January 5
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Greg Jennings never feared the worst. He never, for a second, thought this could be season-threatening. Teammates may have cringed at the sight of the Green Bay Packers receiver hobbling and hurting four weeks ago. Jennings wasn't worried. Even after watching film of the collision that sprained his medial collateral ligament, Jennings was still baffled. He had minor ankle and hamstring injuries before. Those were detectable. This injury had a maddening gray area. Knee injuries can be funky, mysterious. Back at practice for the first time Wednesday, he says the challenge is all mental. Tight end Jermichael Finley has been there, done that and has advice."
December 24
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The Green Bay Packers couldn't be more confident that wide receiver Greg Jennings will play in the NFC divisional playoff game the weekend of Jan. 14-15 at Lambeau Field. Jennings apparently has made a strong recovery from the sprained medial collateral knee ligament that he suffered 13 days ago against Oakland. "Greg Jennings will be challenged to play next week against Detroit," coach Mike McCarthy said Friday. "But I don't think there will be any question that he will play in the playoffs. That's the early diagnosis based on talking to the medical staff.""
December 15
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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It has been almost four years since the Green Bay Packers offense has gone into a game without wide receiver Greg Jennings. It was the end of the 2007 season and the Packers had home-field advantage all wrapped up going into the final week. Jennings had a slight ankle sprain. This week the Packers will be without Jennings again. It will mark the first time since Week 2 of that '07 season that they have not had their top receiver available in a game where something was on the line. A victory over Kansas City on Sunday would keep the 13-0 Packers perfect and also clinch home-field advantage for the playoffs. Jennings suffered a medial collateral ligament sprain in his left knee against"
December 13
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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If there's such thing as an earthly harmony that reigns over the football world and distributes credits and debits evenly, then the Green Bay Packers are living it right now. A year ago, just about every bit of injury news they got was bad. Last year, they lost a player to season-ending injured reserve every two weeks on average and on three occasions put two on the list on the same day. They were without an average of five starters each game over the course of the regular season. So, when the news came out Monday that wide receiver Greg Jennings had a sprained knee that would sideline him only two to three weeks, it was almost as if the scales had inched closer to even."
December 12
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Towel around his neck, wide receiver Greg Jennings gave the crowd a thumb's up and was carted to the locker room. The Green Bay Packers have lived these nightmare scenarios before. Midway through their 46-16 whipping of the Oakland Raiders, Jennings twisted his knee between a pair of defensive backs. "It didn't look very good, so we'll see what the MRI says tomorrow and hopefully, you know, we got a bye wrapped up, so he really has close to five weeks before the next game, or our playoff game," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "So hopefully we can get him ready for that." The most likely scenario seems to be a torn medial collateral ligament, which does not require surgery and generally"
November 22
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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If anyone knows Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings, it's teammate Donald Driver. And Driver said Monday that Jennings would play Thursday against Detroit. Jennings suffered a knee bruise against Tampa Bay on Sunday, and while it did not knock him out of the game, it did cause a lot of pain. Had the Packers practiced Monday, Jennings would have been out. But Driver is sure that won't be the case Thanksgiving Day. "I don't see why he wouldn't play," Driver said. "I don't think he would ever not play." Coach Mike McCarthy said the plan was to get Jennings out for some work in the only practice of the week Tuesday. How much he'll be able to do will be dictated by how he feels, but"
October 24
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The first guy to the X-ray machine when the Packers get home will be receiver Greg Jennings. He left the Metrodome with a bag of ice wrapped around the top of his right hand. Jennings injured the hand on the Packers' first series when he caught a 26-yard pass and was tackled along the Packers sideline. Jennings took himself out of the game and had the hand looked at on the sideline, then returned the next time the Packers got the ball. He said the medical staff did not take an X-ray of the hand at halftime. The part that might make people nervous is that Jennings said his hand went numb for quite a while and when he did return - he caught six more passes for 121 yards, including a 79-yard"
October 6
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings was a guest Wednesday night on the NFL Network show, "NFL Total Access." Jennings was asked if the team this season was better than last, how the Packers are preparing for the Atlanta Falcons and what he thought of Brett Favre's comments about Aaron Rodgers. This is what Jennings had to say about those topics: * On if Brett Favre's comments are an insult: "I think it can be skewed either way, but I don't believe that it was an insult. What he said, it's true. We feel like we should have done it a little sooner, but so does every other team in the NFL. The reality is we didn't; we did it last year. And as far as Aaron and his preparation, he took full"
October 3
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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There are no excuses. Greg Jennings refuses to give the rookie a pass. Oh, it's great that all five wide receivers made the highlight reel for the first game all season. One ball - in fact - can be spread around to everyone. But that 61-yarder from Randall Cobb? Not good enough. "It's like an ultimate fulfillment when everyone can get in on it," Jennings said. "(But) you have to get on Randall Cobb because he blew his opportunity." Four of the Green Bay Packers' five wideouts scored touchdowns in Sunday's 49-23 rout. Cobb, accelerating upfield in a flash, was tripped up on his long gain. "Come on now," Jennings said. "That's the standard we hold.""
