The timing of Johnny Jollys season-long suspension is curious, considering he was arrested two years ago and his trial is scheduled to start on July 30.

Green Bay Packers defensive end Johnny Jolly was suspended without pay for the 2010 season for violating the NFL substance abuse policy, the league announced Friday. Jolly will be eligible to apply for reinstatement after the Super Bowl next February.

The Packers have signed safety Morgan Burnett, their third-round draft pick, to a four-year deal, agent Robert Brown confirmed.

During his weekly appearance on the local sports talk radio station yesterday, former Packers defensive end Sean Jones briefly mentioned the attention his son has been getting from colleges.

Second-round draft pick Mike Neal, who is living in Green Bay, hasnt signed yet but fully expects to be at Packers training camp when it starts July 31.

The Green Bay Packers are interested in hosting a potential Big Ten Conference football championship game at Lambeau Field.

Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy said the team has made preliminary contact with Big Ten officials to request information on hosting a new conference championship game, which will become possible after Nebraska leaves the Big 12 for the Big Ten in 2011.

Mark Chmura will be inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame on Saturday night for a decorated eight-year career in the 1990s that included three Pro Bowl berths and a Super Bowl championship.

Instead of taking one last July getaway before training camp, Aaron Rodgers was slinging morning passes with reigning Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees and other NFL players in a San Diego-based football summer school this month.

Mike Vandermause chatted with readers on Thursday, July 15, 2010. There was plenty of anticipation for Packers training camp. To learn more, read the transcript.

Training camp must be approaching, because many national publications are writing about Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. USA Today provides an update on Rodgers working out in San Diego earlier this month with Saints QB Drew Brees.

The Packers will wear their new alternate third uniform when they play the San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field on Dec. 5.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is on the cover of ESPN The Magazines fantasy football special issue, dated July 26.

Brett Favre was badly beat up in Minnesota's overtime loss at New Orleans last January, a well-documented part of that epic NFC Championship Game.

The Green Bay Packers said Wednesday that the franchise's net profit was up last year and it had record revenue but said higher expenses, including player costs, remain worrisome.

The Green Bay Packers made more money last year than the year before, but doing business cost them more as well.

George Koch told his son Greg that he would be drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1977. Greg, a gritty offensive lineman from the University of Arkansas, wasnt amused by the prediction.

BAY HARBOR, Mich. Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson says he was lucky to escape a burning house in Michigan over the weekend.

Packers cornerback Charles Woodson and 10 others escaped a house fire in Bay Harbor, Mich., early Tuesday morning.

Brett Favre has done an interview with Mens Journal that sheds some light about his possible return for a 20th NFL season and sheds more light on his standoff with Packers GM Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy in 2008.