Kiwon
06-15-2007, 02:33 AM
Favre shut down with sore shoulder
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brett Favre wont be doing any heavy throwing again for a while. Swinging a softball bat also might pose a challenge.
The Green Bay Packers quarterback said Thursday that he has a sore right shoulder — his throwing shoulder — which prematurely ended his participation in the organized team activities.
"I probably could practice, but it really don't make a lot of sense to go out and make it any worse," Favre said. "I think it's probably just tendinitis or something like that."
The team held Favre out of practice Wednesday and Thursday.
Coach Mike McCarthy said the medical staff doesn't consider the injury to be serious.
Favre, however, won't be on the field next Monday and Tuesday, when the Packers conclude their workouts.
That means Favre will have been on the field for seven of the 12 organizied-team-activity practices, which have been spread out over three weeks. He also was held out of the first workout May 30.
Despite the physical setback, McCarthy was pleased with Favre's work both on and off the field as the team turns its sights to the start of training camp in late July.
"The biggest thing we got out of Brett being here No. 1 is to be around the younger guys (and) doing the adjustments we've made in our scheme getting ready for the season," McCarthy said. "I was late for practice today because I was with Brett going through some of the red-zone and third-down adjustments that weve made, just finalizing that and making sure were on the same page."
Favre will remain in the area through the weekend.
His annual celebrity softball game, which pits the Packers offense against the defense, is Sunday.
Favre typically plays shortstop in the game, which raises money for the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation, but he said Thursday that he would probably be limited to being a designated hitter.
"I don't even know if that's the smart thing to do," Favre said.
After he returns home to Mississippi following the game, Favre said he would ease back into throwing a football in the six weeks leading up to training camp.
"Last year, I threw at my daughter's high school, with some of the kids there. I expect to do that again," he said. "I had a lot of fun doing it. Plus, it helped me out a great deal."
Favre, 37, also has benefited at his advanced age the last couple years from working with a personal trainer at home in the offseason.
The workouts, which are structured to strengthen the quarterbacks core, were scaled back earlier in the spring as Favre recovered from arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle in late February.
Favre, though, is eager to be put through increased training for an hour each day for a few weeks, starting in late June or early July.
"I don't have the self-motivation I once had," Favre conceded. "It's frustrating to me, it's disappointing at times that I just can't make myself get up and go do it. It's much easier to say, Ah, I'll do it tomorrow.
"The difference being theres going to be people chasing me (on the field) in about six weeks. So, I better do it."
Favre said he has had discussions with McCarthy this offseason about moving him out of the pocket more than he has in recent years.
The cardio-based workouts include resistance drills that are tailored to try to keep Favre agile on his feet and give him endurance for the course of a game and a 17th NFL season.
"Were doing stuff thats really good for my style of play," Favre said. "It's in-pocket stuff, making the first guy miss, trying to quicken my first step. Not trying to run a 40-yard dash any faster, but being able to move around and throw from awkward positions. It's core training, strengthening your core and not trying to go out and bench press 400 pounds."
Favre wears a heart monitor during the workouts. The exercise repetitions are done at an accelerated rate to simulate what Favre endures on game day.
"The average play is about 4 seconds. So, each exercise is 4 seconds (and) rest for 30," Favre said.
The results from being pushed by a personal trainer have been to Favres liking. He said he is at an ideal weight of 220, which is a far cry from the pounds he carried early in his career. Favre recalled being as heavy as 245 in 1993, his first full year as Green Bays starter.
"When we won the Super Bowl (in the 1996 season), I was 236. I probably had a little different weight on me at the time," Favre said with a knowing smile.
His well-chronicled days of drinking are long behind him.
"I feel good. I've taken better care of myself, not great, but better care of myself," Favre said. "I have to admit I kind of eat what I want, I just don't eat a lot of it. I don't kill myself in the weight room or (doing) cardio, but I do enough, and as training camp gets closer, increase it a little bit more."
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brett Favre wont be doing any heavy throwing again for a while. Swinging a softball bat also might pose a challenge.
The Green Bay Packers quarterback said Thursday that he has a sore right shoulder — his throwing shoulder — which prematurely ended his participation in the organized team activities.
"I probably could practice, but it really don't make a lot of sense to go out and make it any worse," Favre said. "I think it's probably just tendinitis or something like that."
The team held Favre out of practice Wednesday and Thursday.
Coach Mike McCarthy said the medical staff doesn't consider the injury to be serious.
Favre, however, won't be on the field next Monday and Tuesday, when the Packers conclude their workouts.
That means Favre will have been on the field for seven of the 12 organizied-team-activity practices, which have been spread out over three weeks. He also was held out of the first workout May 30.
Despite the physical setback, McCarthy was pleased with Favre's work both on and off the field as the team turns its sights to the start of training camp in late July.
"The biggest thing we got out of Brett being here No. 1 is to be around the younger guys (and) doing the adjustments we've made in our scheme getting ready for the season," McCarthy said. "I was late for practice today because I was with Brett going through some of the red-zone and third-down adjustments that weve made, just finalizing that and making sure were on the same page."
Favre will remain in the area through the weekend.
His annual celebrity softball game, which pits the Packers offense against the defense, is Sunday.
Favre typically plays shortstop in the game, which raises money for the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation, but he said Thursday that he would probably be limited to being a designated hitter.
"I don't even know if that's the smart thing to do," Favre said.
After he returns home to Mississippi following the game, Favre said he would ease back into throwing a football in the six weeks leading up to training camp.
"Last year, I threw at my daughter's high school, with some of the kids there. I expect to do that again," he said. "I had a lot of fun doing it. Plus, it helped me out a great deal."
Favre, 37, also has benefited at his advanced age the last couple years from working with a personal trainer at home in the offseason.
The workouts, which are structured to strengthen the quarterbacks core, were scaled back earlier in the spring as Favre recovered from arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle in late February.
Favre, though, is eager to be put through increased training for an hour each day for a few weeks, starting in late June or early July.
"I don't have the self-motivation I once had," Favre conceded. "It's frustrating to me, it's disappointing at times that I just can't make myself get up and go do it. It's much easier to say, Ah, I'll do it tomorrow.
"The difference being theres going to be people chasing me (on the field) in about six weeks. So, I better do it."
Favre said he has had discussions with McCarthy this offseason about moving him out of the pocket more than he has in recent years.
The cardio-based workouts include resistance drills that are tailored to try to keep Favre agile on his feet and give him endurance for the course of a game and a 17th NFL season.
"Were doing stuff thats really good for my style of play," Favre said. "It's in-pocket stuff, making the first guy miss, trying to quicken my first step. Not trying to run a 40-yard dash any faster, but being able to move around and throw from awkward positions. It's core training, strengthening your core and not trying to go out and bench press 400 pounds."
Favre wears a heart monitor during the workouts. The exercise repetitions are done at an accelerated rate to simulate what Favre endures on game day.
"The average play is about 4 seconds. So, each exercise is 4 seconds (and) rest for 30," Favre said.
The results from being pushed by a personal trainer have been to Favres liking. He said he is at an ideal weight of 220, which is a far cry from the pounds he carried early in his career. Favre recalled being as heavy as 245 in 1993, his first full year as Green Bays starter.
"When we won the Super Bowl (in the 1996 season), I was 236. I probably had a little different weight on me at the time," Favre said with a knowing smile.
His well-chronicled days of drinking are long behind him.
"I feel good. I've taken better care of myself, not great, but better care of myself," Favre said. "I have to admit I kind of eat what I want, I just don't eat a lot of it. I don't kill myself in the weight room or (doing) cardio, but I do enough, and as training camp gets closer, increase it a little bit more."