Jermichael Finley

He was a rising football star in a Texas town where Friday nights were everything. Derrick Anderson had the instincts, the speed of a district champion hurdler, and as a cousin of Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley, the pedigree. As a...

Last year, he was an undrafted rookie hoping to hang on. This year, Brandon Bostick has a different set of expectations. Out with No. 48, in with No. 86. "It looks better than No. 48," said Bostick, laughing. "Forty-eight is like a fullback or...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT As long as Datone Jones is a quick study - and his new employers have every reason to believe he will be - the Packers defense just might be in a better position to quickly make...

GREEN BAY, Wis. _ With each passing year, National Football League teams are drafting for need because the pressure to win right now has never been more intense. That's what general manager Ted Thompson and the Green Bay Packers will be doing, at...

Most entertaining division in football? The NFC North can stake its claim to that title. It is, after all, home to the past two MVPs (Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Vikings running back Adrian Peterson) as well as the NFL's single-season record...

The Chiefs' choice, assuming they keep the pick, appears to come down to an offensive tackle: Arlington's Luke Joeckel or Central Michigan's Eric Fisher. Jon Gruden said Joeckel would be his choice. "I don't know what [new Chiefs coach] Andy [Reid] is...

Ted Thompson was director of pro personnel under Ron Wolf the year the former Green Bay Packers general manager hit the jackpot with four third-round selections in the 1995 draft. Three of those selections -- fullback William Henderson, linebacker Brian...

Tight end Jermichael Finley could have stayed at Texas for another year and tried to boost his draft stock even higher. But after a breakout season at Texas, the birth of his second child and his recent marriage, it made sense to the just-turned 21 year...

It must be tough being Tyler Eifert. The NFL Draft is less than a week away and there's no telling which team will call his name. On the other hand, Eifert is likely a first-round pick Thursday. That's a good place to be. So where will Eifert, the...

The Sports Xchange Packers need draft hits after quiet free agency period GREEN BAY, Wisc. - The five-year contract extension worth upward of $70 million given to Green Bay Packers All-Pro linebacker Clay Matthews on Wednesday underscored one of the...

The Green Bay Packers are halfway toward assuring the franchise's finest duo since Brett Favre and Reggie White will be part of the organization well into the prime of their careers. Just eight days before he sets out to find a couple of more...

As the Bears have combed through the free agent left tackles, they undoubtedly have noticed the group has thinned out like the hair on Brian Urlacher's head. The Broncos put the franchise tag on Ryan Clady. The Chiefs did the same to Brandon Albert. And...