ESPN reports that the Green Bay Packers will release veteran defensive back Charles Woodson, a source familiar with the situation has told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Carl Poston, the agent for Woodson, first told NFL.com that the club would be releasing his client.  “They’re getting ready to release him. It’s part of the business,” Poston said. “I just talked to him. He sounds like he has a lot of football left. He’d like to play for a contender, win another Super Bowl.”

Some fans might see this as a shock but Woodson is another victim of the salary cap.  Woodson was set to make $9 million in 2013 and would count for $10 million against the Packers’ salary cap.

Will some team make a big splash and pick up Woodson? We’ll see.

Green Bay Packer Wide Receiver Donald Driver announced on the Mike and Mike show that he was hanging up the cleats for good.

“I’m going to officially put the cleats on the shelf. I’m going to walk away from the game.”

Driver also said that he will make a formal announcement on February 6, at Lambeau Field.

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

Fans are invited to attend Driver’s retirement news conference and tickets will be distributed free of charge.

“I’m going to open my retirement up to the fans … give them everything they deserve”

 

Driver will retire as the Packers’ all-time leader in receptions (743) and yards (10,137). He also had 61 touchdown receptions (third on Packers’ all-time list) in 205 career games. He  also holds the Packers record for a receiver with seven 1,000-yard seasons.