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The NFL teams continue to suffer blows from the wages of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. One of them is the Green Bay Packers, which is the league’s smallest city and the Packers annually sell out on a season-ticket basis for games at the Lambeau Field. However, the 2020 season will be different as team president […]

The Green Bay Packers will not have fans in the seats for the first two home games of the 2020 season, the team announced Thursday afternoon. Lambeau Field will not host fans during the first two home games this season. The #Packers will reevaluate after the first two games to determine whether fans can attend […]

Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy hit fans with some hard truths in a column posted to the team website Saturday morning. Murphy announced the Packers will not be holding training camp at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, also noting–with the season coming so quickly–the team and the NFL do not […]

If you asked Green Bay Packers team president Mark Murphy about Matt LaFleur’s performance before his debut head-coaching season, you’d probably get a chuckle and a shrug of a shoulder. LaFleur was such an unproven commodity that it was hard to figure out where the team will finish this season. Fortunately for Green Bay, things […]

The NFL has continually had conversations with the league executives on the possibility of expanding the regular season. One person who supports the notion of tacking on more regular-season games is Mark Murphy of the Green Bay Packers. In an article by Daniel Kaplan of The Athletic, the Packers CEO and team president Mark Murphy […]

The Green Bay Packers went through something of a shift during the offseason, when they brought on new head coach Matt LaFleur and a slew of brand new assistants to the team. According to Packers President Mark Murphy, every assistant that LaFleur brought in was done so by the coach himself, despite some reports. Speaking […]

The fallout continues for the Green Bay Packers. An explosive report by Ty Dunne of Bleacher Report has sent shockwaves throughout the organization as well as the NFL as a whole. The piece contained explosive allegations about former Packers coach Mike McCarthy, and also portrayed Aaron Rodgers as a bad leader. There’s been a lot […]

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has come under harsh criticism over the last couple of seasons, with fans and the media questioning his leadership abilities. Rodgers’ shaky relationship with former Packers head coach Mike McCarthy was a much-discussed subject, and many feel that Rodgers had quite a bit to do with McCarthy’s dismissal after […]

Perhaps the biggest story of the NFL playoffs was the non-call in the NFC Championship Game. The Los Angeles Rams should’ve been flagged for pass interference, and the New Orleans Saints almost certainly would’ve advanced to the Super Bowl had it been called. Talk about the non-call consumed the sports world, and dominated media coverage […]

The Green Bay Packers are heading into a transitional year. The team finally fired long-time coach Mike McCarthy midway through that season as the team was in a downward spiral. His relationship with Aaron Rodgers had become damaged beyond repair, and the team decided to pull the plug. To spice things up, they hired 39-year-old […]

Mark Murphy and the Green Bay Packers have successfully hired the 15th head coach in franchise history. After making the tough decision to fire Mike McCarthy in the middle of the season after an embarrassing loss to the Arizona Cardinals, the Packers have brought in a young offensive head coach. Those who hadn’t heard much […]

For the Green Bay Packers to make the playoffs, they are going to have to win out and get a lot of help, but that doesn’t mean that CEO Mark Murphy is ready to give up on this season. In a question and answer that was posted on the Packers team website, Murphy made it […]

Throughout much of the offseason, much of the focus with the Green Bay Packers have been on the overlying contract situation with star quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who is set to enter the fourth year of his five-year, $110 million deal. This has pushed up the timetable to get a new contract done in order to […]

The Green Bay Packers have undergone some substantial changes this offseason to both their team and front office personnel. However, team president and CEO Mark Murphy is pleased with all the moves thus far. It goes without saying that Green Bay’s eventful offseason is uncharacteristic of their usual approach. According to Rob Reischel of Forbes.com, Murphy […]

There he was, Desmond Howard, exploding through a crease up the middle of the wedge en route to providing the Green Bay Packers a perfect answer to the previous Curtis Martin touchdown in Super Bowl 31. If what current Packers president Mark Murphy says is true, that great moment would have never transpired. According to […]

The Green Bay Packers have made quite a bit of noise this offseason and let’s be honest, this is usually a rarity. Certain teams in the NFL attempt to stay away from the high-priced veteran signings. For example, the Pittsburgh Steelers are one. The Packers are another. Don’t make the mistake of thinking the unusual […]

Although they missed the playoffs this past season for the first time since 2008, the Green Bay Packers announced in a press release on Thursday that they have raised their ticket prices for preseason and regular-season games for the 2018 campaign. This is the ninth straight season the team has upped season ticket prices, as […]

As most football fans know, the Green Bay Packers are a unique organization. They are the only non-profit, community-owned team in sports. This means it is run by a board of directors along with a CEO, Mark Murphy. He made some front office changes in early January and recently tried to explain why he shuffled around […]