Packers Win Super Bowl XLV - 15 Years Ago

Fifteen years ago today, the Green Bay Packers won another Super Bowl, their fourth. Add that to their nine league championships, before the Super Bowl was established, and the Packers have a total of 13 championships. That's the most in NFL history.

Watch Super Bowl XLV highlights.

Aaron Rodgers

Wild: Aaron Rodgers throws one last jab at the Jets in what could be his final press conference last night.

"There’s only a few very special places in the league that have the tradition, the town, the organization, and I'm thankful to have played for two of them."

😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/VHMUTVkmmo

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 13, 2026

If this is the end:

Thanks for the memories, Aaron Rodgerspic.twitter.com/TYdNWpw2I3

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) January 13, 2026

If this was it for Aaron Rodgers, it was a legendary career 🫡

The most talented QB in NFL history. pic.twitter.com/0p6TuLOQoS

— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) January 13, 2026

The first ever passing attempt of Aaron Rodgers’ career—a one-yard completion to Vonta Leach, just over 20 years ago. pic.twitter.com/CjJvn35GJ4

— zach jacobson (@zacobson) January 13, 2026

Packers Honor 2010 Super Bowl Team

Packers honoring the 2010 Super Bowl team at half. Mike McCarthy comes out last to a nice ovation. T.J. Lang and Josh Sitton with big hugs for their head coach. pic.twitter.com/N3X2wFEvt5

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) September 7, 2025

Good times.

Aaron Rodgers on the Beach

EXCLUSIVE: Solemn Aaron Rodgers caught strolling along a beach as he continues to ponder his NFL future 👀 pic.twitter.com/OJGa0ylzTY

— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) March 12, 2025

Whenever I see Aaron Rodgers, I always think about what might have been.

Aaron Rodgers Traded to Jets

😅 pic.twitter.com/DsVONvnrYw

— New York Jets (@nyjets) April 24, 2023

Following in Brett Favre's footsteps. It's kind of creepy, but so it goes.

Goodbye, Aaron.

FLASHBACK: Lombardi Trophy Comes Home

Packers Win Super Bowl XLV - 12 Years Ago

12 years ago today, #12 and the @Packers won #SBXLV! (via @NFLLegacy) pic.twitter.com/eWIOQN6ZNV

— NFL (@NFL) February 6, 2023

Ted Thompson R.I.P.

Thank you Cowboy Ted ❤️💔 #missyoubuddy #1stdraftpick # https://t.co/ULY4xVRJxf

— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) January 21, 2021

Rest in peace.

Green Bay Packers: 13 NFL Championships, Including 4 Super Bowls

On January 15, 1967, the Green Bay Packers won the first Super Bowl, beating the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.









The Green Bay Dynasty also took home the Super Bowl II title. After winning their third consecutive NFL Championship, the Pack defeated the Oakland Raiders, 33-14, on January 14, 1968.







Super Bowl II was Vince Lombardi's last game as the head coach of the Packers. It was the last time his players carried him off the field, victorious.

In his nine years at Green Bay, the Glory Years, Coach Lombardi won six Western Conference championships, five NFL championships, and two Super Bowls.

In 1997, the Green Bay Packers finally made it back to the league championship game, winning Super Bowl XXXI, and bringing home the Lombardi Trophy.







Nine years ago, the Green Bay Packers won another Super Bowl, their fourth. Add that to their nine league championships, before the Super Bowl was established, and the Packers have a total of 13 championships. That's the most in NFL history.
 






"It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win."

---Vince Lombardi

NFC North

Obviously, the Green Bay Packers are not doing well.

However, the Packers didn't win the division in 2010. Chicago did.

We beat Chicago in the NFC Championship Game, went to the Super Bowl, and won our fourth Super Bowl title.

Will history repeat itself?

It doesn't look like it will, but it's possible.

The Bears stay on top of the NFC North! pic.twitter.com/TucxGKpfMd

— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) November 19, 2018

Packers: Super Bowl XLV Champions

Seven years ago today, the Green Bay Packers won another Super Bowl, their fourth. Add that to their nine league championships, before the Super Bowl was established, and the Packers have a total of 13 championships. That's the most in NFL history.