September 7
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Wide receiver isn't widely viewed as one of pro football's more cerebral positions, but in Greg Jennings' eyes nothing is more critical to his game than outthinking the opposition. Often described as a stylish, sleek wide receiver, Jennings certainly is that but also a whole lot more. To the naked eye, it's legs and hands and talent that have made Jennings one of the half-dozen or so finest wide receivers in the National Football League. To Jennings, playing one of the NFL's glamour positions is mostly a matter of what's between the ears. "I approach the game a little differently," Jennings said late last month. "I think the No. 1 thing that separates the men from the boys (at wide"
July 27
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said re-signing free agent wide receiver James Jones "should be priority number one" for the club. "James is extremely talented and he's a guy that I think we have to bring back, without a doubt," Rodgers told Steve True of radio station WAUK-AM (540) in Milwaukee. "I mean that with all my heart. He really should be priority number one. We don't win the Super Bowl without him and we need him." Rodgers was asked about Jones dropping some passes."
June 9
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Sometime in the playoffs, before the NFC Championship Game, a few Green Bay Packers players were in the training room, dreaming and discussing the potential opportunities - like endorsement deals they might get - if they went all the way and won the Super Bowl. "Charles Woodson walked in and said, 'Look, fellas, you win the Super Bowl? You'll pretty much get whatever you want,'" receiver Greg Jennings said. "And that has kind of been the case. It has opened up so many doors and avenues, its unreal." Network award shows. Charity golf events with celebrities. And an open door Jennings didn't expect - acting. Jennings made an appearance on the CBS show "Criminal Minds" last year. It was a"
May 12
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Wide receiver Greg Jennings will be the fourth Packers player to be named to the NFL Network's top 100 players in the National Football League. Jennings falls somewhere between No. 80 and 71 in the ranking. All ten players in that group will be revealed at 7 p.m. Sunday on the NFL Network."
January 3
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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A young player might lose focus. A poorly coached player could lose confidence. A backup would take a seat on the bench. A Pro Bowl player makes someone pay. Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers really did throw a perfect ball to Greg Jennings in the second quarter Sunday against Chicago. Down, 3-0, in a game where every yard, first down and point mattered, Rodgers threw a ball that arched over Chicago cornerback Tim Jennings' outstretched range and right into Jennings' mitts. And then it glanced away, out of Jennings' grasp. In a flash, the great pass and probably a footrace for a touchdown, were gone. At first, all Jennings could do was laugh. And then on the sidelines all he would do was"
December 6
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Some great plays come from the playbook. Some just come from trust. After five years together, Aaron Rodgers and Greg Jennings don't have to do a lot of talking. The quarterback and receiver knew exactly what to do in the Packers' 34-16 victory over the 49ers on Sunday at Lambeau Field. Both had spectacular games overall. Rodgers had 21 completions for 298 yards, was once again interception free and threw three touchdowns. Jennings caught two of the touchdowns and had 122 receiving yards. But a Rodgers-to-Jennings connection on a free play was the most impressive. In the second quarter, Rodgers threw out a confusing hard count. Center Scott Wells saw the 49ers bite and quickly snapped the"
November 24
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Jermichael Finley is out for the year. Donald Driver has been hurt. The running game isn't what it once was. If ever there were a year for Greg Jennings to distinguish himself from his peers, carry the passing offense and seize his first Pro Bowl berth, this is it. In fact, after the Green Bay Packers drubbed the Minnesota Vikings and Jennings had a seven-catch, 152-yard, three-touchdown day, quarterback Aaron Rodgers said he has made a conscious effort to find No. 85 more often. Rodgers is as sure a bet as anyone to make the Pro Bowl. Why wouldn't his top target have a shot as well? Jennings sure has made his case. He has 32 receptions and 520 receiving yards in the last five games, four"
