Official Packers vs. Chargers Game Day Thread

[Joemailman]

We're ready for you now Captain! :cow:

[CaptainKickass]

We're ready for you now Captain! :cow:

That's what she and her sister said!

[CaptainKickass]

Obligatory game day post.

[Joemailman]

Things I'll be looking for:

Who the hell will be playing Left Tackle?

The running backs. Saine has been having a good camp.

Jennings being out should give Cobb some time with the starters.

Anxious to see what Worthy can do, he's been coming on lately.

Will be interested to see who is backing up Hawk.

The cornerback battle could be good.

[Joemailman]

Obligatory game day post.

The season has officially begun!

[HarveyWallbangers]

Things I'll be looking for:

Who the hell will be playing Left Tackle?

The running backs. Saine has been having a good camp.

Jennings being out should give Cobb some time with the starters.

Anxious to see what Worthy can do, he's been coming on lately.

Will be interested to see who is backing up Hawk.

The cornerback battle could be good.

You probably aren't going to get many answers tonight on LT. Newhouse and Sherrod are out. Wells isn't ready. We likely won't get our answer at third string LT tonight. I'm assuming they'll let guys like Taylor play, but in the regular season you are likely to see some shifting (Lang or Bulaga moved to LT--depending on where Wells fits best).

I'm not too worried about the RBs. They are what they are. Which is just good enough. I've liked Saine going back to last preseason though. Tonight's game is all about the defense for me. Worthy, Perry, House, Shields, Hayward, Jennings, and McMillian are who I'll be watching the most.

[Freak Out]

Saine is out for tonight. But yes....I want to see some of the new D talent.

[Guiness]

Is there an injury report? What's wrong with Saine? Finley and Jennings are concussions, right?

[pittstang5]

Is there an injury report? What's wrong with Saine? Finley and Jennings are concussions, right?

Saine - Hamstring

Finley - Quad

Jennings - Concussion

RB and OL depth are in bad shape.

RBs - Bennett is out with a knee issue, Green probably won't play much and Tyler has been having shoulder issues (I THink he's playing, but will be wearing a brace or something) - So I don't see much coming from him. Starks seems to be the only RB that's good to go. Maybe Kuhn will get a couple reps at RB.

[ThunderDan]

Go Pack Go!!!!

[Guiness]

Saine - Hamstring

Finley - Quad

Jennings - Concussion

RB and OL depth are in bad shape.

RBs - Bennett is out with a knee issue, Green probably won't play much and Tyler has been having shoulder issues (I THink he's playing, but will be wearing a brace or something) - So I don't see much coming from him. Starks seems to be the only RB that's good to go. Maybe Kuhn will get a couple reps at RB.

Starks is the healthy one? Lord have mercy!

No news on Newhouse, right?

[red]

i just flipped through the channels to see when the game tonight starts. also to see who played. i thought i might check in for a few minutes during a commercial break from the olympics
then i see the pack are playing, guess i better pay attention

[BobDobbs]

I'm all about the defense tonight. There's battles at every level. CB is getting the most publicity. I'm more interested in our ILBs for some reason. I guess I see alot of Athleticism and I don't know much about them. Also, improving our pass rush is probably our biggest chance to make the defense better. And we need to find a safety and get a look at this dime package that Dom is threatening to use more of. Honestly, I don't care if they punt on 1st down a few series.

[Joemailman]

i just flipped through the channels to see when the game tonight starts. also to see who played. i thought i might check in for a few minutes during a commercial break from the olympics
then i see the pack are playing, guess i better pay attention

Women's beach volleyball is over, so it's time for football.

[CaptainKickass]

Here:

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[CaptainKickass]

INACTIVES:

San Diego - A total of 18 players, including CB Charles Woodson will not be in uniform for the #Packers.

Woodson is the only non-injured player of the group.

Recently acquired WR Andy Brewer will be available. He'll wear No. 17. OT Reggie Wells, acquired yesterday, will not be in uniform.

