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

[denverYooper]

Saw the bit about Harris. Sounds like he's headed to IR.

At least Manning can get to the QB.

[hoosier]

Someone needs to do a comparative analysis on injuries. McCarthy keeps saying this is happening all around the league but I cannot imagine that most teams (any team?) has had as many minor and major injuries as the Packers since 2010.

[run pMc]

Someone needs to do a comparative analysis on injuries. McCarthy keeps saying this is happening all around the league but I cannot imagine that most teams (any team?) has had as many minor and major injuries as the Packers since 2010.

Oh, I don't know. It seems like some teams are getting hit pretty good. NYG lost Stevie Brown and have issues all over the place, Will Smith went on IR in NO, Stephen Gilmore is out 6-8 weeks for BUF -- who don't seem to have a starter quality QB with Manuel and Kolb hurt (and signing Tuel and Leinart to play). NYJ have a mess at QB with Sanchez and Geno Smith both nursieng injuries and trying to outdo each other in the bad decision-making department. Henry Melton's been out for most of the preseason for CHI after signing a franchise tender, MIN has players hurt (Chris Cook, Kevin Williams, Shariff Floyd) and Ponder is still playing inconsistent...DET has been somewhat healthy, which means either the injury bug will bite them later when the games count or they will have one of those freak seasons of health and win the division.

The injury situation is not good for GB, but it's not an outlier. I'd feel a lot better if the WR's and CB's could get/stay healthy, but I'll optimistically say TT has helped to build better team depth than a lot of teams out there.

[Brandon494]

Damn thats huge if we lose Harris for the season, hopefully that won't be the case.

Good to hear my man Walker still working hard out there!

[denverYooper]

Has Wes Hodkiewicz ever been to a Turkish prison?

[RashanGary]

PB,

I've read that Shields has made some pretty big progress as far as his ability to play different types of coverage. I doubt he'll ever be the natural, instinctive zone player that Hayward or Hyde are, but if he's good enough mix it in, that's enough for me. I just think it will help our cause of we're not totally predictable with the coverages we call, especially against running QBs.

I keep hoping we're going to get healthy for the first game, but it keeps looking like it's less and less likely.



On the bright side, Mike Daniels looks quick and strong. CJ Wilson is playing the best football I've ever seen him play. Jolly can give us quality snaps inside. Pickett is healthy and in good shape and Raji had some plays where he just looked like a bull. Plus Datone Jones and Mike Neal should give us a little something. . . . Our DL looks good. It would be great to be able to have a fresh, strong DL against a team like SF. It will go a long way toward slowing down their run game. . .

[hoosier]

Oh, I don't know. It seems like some teams are getting hit pretty good. NYG lost Stevie Brown and have issues all over the place, Will Smith went on IR in NO, Stephen Gilmore is out 6-8 weeks for BUF -- who don't seem to have a starter quality QB with Manuel and Kolb hurt (and signing Tuel and Leinart to play). NYJ have a mess at QB with Sanchez and Geno Smith both nursieng injuries and trying to outdo each other in the bad decision-making department. Henry Melton's been out for most of the preseason for CHI after signing a franchise tender, MIN has players hurt (Chris Cook, Kevin Williams, Shariff Floyd) and Ponder is still playing inconsistent...DET has been somewhat healthy, which means either the injury bug will bite them later when the games count or they will have one of those freak seasons of health and win the division.

The injury situation is not good for GB, but it's not an outlier. I'd feel a lot better if the WR's and CB's could get/stay healthy, but I'll optimistically say TT has helped to build better team depth than a lot of teams out there.

Ok, you got me there. No matter how bad things get with the injuries in GB, there is one team that clearly has them beat. How can it be that Buffalo, after two straight decades of bottom feeding, is starting an undrafted rookie at QB against New England in the season opener? That is bad news.

[run pMc]

Ok, you got me there. No matter how bad things get with the injuries in GB, there is one team that clearly has them beat. How can it be that Buffalo, after two straight decades of bottom feeding, is starting an undrafted rookie at QB against New England in the season opener? That is bad news.

The easy cop-out answer is they never found a decent long term solution at QB after Jim Kelly. The Rob Johnson/Doug Flutie era bled into...what...J.P. Losman? Yuck. Looking at their QB's over the last 2 decades makes me feel very very lucky as a GB fan. Somewhere Ryan Fitzpatrick is probably laughing at Buddy Nix for cutting him.

[Guiness]

The easy cop-out answer is they never found a decent long term solution at QB after Jim Kelly. The Rob Johnson/Doug Flutie era bled into...what...J.P. Losman? Yuck. Looking at their QB's over the last 2 decades makes me feel very very lucky as a GB fan. Somewhere Ryan Fitzpatrick is probably laughing at Buddy Nix for cutting him.

Agreed. Fitz maybe didn't work out as well as they would have liked...but getting rid of a decent incumbant starter before you have something else in place does not seem smart!

[QBME]

Saw the bit about Harris. Sounds like he's headed to IR.

I finally got around to watching the game last night. When Harris went down the Ref who was a couple of yards away suddenly turned his head and looked at him. The Ref came directly over, kept him down and called to the GB bench. It sure looked to me like the Ref heard it pop. Not good.

[Pugger]

Agreed. Fitz maybe didn't work out as well as they would have liked...but getting rid of a decent incumbant starter before you have something else in place does not seem smart!

That's why the Bills have been a joke for several years.

[MadScientist]

NFL admits penalty on Manning for QB hit was bullshit, by not fining him. Maybe the refs will remember this is not touch or flag football.

[hoosier]

Has anyone seen enforcement this preseason of the much-discussed (last winter) new rule preventing RBs leading with the helmet?

[Guiness]

NFL admits penalty on Manning for QB hit was bullshit, by not fining him. Maybe the refs will remember this is not touch or flag football.

yup, and the boneheaded announcers were talking up what a good call it was. Can't remember who they were.

[MadScientist]

yup, and the boneheaded announcers were talking up what a good call it was. Can't remember who they were.

It was Phil Simms acting like a chicken shit who still wets the bed from nightmares about being hit by big bad DL's and LB's.