November 22
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The offensive play that finally got the Green Bay Packers going in their 31-3 walkover of the Minnesota Vikings did not occur until early in the second quarter. On third and 9 from his own 24-yard line, Aaron Rodgers went up top to Greg Jennings, who was streaking down the sideline. Burning Vikings rookie cornerback Chris Cook for the first of many times Sunday at the Metrodome, Jennings hauled in the pass for 47 yards. It not only was the breakout play for the Packers, it was the moment that also got Jennings going. Jennings scorched the Vikings with seven catches for 152 yards and three touchdowns, but he wasn't altogether pleased with the play that got the lid off for him and his team."
October 18
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Having his best game of the season Sunday was kind of like having the winning Powerball numbers . . . and then finding out the ticket only brought in $100. Big whoop-de-do. Green Bay receiver Greg Jennings didn't care about his heart-stopping 86-yard touchdown reception, the longest of his career and the longest as well for quarterback Aaron Rodgers. And he sure didn't have much regard for his 133-yard day, which also happened to be the first 100-yard game for any Packers receiver this season. The only number he had in mind was three, as in how many losses the Packers have after dropping an overtime game to Miami, 23-20. "It means nothing with a loss," said Jennings. "We all want to win."
October 13
Green Bay Press Gazette
columnist Mike Vandermause
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Unlike many of his teammates, Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings has managed to stay healthy this season, although you would never know it based on his meager statistics. Jennings ranks fourth on the team with 14 catches for 183 yards, including a combined six receptions for 65 yards in the last three games. That kind of limited production isn't what the Packers or Jennings had in mind when he signed a four-year, $26.885 million contract in June 2009. Is it any wonder the offense is struggling when its No. 1 receiver has been largely forgotten? Jennings is on pace to catch 45 passes for 586 yards, which would be his worst pro season. This is the same player who caught 80 passes"
December 31
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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It's a good thing the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals appear headed for a post-season matchup. The top receivers for each team, Greg Jennings and Larry Fitzgerald, will need the extra game to try to outdo one another. It's happened before, in the off-season, when their burgeoning rivalry of mutual admiration began. When Jennings accepted an out-of-the-blue invitation from Fitzgerald to work out with other NFL stars last summer in his native Minneapolis, the two squared off at the pingpong table. Jennings won in Fitzgerald's home in early July."
November 29
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Those poor referees. Do you ever pity them? You should. Why? Because they really hear it from Greg Jennings. It starts with stunned wide eyes and gives way to displeasure . . . How could they miss that? Then the arms come out, palms up, pleading for reasoning. It's never disrespectful, but Jennings must make them understand: They got it wrong. Jennings is a lot of things besides a star wide receiver for the 7-4 Green Bay Packers - among them, a winner. He's going to be right. It takes a mountain of evidence to prove otherwise. His wife Nicole did it once. He swore he bought their little girl a SpongeBob yellow tennis racket from Wal-Mart. She says, slowly, that no, he bought the one with"
November 26
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
columnist Lori Nickel
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Greg Jennings was doing a promotional presentation at Miller Park in Milwaukee when two women marched right up to him and asked him for his phone number. They were members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. They wanted his support, but Jennings had never heard of the organization. Now, Jennings has this thing, for as long as we have ever known him, and well before that. He really struggles with the word no. Surrounded by little kids tugging at him for an autograph, organizers leaning on him to move to the next spot and chants of "Greg! Greg! Greg over here!" being shouted in his ear from every direction, Jennings admired the women for their determination. He said yes. That's how"