Training Camp Thread

[call_me_ishmael]

So is training camp happening? So f'n weird without the media reports. August is normally my favorite month following all of training camp and getting into the regular season.

Tap tap tap is this thing on?

How's Rashan Gary looking?

[texaspackerbacker]

It's about time we have a training camp thread. I've seen a few reports, but very few.

When are we gonna have a roster prediction thread and a record prediction thread?

[run pMc]

Practices start Aug 15, I believe.

[texaspackerbacker]

No preseason at all, and no fans in Lambeau for at least the first two home games. S-h-i-i-i-t.

[call_me_ishmael]

Practice hasn't even started yet? What the heck are the players doing in GB?

[Freak Out]

Bring all the players in and bubble them. Get to work. By the time he season starts they will be so pissed and full of pent up sexual energy they will destroy opponents.

[GB-Brandon]

From what I gather their doing all the installs that they missed from OTA’s and Mini-Camp.

[GB-Brandon]

The backfield is stacked. That’s for sure. Most talent 1-4 they have probably ever had. Then you throw in Deguara at FB at times and it’s pretty impressive.

I think Dexter Williams will make this roster.

[call_me_ishmael]

Bring all the players in and bubble them. Get to work. By the time he season starts they will be so pissed and full of pent up sexual energy they will destroy opponents.

For real. Joking aside, the NFL should really follow the NBAs lead and do the divisional games first in a bubble and see where we're at come December.

[call_me_ishmael]

If I was the NFL, I would do this:

First 6 weeks are divisional games at bubble site one.

Then have teams travel by bus to site 2. Here the teams play their opposite conference divisional opponents for four weeks.

You're not at week 10, so I would give everyone a one week bye and the league could re-evaluate what it's going to do.

What I would do is this:

Let's say bye ends on a Sunday. Everyone should travel to the next site and check in on Sunday. They then quarantine for a week, then another week of practice, etc. So 3 weeks total off of football. It'd be less than ideal, but it is what it is.

I would then finish the season with another divisional rivalry. Each division plays 4 games against another division. If the league felt so inclined, do another 2 games against that same divison to keep things interesting.

It's now playoff time, so all playoff teams travel to the bubble site (I would say make it Indianapolis in the dome personally). They quarantine for a week, etc, then they start the playoffs as they normally do.

This recipe would almost certainly work and would keep things on a somewhat normal-ish schedule.

Will it happen? No. Will football successfully happen if they don't follow a plan like this? Probably not.

[GB-Brandon]

I will be making an attempt to attend as much of camp as I can once the pads come on. I’ve been checking out some spots around nitschke Field to get a birds eye view where fans will be allowed. I’m expecting a lot of live scrimmaging at camp due to zero pre-season games so should be fun. I will be giving as many updates as possible.

Practice starts Saturday with an off day Sunday and back on Monday but without pads probably for the first week.

[call_me_ishmael]

I thought it was no fans, no media?

[GB-Brandon]

I thought it was no fans, no media?

Some levels of media apparently are allowed at the practices. The way Nitschke Field is designed is there is chain link all around the perimeter so I’m not sure how they plan to block it all off. Well just have to wait and see how aggressive they are with blocking off the perimeter around Nitschke field.

[GB-Brandon]

Dillion is a “Grown Man”

[RashanGary]

Deguara starting FB
Lane Taylor starting RG
Billy Turner starting RT