Packers News: Julius Peppers announces retirement
A roundup of the latest Green Bay Packers articles for Saturday, February 2.
Good morning and welcome to the Packers News Report. Julius Peppers has put together a Hall-of-Fame career, and the former Green Bay Packers outside linebacker announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday.
He wrote an excellent post for The Players’ Tribune. Peppers wrote about his time with the Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, and of course, the Packers.
Erik Lambert of NFL Mocks put together a list of the 10 best players to never win a Super Bowl. Peppers makes the list.
In the Packers News Report today: an article on the impact Peppers had in the Packers defense, Jarod Hernandez’s article on new wide receivers coach Alvis Whitted, and more.
Here’s a roundup of the latest articles from around the internet.
News and notes from around FanSided
Thank you, Julius Peppers (Lombardi Ave)
Julius Peppers announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday. He only played in Green Bay for three seasons, but he had a huge impact on the defense. Green Bay reached the NFC Championship Game twice in that time.
Alvis Whitted named new wide receivers coach (Lombardi Ave)
In his first article for Lombardi Ave, Jarod Hernandez takes a look at Green Bay’s new wide receivers coach Alvis Whitted, and the jobs Whitted has had before being hired.
NFL Honors 2019: Predicting every award winner (NFL Spin Zone – Randy Gurzi)
Randy Gurzi of NFL Spin Zone has made his predictions for the winners of every award at the NFL Honors 2019.
More news and notes from around the internet
Julius Peppers salutes Packers fans in announcing retirement: ‘Green Bay just felt like home’ (PackersNews.com – JR Radcliffe)
Packers 2019 free agent TEs: Another offseason of expected upheaval (Acme Packing Company – Peter Bukowski)
Aaron Rodgers: All-time great Julius Peppers deserved a ring (PackersWire – Zach Kruse)
Five things to know about Shawn Mennenga (Packers.com – Mike Spofford)
Blue 58 podcast, Episode 154 – When 2018 started to unravel (The Power Sweep – Gary Zilavy)
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