Packers sign Pro Bowl running back!

[Patler]

OK so it was a few years ago that he was in the pro bowl, and they only signed him so that he could retire a Packer, but they did resign Dorsey Levens today.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Leavens deserves to be in the Packers HOF, along with Antionio Freeman and Bill Schroeder.

[hurleyfan]

For real Sham?!?!

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

source?

[Patler]

Source:

JSOnline "Breaking News"


THURSDAY, June 1, 2006, 5:54 p.m.
By Todd Rosiak
Packers sign Levens; RB plans to retire

Green Bay - In a symbolic move, the Green Bay Packers on Thursday signed former Pro Bowl running back Dorsey Levens so that he can officially retire Friday a member of the team with which he began his National Football League career.

General manager Ted Thompson confirmed the transaction late Thursday afternoon through a team spokesman.

A fifth-round pick in 1994 by then-general manager Ron Wolf, Levens went on to play eight seasons for the Packers. In those eight seasons, Levens rushed 1,006 times for 3,927 yards and 28 touchdowns and caught 271 passes for 2079 yards and 16 touchdowns.

Levens' best season came in 1997, when he rushed 329 times for 1,435 yards and seven touchdowns and caught 53 passes for 370 yards and five touchdowns.

Levens also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants, with his final season coming with the Eagles in 2004.

[Joemailman]

I wonder if TT might try to talk him out of retirement if Davenport gets hurt again.

[hurleyfan]

Cool!

I'll bet the ol "Horse" still got some game!

[BF4MVP]

Would just be amazing if all of a sudden he decides not to retire and plays for us

Good move..Dorsey should retire a Packer, and should definitely be a Packer Hall of Famer..

[BooHoo]

Good PR move by the Pack in taking care of former players. He deserved the signing.

[Harlan Huckleby]

with the Packers RB situation, he has an outside shot of making the team!

[hurleyfan]

How old is he? Hasn't had very much contact the last few years... may still be "young"?

[BF4MVP]

How old is he? Hasn't had very much contact the last few years... may still be "young"?

He turned 36 eleven days ago..

Hey, Favre can play at 36, why can't Dorsey?

[Anti-Polar Bear]

The chance of Thompson signing Leavens to the active roster is as good as my chance of having sex with Kaira Knightly.

Levens was available last year after Green and Davenport went on the IR, and thompson did nothing but hibernated. Rumor has it that Gado was discovered by Sherman. Even with Gado, Pack werent able to form a consistent rushing attack. Levens would've helped the Pack...last year.

[Bretsky]

The chance of Thompson signing Leavens to the active roster is as good as my chance of having sex with Kaira Knightly.

Levens was available last year after Green and Davenport went on the IR, and thompson did nothing but hibernated. Rumor has it that Gado was discovered by Sherman.

Sherman couldn't discover the ocean if he was walking on the beach.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

[quote="Bretsky"]

Sherman couldn't discover the ocean if he was walking on the beach.

Yet, Sherman, the GM, never led an army into the realm of 4-12.