Official 2017 Training Camp Thread

[hoosier]

For a second I was thinking you were going to diagnose ebola.

Good point. How long till an epidemiologist decides to make Packer training camp their next research project?

[Joemailman]

Baranczyk makes some good points about Spriggs, Janis, McCaffrey, Davis and Vogel.

http://www.packersnews.com/story/spo...off/581329001/

Given Rodgers' views of practice vs. preseason games, I wonder if there's a conflict between him and Janis. Will he look for the guy who doesn't excel in practice?

[pbmax]

Given Rodgers' views of practice vs. preseason games, I wonder if there's a conflict between him and Janis. Will he look for the guy who doesn't excel in practice?

That might explain some and I am willing to buy the explanation for that slice. But somehow Hundley figured out how to use him. Might just be small sample size. Hundley sees him more. But I think some of Saturday was legit with him, this wasn't just coasting by the 3rd and 4th string two years ago.

[Fritz]

Sure. Make jokes about Lowry getting hurt What could go wrong?

...And Lowry gets hurt in the next exhibition game. Sheesh.

If Lowry's lost for the season it's Armageddon.

[smuggler]

I think if Lowry were seriously hurt, we would know by now.

[pbmax]

The Packer blogs are all of a mind Monty is not seriously hurt. They are going with the minimalist interpretation of "soft tissue injury", like muscle cramp or strain rather than the maximalist interpretation that he has no cartilage left in his body.

[Harlan Huckleby]

...And Lowry gets hurt in the next exhibition game. Sheesh.

If Lowry's lost for the season it's Armageddon.

you're really going out on a limb there. I say it's a recoverable loss.

[texaspackerbacker]

The Packer blogs are all of a mind Monty is not seriously hurt. They are going with the minimalist interpretation of "soft tissue injury", like muscle cramp or strain rather than the maximalist interpretation that he has no cartilage left in his body.

I interpret "soft tissue injury" as a deep bruise - and that's the way it looked when he got hit.

I hope Lowery is OK, but if not, D Line is one of our deepest positions - Daniels, Clark, Price, Francois, and Ringo, and half the time, it seems like only two are on the field.

[Rutnstrut]

I interpret "soft tissue injury" as a deep bruise - and that's the way it looked when he got hit.

I hope Lowery is OK, but if not, D Line is one of our deepest positions - Daniels, Clark, Price, Francois, and Ringo, and half the time, it seems like only two are on the field.

The thing is if a RB can't play through that, he has little to no chance of not missing a lot of time during the regular season.

[pbmax]

The thing is if a RB can't play through that, he has little to no chance of not missing a lot of time during the regular season.

You have to make up your mind. Does the coach force players to play (Lacy) or does the player decide (Monty)?

[pbmax]

Boo, BOO I say. Outside punt team defender no more for King. Never makes contact. Hideous.

Evans in middle doesn't do anything either. VIA: https://twitter.com/BenFennell_NFL/s...75408287219714

[Rutnstrut]

You have to make up your mind. Does the coach force players to play (Lacy) or does the player decide (Monty)?

Yes the coach and GM were part of Lacy's injury last year. Yes Monty is too soft to be a main RB.

[pbmax]

C'mon. Why aggravate an injury in camp? Let it heal. Who is he proving toughness to playing against the 2's?

The Packers are one of the more cautious teams with injuries. If they thought Lacy was healthy enough to play, I almost believe them. And that says something because I trust NO teams to be honest. But the Packers seem to genuinely deal with injuries on an honest basis with their players.

The adhere to the spirit and not just the letter of their public pronouncements AND the PR of Goodell.

[texaspackerbacker]

The thing is if a RB can't play through that, he has little to no chance of not missing a lot of time during the regular season.

I suspect he could have played through the injury, but they just wanted to test out the 3 rookies as well as not take any chances with Montgomery in the preseason. It seems like some people miss having a big clod like Lacy carrying the ball. He wasn't exactly immune to injuries either. Montgomery was exactly the kind of runner I wanted when he took over last year. We'll see what happens on injuries, but I doubt he's any more likely to get hurt than some fat slow guy.

[Fritz]

Personally, I think it's more important that Montgomery prove his manhood by playing through this injury than resting him in order to be ready for the regular season. It would make me as a fan feel better.

On the other hand, I blame the coaches for ruining Lacy's career by forcing him to play though he was seriously injured. I already knew Lacy was tough, so I wish he would have been rested.

If the Packers would do some kind of manhood test early in training camp, and publish the scores and the rubric, I would feel better about the toughness of this seemingly soft n' small team.