Packers: Super Bowl XLV

Six years ago today, the Green Bay Packers won another Super Bowl, their fourth. Add that to their nine league championships, before the Super Bowl was established, and the Packers have a total of 13 championships. That's the most in NFL history.

Packers, Patriots, and Steelers

AFC team in Super Bowl will be @Patriots who @Packers beat in 1997 Super Bowl or @Steelers who @Packers beat in 2011 Super Bowl. pic.twitter.com/NA948JjhqM

— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) January 18, 2017

I noticed that, too.

Packers Wild Card

#Packers comeback falls just short in NFC North title game. #MINvsGB recap: https://t.co/MX38waNFSu pic.twitter.com/A9OU53pPK5

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) January 4, 2016

The Packers were a wild card team in 2011, when they won Super Bowl XLV.

McCarthy: I told the football team that it's important to turn the page. Playoff season is here.

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) January 4, 2016

We'll see.

Leno: Dog Pops Balloons, Picks Ravens (Video)

In 2011, Jay Leno had a dog pop balloons to predict the Super Bowl winner.

A mat was covered with balloons - black for the Steelers and gold for the Packers. The last balloon the dog popped would be her pick to win the game.

The dog picked the PACKERS!







Of course, the Packers did win.

The dog returned to make a prediction for Super Bowl XLVI.

The dog that's "never wrong" in its Super Bowl predictions was wrong, choosing the Patriots instead of the Giants.

Here's video of the dog's prediction for Super Bowl XLVII:



Prediction: The Ravens will win.

Donald Driver Retires

Donald Driver knows how to retire from playing professional football - with class.

From the Green Bay Press-Gazette:

Donald Driver, one of the most popular and productive receivers in Green Bay Packers history, has decided to retire.

The team announced his decision this morning, and Driver will make a formal announcement next week during a ceremony that will be open to the public.

It will take place Wednesday at the Lambeau Field Atrium at 11 a.m.

“I played my entire career in Green Bay and have always enjoyed a special bond with the fans,” said Driver. “I can think of no better way to retire than to celebrate with them and the Packers organization.”

...Driver is the Packers' all-time leader in receptions (743) and yards (10,137) and will go down as one of the great success stories in franchise history.

Unquestionably, Driver stands as one of the greatest players in Packers history.

Fans are invited to attend the event on Wednesday. Here's info:

Fans are invited to the announcement. A limited number of tickets, free of charge, will be available on a first-come, first-served basis in person at the Packers’ ticket office at Lambeau Field, beginning at 9 a.m. Friday. Distribution will be limited to four tickets per person.

Of course, I'm sorry to see Donald retire. I'll miss him, but he'll be around. When you're a "Packer for life," you don't go away.

Best wishes to Donald and his beautiful family!



Thanks for the sweet memories!

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From 620 WTMJ:

Listen to an indepth interview where he tells Newsradio 620 WTMJ's Gene Mueller and Greg Matzek his reasons for retiring, gives a special thank you to Packers fans and discusses his future.

Trenni Kusnierek and Politics

UPDATE: Trenni Kusnierek, in violation of her employer's policy, signed the petition to recall Governor Scott Walker.

April 4, 2012 - Mark Belling links to Kusnierek's tweets:

@AaronSchiebel In my defense, I looked at this like voting. Was not meant to be a "statement". Having a unique name got me thrown under bus

— Trenni Kusnierek (@trenni) April 3, 2012

@AaronSchiebel I guess I felt as someone who doesn't follow politics or work in news, it wasn't a conflict of interest. (cont)

— Trenni Kusnierek (@trenni) April 3, 2012

Kusnierek says she "doesn't follow politics."

Does this sound like someone interested in signing a recall petition?

With all due respect, she sounds like an airhead.
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Trenni Kusnierek, a 620 WTMJ sportscaster, is on Twitter.

