Tuesday 8th - Training Camp Report

[PlantPage55]

Hey everyone! I wrote another TC report over on Football's Future!

Here's the link:

http://www.footballsfuture.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=74882

check it out! Enjoy!

[billy_oliver880]

Thanks man thats a great report!

[GrnBay007]

Great report PP!

[Partial]

Hey everyone!
I went to camp today and I have a lot to write but I'll be doing it in a little different way tonight. I don't have as many impressions of all of the players because we're 3 weeks into camp or something - and I'll only be writing plays and things that stand out now - rather than the impressions I get from how a player looks or their attitudes or whatever.

Also, I said earlier that this week would be a two day trip for me - well, a my superior at work is taking a day off and yesterday he told me that I would have to work in his place tomorrow. SUPRISE! So I'm a little pissed.

Also also, preliminary impression. I've said this many times before, but between the scrimmage and the TCs I've seen and read about I NEED to stress this. ABDUL HODGE is the man. MOVE BARNETT!!! He would make a great SSLB - don't pigeon-hole Hodge into a position he can't play. I know a lot of you guys are seeing this. And I even heard this from a bunch of FANS in the crowd today! Hopefully, the coaches are perking their senses to this!

I'm going to build myself a delicious Smoked Beef Sandwich from Green Bay's wonderful Maplewood Meats and some Mac and Cheese from Lee's Famous Recipe of Wausau...get ready for a Thrillhouse Official Report!

Okay, let's start the show...I'll be going in chronological order...

Corey Rodgers was out on the field EARLY - he was fielding punts before anyone else got out there. While he was out there he only bobbled one or two out of many, and didn't drop any. I tell you what, gun incident aside (because I don't know the circumstances...) I like his attitude. Even though he isn't there with his punt catching yet (as you'll see later) - he seems to really be trying to get better all the time.

Herron then came out, he was in a muscle shirt and was carrying his pads with him for the moment. I'll tell you what, he looked bigger and more ripped than I remember from last year. Last year, I thought he was kind of shrimpy..this year, he LOOKS like a legitimate RB.

First up during practice was punt return:
Woodson and Rodgers took turns, and both were doing great until Corey misread a punt and couldn't get under one. THEN Charles dropped one that hit him in the chest. THEN Corey dropped one that hit him in the hands...then one in the chest. They got COLD really fast.

Ryan hit some deep beauties.
BJ hit a deep one, but also hit a medium length drifter that wobbled right towards the sidelines...pretty ugly.

In Offensive run-through, they practiced a WR pass with Donald Driver. Favre flipped it to him and he would throw it to Fergy.

In Team Run, they came out with it right away, and Donald threw a nice, long pass - but Ferg definitely wasn't running fast enough. He seemed to dog it on that play, but idk why he would with such a special play. You think he'd want it to look good. meh.

Then they ran a couple of VERY ideally run screens. First, Davenport, then Herron. GREAT screens, GREAT blocks.

- HODGE had nice pursuit of a WR reverse.
- RODGERS threw a bad pass way behind a crossing BOERIGTER
- INGLE MARTIN threw a pass too high for GARDNER to catch.
- FERGY drops a RODGERS pass in the numbers.
- FAVRE to DRIVER is MAGIC like always.

Ahman Green looked great AT FIRST. He caught everything thrown to him. Even a great over the shoulder, deep one. But he dropped his last two in the flat. idk...I still say he has some great, soft hands, but maybe it was a long day for him.

Mike McCarthy and Brett Favre are INSEPARABLE.
By that I mean, when he's not in the drill...he's talking to coach. ALWAYS.
In my opinion, this is great! I hope Favre picks McCarthy's brain endlessly and TAKES everything away from it!


DRIVER smoked CHARLES but there was no catch.
- GARDNER made a nice adjustment to a short pass and caught it in front of HARRIS.
- COLLINS was stride for stride with FRANCIES - but neither touched the ball.
- BOERIGTER beat HORTON with a nice curl route
- FERGY caught a sharp curl from FAVRE with WOODSON right on his back.
- BOE burned HARRIS with a square route over the middle. HARRIS got faked out by an outside move.
- GARDNER dropped a rather high pass from RODGERS with COLLINS in close coverage.

- CALVIN RUSSEL burned HORTON. But the pass was underthrown by WROBEL

-WROBEL sucks.

