Camp Reports 2013 or Oh No, That Doesn't Look Good

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Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 44m
Barclay looks like the starter at RG if Lang doesn't play.

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 44m
Starks gets first carry during team drill.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 44m
Ball slips right out of Vince Young's hand. Wow.

ITS JUST DAY 2!?

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 42m
Looks like Shields and House will be the starting CBs and Hyde the nickel.

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 39m
Not a lot of Jones, Cobb and Finley at practice either. Packers could be taking a look at a lot of back-ups.

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 37m
And Jones, Finley, whole starting offensive line (minus Lang, who's out) take over scout team reps now. Probably a sign for Arz.

Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde 34m
If you've seen Bull Durham, McCarthy yelling at team was like the shower "Lollygaggers!" speech. #Packers

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 33m
#Packers punt coverage: Masthay, Bush, Lattimore, Francois, Goode, Manning, DJ Williams, Kuhn, Harris and Boykin and Ross

THOUGHT FOR FUTURE BRILLIANCE. COLLECT ALL REFERENCES TO #1 ST UNITS NEAR THE END OF CAMP. COMPUTE ROSTER BUBBLE SPOTS ON THOSE WHO ARE TRUSTED ON ST. PROFIT.

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 33m
Ross now taking punts with No 1 punt return team

IF I CANNOT HAVE A HEALTHY SHERROD, GIVE ME ROSS ON ALL RETURNS

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Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 23m
Young gets picked by Jarrett Bush in team. Followed by a beautiful pass to Ross deep but 10 drops it

THAT PICK WAS DURING HALF SPEED DRILL, SO HARD TO READ INTO IT. BUT YOUNG STILL HAD SOME ACCURACY TROUBLE TODAY

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Lane Taylor @lanetaylor65 11h
It's baby time!! Baby Bryleigh is coming 20 days early!! Here we go!! @kaseyraetaylor http://instagram.com/p/cvRezuEwHU/

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[Fritz]

I think McGinn's mystifying comment about Finley's second practice was meant to convey the idea that this was the second time Finley ended a practice catching a TD pass from Rodgers.

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Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 2m
McCarthy: TJ Lang's back bothering him. Had a pretty good collision yesterday. Don't have an update on him.

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 2m
MM: Today was review day, first time in helmets. Didn't start way it needed to, but last 2 team periods were outstanding.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 1m
MM: Andrew Datko has a concussion. Lane Taylor had a personal issue.

Packer Report @PackerReport 2s
No. 1 offense will "definitely" start the game. Not sure of playing time, though.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 2m
MM: Our No. 1 offense will play with Rodgers. How much they'll play we'll see. Wait until get to the last practices to see where you're at.

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 2m
MM: My goal with Vince Young is to play him in game tomorrow. He's playing uphill right now. Mental transition he's going through.

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 2m
MM: Lacy is definitely concern for tomorrow. He didn't practice today.

Packer Report @PackerReport 3m
MM not sure how he'll alternate kickers but will try to keep opportunities balanced.

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 1m
MM: couldn't tell you if Dorsey and Charles Johnson are closer to being able to play. They are getting better.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 1m
MM: Randall Cobb's work today wasn't medical it was more about getting the 2s and 3s ready to play.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 48s
MM: on UW playing here: I know what Ted would say. I'll take the high road and say it's great. "Just don't screw up the grass."

Packer Report @PackerReport 2m
Not sure on Bakhtiari's playing time but will play more than rest of starters on OL.

[Fritz]

Okay, so Bulaga's out. Sherrod still out. Now possibly Lang?

And Lacy's probably out. And Jordy Nelson, of course, along with the PUP people. Mike Neal probably won't play.

This is quite ridiculous. Sports talking heads in Detroit are sputtering and mumbling about how terrible it is the Louis Delmas won't play.

Jaysus.

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Thursday Practice, 8-8-13
Pete Dougherty @PeteDougherty 23m
With Lang absent Barclay playing RT with No. 1 oline

EVEN THE WRITERS DON'T KNOW WHERE BARCLAY IS LINING UP

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 53m
OK, not so good for Vince Young. James Jones picked him off in a jog-through.

OR WHICH DIRECTION JAMES JONES PLAYS IN

[Joemailman]

So, who's starting the Game Day thread tomorrow night? I did the first one last year and we lost House and Bishop, so I think I'm disqualified.

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Okay, so Bulaga's out. Sherrod still out. Now possibly Lang?

