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13 years ago
As healthy as we have been in weeks.. yeee-haaaah!


All hands on deck at practice 
By Gary DAmato of the Journal Sentinel

Jan. 11, 2011 12:00 p.m. |(117) Comments

Green Bay -- WR Donald Driver, who suffered a bruised knee in the playoff victory over Philadelphia, ran with no apparent problems as the Packers returned to practice and began preparing for Atlanta in the Don Hutson Center.

DE Cullen Jenkins, who didn't play the final few snaps Sunday after his problematic calf started cramping up, also practiced. S Atari Bigby (groin) participated in the jog-through.

Even FB Korey Hall (knee) got in a little work with the scout team. Bryan Bulaga, whose shoulder was wrapped after the game Sunday, practiced, too. LB Frank Zombo (knee), who had been limited to running on the side and lifting weights, was on the field but mostly was talking to position coach Kevin Greene.

The portion of practice open to the media was abbreviated from six periods to three, but the Packers appear to be as healthy as they've been in weeks.


"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
13 years ago
Good News even though Bigby was just part of the jog through.

You knew they were close to returning because they were not on IR.
IR comes quickly this time of year.

Some might be another week away from being on the field, but there is no negative news especially with Driver.

This will be the 18th game plus preseason and training camp.
Everybody is sore.

Are they mentally tough enough? The last 4 games have been against good teams outdoors on frozen grass. This week they are inside under artificial light, breathing stale air, on injury producing fake turf.
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musccy
13 years ago


This will be the 18th game plus preseason and training camp.
Everybody is sore.

"CaliforniaCheez" wrote:



Lets add another 2 games with this CBA, eh? :headwall:

But great news on Driver. The way he was wincing on Sunday made me really nervous.
Zero2Cool
13 years ago


This will be the 18th game plus preseason and training camp.
Everybody is sore.

"musccy" wrote:



Lets add another 2 games with this CBA, eh? :headwall:

But great news on Driver. The way he was wincing on Sunday made me really nervous.

"CaliforniaCheez" wrote:



They won't be adding two games, its taking two fake games and making them real games. I don't like it, but its not going to add that much wear and tear on the guys with a second BYE week. It will hurt the evaluation process of undrafted guys and such.
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Mckennj3
13 years ago
Looks like were coming out clean 2 weeks in a row. This is when your depth really shows and we were tested early. Love seeing everyone practice so early in the week, especially with atlanta having so much time to rest and study up.
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warhawk
13 years ago

Looks like were coming out clean 2 weeks in a row. This is when your depth really shows and we were tested early. Love seeing everyone practice so early in the week, especially with atlanta having so much time to rest and study up.

"Mckennj3" wrote:



It almost sounds to me listening to McCarthy he is happy it is a short week with the way the team is playing and it could be that we will be sharper and more prepared to engage than Atlanta.

The Packers have had to get pumped and ready three weeks in a row and go out there and beat good teams. Atlanta comes off a loss to the Saints, a laugher that didn't take much against Carolina, and, nobody.

Body wise there is no question it's nice to be off but mind wise and things like confidence and cohesiveness I can see the Packers being a little more ready on the first snap.
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peteralan71
13 years ago
I seem to be the only person that likes the thought of having 2 preseason games and 18 season games. I understand that people may get injured more easily, but as stated above, there will still be 20 total games during the season. I sure as hell was not ready for the season to be over after 16 season games, and would have loved to have 2 more season games before the postseason started. Thats just me.

This sums up my own thoughts.
18-Game NFL Season is Dangerous to the Players? Give me a Break. 

If you happened to catch Fox Television's NFL Pregame show on Sunday, you heard Howie Long's rant on the "All Fired Up" segment about the effects an 18 game NFL season will have on the players.

Now, let me clarify right off the bat that I like Howie Long. He is intelligent, opinionated, and very good at what he does. But this rant he gave on the owners proposal to lengthen the current NFL regular season from 16 to 18 games is way off the target and makes no sense. There are currently 20 games played, 16 regular season and four preseason games. With the new proposal there would be the same exact number of games, 20; 18 regular season and two preseason games.

During his speech Long said, "Over the last three seasons, 915 players have ended up on the injured reserve. I repeat, 915 players."

Why, exactly, would this number change? I don't get it. If you add two regular season games and take away two preseason games do you know how many injuries you'd get over the same three year period? Probably about 915. Same number.

Does he think none of these 915 injuries came in preseason?

And why is 915 acceptable. If it went up to 1100 would that then be unacceptable? Who says 915 is okay? Maybe we should drop ten games off the schedule so there are only 400 players on injured reserve over a three year period? Maybe we shouldn't play any games at all. Then no one would go on injured reserve. We could pay $70 a game to go and watch the players stretch, do yoga, sit in the hot tub and get massages.



Long went on to say, "To hear some of the owners talk, the 18 game season is a win-win situation. For the doctors, maybe."

Again, the doctors will be as busy as they were before, no more or no less.

This argument makes no sense to me. First of all, who is say 16 is the magic number? Maybe the magic number is 10 games. Maybe it is eight. Maybe it is 24. Maybe football teams could play two times a week and have a 36 game scheduled similar to European soccer teams?

Just because the season has been 16 games, does that make it set in stone?

And of course, the whole idea of adding two games to the regular season and taking two games away from the preseason isn't changing the number of games at all. It is still 20 games. Preseason games are games. There are guys laying it all on the line to make the squad in those last two preseason games. Do those players not count as far as injuries?

Let's say a player is on the bubble for making a team in the preseason. The coach plays him all four games of the preseason to get a good look at him. He impresses and makes the team. Then injuries force him into the starting lineup in week one. He plays well and remains a starter all 16 games of the season. This fellow has just played a hard fought 20 game schedule.

How would making the season 18 games and the preseason two games change anything for this guy? He is playing 20 games either way. Does he not matter? Because his name isn't Peyton Manning or Drew Brees this guy playing 20 games already doesn't matter?

The argument that NFL players can't play a 18 game schedule just makes no sense to me. These guys are well paid and have it pretty good. Don't bother telling me they work any harder than the coal miner in West Virgina or the steel worker in Pittsburgh or the farmer in Iowa.

Howie listed a few things players would have to get from the owners in return for the extra two games (which aren't really extra games, but we've covered that), He said game day rosters would have to be expanded from 45 to 55; no club activities before May 1st (it is currently mid March), and two bye weeks instead of one.

Sorry, but what? Come on! All the owners want to do is make two of the pointless preseason games mean something. Quit over-thinking this.

The players can handle the games. They could probably handle another ten games. We're not even changing their work load. We're just making the silly four game preseason matter a little more. More injuries? I don't see it myself?

Anyway, this isn't curling or table tennis. It is football.

Everyone needs to quit crying and play the games, all of them, no matter how many there are. If they have a problem with it, they can join the unemployed work force looking for a job. And good luck to them.


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doddpower
13 years ago
Perhaps it would be better to look at the average number of snaps taken each year and even per game. 20 games, sure, but can a 1 quarter game with a vanilla game plan really be counted as a "full" game? Not to mention if a player is slightly injured the coaching staff might not hesitate to sit them out, especially for veterans.

I don't think there's any question that adding two more meaningful games will increase the number of snaps taken by the players, which obviously leads to further stress on their bodies.
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