I don't follow her, but I saw one of her posts via a retweet.

Apparently, Trenni thought it would be a good idea to express her excitement about the defeat of the Blunt Amendment.

She tweets:

Great news! @jaymeelee1 RT @NickKristof: Sen defeats Blunt Amendm, preserving access to family planning. Contraception essential health care

Later, she follows with this tweet:

Experienced an @jasonjwilde today. Posted politics & lost followers. Really hope that just b/c we think differently we can still coexist?

How naive!

Trenni is nearly 35 years old and she's a media personality, yet she has zero understanding of the ramifications of what she puts out on the Internet.

Public figures in apolitical positions take a risk when they post politically partisan stuff.

She also is naive when it comes to the purpose of the Blunt Amendment. Not too bright politically. She is exactly the sort of woman Obama and his cohorts are hoping to attract with their "war on women" and "'free' contraception" tripe.

Trenni, a Marquette University grad and a Catholic, according to her other tweets, obviously doesn't mind the Obama administration's assault on Catholic institutions and the trashing of the First Amendment.

Perhaps she just doesn't understand the significance of what this contraception debate is really about. Maybe she does and is cheering the erosion of our freedom.

This isn't the first tweet of hers that I've found a little weird.

When the Black Eyed Peas played the Super Bowl halftime show, Trenni tweeted that Fergie is "fugly."

Why do that?

In any event, many public figures appear to need some training on the consequences of participating on social sites.

One Year Ago Today

Super Bowl Depression

It's Super Bowl Sunday.

I don't feel good about it. It's depressing.

No funny $3 million for a 30-second spot commercial will help.

Food won't help.

The Packers' 15-1 season wasn't supposed to end at LAMBEAU by giving the Giants a chance at the Super Bowl XLVI title.

This is going to be a long day.

Originally posted February 7, 2011 - Fondly remembering last year, when the Lombardi Trophy came home:



Everything has a beginning.

Will Packer fans look back on Super Bowl XLV and mark it as the beginning of yet another dynasty in the history of the franchise?

Who knows? I think it's possible. After Sunday's game, after overcoming all the adversity of the 2010 season to become Super Bowl champions, the future seems so bright.

It's been a long time, 1998 to be exact, since I really cared about the outcome of the Super Bowl.

Of course, football takes center stage but fun and food and drink and the commercials and the half time show usually get plenty of my attention, too.

Not this year. Not with my Packers playing.

I was relaxed enough to concentrate on some of the pre-kickoff happenings. I heard Christina Aguilera screw up the lyrics of the National Anthem. It was just a little mistake and I don't think she should be bashed because of it. She recovered very well and overall did a great job.

I missed most of the commercials because we were listening to Wayne and Larry on the radio. The volume on the TV was muted. I watched some commercials but none seemed worth unmuting the volume.

No way could I stomach Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, not with being as tense as I was.

I was too stressed to eat as much as I normally do during the Super Bowl.

The Packers got off to such a fantastic start but then the injuries started to pile up. No Donald Driver. No Charles Woodson. Even with the 11-point lead after the first half, it was unsettling. Actually, it was nightmarish, like it was all going to slip away.

Half time: I could not have cared less about the Black Eyed Peas or Slash or Usher. It was background noise. I cared about the game and was worried about what would happen in the next two quarters.

The second half did not start off well. The anxiety was building.

It didn't feel like the Packers had a lead the entire game. We were never trailing. Still, the momentum swing was tough. It seemed like we were trying to catch the Steelers even though they were never winning. Never.

I was hoping Wayne would have been able to throw that Super Bowl Championship dagger much, much earlier in the fourth quarter. I desperately needed some relief.

But finally, the moment came. The Packers would be Super Bowl Champs for the fourth time. The Lombardi Trophy was coming home to Titletown.

Elation!


Video, from WLUK:

Green Bay celebrates Super Bowl title: fox11online.com

What the team accomplished really is remarkable.

