Say it ain't so....

[AtlPackFan]

Doesn't anybody in the Green Bay organization know how to use photoshop, for Chrissakes?

[Patler]

It is a bad media relations issue. Guys like Barnett, Chillar, and Tausch all contributed this year and for several years as Packers. Tausch and Barnett have played their whole careers in Green Bay and have waited their whole lives to be members of a Super Bowl team. They should be recognized as such. Plus they can make a little money on this as well in the future at signings.

I think it is sad.

Is this the only picture they will have to do that with? There is a team photo taken at the start of every season. They are in that.

By the way. I found what supposedly is the Saints team photo from the Super Bow. About 100 people standing on bleachers on the field. No indication of who it is, or what it is for. Nothing special about it. No different than the Packers annual photo, which will have everyone from IR except Havner and Smith who came after the year started, played a couple weeks and ended up on IR. Not sure if Bell and Levine would be on it, they were IR'ed in training camp, I think.

Saints' photo:

http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/p/17863344/Saints-Team-Superbowl-Photo.aspx

I haven't found any other super bowl team photos on line, but didn't look very hard for them either.

[AtlPackFan]

Well he has his own staff to take care of him.

But the issue isn't getting the IR players there, it's having the training facilities available and staff available to treat them while they are there. Remember, the training room facilities that the Cowboys use alone will be shared by two teams for the week. So the Packers will have limited time to use the facilities for their rostered players, then have to work in 16 more.

Again, all this worry for a photo. The players aren't being left in GB for the whole week. They aren't being excluded from the game. Although some teams in the past have not allowed IR players on the field, the Packers have told their IR players they can be on the field.

Wow....I started a firestorm....didn't mean to do that.

OK, I played 1 year of HS football long, long, long time ago but what would it hurt to NOT have the players doing rehab for a few days. None of them are going to be playing until May/June anyway. I don't understand the concern about a couple of days.

I do understand the idea that it is just a picture and maybe this photo is never available to the general public but WHEN the Packers win the SB, I would like to be able to buy a team photo with Tauscher in it. Again, maybe its not available

[VermontPackFan]

I can understand wanting to be in the picture. I can't understand crying about it to the media like a little girl. That is a disrespectful put-yourself-first act.

Totally agree. The active players and coaches do not need to be dealing with this...

[Patler]

OK, I played 1 year of HS football long, long, long time ago but what would it hurt to NOT have the players doing rehab for a few days. None of them are going to be playing until May/June anyway. I don't understand the concern about a couple of days.

I thought about that, but I am sure they harp and harp on the guys about the need to be diligent in rehab. It would be counterproductive to then say, "Don't worry about it. Skip this week. It's not that important." What other weeks might the player decide aren't important and skip. A lot of the players leave and rehab on their own after the season ends (even during the season). The message to them has to be consistent. Rehab is important.

I do understand the idea that it is just a picture and maybe this photo is never available to the general public but WHEN the Packers win the SB, I would like to be able to buy a team photo with Tauscher in it. Again, maybe its not available

There is always the annual photo taken at the start of the season.

[Scott Campbell]

I do understand the idea that it is just a picture and maybe this photo is never available to the general public but WHEN the Packers win the SB, I would like to be able to buy a team photo with Tauscher in it. Again, maybe its not available

How's this:

[AtlPackFan]

I thought about that, but I am sure they harp and harp on the guys about the need to be diligent in rehab. It would be counterproductive to then say, "Don't worry about it. Skip this week. It's not that important." What other weeks might the player decide aren't important and skip. A lot of the players leave and rehab on their own after the season ends (even during the season). The message to them has to be consistent. Rehab is important.

If it was any other week, I would agree. But its Super Bowl week. I think that might trump a couple of missed days of rehab.

Still, as you said there are other photos and you can't make out who is who anyway. And as you all have said, this should have stayed internal and not tweeted to the world.

[AtlPackFan]

Great photoshop work Scott. Can you do me one up and send it to me!

[Patler]

If it was any other week, I would agree. But its Super Bowl week. I think that might trump a couple of missed days of rehab.

Still, as you said there are other photos and you can't make out who is who anyway. And as you all have said, this should have stayed internal and not tweeted to the world.

I think they are already missing some, since they will be there the end of the week. Now you might be talking about missing an entire week. For some that might not be a big deal. For others it could be.

But I agree, the biggest problem here was the players going public and not keeping it internal. It distracts from what is important. Should interview time be spent in Finley and his bruised ego over the picture, or on Quarless and what his rookie year has been like? Finley and I might differ on our answers to that question, unfortunately.

[mraynrand]

Finley is so important, he's on there twice! What more can he ask for??

[3irty1]

They'd have to take the picture from space to get all the IR players in frame.

I hope this gets reversed so that 50 years from now someone sees the picture and wonders why there are so many players and then marvels at the Packers accomplishments upon learning about all the injuries they overcame.

[gbpackfan]

BREAKING NEWS - IR players will be in the picture as they will now be taking before they leave for Texas. Issue over. Geesh.

[swede]

My Goodness.

[vince]

They're moving the team picture to Friday in Dallas for the drama queens.

http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/includes/news_items/40/news_items_more.php?id=5432&section_id=40

[Smidgeon]

Okay. I've now heard (from news sources) Friday in GB before they leave and Friday in Arlington after they get there. Which one is it? Does anyone know?