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It feels like election day around the Packer universe. Lots of voting going on.

Cornerback Charles Woodson was voted as the the NFC's Defensive Player of the Week. "Woodson had an interception and two forced fumbles in Sunday's win over the Dallas Cowboys," writes Rob Demovsky of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. "It was a performance that Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers called 'one of the better games that I've seen a defensive player play.'" It would have been a mockery if Woodson hadn't won this award.

Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com lists all the Green Bay Packers listed in the top five in balloting for the NFC Pro Bowl team. He starts off by mentioning that Aaron Rodgers is in third place behind, who else? Brett Favre. "In addition to Rodgers, other top vote-getters among Packers players include fullback John Kuhn (No. 3, 34,009), safety Atari Bigby (No. 4, 35,908), cornerback Charles Woodson (No. 3, 95,515), cornerback Al Harris, safety Nick Collins (No. 5, 22,913), linebacker A.J. Hawk (64,725), linebacker Aaron Kampman (No. 4, 67,453), placekicker Mason Crosby (No. 5, 32,722) and special teamer Desmond Bishop (29,033)," writes Seifert. One surprise is Atari Bigby ahead of Nick Collins at the safety position. I'm not sure where that is coming from.

Acme Packing Company is encouraging fans to vote for Clay Matthews over at NFL.com for the Pepsi NFL rookie of the week vote. "Show rookie LB Clay Matthews some love," encourages Brandon.

Martin Hendricks of Packer Plus details the work wide receiver Jordy Nelson has done to come back from injury and have an effective performance in his first game back against the Cowboys. Nelson, in particular, really helped the Packers on a sustained drive in the second half. "On a second-down play, Nelson caught a 10-yard pass for a first down and six plays later snared a 7-yard quick slant from Rodgers on a crucial third-and-6 situation from the Dallas 8-yard-line," writes Hendricks. Packer fans can only hope Jermichael Finley has as much of an impact when he returns to the field.

Mike Vandermause of the Green Bay Press-Gazette highlights the road Ahman Green had to go down to play football after 11 months away from the game. "Nothing materialized following a tryout with the St. Louis Rams in August, but Green continued to work out while maintaining his residence in De Pere," writes Vandermause. "When the phone finally rang again, Green Bay Packers director of football operations Reggie McKenzie was on the line offering a tryout."

Rob Reischel of Packer Plus looks at the rest of the season for Green Bay. "The question now is will these inconsistent Packers use that victory as a springboard or simply fade away quietly like they did in 2008?" asks Reischel. "They'll have a far greater indicator following Sunday's noon game against San Francisco (4-5)." These Packers are definitely better than the 2008 version. Hopefully they'll stay in the playoff hunt until the end.

Monty from Total Packers thinks the Packers could go with a conservative offensive game plan the rest of the season. "The Packers protection issues have caused the coaching staff, albeit belatedly, to implement a more conservative game plan," writes Monty. "The offensive line in its current state of disarray simply will not allow Rodgers to get the Packers deep-ball passing attack going on a regular basis."

Lori Nickel of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a feature on cornerback Al Harris helping his son battle Crohn's disease.

The long awaited return of Lounge Center is back.

Thanks to Bill Huber for joining us on Packer Transplants last night. Here's the replay of the show.

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