Also inactive for the Packers tonight are RB Du'ane Bennett (knee) , RB Brandon Saine (hamstring), FB Jon Hoese (hamstring), CB Sam Shields (elbow), TE Eric Lair (knee), OLB Frank Zombo (hamstring), G Ray Dominguez (ankle), T Marshall Newhouse (concussion), DT Mike Daniels (knee, groin), T Derek Sherrod (leg) TE Andrew Quarless (knee), TE Ryan Taylor (concussion), WR Greg Jennings (concussion), WR Tori Gurley (groin) and TE Jermichael Finley (thigh).

The officials for tonight's game are Donovan Briggans (R), Dennis Angel (U), Lynn Lawhon (HL), Shannon Eastin (LJ), Eric Joe (FJ), Paul Caldera (SJ), Mike Fischer (BJ) and Thaddious Foster (ALT). Lawhorn, Angel and Eastin have officiated at the Division I level, while Lawhon also was in the NFL for the 2001 season. Briggans, Caldera, Fischer and Foster have all worked at the Division I level.

[packrulz]

I don't think Woodson's going to play, so we'll see how the safety situation is. Flynn is gone so we"ll get a good look at Harrell today.

[pittstang5]

And .....Here.....We......Go

[pittstang5]

Bullshit call!

[MadScientist]

Nice sack by Perry. Real refs, please come back.

[pittstang5]

Nice coverage by House

[MadScientist]

Anyone else see 31, dreadlocks and good coverage and think Al?

[pittstang5]

Anyone else see 31, dreadlocks and good coverage and think Al?

Initially, yes, then saw the "House"

[pittstang5]

C'mon Starks, you gotta catch that!

[Tony Oday]

Take it to the HOUSE!!!!

Starks trying to play out of a job.

[MadScientist]

2yd run. I see that part of the offense is in mid-season form.

[gbgary]

nice.

[Tony Oday]

HE CELEBRATED WHERE IS THE FLAG!!!!!

[pittstang5]

Fuckin Starks!

[Tony Oday]

Fire Starks...re-sign Grant

[pittstang5]

Oh great, recovered by Atari Bigby.

[gbgary]

Damm Starks! Really?

[Tony Oday]

Nah nah nah nah hey hey hey release Starks!

[MadScientist]

Ya know Starks, on a running play the running back should expect a hand-off.

[pittstang5]

Bishop down. C'mon.

[pittstang5]

What a shitty way to start and it's only preseason.

[Tony Oday]

Starks ugh...dont care that you cant see a hole or catch the ball just dont fumble the damn thing!

[pittstang5]

FUCK!!!!! He's out for a awhile!

[Tony Oday]

Well Bishop is done for the year looking at that.

[Upnorth]

So big injury and an TD through th eair, looks like we are in mid season form.

[gbgary]

hope it's just a sprain.

[pittstang5]

Well Bishop is done for the year looking at that.

I Blame Starks! He doesn't fumble, Defense does take the field, Bishop doesn't get hurt.

Starks, your on the "List"

[red]

aj hawk not looking so bad now at MLB does he

[pittstang5]

Really? Chargers look like they're in midseason form, Packers look like a high school team.

Why did you take it out, 8 yards deep anyway?

[Tony Oday]

Another fumble...good god is this the playoffs?

[King Friday]

Like I've said over and over...Starks = just a guy

[gbgary]

Oooookay

[pittstang5]

There's the Tramon of Old!

[Tony Oday]

THATS HOW T WILL ROLLS!

[gbgary]

tramon!!

[Tony Oday]

Like I've said over and over...Starks = just a guy

He is lower than that on my list...

[Packers4Glory]

all caught up....I'm starting to dislike Starks

[pittstang5]

These officials are horrible

[Packers4Glory]

there's no fucking way the NFL can open the regular season w/ these guys. One dude in HOF game, got fired from the womens lingerie league....i mean come on man!

[pittstang5]

Starks, for the love of God, Stop the damn hoping....Just Cut and Go!

[Tony Oday]

Tell me how Grant is not on this team.

[gbgary]

These officials are horrible

we've been far worse. other than the dumb penalty call on Perry they've been ok.

[Tony Oday]

JJ CATCH THE BALL!!!!

You want to be a stud in the NFL catch the ball

[pittstang5]

WEll, thank god Herb Taylor isn't the regular starter

[Packers4Glory]

Tell me how Grant is not on this team.
good question. He was by far the best back down the stretch last yr.

