More Banjo: Week 16 vs. Vikings

[mraynrand]

Josh Jones got hurt last night.

Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde

#Packers official post-game injury report:
Spriggs (knee, did not return)
Nelson (shoulder, did not return)
A. Jones (knee, did not return)
R. Rodgers (shoulder, did not return)
J. Jones (shoulder, then returned, then knee injury, did not return)

It would be easier just to have a list of the uninjured players

[Rutnstrut]

I think Tex imbibes in some exceptional drugs.

Tex must mix a little something special in with his Packer kool-Aid.

[mraynrand]

Tex must mix a little something special in with his Packer kool-Aid.

I bet they induce a catatonic state

[Rutnstrut]

I bet they induce a catatonic state

That's just the game day tonic that TT drinks that does that to him. You should see what his special draft day elixir does. Well I guess we all have.

[George Cumby]

Tex must mix a little something special in with his Packer kool-Aid.

He slips himself a roofie and then loves his own asshole.

[denverYooper]

M3 noted in his presser that Hundley didn't grade out well but he didn't get much help outside of the OL and Williams. Specifically called out 7 drops and an injury to R. Rodgers as significant factors. Noted that Hundley had to play uphill often.

[pbmax]

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
From last night: #Packers RB Aaron Jones will have an MRI but his knee injury isn't believed to be serious. They await word on OT Jason Spriggs and TE Richard Rodgers.

[pbmax]

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
McCarthy on IR issue with Rodgers: I don't see any issue. My understanding is we went through all the procedures and guidelines of putting a player on IR.

McCarthy on Spriggs: It's a serious injury.

McCarthy said on Spriggs, we have to get him where we need him to, start the rehab process. How long it's going to take, we're still working through that.

McCarthy asked about why not pulling Hundley for Joe Callahan:: I did not lose confidence in Brett Hundley. Every game has challenges. No excuses. He was challenged. He's played better. There was a lot going on around him.

McCarthy on Nelson and R. Rodgers: Going through process of scans.

McCarthy said Aaron Jones suffered a similar injury to the knee sprain he had earlier in the year only to the other knee. Would be an MCL sprain then. Generally, doesn't require surgery.

McCarthy on QB: Brett Hundley will be our QB when we get back here.

McCarthy on game: We had seven dropped balls. Brett has things he needs to improve on, particularly with the decision-making. We had a lot of people in and out of there on the perimeter and we didn't deal with that well.

McCarthy said he has no interest in getting a guy on the field to throw him the ball. Said preseason is over. He wants to win a game.

McCarthy on Damarious Randall: He had a knee, was dealing with it all week. He was not medically cleared.

McCarthy said the offensive line played particularly well.

I ACTUALLY AGREE ON THAT LAST POINT

[red]

So let’s say all 7 of those passes would have been caught, what does that give us, another 14 yards of total offense?

[bobblehead]

I agree. His throws downfield were a mystery as to aim. Even Captain Amazing Janis couldn't get to one of them.

He looked like my wife at the gun range. The bonus is I get to reuse all my targets.

[Harlan Huckleby]

McCarthy asked about why not pulling Hundley for Joe Callahan:: I did not lose confidence in Brett Hundley. Every game has challenges. No excuses. He was challenged. He's played better. There was a lot going on around him.

That doesn't answer the question.
Or maybe it does. Answer is "I only remove a QB if the guy needs to be cut immediately."

[mraynrand]

M3 noted in his presser that Hundley didn't grade out well but he didn't get much help outside of the OL and Williams. Specifically called out 7 drops and an injury to R. Rodgers as significant factors. Noted that Hundley had to play uphill often.

Right. Hundley never throws to Oven Mitts.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Silverstein nails it

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/silverstein/2017/12/24/silverstein-packers-loyalty-brett-hundley-misguided/978504001/

McCarthy stubbornly stands behind a backup quarterback who through eight starts plays like he’s a hologram programmed only to do two things: scramble and throw the ball away out of bounds and overthrow receivers running deep...

If McCarthy had bothered to look around and see the body language of some of his players as Hundley continually refused to maneuver inside the pocket or spot open receivers when he did leave the pocket, he would have seen a defeated team...

When Hundley failed to produce a point after two series in the third quarter, McCarthy owed it to his team to at least see what third-string quarterback Joe Callahan could do.

[mraynrand]

Silverstein nails it
https://www.jsonline.com/story/sport...ded/978504001/

I didn't bother to read it after that quote. What did the genius say about the dispiriting effects of the drops and the Lowry arms of the receiver in the end zone who had never seen the field before Saturday night?

[Joemailman]

Rob Demovsky
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@RobDemovsky
Packers T Jason Spriggs' injury is a dislocated left kneecap but won't need surgery. He should be ready for the start of OTAs in the spring. That's far better than an ACL tear as first feared. http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=2...642259323598-4 …

3:36 PM - Dec 27, 2017