Mike Neal News

All we know for sure is that on May 21 -- more than two months before training camp and 109 days before the start of the regular season -- Mike Neal was working as an outside linebacker during a Green Bay Packers organized team activity .

The start of Green Bay Packers OTA practice seemed quite upbeat and light hearted this week.

Nonetheless, the Packers are experimenting. At Tuesday's organized team activity practice, Neal worked at outside linebacker.

On the start: Feel good about the start. Goal of everybody to have a better off-season this year than last year.

As the spread offense proliferates, defenses must dot the field with multiple defensive backs.

Ted Thompson has been known as the king of the NFL Draft, consistently finding players in the mid to later rounds who contribute - not only as special-teamers or on the practice squad, but as starters.

He repeated the number himself - "579" - at the NFL scouting combine. Mike McCarthy and the Green Bay Packers will not escape that nightmare at Candlestick Park any time soon.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is pursued by Green Bay Packers defensive end Mike Neal on a 56-yard touchdown run in the NFC divisional round playoff game at Candlestick Park.

The Green Bay Packers were in desperate need of a defensive end not only last season, but the last few.

With an obvious short- and long-term need along the defensive line, the Green Bay Packers decided one dip into the positional pool wasn't enough during the 2013 NFL draft.

Purdue defensive tackle Kawann Short was selected by Carolina Panthers with the 12th pick in the second round of the National Football League's draft on Friday.

The Green Bay Packers selected UCLA defensive end Datone Jones with the 26th pick in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night, addressing one of their positions in greatest need of an upgrade.

It's easy to play the part of a Monday morning quarterback, especially when it comes to the NFL Draft.

Michigan State Spartans linebacker William Gholston sacks Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Russell Wilson.

Collapsing into the worn hotel furniture, the shades had been drawn for days with only slits of light illuminating Johnny Jolly's 320-pound figure slumping into his created confines.

The Seattle Seahawks don't figure to be first-round players in the NFL draft, which begins Thursday and will run, well, longer than the typical human brain is wired to tolerate.