Mike McCarthy just said that Bishop and Hawk should be good for Giants game, but expects Sitton to miss a game. I assume since Starks was not mentioned, he's fine.


After listening to the whole conference, sounds more like Starks was pulled and was not injured.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

There's a lot of mixed reporting going on here...I guess we will have to wait and see.

Originally Posted by: go.pack.go. 

When I rewatched the game this afternoon I was able to focus in on some of the substitute players. Really liked what I saw out of DJ Smith. He was always around the ball, on special teams too. Didn't think EDS looked quite so good though. Suh beat him badly on a few plays but after he was thrown out I didn't see many huge errors.

Originally Posted by: azrunning 

I liked Smith too.

Francois though made the highlight reel for that Charles Woodson looking interception. But I was equally impressed by Smith.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

According to coach Mike McCarthy, Sitton suffered a separate injury from the one that had been bothering him for more than a month and contributed to him playing below his standards. McCarthy said Sitton would be "hard-pressed" to play against the Giants.

He did not predict what Sitton's status beyond that would be, but it's likely tests on the knee will reveal exactly how bad it is. McCarthy gave no indication that the injury was potentially season-ending or if the prognosis is already known.

McCarthy was including rookie D.J. Smith and Robert Francois, who stepped in when Desmond Bishop and A.J. Hawk pulled calf muscles. Both backups did a yeoman's job filling in on short notice.

McCarthy was fairly confident that Bishop and Hawk would be available for the Giants game. They'll have until as late as Thursday to rest and receive treatment.

Certainly, there's concern. But the calf strains to Bishop and A.J. Hawk don't sound overly serious. Both could play next week at New York. If Evan Dietrich-Smith can supplant Josh Sitton at right guard in the short term, the Packers have to be pleased at how they escaped this gauntlet of three games in 11 days. 

I was much more impressed by Smith. I'll take solid consistent plays over one fluke INT and otherwise forgettable play all day.

Originally Posted by: Packers_Finland