Official Training Camp Thread

[Noodle]

What the heck, it's pre-season, and as KY notes, it's been a long time since there's been something to talk about, so I'm going to make a bigger deal out of this than is necessary --

Pre-season has already been cut to dang near nothing, so why oh why do you waste anyone's time with Sherrod taking LG reps? Especially this year, every rep is precious, don't you want guys like Lang, who may actually be your LG, taking those reps instead of Sherrod? And every rep at LG is just a waste of time for a guy you should be grooming to do one thing, play T.

This reminds me of the musical chairs crap that we did a couple of years ago with guys shifting all the time. Doesn't work. Let Sherrod drink deeply from the well of wisdom that is Cliffy.

[Harlan Huckleby]

All they are doing is seeing if he can play guard. So far its clear that he can not and they will most likely end up moving him back to tackle. Its pretty clear Lang is going to win the starting LG job.

As long as Sherrod is getting the most reps at RG, the only credible explanation is that the coaches believe that Sherrod is their best option at the position.

You might be right that Lang will ultimately win the job.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Pre-season has already been cut to dang near nothing, so why oh why do you waste anyone's time with Sherrod taking LG reps?

Either the coaches are numbskulls, or they disagree with you and think Sherrod can be better than Lang this season.

Maybe the Sherrod exeriment will be over tomorrow, who knows. What will we talk about then?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Nice!
http://packersnews.greenbaypressgaze...|img|FRONTPAGE

Probably you were right about another thing in the past 24 hours. Like the old saying.

[vince]

Nice!



http://packersnews.greenbaypressgaze...|img|FRONTPAGE

That was a pretty good read on the first practices.

[Noodle]

Vince, agree regarding the camp report. The GB Press Gazette is blowing JS away with the quality of its camp reports. Demovsky seems to have a good knowledge of the game, and I'm ashamed to say I don't know that much about him. But I like the detail and analysis in his reports.

All the JS can do is tweet.

[Guiness]

It is my opinion that you don't need to force Sherrod into a starting position just because he is a first round pick. Last year Buluga didn't have a starting position so they forced him into a competition with Colledge for left guard. Bulaga is going to be a very good right tackle, the second most important position on the roster, but if Colledge didn't beat him out he would have been a left guard for the rest of his career. Sherrod needs to be groomed to play left tackle. The Packers should take their time with him and teach him the skills to excel at the position instead of confusing him with learning how to play a position he has never played.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's not at all how I remember the competition between Bulaga and Colledge. I thought Bulaga was looking spectacular at LG, and it was looking very much like he would win the job...then he got hurt, and Colledge started the season. He didn't get a chance to get back on the field until the RT got hurt.

Long run, it's probably better is happened this way - he's playing a much more difficult to fill position.

[bobblehead]

What the heck, it's pre-season, and as KY notes, it's been a long time since there's been something to talk about, so I'm going to make a bigger deal out of this than is necessary --

Pre-season has already been cut to dang near nothing, so why oh why do you waste anyone's time with Sherrod taking LG reps? Especially this year, every rep is precious, don't you want guys like Lang, who may actually be your LG, taking those reps instead of Sherrod? And every rep at LG is just a waste of time for a guy you should be grooming to do one thing, play T.

This reminds me of the musical chairs crap that we did a couple of years ago with guys shifting all the time. Doesn't work. Let Sherrod drink deeply from the well of wisdom that is Cliffy.

You don't think that every rep is crucial for sherrod to learn the OL calls and assignments? He needs reps too, and since Cliffy is the starter at LT, LG is the logical place for him to get them....plus, what if he actually wins the job?

[Noodle]

Good point, Bobble, but I'd far prefer that he concentrate at this point on learning his LT assignments and technique. So while there is some small benefit in him getting some trigger time at LG, I think that's outweighed by what he is losing in opportunity to learn the LT position at the pro level.

[Yoop]

every rookie works both at T and G, how else do you expect the coaches to detirman what position the player is best suited to play, years ago LG and LT where the most important positions on the oline, I still think LG is the more demanding position between the two, I also agree that Bulaga and Colledge where neck and neck last year for the start, and Bulaga's injury gave colledge the job, it worked out because we needed him later at RT.

[pbmax]

Vince, agree regarding the camp report. The GB Press Gazette is blowing JS away with the quality of its camp reports. Demovsky seems to have a good knowledge of the game, and I'm ashamed to say I don't know that much about him. But I like the detail and analysis in his reports.

All the JS can do is tweet.

McGinn is back with the JSO daily camp report.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/126746083.html

[pbmax]

Shields hurt his thigh last night. Ripped his uni and had it iced on sidelines. McCarthy downplayed it.

[Lurker64]

Shields hurt his thigh last night. Ripped his uni and had it iced on sidelines. McCarthy downplayed it.

In the presser McCarthy said it was a uniform malfunction not an injury, he could have just been icing it because of some turf burn or something.

[pbmax]

In the presser McCarthy said it was a uniform malfunction not an injury, he could have just been icing it because of some turf burn or something.

What is on Nitschke Field? DD Grassmaster or FieldTurf?

[MJZiggy]

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