The Packers have slapped the franchise tag on 30-year old NT Ryan Pickett which will guarantee him at least $7.003 million bucks in 2010.  Pickett played in 13 games for the Packers last season and he made 33 tackles, defensed 2 passes and he had 3 tackles for a loss.  Pickett has now played in 59 games in his four years with the Packers and he has made 184 tackles, defensed 11 passes and he has 2.5 sacks.  Pickett is a huge key to the Packers’ run defense so it was smart to make sure he will be playing for them in 2010.

UPDATE:  The Packers have signed Ryan Pickett to a new 4-year, $28 million dollar deal with $10 million bucks guaranteed.  This was a good move for the Packers.

35-year old WR Donald Driver keeps rolling for the Green Bay Packers.  He played in 16 games for the Packers last season and he caught 70 passes for 1,061 yards (15.2 avg) with 6 TD grabs.  Driver certainly doesn’t play like a man that is 35 years old as he still has all of the toughness and speed that he had when he came into the NFL and that is amazing.  Driver has now played in 161 games in his NFL career and he has caught 647 passes for 9,050 yards (14.0 avg) with 49 TD grabs.