Punter Cody Mandell

[HarveyWallbangers]

I read some head scratching comments from Mandell in camp. He seemed overly cocky. Maybe McGinn is referring to those comments.

[bobblehead]

I heard he banged Mike Holmgren's daughter.

Come on, someone has to remember this reference.

[pbmax]

Come on, someone has to remember this reference.

I repped the whole exchange. Mainly because I could not believe I forgot those old chestnuts.

[Patler]

Come on, someone has to remember this reference.

I remember it well, In '96 she was a young thing to be in those stories, but now she is an older women! Thus, my response.

[run pMc]

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Mike_Holmgren

[Fritz]

Someone on McGinn's chat axed about this - I thought it might be Patler - and McGinn clarified. His scout sources said the guy was cocky and immature and wanted to be the center of attention. He suggested that punters, kickers, and snappers are the red-headed step-children of a team, and Mandell didn't know his place.

[pbmax]

Someone on McGinn's chat axed about this - I thought it might be Patler - and McGinn clarified. His scout sources said the guy was cocky and immature and wanted to be the center of attention. He suggested that punters, kickers, and snappers are the red-headed step-children of a team, and Mandell didn't know his place.

My anonymous football scout/coach translator turns that sentence into "the guy was normal in every respect, was not naturally a shrinking violet, failed to apologize for his existence twice a day and did not understand, because no one had ever explained logically, why kickers are not treated as normal members of the football team".

The Packers get this, even if Bob does not. McCarthy does anyway.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Bob's pre-draft report on Mandell:

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/specialists-in-nfl-draft-bring-strong-skills-have-room-to-grow-b99255497z1-258382861.html

2. CODY MANDELL, Alabama (6-2½, 216, 4.86, 7) – Former walk-on from Lafayette, La., averaged 39.3 in 2010-'11 and 45.5 in 2012-'13, including 47.1 last year. "I thought he was the most improved player on that team over the course of the last three years," said Phil Savage, radio analyst for the Crimson Tide and former GM of the Cleveland Browns. "He won the Mississippi State game for Alabama. He flipped the field numerous times." Career average of 42.6. Has not held. "Didn't like his interview," one coach said. "Didn't like his demeanor and the way he carried himself. Very cocky. Rubbed people the wrong way a little bit." Said another coach: "This kid's immature and he doesn't know it. Got to be the center of attention. But he's really talented. Very strong."

By all accounts, Mandell was punting very well in practice. Yes, he was struggling on holds, but that takes reps. I think Bob is onto something here.