Official 2019 Training Camp Thread

[Radagast]

Yeah you bunch of ignoramuses! Get edumacated. Don't make Radagast turn this car around.

I would not even stop for you. I'd open the side door and toss you out to see if you would bounce or not. With any luck a big truck would would catch you on your 3rd or 4th bounce.

Edumacated , perhaps you were never properly educated.

[Joemailman]

This warning has been issued to aid those that are posting without knowledge or clarity of understanding. Please, go watch some film before you post any more on this subject.

Thank You !

Aid that that I'm pretty sure nobody asked for. Lighten up, Francis.

You're Welcome!

[red]

Yeah you bunch of ignoramuses! Get edumacated. Don't make Radagast turn this car around.

he can keep going, he's the reason i don't come around much anymore

[Cheesehead Craig]

I would not even stop for you. I'd open the side door and toss you out to see if you would bounce or not. With any luck a big truck would would catch you on your 3rd or 4th bounce.

Edumacated , perhaps you were never properly educated.

You get kinda cranky when you don't get your daily fiber.

[Fritz]

So if the defense is better this year, the chances are greater that the team will have a lead in the second half, which should theoretically lead to more running plays. Thus, the key to a balanced offense is your defense.

[gbgary]

So if the defense is better this year, the chances are greater that the team will have a lead in the second half, which should theoretically lead to more running plays. Thus, the key to a balanced offense is your defense.

yup. not playing from behind would be nice thing.

[Joemailman]

Gil Brandt with a list of DB's due to break out in 2019. Jaire Alexander #1.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...reak-out-in-19

1) Jaire Alexander, CB, Green Bay Packers
Drafted: Round 1, No. 18 overall, in 2018.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick was among those singing Alexander's praises last season -- and the Alexander bandwagon will only get more crowded if the second-year pro makes good on his June vow to earn Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors. Alexander's confidence in himself is justified, coming off a rookie season in which he had 66 tackles, 11 passes defensed and a pick. The Packers' No. 1 cornerback should get a boost if Kyler Fackrell and free-agent signees Za'Darius Smith and Preston Smith provide the kind of pass-rush complement the Packers are expecting them to. Alexander is competitive and has ball skills, and I think we'll see him follow up his strong debut by graduating to shutdown corner status.

[run pMc]

So if the defense is better this year, the chances are greater that the team will have a lead in the second half, which should theoretically lead to more running plays. Thus, the key to a balanced offense is your defense.

Agree.

Check this one out though --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veznku2_x70

They are running the ball with Lacy in the 2nd half down 26-3. (skip to 4:30 mark)
Yeah, Flynn was the QB, but how often did M3 abandon the run last year for Rodgers to eke out a passing game with Davante, one-handed Jimmy, and a couple of rookie WRs? Plenty of blame to go around.

Running more will help, even if it's just to set up the pass. If MLF thinks going to zone running will make them successful, ok. I think Jones and Dexter can do it; not sure about Jamaal but I'm interested to see.

[Joemailman]

So if the defense is better this year, the chances are greater that the team will have a lead in the second half, which should theoretically lead to more running plays. Thus, the key to a balanced offense is your defense.

The key to remaining in a balanced offense is staying close in games. You don't necessarily have to be ahead. Being down by 7 points in the 2nd half shouldn't force you to abandon the run. Being down by 20 might. Sure, having a good defense can help create situations where you can stay in a balanced offense, but having a balanced offense can also help prevent your defense from getting worn out as the game progresses.

[Radagast]

The key to remaining in a balanced offense is staying close in games. You don't necessarily have to be ahead. Being down by 7 points in the 2nd half shouldn't force you to abandon the run. Being down by 20 might. Sure, having a good defense can help create situations where you can stay in a balanced offense, but having a balanced offense can also help prevent your defense from getting worn out as the game progresses.

I couldn't agree more. Close games are more common than runaways. If GB is leading by 10 or more in the last ten minutes of a game then the odds are in GB's favor to win. That should be true, but there was a time when GB would go into that prevent defense and nearly lose or actually lose football games. We as fans would be pulling our hair out over allowing a team back into the game and with good reason. I just hope that with McCarthy gone , so will go those 4th qtr prevent defenses too. I can only see doing that with a big lead and less than a minute to play, but I still won't like it.

As for a better running attack, it's not flashy or as exciting as the passing attack, but it can sure come in handy on rainy days or snowy days or windy days. No, old school fundamentals aren't highlight material, but the best teams most always have a respectable running game. RB's don't always take over a game, but how soon we forget that 6 yd run in the 2nd qtr that got the 1st down and saved the series that scored the TD where we took the lead.

[texaspackerbacker]

The key to remaining in a balanced offense is staying close in games. You don't necessarily have to be ahead. Being down by 7 points in the 2nd half shouldn't force you to abandon the run. Being down by 20 might. Sure, having a good defense can help create situations where you can stay in a balanced offense, but having a balanced offense can also help prevent your defense from getting worn out as the game progresses.

Actually, the key to having a balanced offense in terms of percent of running and passing plays is getting way ahead with the passing game, and then running some clock - that will fatten up the percentage of runs to where some of you guys want it hahahahaha.

Radagast, all this "new offense" crap notwithstanding, just watch ...... LaFleur will be smart enough to subordinate his ego to doing what works, and the Packers will ride Aaron Rodgers' passing and a greatly upgraded defense all the way to the Super Bowl. The "new offense" will consist of better pass patterns, maybe more throws to RBs, some motion and misdirection to confuse defenses, but NOT the quick haphazard throw-it-into-coverage crap that some in here seem to want. Aaron Rodgers is simply better than that.

[pbmax]

So if the defense is better this year, the chances are greater that the team will have a lead in the second half, which should theoretically lead to more running plays. Thus, the key to a balanced offense is your defense.

yup. not playing from behind would be nice thing.

Also helps to score early.

[ThunderDan]

Also helps to score early.

The year after the Super Bowl, I think we had the best run D or close to the best simply because we put up so many points on O the next season and teams were trying to catch up hurling the rock all over the field.

[run pMc]

The year after the Super Bowl, I think we had the best run D or close to the best simply because we put up so many points on O the next season and teams were trying to catch up hurling the rock all over the field.

Might have to check other years, but looking at 2011 it was clear they were being carried by their offense -- 2nd highest % of drives ended in a score combined with 2nd lowest TO% will do that. Their defense was pretty bad -- mostly because teams were throwing so much to try and keep up but overall the D took a step back. Maybe that's when teams started to figure Dom out. Last in pass defense, ouch.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2011/opp.htm

[Radagast]

First Practice July 25. 16 practices open to public. All practices at 10:15 AM except for Family Night and 2 practices against Texans (time TBD).

To begin with, thank you Joemailman for posting the complete TC schedule. With the Texans at TC and as opponents in the first Preseason game should serve well for both teams. Having the practices and the game can supply both teams with a great positive tool to evaluate players with. The videos alone can help show both weaknesses and strengths. A revealing early picture of player performance can result in a better 53 man roster in September.

IMO, the showdown with the Texans only matters as an evaluation of players. Yes, winning the game would be nice, but in the end the player performance grades will be more important than the final score of the game.