Packers Practice Notes and Preseason Analysis
by Brandon on Aug 20, 2010 7:01 AM CDT
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- My thanks to all the good hosts at Cheesehead Radio for having me on to talk about the Green Bay Packers. It was a lot of fun, and I hope to be on their show again.
- Thursday was the last practice this week open to the public. Greg Bedard's posts from the evening practice inspired me to look back at how a few of the players he mentioned on Thursday played in the first preseason game last Saturday:
- RB Kregg Lumpkin remains out of practice after suffering a hamstring injury at some point on Saturday. This has been a problem throughout college and now in the pros. He's looked really good, and then an injury slows him down. This is his third season with the Packers and he's been dealing with injuries throughout. If they can't rely on him to stay healthy, then maybe it's time to move on.
- Jason Spitz got some playing time at center. His fall from grace has been a surprising development. This time last year they were demoting C Scott Wells to the bench, through no fault of his, to make room for Spitz at center. Now Spitz can't even get into the mix for the starting job at either LG or C. But he would seem to be a better answer as the backup center ahead of C Evan Dietrich-Smith who was inconsistent last Saturday. Dietrich-Smith is a good run blocker, but needs to improve his pass blocking.
- QB Matt Flynn didn't look great, but he didn't look bad either. He got some passes off in the face of serious pressure and took some big hits as his reward. I really would like to see a clear sign this preseason that he's improving.
- RT Breno Giacomini was almost knocked over by LB Cyril Obiozor during practice, and he was beaten a couple times by the Browns second team pass rushers last Saturday. First round rookie LT Bryan Bulaga has to take a roster spot from someone, and Giacomini has a lot to prove if he wants to keep his chair when the music stops.
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Relax on Spitz, all he did was get injured
I feel confident in his ability to win the job back
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Spitz is not a good fit at LG. Center and RG are his best positions. So its not surprising that he didn’t even mount a challenge to Colledge. If his back were not injured Spitz would be the starting Center, IMO. Seems to me the Packers are being pretty cautious w/ him. Harrell had a way over a full year off after his back surgery. Spitz is less than a year removed. This season Spitz will be the swing backup at OG and C. Next season if he is fully recovered he’ll mount a serious challenge to Wells!
Giacomini had been having a really good training camp and is listed as the backup to Tauscher. He’ll have to rebound from the past couple days but I still see him as the RT of the future. I don’t expect him to fall apart a la Barbre…
Lumpkin was a fringe roster player anyway… This injury just gets Porter a better shot, one that I think he’ll run with!!!
Bigby is going to be out up to 8 weeks right?
It’s going to be Morgan Burnett time. I am kind of scared we have a rookie there playing centerfield for us. I am glad he is surrounded by so many good DBs like Collins, Woodson. It’s going to be interesting.
I really like having Lumpkin over Porter. If Grant goes down, I want a big back since Bjackson is kinda smallish.
8 weeks
No, Bigby is out UP to 8 weeks. The return was 4 – 8 weeks, depending how it recovers from the surgery. He’s already out 2 weeks.. I think he’ll be back before the worst case scenario.
BJack is 5’10 220… THats not exactly smallish! ANd Lumpkin can’t stay on the field and Porter could be a good kick returner and ST player.
Any updates on Starks?
My kingdom for a spellchecker. Or Devin Harris. Hopefully both.
"Right, a ball of hot flaming gas that collapses upon itself." -Doctor Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Aug 20, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
It's extremely hard to compete with Brandon Jackson when Brandon Jackson decides to be good
and you haven’t seen much playing time in two years…
My kingdom for a spellchecker. Or Devin Harris. Hopefully both.
"Right, a ball of hot flaming gas that collapses upon itself." -Doctor Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Aug 21, 2010 1:19 AM CDT up reply actions
If he's put on the PUP list it will be 8 weeks then
2 weeks of pre-season 6 of regular. Last time I checked 6+2=8. Not saying it’s going to happen, just that it’s an amazing coincidence.
by PackApologist on Aug 20, 2010 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Pup
Pup only starts for real after the final cutdowns are made. Thats when the 6 weeks starts. How they list him now means nothing until after cutdown day. He had surgery 2 weeks ago, so the 4-8 weeks started then. He’s 2 weeks past surgery leaving 2-6 weeks left.
Bigby sounded disappointed himself
Reading between the lines, it doesn’t sound like Bigby is happy with the speed of his recovery. So I’m thinking it’s more like 8 weeks which would be about week 4.
He’s on the PUP right now, and can’t be placed on the PUP for the first six weeks of the season unless he’s been on it since the beginning of training camp (which he has). I’m actually looking at it the other way. It’s significant he’s listed as PUP now because if he weren’t the Packers might decide to place him on I.R. (like they did with Pat Lee last season) because they weren’t sure of his recovery and they didn’t want to lose anyone else on waivers. I’m hoping they keep him on the PUP list so they won’t consider placing him on I.R. and then he can hopefully return later in the season.
by Brandon on Aug 21, 2010 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
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