time opponent, forcing two fumbles and picking off a pass by Tony Romo on the goal line in a 17-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.

GREEN BAY, Wis. a ' If you were tracking the fortunes of the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, their lines on a graph chart would pass each other going 100 mph.

Most of the time, you have to wait until late in the year to identify an NFL team's season-defining game.

Long before Miles Austin emerged as one of the hottest wide receivers in the National Football League, the Green Bay Packers knew about him.

Two rookies were in somewhat surprising spots with the Green Bay Packers' starters when practice resumed on Wednesday morning, but it's unclear what chance T.J. Lang or Brad Jones have for being in the lineup on Sunday against Dallas.

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin : Brett Favre won another big game at Lambeau Field, but this time it was to the dismay of Packers fans who once idolised him.