(WNFL/LEARFIELD) – The Green Bay Packers safeties got a lot of negative press from critics in 2023.
Now this season with the likes of Xavier McKinney and rookie Javon Bullard, things have been quite diffferent.
With Arizona coming up on Sunday at Lambeau Field, Bullard talked about the Packers safety group.
Bullard also discussed the difficulty for the defensive backs and safeties in defending Kyler Murray.
As for Murray, Bullard had praise for him.
Kickoff is at noon on Sunday.
Besides the game …: The Green Bay Packers are welcoming back featured alumni Ahman Green and Mike Flanagan for the Packers-Cardinals game on Sunday.
Leading up to the game, the featured alumni will be signing autographs and visiting with fans at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 11 a.m. to noon.
On gameday, Flanagan will be visiting with fans and signing autographs at surprise locations around Lambeau Field from 10:25 to 11:25 a.m. Green will be visiting with fans and signing autographs during that same time in the Legends Club on the Associated Bank Club Level, an area accessible to game attendees with suite or club seat tickets.
Additional Packers alumni will also be part of the gameday festivities on Sunday at various displays on the Fan Walkway, located on the east side of Lambeau Field near the Johnsonville Tailgate Village. Lynn Dickey will sign autographs and greet fans at the Chevrolet display from 9 to 11 a.m., and LeRoy Butler be at the Sargento display greeting fans from 10 a.m. until kickoff.
Karl Swanke and Samkon Gado will also be at Titletown for Titletown Gameday Live presented by American Family Insurance before the game. They’ll participate in a question-and-answer session at 10 a.m., and will greet fans afterward until 11 a.m.
Prior to kickoff, Packers alumni Chester Marcol and George Cumby will sign autographs for fans in the U.S. Cellular Loft inside Lambeau Field from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Ahman Green, a running back who was obtained through a trade with Seattle in 2000, played eight seasons (2000-06, ’09) with the Packers and finished as the club’s all-time rushing leader with 8,322 yards. He also holds franchise records for most yards from scrimmage (11,048), 1,000-yard seasons (six), 100-yard games (33) and rushing attempts (1,851). In 2003, Green set the team’s single-season rushing mark (1,883 yards) and set the franchise’s single-season touchdown mark (20). Green also was a four-time Pro Bowl selection (2001-04) and was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 2014.
Mike Flanagan was selected by the Packers in the third round of the 1996 draft and spent eight seasons with the club. A stalwart at center, he played in 98 regular-season games, starting 64 of them, and played the entire 2001 season without incurring a holding penalty. A key member of several formidable offensive lines, he was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2003, the first such honor for a Packers center since 1996. He spent the final two years of his NFL career in Houston and retired after the 2007 season.
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