NFL SIDELINES - Packers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Packers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

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Thursday, 24 April 2008

Even without Brett Favre—as everyone is being led to believe—the Packers are in high demand with the league's television networks.

The team, which is expected to have a new starting quarterback in Aaron Rodgers for the first time since 1992, will play no less than six games that will be telecast nationwide next season.

Beginning with a season-opening Monday night matchup at home against division rival Minnesota on Sept. 8, the Packers have four prime-time games on the docket.

"If you look at it from the kind of season we had last year, I think obviously the Packers are a very attractive team to be on TV," new team president Mark Murphy said. "And, I think there's a lot of interest in, 'What are the Packers going to look like without Brett Favre?'"

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