3rd and 1 Situational Drill:

- COLE and KGB absolutely STUFF GADO
- GADO gets small gain for first down
- GADO rips a 7 yarder, with COLLINS coming in for the kill.

Goal Line

- FAVRE to BUBBA = TD
- COLE eats up DAVENPORT
- RODGERS pass to HUMPHREY = HODGE INTERCEPTS!!!!!
- JOLLY and CULVER stuff runner (didn't see who)
- RODGERS to ALCORN = TD with TRACY WHITE blowing coverage

Regular

- FAVRE to FERGY long pass - caught in TIGHT coverage by WOODSON
- FAVRE to DRIVER - 80 worked CHARLES and made the nice play over the middle
- WOODSON looks like he's dogging it, because he's tired of camp
- KAMPMAN would-be SACK on RODGERS
- CULVER swats a ball away from COREY RODGERS with TIGHT coverage
- CULVER tightly covers BOE on the very next play

Let me digress to say that I am very impressed with the play of our SAFETIES! In both camp and the scrimmage.

From COLLINS, to CULVER and UNDERWOOD, and to a lesser extent BOGER

And MARQUAND isn't even ready yet, and I'm impressed!

Here's the string of great AJ plays:
- DAVID MARTIN catches a really quick pass off the snap from FAVRE over the middle, and AJ is right there ready to hit. TOO BAD HE CAN'T! I would have loved to see that one.

- AJ was in position for an INT, but he wasn't quick enough to react and it was kind of a low ball for him to get. I don't think he would have INT'D it even if he was a little quicker reacting, but he still looked disappointed in himself.

- AJ stops GADO on a 1 to 2 yard run. AGAIN, he was in position to PUNISH - too bad it's just camp.

He's going to be FINE ladies and gents!

- JOLLY gets a would-be SACK on INGLE
- RUVELL MARTIN has BIG yards after the catch on a FAVRE pass
- UNDERWOOD and BEN TAYLOR have good coverage on DONALD LEE.
FAVRE throws the ball and it couldn't have been in ANY OTHER spot, but LEE drops it dammit!!!"
- Pass interference: Carroll asks, "Who's that on?" The ref replies "you."
ha ha ha - I have a feeling he's STILL arguing with the ref.

- NICE pass to HERRON in the flat
- INGLE still overthrows quite a bit...better than underthrowing?

- BOE drops a slant
- MARTIN drops a slant
- Who doesn't drop a slant?!

- I'll tell you who...DRIVER SMOKES CARROLL on a SLANT!

- BOGER has quick pursuit of a DAVENPORT screen
- HODGE would have had a KILLER hit on LEE 5 yards over the middle

- ABDUL HODGE: I am INFINITELY impressed with this guy. After every play he's MLB for, I seem to see him crawl out from the tackle. I'm amazed. START THIS MAN AND DON'T MAKE IT SSLB!

- AJ HAWK: He had a nice string of impact looking plays in there. And I'm throwing him on here because he's getting a lot of rag, but I see him starting to react instead of think. He'll be great. He just needs support and a little time.

- FAVRE: He's so sharp. I love it. It's a joy to watch him. Treasure him, because he won't be here much longer.

- DRIVER: because when ISN'T he awesome?! I'm waiting for the one day that he DOESN'T show up.

- CULVER/UNDERWOOD: no matter who out of these two were in at the time, they both were always around the play!

- COLIN COLE: boy, he showed up today. He showed explosiveness through the line.

PEOPLE THAT AREN'T SO AWESOME RIGHT NOW:

- FERGY: He made ONE awe-inspiring catch over Charles Woodson, but otherwise...he dogged it. He had a couple drops, he didn't run hard.

- BOE: He dropped a flat out, routine, slant. It was ugly and I hope he was embarassed, because the crowd groaned pretty loudly. I had him as an impressive WR after the first day of camp, but he's been steadily less than all of that as of late.

- ALL OF OUR CORNER BACKS: COME ON GUYS. We KNOW you guys are good. We KNOW AL and Charles can play while they're healthy. And I KNOW Carroll is better (at least, a little better) than this. They're just dogging it in camp.......at least I hope.

- Tony Moll: The dude is a pud.

