Erik Walden

With defensive back Charles Woodson returning from injury, the Packers will have opportunities to pressure Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder on Saturday night in their NFC wild-card game. Think of zone blitz schemes that force the young quarterback...

GREEN BAY — It's one thing to block the Colts, without Dwight Freeney and with the comforts of playing at home. It's quite another to block the Packers, with Clay Matthews and the thunder that some 70,000 lathered-up Cheesies can create. The...

GREEN BAY, Wis.—After a season in which 15 opponents were vanquished, some NFL teams might become self-congratulatory. Big headed, even. There has been none of that in Green Bay, however. In fact, the talk in cheese country is all about...

The Sports Xchange Heyward-Bey impresses at Colts' OTA INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has been impressed with the addition of former Oakland wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, who joined the team through free agency....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Indianapolis Colts - INSIDE SLANT A year ago, quarterback Andrew Luck was unable to attend the Colts' organized team activity practices because of school commitments at Stanford. Luck, though, went on to have a...

NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT For one reason or another, the Packers didn't have close to a full squad on the field for their second session of this year's organized team activities Tuesday. Emerging cornerback Sam Shields is...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT The real fun, as chaotic as it is at times, will start May 20 when as many as 90 players congregate on the practice fields across from Lambeau Field for the start of organized team...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Indianapolis Colts - INSIDE SLANT While the Colts put their rookies and a handful of second-year players through workouts at the team's practice facility, a pair of first-year coordinators are getting a chance to...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT Since the establishment of the seven-round format in the NFL Draft in 1994, the Packers had taken only three running backs in the first three rounds and not once chosen two backs in...

NFL Team Report - Indianapolis Colts - INSIDE SLANT Just days after the end of the draft, the Colts' roster shakeup continued. In a move that didn't come as too much of a great surprise, the Colts decided to part ways with defensive end/outside...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Green Bay Packers - INSIDE SLANT --The Packers kicked off the second day of the NFL Draft in groundbreaking fashion. An hour before the Jacksonville Jaguars made the first pick of Round 2 on Friday night, a...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Indianapolis Colts - INSIDE SLANT It may have taken awhile, but the Colts made their first-round pick of the 2013 National Football League a good one. Nearly three hours after the draft got underway, the Colts...