Johnny Jolly News

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and receiver Donald Driver practiced Friday and are probable for Sunday's game at Tampa Bay.

After each game, former Green Bay Packers all-pro safety LeRoy Butler teams up with Journal Sentinel beat writer Tom Silverstein in our "5 Questions with LeRoy Butler" feature.

Have questions or comments about the Packers? Send them to Press-Gazette sports editor Mike Vandermause at mvandermause@greenbaypressgazette.com and he'll provide responses in Packers Preview.

Green Bay Packers Johnny Jolly, Al Harris and rookie B.J. Raji have been fined $5,000 each by the NFL for actions in last Sunday's loss to Minnesota.

B.J. Raji has learned his lesson about publicly pushing for playing time, but he'll make this much clear: If this is the week the Green Bay Packers decide to ramp up their top draft pick's workload, Raji is ready.

The Green Bay Packers head to Tampa Sunday as the second-most penalized team in the league.

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 addition to all the usual work that comes on an NFL Monday after a loss, Mike McCarthy spent part of his day putting out fires started by a couple of his players on defense.

Sacks and penalties seem to be common words when talking about the Packers this season.

Here's a few notes to describe the first half of this Packers / Vikings match-up; * Shame on those Packers fans who sold their tickets.

Paul Myerberg is in New York and Pat Borzi in Green Bay, Wisc., providing live updates of Brett Favre's first return to Lambeau Field since his retirement following the 2007 season.

The plan was hatched during the bye week, but in reality, this is what the Green Bay Packers had in mind on April 25 when they traded into the first round to take Clay Matthews.

Love him or hate him, Brett Favre sparks emotions in Green Bay Packers country that almost no one else can match.

Even though the Packers haven't run the ball well in the first three weeks - they rank a middling 18th in the league in rushing yards per game - and they're facing perhaps the league's premier rushing defense, there's reason to believe they'll have some success on the ground on Monday night against the Minnesota Vikings.

The Green Bay Packers are hoping better play on first down will allow their tight ends, especially Jermichael Finley, a bigger role in their offense as the season goes on.

Injuries remain a concern for the Green Bay Packers. Rookie B.J. Raji injured his ankle again.

This isn't the week the Green Bay Packers want to be short on run stoppers. Four days before they face the NFL's leading rusher, Minnesota's Adrian Peterson, the Packers were without defensive linemen Johnny Jolly and B.J. Raji.

GREEN BAY, Wis. - This time of year, it's not unusual for the dim light emanating from each of the darkened defensive meeting rooms at the Green Bay Packers' training facility to have a purple hue to it.

Green Bay Packers left tackle Chad Clifton did not practice again Friday, decreasing his chances of playing Monday night against the Minnesota Vikings.

After Sundaya s win over San Francisco, Brett Favre was surrounded by cameras and reporters.