Friday Injury Report for Week 5 vs. Atlanta

by Brandon on Oct 4, 2008 5:00 PM CDT in Analysis Comment 2 comments

What a mess. 14 players listed on the injury report, including 10 starters.

Player	Pos.	Injury	Friday Participation	Friday Status
Atari Bigby	S	Hamstring	Did Not Participate	Doubtful
Chad Clifton	T	Knees	Full Participation	Probable
Nick Collins	S	Back	Full Participation	Probable
Korey Hall	FB	Knee	Did Not Participate	Doubtful
Al Harris	CB	Spleen	Out	Out
A.J. Hawk	LB	Groin	Did Not Participate	Questionable
Jason Hunter	DE	Hamstring	Did Not Participate	Doubtful
Cullen Jenkins	DE	Chest	Did Not Participate	Out
James Jones	WR	Knee	Full Participation	Probable
Kregg Lumpkin	RB	Hamstring	Did Not Participate	Doubtful
Ryan Pickett	DT	Knee	Full Participation	Probable
Aaron Rodgers	QB	Right Shoulder	Limited Participation	Questionable
Aaron Rouse	S	Knee	Did Not Participate	Doubtful
Charles Woodson	CB	Toe	Did Not Participate	Probable

Harris and Jenkins are out. Clifton, Collins, Pickett, and Woodson should play through their injuries and start. Bigby and Hall should be out again, as they have been for the last two games, and I have no idea about Hawk or Rouse (who should be a starter if Bigby is out). That's 9 starters, and one replacement starter. The Packers have good backups at every position, except no one can replace Jenkins pass rush from the defensive tackle spot, and should be able to compete even if all these starters miss this game.

The 10th regular starter is obviously Rodgers. He's a game time decision, but he will be playing through some right shoulder pain even if he does play. I have no idea how the offense functions without him. The running game has been dead the last three weeks, and it wasn't great in the week 1 game against Minnesota either. Rookie QB Matt Flynn is a promising young QB, but he's not ready. It's not his fault, rookie QBs shouldn't have to start. The shoulder injury wasn't Rodgers fault, well maybe he should haven't been trying to stretch out on a busted scramble play, but his consecutive games started streak should end at four. Boy it sure would be nice to have a QB who could start 257 consecutive games. Hey, everyone will mention it if Rodgers misses this game.

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Will Aaron Rodgers Play Through The Pain?

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No

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Yuck

That is waaaay too many injuries. Thankfully, depth hasn’t been a huge problem for this team. At least historically; I don’t think we’ve had a case where nearly 50% (10/22) of the starting lineup is hurt.

The only injury that really bugs me is A.J. Hawk. Without him, Michael Turner is free to run wild while Cullen Jenkins is on the sidelines and Nick Barnett continues his disappearing act.

On the bright side, we should have all five of our wide recievers for this game. James Jones was an important part of the offense last year, and I’m very anxious to see how he fits in with new star Greg Jennings, aging star Donald Driver, young gun Jordy Nelson, and the forgotten WR, Ruvell Martin.

Finally, I have to say this: all the Favre comparisons since Aaron hurt his shoulder irritate me more than Sarah Palin. The guy busted his shoulder up. If Favre was in that play, he’d have been hurting too, but everyone would have sung his praises because he came back and threw a touchdown before going out for good. Aaron Rodgers comes back and throws a score? A big fat “meh” from everyone involved. I hate this double standard, and I wish it to die a slow, painful death.

"I'm so clean, cats think I sip Ajax."

by Mitchell_M on Oct 4, 2008 7:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

A swift, painful death would be preferable.

The QB situation was always going to occur some point this year; the jury’s out on whether getting it out the way early is a blessing in disguise, I reckon.

Could be a loooong day out there this afternoon; still, nil desperandum, eh? :)

by rudi on Oct 4, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs