Woodson starting to shine.....

[packers11]

Woodson slams helmet to ground
Cornerback Charles Woodson showed his frustration during a 7-on-7 drill Monday afternoon when he pulled off his helmet and slammed it to the ground after being pushed by receiver Ruvell Martin, who caught the pass after committing an obvious offensive interference penalty.

Woodson exacted a bit of revenge later in the 11-on-11 team drills, when he intercepted a Brett Favre pass intended for Marc Boerigter. Woodson also intercepted Favre two other times in 7-on-7 drills.

One other unrelated item: One on-field thermometer at Clarke Hinkle Field unofficially gave the temperature at 103 degrees as of 3 p.m. Players took frequent water breaks during and between drills.

-- Mike Vandermause, sports editor, Green Bay Press-Gazette

Woodson is starting to shake off the rust... 3 int from favre...

[Tony Oday]

I never know how to take this kind of news. Sure he got 3 picks but shit Favre threw 3 picks ya know??

[packers11]

I never know how to take this kind of news. Sure he got 3 picks but shit Favre threw 3 picks ya know??

haha .... I was thinking the same thing when posting this... damn, favre threw 3 picks..... .. Lets hope they were unbielevable interceptions (back flips and stuff).... haha

[woodbuck27]

Ignore this as my mistake, you wern't at the practise.

Other than those 3 picks by C.W. How did Favre look? Those picks? Did Favre drill the pass's (have pace on the ball) or were they lofted pass's?

How was Samkon looking today?

How did Ahmad Carroll and All Harris look?

One more - Bubba? Is he looking good?

Thanks and Peace Out.

GO Packers !

[BallHawk]

Man, I'm getting an itch for Planet Page's reports. He writes some good stuff.

[woodbuck27]

52 Million Pickup

More than any season in recent memory (which is all the memory I have left), the thinking GBP fan must decide going into this season: Is the glass half-empty? Or are we completely out of beer?

You know me: I’m not just a half-empty guy. I’m a “I didn’t have a glass, somebody just came along and poured chai latte into my crotch without asking” kind of guy. The Mark Roman torching, for instance—wunderbar! But why the delay? What did TT find out that he didn’t already know—that Kornheiser will love saying “Atari Bigby”?

For some, the liquid is already swirling quickly down the drain. Charles Woodson—he of the sign-a-big-contract, then-take-a-cruise-to-Europe school of athletic preparation—already sounds defensive about his absence from the Minis and the Organized Temporary Angst sessions. Expect to hear this tone quite a bit from him this year:

Woodson, the Packers’ new $52 million free agent, said he simply thought he could better prepare himself independently for the upcoming season from a physical standpoint, saying there was plenty of practice time in training camp to prepare for the season from a schematic standpoint.

Rather than train here with the team, Woodson worked out in Houston, concentrating mostly on running.

“Sprinting. Distance. 100-degree heat. I challenge you to do it a little bit and you let me know how intense it is,” Woodson said. “Working out in that heat, it gets you prepared for anything. I just did a lot of running. I did ‘DB’ drills, but you’re going to get all the drills you need when you come to training camp. I just made sure my body was all right. You saw a lot of guys out there cramping today. I don’t have any problems.”

Au contraire, says Cliff Christl, who’s at his best as training-camp stenographer:

" Forty-million dollar cornerback Charles Woodson looked like just another rank-and-file player or at least someone who had skipped most all of the Packers’ offensive workouts. Woodson said he was in tip-top shape, but Brett Favre repeatedly smoked him in seven-on-seven. Rookies Greg Jennings and Chris Francies caught hooks from Favre in front of Woodson. Free agent Ruvell Martin beat Woodson deep by a good step, but couldn’t haul the pass in when their feet got tangled. Donald Driver climaxed the second 7-on-7 period by blowing past Woodson on a go pattern for and catching a 75-yard touchdown pass from Favre. "

When you’re letting something called Chris Francies catch hooks in front of you, I would hope they take $12 million away from you immediately.


Not to beat a dead horse until the neighborhood children are making glue sticks out of its remains, but Woodson is already displaying many of the mucuousy attributes of the classic turd bust. McGinn’s analysis of the DBs does quote a Raiders’ official to the effect that Woodson was their best defensive player last year (you get a big scary skull-and-crossbones bandana for that award)—at least until he broke the second leg in as many years. And now? The Raiders’ official would “move him to free safety. He’d be an all-pro.” Certainly in his own mind.


Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 at 06:24AM by Robert Lalasz |

[b bulldog]

At least Brett is in midseason form

[HarveyWallbangers]

Let's hope Woodson can stay healthy and play well--erasing the stigma of going to Michigan. I think Woodson was at Michigan the last time they were any good.

[Bossman641]

Glad to hear about the defense causing turnovers, especially Woodson. Been missing those for ahwile.

[BallHawk]

Glad to hear about the defense causing turnovers, especially Woodson. Been missing those for ahwile.

I know. Last season we were last the league in Turnover Differential with a dissmal -24. That was still in part to the offense, but the defense was a huge culprit.

[woodbuck27]

At least Brett is in midseason form

Some things never change.

[ND72]

Ignore this as my mistake, you wern't at the practise.

Other than those 3 picks by C.W. How did Favre look? Those picks? Did Favre drill the pass's (have pace on the ball) or were they lofted pass's?

How was Samkon looking today?

How did Ahmad Carroll and All Harris look?

One more - Bubba? Is he looking good?

Thanks and Peace Out.

GO Packers !

Just my opinion on the day (i went up there)...Brett looked horrible, i think i counted at least 6INTs HE threw today. Aaron Rodgers looked very sharp.

Samkon looked like a 3rd string back again. Najeh is looking very good in my opinion. Samkon still didn't see many holes when they were there. Herron had 3 nice carries.

Ahmad carroll I thought looked really good...I mean REALLy good. But i also think Woodson and Harris both looked very good today also. Woodson especially.

I didn't see much of Bubba. I saw Rodgers go long to him but over threw him. Other than that i didn't see much.

[woodbuck27]

Thanks alot ND72.

Brett wore himself out in his news conference.

Darn good report on OUR CB's though.

GO Packers !

[HarveyWallbangers]

Don't worry about Brett. He had these days even in his MVP years. He's always said talked about testing guys in camp. Not sure the coaches like this, but it might be his way of challenging Woodson and also seeing what his receivers are made of.

[ND72]

I really think our defense as a whole looks GOOD. top to bottom.

Our DT's are pushign the pocket, the DE's are looking solid. Our LB's are all over the field, and our DB's just look solid. Very solid.

That might not say a lot for our offense, but our offense has had it's moments.

I don't know, I don't wanna get ahead of myself, but watch out for the Pack, I really have a good feeling. McCarthy's practices are tough, and they get stuff done. There were guys throwing up and having to be helped to the side to get dosed with water...they didn't do anything half hearted today. lots of hitting and working today in 100 degree heat. I like what i saw, and the guys never seemed to hate it or think twice about it...the OL and DL worked insanely hard all practice and against eachother.

OH, and i got 2 AJ Hawk autographs...so i was pretty pumped about that.