Tony Walter, the Green Bay Press-Gazette, writes:

The trophy’s 14-year sabbatical from Wisconsin has ended. The satisfaction of being champion won’t grow weary to the ears of the Packers and their fans until somebody comes along to replace them. And the sight of another banner hanging in Lambeau Field will never grow too old for many.

The victory brought to a joyful conclusion an adventurous 2010 Packers season that moved between the valley and the mountaintop and finally, with a resolve that wouldn’t let injuries interfere, was not denied the ultimate prize.

Champions! Our time.

...Packers fans are known for their passion and a Super Bowl title is an annual dream.

That dream seemed fantasy less than two months ago when the Packers stumbled against the Detroit Lions, lost valiantly to the New England Patriots and were left with only one option.

Win the rest of the games. All of them.

The Giants, the Bears, the Eagles, the Falcons, the Bears. And the Steelers.

It is an accomplishment that will find its deserving place in the team’s proud history, alongside Curly Lambeau’s direction of triple titles of 1929-31, the three-peat of Vince Lombardi’s 1965-67 teams, and the Mike Holmgren-led victory in Super Bowl XXXI at the end of the 1996 season.

The Packers' only option to achieve their goal was to pull off six straight wins.

They did it.

Mike McCarthy should be Coach of the Year. I guess he'll have to settle for a street named for him in Green Bay. Win a Super Bowl and that happens, as it should.

Dom Capers deserves at least a cul-de-sac.

The players showed such heart and such grit and such talent.

Aaron Rodgers was snubbed for the Pro Bowl, but being the Super Bowl MVP has to take the sting out of that.

He takes his place among the elite quarterbacks in the league.

Already, his place in Packer history is secure. Aaron has matched Favre's one Super Bowl victory and he did what Favre never accomplished - be Super Bowl MVP.

It's well known that the disgraced Vikings quarterback Brett Favre "wanted to stick it to Ted Thompson."

The reality, Favre knows now, is he not only wanted to play again, but he wanted to show Green Bay -- particularly general manager Ted Thompson -- that it was making a big mistake in going forward without him.

Well, in just three seasons after Favre left, the Lombardi Trophy is back in Green Bay.

It was most definitely not a big mistake going forward without Favre.

We are celebrating another title.

Congratulations, Green Bay Packers!

Thank you for bringing the Lombardi Trophy home!
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Greg Jennings' Tweets:

Dreams do come true! You know what it is Green and Yellow Green and Yellow Green and yellow!!! http://twitpic.com/3xbw1c

This feeling is surreal. But I'll take it any day. superbowl champs. Great day to be a packer baby.

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Posted by Tom Crabtree on Saturday, February 4, 2012:

One more day as defending champs. Eternity as champions.

True.

Leno: Dog Pops Balloons, Picks Patriots (Video)

Last year, Jay Leno had a dog pop balloons to predict the Super Bowl winner.

A mat was covered with balloons - black for the Steelers and gold for the Packers. The last balloon the dog popped would be her pick to win the game.

The dog picked the PACKERS!







Of course, the Packers did win.

The dog returned to make a prediction for Super Bowl XLVI.

Alas, the balloons were only blue this year. No gold for the Packers.

Here's video:



Prediction: The Patriots will win.


Whatever.
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UPDATE, February 5, 2012: The dog that's "never wrong" in its Super Bowl predictions was wrong this year.
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UPDATE, February 2, 2013: The dog that's "never wrong" in its Super Bowl predictions picks the Baltimore Ravens to win this year.

January Thaw

What a glorious winter it has been!

One year ago, we had a blizzard. The drifts were so high that we couldn't open our front or back doors.

I painstakingly used a kitchen scoop to shovel out the back, little by little, until we could open the door wide enough to step outside.

It was such a pain for the weather to get in the way of making preparations for Super Bowl Sunday. I didn't have time to be snowed in when the Packers were just days away from becoming Super Bowl Champions again.



This year, there are no monster drifts, barely any snow left in the yard.

It's a beautiful January thaw. It's my kind of winter.

Perfect, almost.

We aren't in the Super Bowl.