Packer Notes: Snowed In Giants, Rodgers Bye Week, Injuries, and Scott Wells

by Brandon on Dec 27, 2010 7:01 AM CST in Green Bay Packers News

"Depressing" was the word to describe what happened to the Giants travel plans after they got thumped by the Packers. Due to the snow storm in New York, the Giants were forced to spend the night in Appleton. Apparently it's a "disaster situation" that's going to "press their professionalism." Please.

The week off for QB Aaron Rodgers gave him a lot of energy. "My arm felt like it was live." He stayed away from all meetings and practices for a couple days as the Packers prepared for the Patriots, so it was truly like a bye week for him.

Mike McCarthy reported injuries to FB Korey Hall and SS Atari Bigby (again). Both players have been dealing with a variety of injuries all season, and their latest could keep them out next week. It's disappointing that Bigby has gone from such a promising player in 2007 to such an injury prone player over the past three seasons.

McCarthy also gave high praise to C Scott Wells for leading the charge on offense, and for both the offensive and defensive lines for getting the job done. It's certainly been an inconsistent past few weeks for the Packers offensive lineman. They got beat badly by the Lions, and they've been much better against the Patriots and now the Giants.

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Rodgers had it all yesterday.

Section 108 was rockin’ it with him.

by Jason Hirschhorn on Dec 27, 2010 7:15 AM CST reply actions

Wells did have a very good game

Seemed like he was in constant communication with Rodgers, and the two of them deduced almost every trick the Giants’ D threw at them. I’d love to see that again next game.

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by Clutch16 on Dec 27, 2010 7:59 AM CST reply actions

Bigby Injury

I saw him in on a couple of defensive plays. Did it happen late in the game?

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by AdamA on Dec 27, 2010 9:37 AM CST reply actions

The blasted Lions!

We could have (possibly) been playing for a first round bye next week if we had won that stupid game. The NFL is a fickle bastard.

by Puddleglumed on Dec 27, 2010 11:06 AM CST reply actions

Bigby got hurt AGAIN? At this point it doesn’t seem like he’s ever going to be healthy again.

Fire Slocum

by packallday555 on Dec 27, 2010 4:11 PM CST reply actions

You know...

I think the encouraging thing about Bigby being hurt is that many of us didn’t even notice that he wasn’t on the field. I can only speak for myself, but I don’t really notice much difference with our defense when Bigby is on the field versus off the field. I can’t imagine saying that the last couple of years.

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by GoGregGo on Dec 27, 2010 4:15 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, he hasn’t really been anything special since the 2007 season.

Fire Slocum

by packallday555 on Dec 29, 2010 5:09 PM CST up reply actions

its like a broken record isn’t it? SO glad we drafted Burnett so we can feel good about moving on from Bigby. I am sick of counting on him and seeing him get hurt. He’s like our version of the Colts safety (name is eluding me right now)…ahh thought of it, Bob Sanders.

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by TrevorR on Dec 28, 2010 10:32 AM CST up reply actions