Friday Injury Report for Week 2

by Brandon on Sep 13, 2008 12:23 AM CDT in News Comment 6 comments

Every week it seems like the Packers have half their team on the injury report, and the other team has three guys listed. Are the Packers injury prone or just brutally honest?

It looks like all these guys will play, except C Scott Wells, RG Josh Sitton, and CB Charles Woodson. The offensive line was fantastic against Minnesota, except for penalties (especially you Tony Moll!), so there's no reason to rush Wells. I'm not sure Sitton would start even if he was healthy. Woodson is a big loss, he's not being ruled out until game time but it doesn't look good. CB Tramon Williams would start in his place, and he already had one pass interference penalty this season. I can't see how Woodson will be able to play for a few weeks, at least, on a broken toe. No one in the secondary can replace his coverage skills and his ability to grab INTs.

Player	Pos.	Injury	Friday Participation	Friday Status
Atari Bigby	S	Bicep	Full Participation	Probable
Brandon Chillar	LB	Back	Full Participation	Probable
Chad Clifton	T	Knees	Full Participation	Probable
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila	DE	Knee	Did Not Participate	Probable
Ryan Grant	RB	Hamstring	Full Participation	Questionable
Brandon Jackson	RB	Concussion	Full Participation	Probable
James Jones	WR	Knee	Full Participation	Probable
Ruvell Martin	WR	Finger	Limited Participation	Questionable
Charlie Peprah	S	Hamstring	Full Participation	Questionable
Aaron Rouse	S	Ankle	Did Not Participate	Questionable
Josh Sitton	G	Knee	Out	Out
Scott Wells	C	Back	Did Not Participate	Out
Charles Woodson	CB	Toe	Did Not Participate	Questionable

Poll

Do You Think Woodson Will Play This Week?

Yes, He'll Play Through The Pain

19 votes

No, Not This Week

12 votes

No Way, He's Out For Weeks

2 votes

33 votes | Poll has closed

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Our front seven should absolutely dominate the Lions

I think we’ll be fine without Charles Woodson. We obviously need him more when we play Dallas, the next week.

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by jobe on Sep 13, 2008 3:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed;

the defense doesn’t necessarily “need” Woodson as much as they would against a more potent offense, like Dallas or Indy.

That said, I hope that:

Tramon Williams is up to covering Roy Williams. Tramon is a pretty good player, but I don’t think he’s as physical as Woodson, and when he tries to be he will get flagged for it.

Al Harris is up to covering Megatron. Obviously, if Woodson is out, this is the answer to the Calvin Johnson question. Harris is big enough and strong enough to cover Johnson, but his age is starting to show and he’s frankly not able to get away with as much contact as he was even last season.

Bob Sanders finds a way to give both guys help when they need it. Roll a safety to one side of the field. Double up when in nickel or dime packages. Blitz more to try to take advantage of Detroit’s line troubles. These are all necessary moves, but they’re also risky in that they open up seams in the middle of the field, underneath routes, and holes in coverage left by blitzing defenders.

Considering Dan Campbell is on IR, the only Lions’ player that even remotely resembles an offensive threat (pass defense-wise) is Mike Furrey. Also, given the amount of pressure that they put on Tavaris Jackson last week, and given that Kitna is not nearly as mobile, the defensive line should have a pretty good outing. Control Roy Williams and contain Calvin Johnson as much as possible, and this should be a win.

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by Mitchell_M on Sep 13, 2008 9:02 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs