Friday Packer Hits: Favre, Rodgers, Ellis, and Breno
by Brandon on May 22, 2009 7:00 AM CDT
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- Shorter Brad Childress: Sure I'm interested in Brett Favre, but he's retired. And as we all know, when Brett says he's retired, he stays retired.
- QB Aaron Rodgers goes to a baseball game in San Diego and mentions that he used to pitch in high school.
- Dallas OLB Greg Ellis will probably be released or traded soon. If the Packers hadn't drafted LB Clay Matthews, then trading for Ellis, who had 8 sacks in 2008 and 12.5 in 2007, would have been a good idea. Although OLB Anthony Spencer is the future in Dallas, I'm still surprised they're willing to move Ellis who can still get after the QB and provide depth.
- This isn't the first place I've read it, but it seems like the local sports writers expect 2nd year player OL Breno Giacomini is penciled in as the starter at right tackle in place of Mark Tauscher. Also, they all seem to have written off starting C Scott Wells. If Wells isn't healthy, he won't be able to stop Jason Spitz from taking over his starting job at center. But I can't imagine Giacomini will be the starter in 2009. Based on the performance-based bonus pool, no Packer played less than Giacomini, who was on the field for only four plays in 2008. It seems like a giant leap from a project 5th round pick to a starter in one season.
- The running joke that is ex-NFL QB Ryan Leaf just continues to roll on. What a waste.
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Hello Bleacher-ites,
Just a correction here. The above picture is of Aaron’s Broher Luke directing with the baseball gloves. Aaron is standing next to him smiling.
Nice try though.
by Mapman53 on May 22, 2009 9:12 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
AP blew it
Yea, I noticed that too. That’s why I left the caption out, but obviously it’s still there if you click on the picture. I wanted to edit the caption, but I couldn’t because obviously AP knows best…
Thanks for the heads up about who was actually wearing the batting gloves. I’ve never seen a picture of Luke before.
by Brandon on May 25, 2009 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
I think AP got it wrong there. A-Rodge is the one standing next to him.
by leo2z on May 22, 2009 12:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Like the idea of Ellis providing depth
Don’t know what their asking price might be, but if they are thinking of just cutting him it can’t be much. If he is still productive, he could give some nice depth and maybe help out Clay a bit. Worth a look.
Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.
by trumpetduck on May 22, 2009 3:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If
If, for some reason, he isn’t picked up for a high price than I agree. He’s a big name, a team like Denver or Kansas City will pay him.
by StephanL on May 23, 2009 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It seems worth a look
At least I think it could pay off. :-)
by NYCPack on May 25, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
is it just me
or with short hair does A-Rodge look alot like Jim from The Office (John Krysisnki or something like that i think is his real name)
by justinlewis on May 22, 2009 6:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If the price..
isn’t too much, then I would love to see us go after him. He is a proven player, and could mentor Matthews, though I suppose Greene probably the best mentor Matthews could have. Either way, I bet the price will be too much.
by packallday555 on May 23, 2009 6:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It seems he may end up being a Bengal, Patriot, or Dolphin…
by StephanL on May 24, 2009 1:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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