I have read that Coach McCarthy has emphasized the Pass / Pass Defense during the OTA's . Even screen passes from all the QB's to the RBs/FBs . The WR/CB/TE/Safeties have been in the spotlight .
I heard the reason they concentrate on pass and pass defense is because of limits of being able to have contact and full gear.
Originally Posted by: Smokey
Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins
Yeah, Mike McCarthy basically said teams can't get quality run practice/work in without some contact, so they're ignoring the run until they're allowed to have some contact before working on the running game and they're emphasizing the passing game because you can get some quality pass practice/work in even without contact.
In other news, TJ Lang's expected replacement Jason Spriggs and R-LB Johnathan Calvin may be in trouble for fighting , but I think not .[/size]
Originally Posted by: Smokey
Umm, I thought OG Jahri Evans was expected to be Lang's replacement?
Also I'm sure Spriggs and Calvin both got yelled at... but the problem might be an NFL and NFLPA investigation into the Packers activities.
The reason this concerns is coming up is because the Seahawks were punished for allowing (or maybe better said, not stopping) contact in OTAs... but I believe this is different, because
I believe the Seahawks were
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caught multiple timesweren't trying to stop the contact (claiming that they weren't forcing the players to do it and some reports suggested they also claimed they weren't encouraging it either, and therefore they were not allowing, or so they argued and lost that arguement)some reports suggested veteran players were complaining to the NFLPA about the coaches encouraging it by questioning the toughness/age/manhood/etc of anyone who wanted to ease up or not go full speed with some contact while carefully sneaking around directly encouraging contact[/list]I'm don't believe the Packers fit into any of these... because it sounds like they have kept taking players off the field and talking with them whenever they do make clear contact. Or at least that's how I've read it. It was said they took S Josh Jones off the field and gave him a stern talking to after nailing Janis hard. Spriggs said once they got back on the field it was over with... which implies they were taken off the field (a couple different ways to read that, but I was reading it as they did the same thing with them, as they did with Josh Jones)