[Tony Oday]

OK AR get him out of there please now

[Tony Oday]

So does Clifton magically pass his physical now? WOW Taylor you suck

[pittstang5]

JJ CATCH THE BALL!!!!

You want to be a stud in the NFL catch the ball

Yea, he should of had that, but it would have been called back due to the holding call.

[pittstang5]

Oh man, i think I need a beer now with all these fumbles

[Tony Oday]

I agree, but it would have been 3rd and 12 not 4th and 2

[gbgary]

this field sets east/west?? stupid!!

[Freak Out]

FIRE SLOCUM NOW! :)

[pittstang5]

FIRE SLOCUM NOW! :)

Can't, it's not Wednesday

[pittstang5]

Wow, Very, Very Sloppy 1st quarter. Too Many fumbles and a very good player out, probably for the year. Well, this sucks!

[Tony Oday]

Wow what a terrible first quarter! Bishop is out a while, Starks is terrible, Borel fumbles, Taylor is shown that he is about as good as a Highschool LT and JJ shows why he isnt a top tier WR.

[Freak Out]

Bishop out? Fuck......

[OS PA]

Oh good, Green's in there! hopefully he has some good advice on reconstructive knee surgery for Bishop.

[pittstang5]

Not like we didn't already know this, but that 2nd string o-line is a disgrace to the NFL.

[pittstang5]

Huh, completion against Bush, that's new.

[Brando19]

Ok...can we send a 2nd round pick to the Jags for Jones Drew already?

[rbaloha1]

Secondary is still a big question. M.D. jennings and Bush should not be playing.

Datko should get cut soon. DJ Smith has a nose for the football.

[pittstang5]

Secondary is still a big question. M.D. jennings and Bush should not be playing.

Datko should get cut soon. DJ Smith has a nose for the football.

House made a huge case to start.

[OS PA]

House made a huge case to start.

I'm not going to get into how much I hate these announcers, but when Gruden said the long completion was Hayward's fault, he was wrong. The holding penalty had nothing to do with the play, and then Casey stepped up on two plays in a row. The kid's going to play a fair amount this year.

[pittstang5]

At Least Masthay is getting some practice and not looking too bad either.

[Packers4Glory]

this looks like the 1st preaseason game. it's pretty brutal to watch.

[pittstang5]

God Damn! DJ Smith is everywhere

[pittstang5]

Motherfucker! That looks like House on the ground!

[Harlan Huckleby]

good lord, is that game still going on?

[Guiness]

Tyler with the TD. Isn't he the guy voted 'most likely to suck' in the other thread?

Well, he does have a 2.2 yd average after 10 carries, so we might be right yet.

[Joemailman]

Going back to the 1st quarter, who got beat on Gates' TD?

[pittstang5]

Going back to the 1st quarter, who got beat on Gates' TD?

Safety got turned around or rather turned the other way. I think it was MD Jennings. DJ SMith was also covering, but from what I saw, it was the safety's fault that he got open.

[pittstang5]

Well that was painful, even for a preseason game.

Bishop hurt, House had a good game then gets hurt on Special Teams in 3rd quarter. Running backs don't know how to hold onto the ball. 2nd String O-line, specifically Taylor and Datko are not good at all.

[pbmax]

I am just happy Perry, when facing someone other than Bulaga, made two plays, according to the radio anyway. Will reserve panic about Bishop and House injuries for tomorrow.

[pbmax]

House with shoulder injury, Levine with a back injury. I hope Jolly loses enough weight to play in the D backfield.

[RashanGary]

I am just happy Perry, when facing someone other than Bulaga, made two plays, according to the radio anyway. Will reserve panic about Bishop and House injuries for tomorrow.


Perry looked really, really good. On the sack, he put a powerful bullrush on the RT, got him off balance, stuck him again, disengaged inside relatively easily and closed hard and fast to get the sack.

The 2nd one, would have been a sack. I want to say he beat his guy on the corner, then got held badly.

Bishops injury looked bad. House definitely has a shoulder problem. His arm was hanging. I feel worse about the Bishop injury. Just a guess, best case it looks like 6 weeks, worst case he's gone for the year. House, unless it's some crazy shoulder tear, he's young. . . . I would think he could make it back some time in the beginning of the season. He was playing really well too. Very good coverage, a nice tackle behind the line. . . .


