The Green Bay Packers are sending 7 players to the Pro Bowl.  Four offensive players and three defensive players is the breakdown of the Packers’ Pro Bowlers. 28-year old  QB Aaron Rodgers will be the starter for the NFC in the Pro Bowl.  Rodgers has played in 15 games for the Packers so far this year and he has completed 343 of 502 passes (68.3%) for 4,643 yards with 45 TD passes and 6 INTs (122.5 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 60 times for 257 yards (4.3 ypc) with 3 TD runs so far this year.  28-year old WR Greg Jennings might not be healthy enough to play in the Pro Bowl.  Jennings has played in 13 games so far this year for the Packers and he has caught 67 passes for 949 yards (14.2 avg) with 9 TD grabs.  30-year old center Scott Wells will be a backup in the Pro Bowl.  He has played in 15 games (all starts) for the Packers so far this year.  29-year old fullback John Kuhn will be a starter in the Pro Bowl for the NFC.  He has played in 15 games for the Packers so far this year and he has carried the ball 28 times for 73 yards (2.6 ypc) with 4 TD runs and he has caught 13 passes for 67 yards (5.2 avg) with 2 TD grabs.  Kuhn is a good blocker, but the Packers like giving him the ball around the end zone.

35-year old CB Charles Woodson will be a starter for the NFC.  He has played in 15 games for the Packers so far this year and he has 74 tackles, 17 passes defensed, 7 interceptions (1 returned for a TD), 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery and 2 tackles for a loss.  25-year old OLB Clay Matthews will also be a starter for the NFC.  He has played in 15 games for the Packers so far this year and he has 50 tackles, 6 sacks, 5 tackles for a loss, 3 forced fumbles, 9 passes defensed and 3 interceptions (one returned for a TD).  25-year old DT B.J. Raji has played in 15 games for the Packers so far this year and he has 21 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 fumble recovery and 2 passes defensed.  Raji also has 1 carry that went for a 1-yard TD.

The Packers have lost 22-year old rookie OT Derek Sherrod for the rest of the season due to a broken leg suffered against the Chiefs yesterday.  Sherrod played in 5 games (0 starts) for the Packers this year.  He was a first round pick out of Mississippi State last April.  This is a bad break for the Packers and Sherrod as he was likely going to see a bump in P.T. the last two weeks of the regular season.

23-year old TE Andrew Quarless is done for the season due to a knee injury that requires surgery.  Quarless played in 10 games for the Packers this year and he caught 3 passes for 36 yards (12.0 avg).  He has now played in 23 games in his first two years with the Packers and he has caught 24 passes for 274 yards (11.4 avg) with 1 TD grab.  Quarless was the Packers’ #3 TE, so they should be o.k. without him the rest of the way.

23-year old RB Alex Green was a third round pick out of Hawaii last April.  He lasted 4 games for the Packers in which he carried the ball 3 times for 11 yards (3.7 ypc).  He also caught 1 pass for six yards for the Packers this year.  Green is set to undergo season ending surgery on his left knee soon.  This is a bad break for Green, but the Packers should be o.k. without him for now.

The Green Bay Packers are going to be without 35-year old starting left tackle Chad Clifton for a while due to a hamstring injury.  He has started all five games for the Packers so far this year.  23-year old Michael Newhouse replaced him at LT against the Falcons and they scored in five of the seven series he played in.  Newhouse has played in 5 games (2 starts) so far this year for the Packers.  The Packers are going to miss Clifton, but they are hoping that Newhouse will be able to step up and lessen the blow.

The Packers have lost safety Nick Collins for the season with a serious neck injury.  Collins played in both games for the Packers this year and he had 12 tackles, 1 pass defensed and 1 forced fumble.  Collins has now played in 95 games in his first 7 years with the Packers and he has 419 tackles, 67 passes defensed, 21 interceptions (4 returned for TDs), 1 sack, 6 forced fumbles, 4 fumble recoveries and 9 tackles for a loss.  Starting strong safety Morgan Burnett will slide back to free safety to replace Collins in the starting lineup.  Burnett has 21 tackles, 2 passes defensed, 1 interception, 1 sack and 1 forced fumble so far this year in the Packers’ first two games.   28-year old Charlie Peprah will replace Burnett as the starting strong safety.  He has 2 tackles in the Packers’ first two games this year.  Peprah played in 14 games for the Packers last year and he had 63 tackles, 2 interceptions, 5 passes defensed and 3 tackles for a loss.  Peprah did a solid job for the Packers when he replace an injured Morgan Burnett at strong safety, so the Packers have confidence in him.

UPDATE:  (10/12/2011) – The Packers have officially placed Nick Collins on the Injured Reserve List, ending his season.

The Green Bay Packers have lost 24-year old DE Mike Neal indefinitely due to surgery on his left knee last week.  This is a bad break for Neal as he was likely going to get a lot more P.T. than he did as a rookie in 2010.  Neal played in only 2 games for the Packers last year but he had 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 tackle for a loss and he forced a fumble.  Those are pretty impressive numbers for a guy getting his first taste in the NFL.

The Packers have dealt 24-year old fullback Quinn Johnson to the Titans for an undisclosed draft pick.  Johnson played in 11 games (4 starts) for the Packers last year and he caught 3 passes for 26 yards (8.7 avg).  He played in 20 games (4 starts) in his two years with the Packers and he caught 5 passes for 30 yards (6.0 avg).  This isn’t much of a loss for the Packers, as they took advantage of Titans’ fullback Ahmard Hall’s suspension to make this deal.

The Packers have dealt 23-year old rookie guard Caleb Schlauderaff to the Jets for an undisclosed draft pick.  The Packers took Schlauderaff in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft.  He played in all 4 preseason games for the Packers in 2011.  This is going to be no loss for the Packers because at best, Schlauderaff would have probably been on the practice squad in 2011.

The Packers have released 28-year old TE Spencer Havner.  Havner played in 21 games (1 start) for the Packers over the last three years and he caught 7 passes for 112 yards (16.0 avg) with 1 TD grab.  He also returned 2 kickoffs for 26 yards (13.0 avg) for the Packers.  The Packers shouldn’t miss Havner too much going forward as they are pretty loaded at TE for the 2011 season.