Packers Monday Presser: Injuries And Offense
by Brandon on Dec 15, 2009 7:00 AM CST
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For the Green Bay Packers, Mike McCarthy on the injuries:
Johnny Jolly, he will probably miss some practice time this week with his knee sprain. Ryan Pickett will test probably Wednesday, possibly Thursday, to see if he'll go later in the week. Brandon Underwood, he will be limited this week in practice. And B.J. Raji will also be limited this week in practice.
For the second week in a row, a number of defensive lineman are banged up. But he didn't mention DE Cullen Jenkins who was limited in practice last week.
He was also asked why fantasy star QB Aaron Rodgers laid an egg just as the fantasy playoffs started, and McCarthy said there were "two minuses for the offense":
Our two biggest failures were No. 1, giving the ball away, and No. 2, the third-down production.
The two turnovers, a fumble by TE Jermichael Finley at the end of the first half, and a fumble by Rodgers on the first drive of the second half, were both in Bear territory, and ended potential scoring drives. Obviously turnovers are always bad.
But the third-down production comment was surprising. The Packers were 5 for 13 on 3rd down, plus 1 for 1 on 4th down, against the Bears. That's either a 38% or 43% success rate, if you factor in the 4th down conversion. The Packers have the 5th best 3rd down conversion rate this season at 45.2% (the Colts are No. 1 at 51.6%). I understand a coach will always want push his players to improve, but it was odd for him to mention something that they've been good at this season. Maybe the two failed 3rd down conversions in the red zone during the first half are stuck in his mind.
On the continuing struggles of K Mason Crosby:
(Are you going to bring in any kickers this week or work any out?)
I'll just say this. I have all the confidence in the world in Mason Crosby. As far as what players, what position, we bring players in here all the time on Tuesday, and I've never commented on it in the past, and I won't today. But I have all the confidence in the world in Mason Crosby.
I've got no patience for the lousy special teams performance on kick and punt coverage (and returns...) this season, but I agree with McCarthy on this one. Crosby has a league leading 8 missed FGs, and has only made 75% overall. But it didn't look like QB Matt Flynn did him any big favors holding both of his misses in the last two weeks. He's only made 1 of 5 attempts beyond 50 yards. I wouldn't be expecting many kickers would do well from that distance. Three teams this season haven't even attempted a field goal beyond 50 yards this season. Pull out those 4 misses (and 1 made) and he's an average kicker (85% made). Not a ringing endorsement, but it's not time to find any guy off the street either.
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Mason Crosby gives me fits anymore,
Its getting to the point where any time the Pack decide to go for a field goal beyond the 25 yard line, I as a fan start second guessing the decision. That just should not be. We all know Crosby has the leg, and he has shown the past few years he has the accuracy, but good grief get you act together Crosby…COMON MAN!
Green and Gold / Black and White
Every time it's at least 40 yds out and on the right hash
I think it won’t be good. He’s got some weird voodoo going on at the right hash. I wish McCarthy or Slocum would realize this.
battlekow: Bill is having an oppo-gasm
We could do the Rams of the early '00s
When they lost all of their kickers and simply went for it on 4th down all the time. Made kickoffs all the more exciting as well…
that would be a lot of fun
and lol who kicked off for them?
See, this is what happens when the Sox bunt.
Discord is sown. Brother fights brother. Misunderstandings abound.
-TAEG
Bah... it's just a slump.
Mason will get it back together, and I’m sure some drills with Flynn holding will help. I think of it in terms of acclimating to the new weather and how the ball probably feels and the fact that Soldier’s Field is a beast to kick field goals at anyway, much less mid to long range ones.
That said, YOU BETTER MAKE YOUR NEXT 6 FGs RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE, MASE.
Sorry. Just had to let it out.
"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Vince Lombardi
Hold
We all remember how Longwell was so anal about his hold had to be a perfect way or he couldn’t kick it well… Crosby has said just the opposite, that he doesn’t care about the hold. Well I think its time he starts to get a little more particular about how he wants the ball held. The lean forward, back, to either side… whatever, just get it figured out!!!