All in all, I thought the Packers looked a little wimpy out there. It's like they weren't ready to play a physical game.

[RashanGary]

Harrell really off in the beginning. He was throwing everything high. After he calmed down, it got a little better. I know it's only preseason, but this is his chance to make it in the NFL. I hope he just had some extra jitters and calms it down going forward. He's no Matt Flynn.

[RashanGary]

DJ Williams played a lot of H-back.

[Bretsky]

Harrell's arm sometimes looks like a marshmellow

Coleman looks like he has a rocket with some nice upside after a couple years; that dude may get us a nice draft pick back some day

[mraynrand]

House didn't just look good, he looked real good. That probably means he's lost for the season.

70% of the earth is covered with water. The rest is covered by Davon House.

http://www.jamaicans.com/bm~pix/devon_house~s600x600.jpg

[gbpackfan]

House was a monster out there tonight. I was really impressed. It is too bad he got hurt. He was smiling after he came off the field. But, he told reporters that he is hurting and hopes to be back soon. He will have x-rays. Yikes. I am smelling a 3-4 week sit for House. Which means we get to see more J. Bush!

What do the Packers see in Bush? I mean, he is not a defender. PERIOD. He is a special teams player. Stop trying to turn him into a CB! Good Lord he sucks!

[HarveyWallbangers]

Harrell's arm sometimes looks like a marshmellow

Coleman looks like he has a rocket with some nice upside after a couple years; that dude may get us a nice draft pick back some day

Harrell with a noodle arm but some accuracy and mobility. Coleman with a cannon arm but terrible accuracy.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Good: Perry, House, Smith, Masthay, Cobb (although I think he had a drop that Gruden said was Borel; maybe not a drop, but he definitely called the wrong number)
Bad: RBs, Backup OL, M.D. Jennings, Bush, Hayward, Dezman Moses was lost in space on one of the TDs
Need to see more: Harrell, Borel (athletically, I didn't see the guy people have been raving about)

pittstang needs to relax a bit. It's preseason. Vanilla schemes and most of the starters are gone early. We lost to Cleveland in each of the last two preseason openers.

[Freak Out]

Man....sounds like the injury bug hit hard.

[Harlan Huckleby]

2nd String O-line, specifically Taylor and Datko are not good at all.
Taylor gave-up a couple hurries early on. But overall I thought he did pretty well. The commentators, I think it was Gruden, see one bad play, and they know the guy is a backup, so they create a drama, "The floodgates have opened at LT!" etc.

[KYPack]

Taylor gave-up a couple hurries early on. But overall I thought he did pretty well. The commentators, I think it was Gruden, see one bad play, and they know the guy is a backup, so they create a drama, "The floodgates have opened at LT!" etc.

He played horribly, HH. He's not an NFL tackle. He knows how to get in the way, but that's about the extent of his skills. We gotta come up with something at LT before the bell rings.

[Teamcheez1]

I think JSO summed it up best in their headline this morning when they used the word "inept"" to describe the Packers.

[pbmax]

I think Sherrod's prognosis this morning will be farther along.

[pbmax]

According to Wilde on Twitter, House told @MichelleTuckner (no idea) that his shoulder "popped out".

[mraynrand]

According to Wilde on Twitter, House told @MichelleTuckner (no idea) that his shoulder "popped out".


Did he tell her if it popped back in? Or was that another topic?

[pbmax]

Please tell me Dennis Krause has some redeeming quality other than a gift for doing the Packer pregame. Because he has spent the last 12 hours being passive aggressive in his bitchiness over the Lakers getting Dwight Howard.

[mraynrand]

Please tell me Dennis Krause has some redeeming quality other than a gift for doing the Packer pregame. Because he has spent the last 12 hours being passive aggressive in his bitchiness over the Lakers getting Dwight Howard.


are you certain it's passive?

[pbmax]

Only 140 characters. No space for treatment specifics or prognosis.

[pbmax]

are you certain it's passive?

He might not be but the Tweets are. Glad the Lakers can now finally reacquaint themselves with winning a championship. After all its been 3 years.