A roundup of what's happening on the Green Bay Packers beat.
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The voting is done. No matter what happens in this weekend's game, it can't impact anyone's Pro Bowl selections.
Fan voting was completed Monday. Players and coaches must turn in their ballots by the end of this week, although the Packers have already voted.
The Pro Bowl selections will be announced on Tuesday based on a consensus of the fan voting plus players and coaches selections. Each group's vote counts one-third.
And now we know how the fan voting went.
The NFL released the leading vote-getters at each position, and five Packers made the list. In fact, quarterback Aaron Rodgers topped the voting regardless of position. He received 1,015,004 votes, edging Denver's Peyton Manning (1,013,739). They were the only two players to top one million votes.
Receiver Jordy Nelson was ninth overall and second among receivers behind Pittsburgh's Antonio Brown. Guard Josh Sitton was second at his position behind Cleveland's Joel Bitonio, while Jarrett Bush was second among special teams players behind Cleveland's Johnson Bademosi. John Kuhn was the leading vote-getter at fullback.
For Bush, Nelson and Sitton, it would be their first Pro Bowl selections.
In case you missed it on ESPN.com:
Packers coach Mike McCarthy had the team elect postseason captains even though they have not even clinched a playoff spot yet.
Rodgers, speaking about McCarthy's decision to elect captains now, said his coach "likes to ooze confidence."
The Packers' injury list is long and includes some big-name players but most are expected to be available for Sunday's game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In Tampa on Sunday, the Packers will face their former center Evan Dietrich-Smith, who signed with the Bucs as a free agent last offseason after Green Bay decided to go in a different direction. It has worked out for both parties.
Our weekly stat check looked at where the Packers rank both as a team and in the individual categories.
ESPN Insider has Todd McShay's first mock draft of the season. He has the Packers addressing one of their biggest defensive needs.
Best of the rest:
At ESPNWisconsin.com, Jason Wilde wrote that David Bakhtiari has settled into the left tackle job so smoothly that he goes almost unnoticed.
At PackerReport.com, Matt Tevsh wrote about the difference between the Packers at home and on the road this season.
In the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Weston Hodkiewicz wrote that McCarthy is treating the home stretch of the regular season like it's the playoffs.
In the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tyler Dunne wrote that McCarthy's decision to elect playoff captains was a way to ramp up the team's energy.
In the Wisconsin State Journal, Tom Oates wrote that current Packers and former Wisconsin players Scott Tolzien and Jared Abbrederis had nothing but good things to say about new Badgers coach Paul Chryst, who was introduced on Wednesday.