While Longwell was over the top w/ it, IMO Mason isn’t taking it seriously enough!
actuallyl, I think he's not getting his hips through
which makes the kick slide off to the right. This could be caused by planting too close to the ball.
I don’t get to see too many games, are the missed right balls slicing right or just pushed right?
They seem to me
like they’re pushing to the right every time. Like the trajectory starts going towads a made FG, then veers off to the right.. every time.
That’s the weird thing about the misses- I am definitely seeing the problem with the right hashmarks as well! And all the missed kicks are going wide right. Maybe he’s overcompensating for the wind or something? Who knows. I used to have a lot of confidence in Mason Crosby, but he’s like Sebastian Janikowski Jr.
Pushing right
I think he’s not making proper contact with his foot, looks like he hit it with the toes and not the center of the foot
but Im a soccer player, not a football kicker
See, this is what happens when the Sox bunt.
Discord is sown. Brother fights brother. Misunderstandings abound.
-TAEG
Crosby and Philip Welch need to spend some time together
Welch has been missing right so consistently that he’s been compensating and aiming left, which resulted in him doinking an extra point off the left upright against Hawaii.
On second thought, maybe they’d just make each other worse.
It was a great selection of awesome.
battlekow! I've missed you man over at BCB...why aren't you there anymore?
battlekow: Bill is having an oppo-gasm
I lost in the first round
Of my fantasy league after getting the #2 seed because our D and Rodgers both blew it…. That sucks…
Goooooo-mez!
by Drew C on Dec 15, 2009 3:45 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Kicking
could be like golf, where you just want to make a suddle tweek without reinventing the wheel, IDK, LOL. Maybe he just needs a therapist LOL
Guard, Richie Incognito released...
Anyone interested in bringing him on board. He kinda lost it last week but he’s been a pretty decent Guard for the Rams for the past 5 or so years….thoughts?
Rams release Richie Incognito
Posted by Michael David Smith on December 15, 2009 3:26 PM ET
The St. Louis Rams have released guard Richie Incognito, two days after he received a pair of personal fouls and got into a verbal confrontation with coach Steve Spagnuolo on the sideline during the Rams’ loss to the Tennessee Titans.
“As with all other personnel moves, this is what we felt was in the best interest of the team at this time,” Spagnuolo said in a statement released by the team. “We appreciate Richie’s efforts and we wish him the very best.”
Incognito twice head butted Titans players during Sunday’s game, the latest in a long line of incidents in which Incognito failed to control his temper.
Incognito has spent his entire five-year career with the Rams. St. Louis drafted him in the third round of the 2005 NFL draft.
Possibly...
But we have something in Sitton at RG and Lang’s natural position is thought to be LG, which I think he will take over sometime before the year gets done.
by packallday555 on Dec 15, 2009 6:24 PM CST up reply actions
would be a good backup
See, this is what happens when the Sox bunt.
Discord is sown. Brother fights brother. Misunderstandings abound.
-TAEG
Hmm
I saw that yesterday and thought about bringing him in as well. Aside from having one of the coolest last names in football, he’d be a pretty solid addition to the line, but yeah he has to play guard. Was Lang that bad at either of the tackle spots? I know that he didn’t do too well at LT because he doesn’t have long enough arms or whatever, but I thought he did okay at the RT spot.
A lot of the biggest problems on our team have come from messing up line chemistry as well as Daryn Colledge/Allen Barbre. I have no problem replacing Colledge (or training him in the offseason to be a tackle, since he’s a big dude and actually played LT in college at Boise St.) but if Incognito isn’t too expensive, I’d sign him. We already saw what happened this year when one of our linemen got injured- everything gets reshuffled and everything messes up. We definitely need someone that can step up and maybe even take over one of the guard spots.
By the way, I love that picture
Crosby looks pissed at Flynn, who is staring him down
See, this is what happens when the Sox bunt.
Discord is sown. Brother fights brother. Misunderstandings abound.
-TAEG
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