- DAVID MARTIN and DONALD LEE: catch a damn ball once or twice


Anyway. I am a total optimist when it comes to the GB Packers. I like to hold out plenty of hope for them. Let me say again, that Coach McCarthy is doing a hell of a job in my opinion...especially in his control of the QBs. I think he is really commited to limiting STUPID passes. I think FAVRE will benefit greatly from having constant feedback and reinforcement. Instead of benefiting from constant scapegoating and excuses from our old friend Mr. Rossley.

Have a nice night everyone. I'll check back to try and answer questions and stuff later tonight.

Amazing report man!

[chewy-bacca]

Thanks man thats a great report!

[Bretsky]

WOW; some GREAT STUFF.

To me the most encouraging thing I'm finding is the Favre MM interaction.

And the most discouraging thing is notes about Woodsen seeming to dog it after skipping all the voluntary stuff.

It's early though, and if healthy the Woodsen signing at worst was better than eating more cap money like the 7MIL that sits on our books now.

B

[HarveyWallbangers]

Thumbs up
Tuesday’s full-contact, move-the-ball period in which the offense was charged with running out the clock with a lead was the perfect example of why Samkon Gado is a more NFL-ready running back than Noah Herron.
The coaching staff has raved about Herron’s ability to make the right reads in the new zone-blocking scheme, but there’s still an element of power necessary to run in the NFL. That’s where Gado excels.
The drill on Tuesday had the offense leading 14-10 with 3:10 remaining and three timeouts left for the defense. Gado carried five times for 17 yards, including an 8-yard gain in which barreled through the right side of the line. It helped the offense successfully kill the clock without turning it over downs. Gado finished the drill off by converting a fourth-and-1 run.
Herron and Najeh Davenport split reps with the No. 2 offense in the same drill, and Herron rushed twice for 10 yards. He was stuffed for a 1-yard gain but did break a 9-yard run. However, unlike Gado’s powerful run through traffic, Herron had a huge hole. Also, that drive stalled at the 2-minute mark, turning the ball over to the defense.
There might be a place for both running backs on the roster, but anyone who thinks Herron can take Gado’s spot should consider Tuesday’s drill.

Thumbs down
Every once in a while, cornerback Charles Woodson has the kind of practice that makes you wonder if he was worth a $10 million signing bonus.
Tuesday was one of those practices. Woodson looked rather ordinary in coverage against Robert Ferguson, who hasn’t exactly been tearing up training camp. Ferguson beat Woodson for a 43-yard reception early in practice. Woodson had OK coverage but didn’t make a very good play on the ball. Later, Woodson got completely beat by Donald Driver on a middle seam route.
To be sure, there have been days when Woodson has looked dominant. His five-interception practice last week was an impressive sight. But it’s beginning to look like he might have an inconsistent streak in him.

[Packers4Ever]

Re: Tuesday 8th - Training Camp Report

Hey everyone! I wrote another TC report over on Football's Future!

Here's the link:

http://www.footballsfuture.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=74882

check it out! Enjoy!

What a super report, Plant !! Well written, let's see some more.
I guess Fergy isn't up for grabs after all, not right now anyway.

[gbgary]

Thanks man thats a great report!

+1.......your mission, should you accept it, is to duplicate this no-nonsense report on a daily basis. good luck!

[Willard]

I agree. Super! Long live the Thrillhouse Report!

[woodbuck27]

PlantPage55 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Slapdown - down to earth reporting.

Great job again PlantPage55.

[Packers4Glory]

what happened to fergy having that so called desire to make it and be great? From the reports I've seen, he isn't practicing like a guy out to make a statement.

[MadtownPacker]

Welcome to PR everyone. Hope you hang around for the season.

Packers4Glory - Check out this thread to see what posters think about Fergy the fraud.

http://www.packerrats.com/ratchat/viewtopic.php?t=2402

[Terry]

Fabulous reports, PP and Harvey! Thank you!!

I only learned about this site yesterday. So far, I've really enjoyed everything I've read - from the humour to the Packer insights and reporting. My thanks to whoever it was who went to the other place and mentioned this site. Over there, I was just debating all the time - over here, I'm just reading and soaking everything up. I'm in Ireland and it's always hard to get good info on the Pack, so this place is just plain the bee's knees.

[HarveyWallbangers]

That wasn't my report. I forgot to give proper credit. I took a snippet out of Demovsky's blog on the Press Gazette to show his thoughts on Woodson.