OTAs/Minicamp Week 3

[Joemailman]

Thought Boykin hurt his ankle in OTA's catching a deep pass?
Why is Boyd not practicing?

340 is on the heavy side for Jolly IMO; I think he'll shed that before/during training camp as he works into football shape. Didn't show a lot, but it looked like he was disengaging from blocks ok.

Jolly was listed at 320 on the 2009 opening day roster, and the Packers have him listed at 325. So he has 15-20 to lose. That shouldn't be a huge problem. Looked like he was moving okay.

[Joemailman]

DuJuan Harris had a fist-sized cyst removed from his lung near his heart. He will miss the rest of the offseason workouts but will be back for training camp.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/210298471.html

[pittstang5]

Holy Crap! Damn!

[Patler]

If it was "next to his heart", from the picture it looks like they took the long way to get to it.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Jolly was listed at 320 on the 2009 opening day roster, and the Packers have him listed at 325. So he has 15-20 to lose. That shouldn't be a huge problem. Looked like he was moving okay.

Kind of disappointing. I was hoping he'd be motivated with this second chance and he'd come into camp in tip top shape.

[pbmax]

Now Harris should be really fast and have extra lung capacity.

[swede]

DuJuan Harris had a fist-sized cyst removed from his lung near his heart. He will miss the rest of the offseason workouts but will be back for training camp.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/210298471.html

It doesn't look too bad. It's probably good that they took it out when they did.

[Patler]

Jolly was listed at 320 on the 2009 opening day roster, and the Packers have him listed at 325. So he has 15-20 to lose. That shouldn't be a huge problem. Looked like he was moving okay.

Kind of disappointing. I was hoping he'd be motivated with this second chance and he'd come into camp in tip top shape.

A few thoughts:

- Comparing "roster weight" to what a player states is kind of an apples to oranges comparison. When the roster listed him at 320, he might well have been 330 or more. It's possible he is fairly close to his playing weight in 2009. Lots of the bigger guys (Pickett, for example) reportedly are much heavier than what the roster indicates.

- 10 to 15 pounds isn't much for those big guys.

- This isn't training camp yet. That is still almost 2 months away. He has time to get into better shape before the real work starts at training camp.

- It sounds like he had lots of lose ends to tie up with his probation, rehab, etc. He might not have really been able to focus on his training. That seems all to be behind him now and he can focus on football.

[MadtownPacker]

Kind of disappointing. I was hoping he'd be motivated with this second chance and he'd come into camp in tip top shape.

Count me the same as you except with all my teeth. Seems that a guy given what is likely his last shot at the NFL would care enough to give his best effort for everything.

[Freak Out]

Cut the guy a little slack assholes......getting clean from the drank is like quitting smoking....you are going to add a few pounds along that path.

[Joemailman]

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/210310021.html

"It was actually pressing against his lung," said Harris' agent Dave Lee. "Now his lungs are open to breathe all the way again -- at 100% again. He should be able to get more oxygen in his body and have more endurance and be able to do more as a football player now."

Harris has dealt with the cyst on his lung his entire life. The cyst has always affected the running back without Harris ever knowing why.

"He didn't know about it," Lee said. "He said that as a kid, he'd feel pressure on his chest in the same area but he'd always chalk it up to indigestion or something like that. So it's a blessing in disguise and it actually may make him, physically, a better player.

"He'll get more oxygen into his body and be able to make more big plays."

[Fritz]

Wow. Now DeJuan Harris is even more underdoggy.

I do wish Jolly had come in lighter, but I'm not panicked. If he shows up to training camp looking like a complete sloth, I'll be concerned. I'd like to see the guy make it.

Can he play the nose?

[rbaloha1]

Now Harris should be really fast and have extra lung capacity.

Agent speak.

[rbaloha1]

Kind of disappointing. I was hoping he'd be motivated with this second chance and he'd come into camp in tip top shape.

Looks fine to me.

Backup to Pickett an Raji, playing 10 -20 snaps.

[pbmax]

Day 2 all rom Twitter feeds of Dunne, Dougherty, Vandermause, Wilde and WesHod

Dezman Moses out after leg injury yesterday

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 21h 
Also, Pickett, Boyd and Worthy

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 21h 
Here's what I have as non participants: Boykin, Dorsey, Johnson, Harris, Richardson, House, Moses, Bishop, Brad Jones, Tretter, Sherrod

Lattimore with the 1s and AJ Hawk at ILB with Jones and Bishop out

Dunne: a lot of work with screens with Green and Starks

Masthay puts kickoff attempt 5 yards deep

Worthy doing conditioning on sidelines, has not yet cut on his repaired knee

Pete Dougherty @PeteDougherty 20h
Newhouse RT with No. 1 offense, Barclay with No. 2. Rest of No. 2 line: Bakhtiari LT, Datko LG, Van Roten C, Taylor LG.

Barclay later gets reps with the 1s

Pete Dougherty @PeteDougherty 20h
Williams, Hayward CBs in No, 1 base D