MIKE NEAL RUMORS & GOSSIP
Green Bay Packers Trying Mike Neal at Outside Linebacker
If there is one thing Mike Neal has proven he can do for the Green Bay Packers defense, it’s rush the passer. Now, the Packers may be trying to maximize that ability because on the first day of organized team activities, the fourth-year defender from Purdue was moved from his customary defensive end position to outside linebacker.
Remembering that it is only OTA’s — the move...
Packers Defensive Line Entering Big Contract Year
Packers defensive linemen Neal, Wilson, and Pickett are all set to become free agents in 2014.
In the wake of the Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews contract extensions, many of us have been wondering how the Green Bay Packers will utilize their remaining cap space. How they use it will depend a lot on the current players who will be free agency following this season. Not counting the...
Packers Mike Neal: 2012 Player Evaluation and Report Card
1) Introduction: With the departure of Cullen Jenkins to the Eagles via free agency after the 2010 Super Bowl campaign, the Packers drafted the Purdue lineman in the 2nd round. After that, nothing has really gone right in his career. Neal has constantly been hurt, often landing on IR and to make matters worse, Neal was suspended for the 1st 4 games of the season for taking a...
Neal almost ready to return to roster
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Mike Neal feels like a new man. After serving a four-game suspension for a violation of the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances, the third-year Packers defensive end is back with the team and ready for a fresh start."Let's put it this way: It's like letting somebody out of jail before they knew he was innocent," Neal said. "...
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October 04, 2012
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Packers' Neal: 'I never took any steroids'
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- One failed appeal with the NFL hasn't stopped Green Bay Packers defensive end Mike Neal from trying again in an effort to overturn his league-imposed four-game suspension. In fact, Neal is claiming he was not given "a fair chance" the first time.The NFL suspended Neal in March for what it deemed was a violation of the league's policy on performance...
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June 05, 2012
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Packers Beer Mug Perspective: The Catch and Release of Mike Neal?
Yesterday afternoon, our fellow blogger in crime Zach Kruse shared an interesting bit of information over at CheeseheadTV.com. Apparently some Green Bay Packers sources indicated to Pro Football Weekly that they “will not be shocked in the least if the team releases injury-prone DE Mike Neal after the draft.”
Neal’s recent violation of the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances...
Neal claims he was suspended on technicality
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Packers defensive end Mike Neal lost his appeal with the NFL in an effort to overturn his four-game suspension but insists he's not guilty of taking a performance-enhancing drug.On March 13, an NFL spokesperson said Neal "has been suspended without pay for the team's first four games of the 2012 regular season for violating the NFL policy on performance...
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March 27, 2012
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NFL suspends Packers Neal for four games
GREEN BAY, Wis. The latest setback in the development of oft-injured Packers defensive end Mike Neal is a big one.
The NFL has suspended the 6-foot-3, 294-pound Neal for the first four games of the 2012 regular season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances.
However, Neal is eligible to participate in all offseason and preseason practices and games...
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March 13, 2012
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Packers DE Mike Neal Suspended
Packers DE Mike Neal has been suspended for the first four games of the season.
Packers DE Mike Neal has been suspended for the first four game of the season after violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.
Last week, Neal mysteriously deleted his twitter account. I guess now we know why… - Al
We’ll have more as this story develops.
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Neal not satisfied with his recent play
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It took more than an entire year for Packers defensive end Mike Neal to get back on the field after dealing with a variety of injuries throughout most of his first two seasons in the NFL.
Since his return from a knee injury in Week 11, coach Mike McCarthy hasn't expected Neal to be playing at the same level as his teammates.
"Mike's just getting...
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December 07, 2011
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