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Robinson Released
The Packers ended the Koren Robinson era in Green Bay Friday after the team released the troubled wide receiver after two seasons with the team. Robinson spent his first four years in the league with the Seattle Seahawks before spending a season with the Minnesota Vikings.
Robinson had numerous run-ins with the law, including DUI in 2005, a high-speed car chase with police in 2006, and violating the league’s substance abuse policy in 2004. The high-speed car chase was what prompted the Vikings to cut Robinson and the league to suspend him for one year.
Robinson appeared in four games for the Packers in 2006 before being handed a one-year suspension. Brett Favre pleaded for his reinstatement a year later, and Robinson played in nine games for the Packers in 2007. He totaled 21 catches for 241 yards and one touchdown to go with 25 kickoff returns for 596 yards.
The drafting of wide receivers Jordy Nelson and Brett Swain in the 2008 NFL Draft made Robinson expendable. The addition of Robinson last year is what made the Packers have the ability to line up in their five-wide receiver sets and create mismatches. Nelson will most likely be expected to take Robinson’s place.
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