Packer Notes: On The Injuries

for the simple reason that you will always remember it as part of your Green Bay experience!
It has been 13 years since my GB pilgramage,
but I would highly recommend Fuzzy’s bar (Shenanigans?)

Hit up the stadium on Sat and take the tour, like 20 bucks or so. Its first come first served but they run every half hour- 45 mins and it is an amazing time. You can easily spend 3hrs at the stadium on a saturday checking ou the pro shop and just walking through the atrium.

So I think the plan is to get there on Saturday morning, get breakfast somewhere, not sure where yet then head over to Lambeau to do the tour and go the Hall of Fame, etc. We’re having dinner that night at Brett Favre’s Steakhouse.

Sunday we’re going to the Packer Fan Tours tailgate outside Brett Favre’s Steakhouse then going to the game! Seats are in Section 111 :) I’m pretty excited

Well if that is the case, Jones and Nelson will get their chance to shine and we’ll be able to see what we REALLY have in them. I know Stroh will be happy…right?

I think we’ll be okay if Driver misses.

Maybe this year if he plays some kick return. The guy has been out of football for almost two years. MM said that they’re basically starting from scratch with him, so he’s basically at the start of training camp/preseason at the moment. I think six weeks minimum with him, picking up the playbook and learning how to adjust to the speed of the game and all that.

Brandon Jackson has actually been doing pretty well- when we’re using him. He’s averaging something like 4.5-5/yds carry ever since his abysmal performance at the beginning of the year. We should be using him between the 20s and Kuhn in the red zone and in short yardage situations and that’s it. Our passing game is still our bread and butter, though.

I would expect a week or two to get in game shape and practice running plays that to this point he has had to just learn mentally. Give him 2 weeks and he should be pretty well up to speed. IMO, he starts getting opportunities in wk 9. And given opportunities he will provide a spark to the run game down the stretch, when McCarthy typically starts to show more commitment to the run.

Watching Ryan Torain starting for the Skins makes me sad. We could have had him on the roster right after Grant went down. Plus he was already experienced in the ZBS…should have been a pretty quick transition.

With Starks, I really don’t expect much too quickly. He hasn’t played in 2 years and has no history with the team aside from studying the playbook. I hope he comes in and lights it up but I think he’s weeks from doing much of anything.

Wake’s been one of the better pass rushers in the league this season and we gave him no help the entire game. Yes, he got bull rushed but he did a fine job. If Rodgers doesn’t scramble right into Wake, he doesn’t give up any sacks.

This discussion begins and ends with the question: “why is Bulaga being asked to play RT?”

He was on the left side al through camp, all through the first month of the season, and all of a sudden the coaches make him play his first start at RT?? …when they’ve got Lang playing defensive line? In the words of Vince Lombardi, “What the hell’s goin ON out there?!”

umm…the injuries for the Colts that you mentioned all happened last week (except Sanders who misses more games than he plays). They haven’t been grinding anything out yet. They will have to start now though. Even so, I would be thrilled if it was only 3-4 players for us. Unfortunately its many more than that.

With the Saints, Sharper was never in so he’s more like Harris, no one is even complaining there. Bush and Thomas are tough loses but no tougher than Grant.

I agree with not hiding behind injuries and penalties but for the Packers its a bit extreme and you know it is when all the analysts bring that up when talking about the Packers. This isn’t justa couple injuries, its almost half the team.

The guy in the article makes a tremendous point. The game could very well be decided by penalties and ST both areas where the Vikings blow us out.

I agree with some of his points, but not really how how he argues them.

First of all, while not catastrophic, I wouldn’t say “they’re no more banged-up than other teams.” That’s a more than a little off.

While Kevin Williams again looks great, I wouldn’t say Pat Williams is playing as well as ever.

And as far as the Packers running game: Taking away the longest run will always make your rushing average look bad. In 2010 Adrian Peterson has rushed 112 times for 553 yards, or an average of 4.94. Take away his 80-yard scamper and his average is down to 4.26. OH MY GOD! Apparently Adrian Peterson is just an average back!

“Minnesota allows just 9.1 yards per reception, and three of their four interceptions took place in the fourth quarters of its two wins. Passing on the Vikings late in the game is more likely to produce a mistake than a big play.” When do most interceptions come in games? In the first quarter when most non-Packers teams have balanced attacks? Or late in the game when teams start heaving up desperate passes? He also fails to mention that the Vikings give up a completion rate of 64.7%, 24th in the NFL. Which means short passes still work.

Yes, the Packers have other problems besides injuries, but he doesn’t really say anything that everyone on this blog doesn’t already know. And he doesn’t say it as well as most people here. And I think I’d like to add, on behalf of Strohman, that he doesn’t use enough exclamation points!!!

I think that’s been a problem in games for sure. He did it against the Eagles and Lions. I don’t think he did this in the Redskins game but I still think his play-calling left something to be desired. Spreading the ball out so much wasn’t working and yet he kept going back to it over and over. Of course, Rodgers also called for the offense to be spread out more so maybe McCarthy was simply complying to his wishes. I don’t really know what it was, or has been. Whatever it is though, it’s just not working. Clearly we need to get back to our short passing game. That’s what makes this offense go. Not going for a big play every other play.