And Lacy's probably out. And Jordy Nelson, of course, along with the PUP people. Mike Neal probably won't play.

This is quite ridiculous. Sports talking heads in Detroit are sputtering and mumbling about how terrible it is the Louis Delmas won't play.

Jaysus.

Cobb is banged up, I hope he doesn't play.

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McCarthy Sat after First Preseason Game

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 52m
MM: Bakhtiari played well, will definitely grow from this experience.

Packer Report @PackerReport 51m
Barclay "was clearly one of the top performers of the game for us." (That's big-time statement there)

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 52m
MM: Didn't grade out well as offense, but Barclay was one of bright spots.

Packer Report @PackerReport 52m
More on Barclay: Flexibiility, assignment-sound, won majority of reps, finishes his blocks.

Packer Report @PackerReport 52m
MM on Tyrone Walker "He's another one I would say was one of our top performers. .... been doing it all camp. Very instinctive, athletic."

Packer Report @PackerReport 50m
MM on the running game: Attempts were there. Wasn't clean. Some good combination blocks and finishes up front. But some missed blocks.

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 50m
MM: Was very pleased with what T.J. Lang gave us last night. Will be smart with him this week. Thought he was solid.

Packer Report @PackerReport 50m
MM thought No. 1 offense as a whole played well on their one and only series.

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 50m
MM: Secondary was OK, there were some winners and guys that didn't win. Coverage wasn't as tight as it needed to be in certain spots.

Packer Report @PackerReport 50m
Big negative on defense was "adversity defense" with two touchdown by AZ off of two giveaways.

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 50m
MM: Starks had ball over goal line, Ref said he couldn't see his knee.

Packer Report @PackerReport 49m
MM said House has practiced very well but "obviously you'd like to see him play better." ... Got to respond and keep playing. Short memory.

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Barclay Making Push to Start

GREEN BAY—Offensive lineman Don Barclay ended his rookie season last year in the Packers’ starting lineup, and he’s pushing to get back there in year two.

After an otherwise rough night for the offense in getting blanked by Arizona, Mike McCarthy on Saturday singled out Barclay for his solid performance at right tackle. Barclay alternated series at that spot with Marshall Newhouse into the third quarter of Friday’s game in an ongoing competition for the starting role.

“I thought Barclay was clearly one of the top performers of the game for us,” McCarthy said. “When we went through the grading, we didn’t grade out very well as a football team. We graded out poorly as an offense, but I thought Don Barclay’s performance was clearly one of the brighter spots in last night’s game.”

McCarthy didn’t specifically address Newhouse’s play, but the fourth-year pro was cleanly beaten around the edge by defensive end John Abraham in the second quarter, leading to a sack and fumble by quarterback Graham Harrell

Sounds like Newhouse might be headed for the backup T spot.

[denverYooper]

Thought this was interesting... from the Barancyzk column

Also, outside linebacker Nick Perry is a huge asset in the run game, there were times he caved in that side of the line.

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I have broken McCarthy's code on injuries.

This took one year longer than Holmgren, who referred to all soft, connective tissue injuries as "tweaks" no matter the degree of tear. You could guesstimate the length of recovery by the tone of the answer. If angry with question, he would be back in 1-2 days, if perturbed with question but answers at length, its 1-4 weeks. If he answers like you have just asked him about his lovely daughters, the player's season was in jeopardy.

McCarthy is just too honest to be completely baffling, but has learned to couch his answer. Speaking of Derek Sherrod today he said:

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 1h
McCarthy on Jones: Will miss a couple days this week. Hoping he'll be ready for St. Louis.

When he mentions a time frame, its a minimum for being given back a helmet. If he has a second benchmark, its the absolute peak of optimism for participation and under ordinary conditions, you should consider the player as OUT until after that event.

M3 is in favor of hope and considers it a good thing. But its disappointed him before and he figures you should learn that lesson too.


In other news, DaJuan Harris is off PUP. Sean Richardson is still weeks away yet.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Some good news on the injury front, for once:

DE Datone Jones (ankle) is expected to miss a few days. He's questionable for the St. Louis game.

Returning to practice were RB DuJuan Harris and WR Randall Cobb. DE-LB Mike Neal participated in team drills for the first time.

T Derek Sherrod progressed enough to perform some individual drills Monday with position coach James Campen.

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Some good news on the injury front, for once:

T Derek Sherrod progressed enough to perform some individual drills Monday with position coach James Campen.

I really thought I McCarthy was slow rolling the news.

Soon we might see how much of a pro talent evaluator I am