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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.

Despite two losses to Brett Favre and the division rival Minnesota Vikings in the first half of the season, at least the Green Bay Packers were beating the teams they're supposed to.

Mike McCarthy will be challenged as a head coach this week like never before. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended an eleven-game winning streak.

TAMPA, Fla. - If ever the Green Bay Packers were going to fix their pass protection issues, Sunday should have been the day.

Chemistry is always a key when it comes to a football team and the Green Bay Packers are hoping a healthy Mark Tauscher will help the green and gold on the field and in the locker room.

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

If Aaron Rodgers continues his current sack pace, he'll hold a prominent place in a club he doesn't want to join.

We all know the stat: The Packers have allowed 31 sacks, the most in the league.

By Shawn Clarke, Contributing NFL Editor -- - If Aaron Rodgers wasn't scrambling for his life every other snap, the Green Bay Packers would probably be in a better situation.

Six Packers starters sat out practice Wednesday, including quarterback Aaron Rodgers who is nursing a right-foot sprain and a left-foot toe sprain.

Here's a twist, you would figure that during this week of practice, the Packers would be inside the Hutson Center with the heat cranked up in preparation for heading to Florida.

Here is an excerpt from Phil Hanrahan's new book, "Life After Favre: A Season of Change with the Green Bay Packers and Their Fans." Hanrahan is a Milwaukee native and lifelong Packers fan who has taught writing at Marquette University and worked as a copywriter and book publicist.

Just before the game began, most of those who had made possible the largest regular-season crowd in Lambeau Field history booed Brett Favre like the narcissistic rat they perceived him to be for willfully exacting revenge in the most traitorous way possible.

Wide receiver Bernard Berrian is active for the Minnesota Vikings despite a nagging hamstring injury, giving Brett Favre one of his top targets against his former team.

5, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn. Jamie Squire/Getty Images The last time the Vikings played the Packers, Jared Allen sacked Aaron Rodgers 4 1/2 times.

Next game: Sunday, November 1st vs. Minnesota Packers Gameday at 1:00 p.m. on Newsradio 620 WTMJ, a live blog here and coverage on Live at 10 on TODAY'S TMJ4 HD; also text "sports" to 79008 for score updates and tweet comments @620wtmj . We'll post the best ones! Favre Bowl II.

Jason Spitz's stubborn lower-back injury probably answered any questions about whether he'll start this week against Minnesota.

Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers passes against the St. Louis Rams at the Edward Jones Dome on September 27, 2009 in St.

Mike McCarthy says he doesn't know who his starting 5 will be in front of Aaron Rodgers on Sunday.