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On Special Teams, Injuries, and Jordy Nelson

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Jay Cutler injury will make it harder, but ... - NFC North Blog - ESPN. Along with Adrian Peterson's ankle injury, it was a rough injury weekend for some of the big names in the division.

Green Bay Packers news | Special teams' day anything but typical | Green Bay Press Gazette. Between 1st down run by Tim Masthay, the first missed FG of the season by Mason Crosby, and the nearly botched onside kick by rookie D.J. Smith, it was a weird game. Randall Cobb also had a 55 yard punt return, so I guess I'd say overall it was a positive game.

Green Bay Packers news | Video analysis: Why the long faces in the locker room? | Green Bay Press Gazette. This game reminded me of their win last season at Lambeau over the Lions (back when the Lions were closer to 0-16 than the playoffs). They were expecting to dominate an inferior team, and it didn't work out that way. 

Green Bay Packers news | Notebook: McCarthy calls Starks injury a knee sprain | Green Bay Press Gazette. We have to wait a little longer to see how serious it is.

Twitter / @RobDemovsky: Greg Jennings, in @wbay st .... Greg Jennings was injured during the game too, but he's not talking about it yet.

Neal says he knew all along he was going to play - JSOnline. He played, but I didn't notice him. And neither did the stat sheet (no tackles or other stats recorded).

Stereotyping the Packers' Jordy Nelson - NFC North Blog - ESPN. The Buccaneers lined up some backups against Nelson, and it didn't work very well obviously.