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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: vj
Date: August 12, 2011, 7:11 am
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FWIW, I got this blurb from an email sent from a <a
href="
HTML http://www.4for4.com/fantasy-football/free-content/2011/preseason/ryan-grant-james-starks-battle-live-packers-camp-44422048">fantasy<br
/>site</a>
<i>If you are a seriously-superstitious fantasy owner, the
2011-12 season is going to be a rough one for the Packers. The
very first play of the Packers intrasquad scrimmage was an Aaron
Rodgers pass for a pick-6. The next was Ryan Grant losing 2
yards. I would keep an eye on the O-line in the preseason. Big
#95 (Howard Green, a 2nd-string NT behind Raji) got through, and
stood next to Aaron Rodgers for a good 1-1/2 seconds before
Rodgers found a receiver and delivered the ball. The
first-string O-line was playing the D2s. Not good for a first
look.</i>
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: August 12, 2011, 10:08 am
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<i>A breakout for a back-up. The Pack will need every break to
compete with a stronger Bears, Eagles and Falcons.</i>
By Tom Silverstein of the Journal Sentinel
Aug. 11, 2011 |(61) Comments
Bush playing with confidence in camp
Green Bay - A lot of people scoffed when the Tennessee Titans
signed Green Bay Packers defensive back Jarrett Bush to a
three-year, $4.5 million offer sheet.
Some Packers fans gagged when general manager Ted Thompson
matched it.
That was two years ago when Bush was a special-teamer in a
cornerback's body trying to shed a label that all he could do
was run downfield as a gunner and commit a penalty. Thompson
smartly hung on to Bush, and the investment paid off last year
when the 27-year-old defensive back not only blossomed as a
special-teamer but made a key interception in Super Bowl XLV.
Plunk yourself down on the sideline at Packers training camp
this year and one of the things that strikes you right away is
that the 6-foot, 200-pound Bush is playing cornerback with far
more confidence and aplomb than he ever has. His one-on-one
coverage has been better than it's ever been and his mistakes
fewer and far between.
"Just confidence," Bush said when asked what was the difference.
"Knowing who I'm up against. Knowing I can run with anybody.
Just knowing formations so when the offense comes up to the line
of scrimmage, I know what the tendencies are...
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: August 12, 2011, 10:32 am
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Warner comments on repeating as SB champs:
HTML http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/127553003.html
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: August 12, 2011, 10:42 am
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Another undrafted FA WR may make the Packers squad this season
(Gurley, 6-4, 216):
HTML http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/127496748.html
HTML http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/127496748.html
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: Pekin
Date: August 12, 2011, 6:27 pm
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HTML http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/12/packers-make-their-white-house-visit-obama-wants-rodgers-on-the-bears/
Yet another reason to dislike this guy. Way to bash Cutler you
douchebag.
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: August 12, 2011, 6:28 pm
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LOL.
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: August 12, 2011, 6:28 pm
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Written by
Rob Demovsky
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Filed Under
News
Zoom Green Bay Packers safety Morgan Burnett works against Vic
So'oto during training camp practice at Ray Nitschke Field,
Thursday, August 11, 2011. / H. Marc Larson/Press-Gazette
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Green Bay Packers Training Camp, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
If there was any doubt who the Green Bay Packers’ starting
strong safety would be this season, that’s been erased less than
two weeks into training camp.
On the first day in which he was cleared to participate in team
drills, Morgan Burnett was back with the number one defense. And
he’s been there ever since.
As well as Charlie Peprah played last season after Burnett was
lost for the season when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament
in his left knee in Week 4 against Detroit, it speaks volumes
about what the Packers think of Burnett and his future that
they’ve reinstalled him as the starter without much of a
competition.
While Burnett says he’s taking nothing for granted, and Peprah
isn’t willing to concede anything yet, it has become clear which
direction the Packers are going. They’re going with the guy they
drafted in the third round out of Georgia Tech last year, not a
guy they re-signed as a street free agent.
“I’m looking forward to Morgan taking that next step and really
showing us the reason why we took him when we did,” Packers
safeties coach Darren Perry said. “Just keep him healthy, and I
think all the things that excited us about him at Georgia Tech
will show up.”
The 6-foot-1, 209-pound Burnett was a playmaker extraordinaire
in college. In just three seasons, he intercepted 14 passes –
tying for second most in school history – and 11 of those came
in his sophomore and junior years combined. An early entry into
the draft, Burnett was picked at No. 71 overall after the
Packers traded up 15 spots, giving up a fourth-round pick, to
take him.
On his first day with the Packers in the spring of 2010, he
began working alongside free safety Nick Collins with the
starters, assuming the spot previously held by the oft-injured
Atari Bigby. Some of Burnett’s playmaking skills showed up in
the early going. He had a takeaway in his second regular-season
game, a fourth-quarter interception against Buffalo. On the
play, he wrestled the ball away from receiver Roscoe Parrish,
answering some of the questions about whether he could handle
the physical aspect of the NFL game.
(Page 2 of 2)
Burnett made his share of mistakes, too, like the pass
interference penalty in Week 3 at Chicago that wiped out an
interception by Collins deep in Packers’ territory. But the
Packers believe those would have lessened as the season went on.
“As a rookie, there were so many things that he didn’t know,”
Perry said. “You can tell by some of the questions that they ask
that maybe he didn’t know it quite as well as he needed to last
year, but he was thrown into the fire, and I thought he handled
it quite well.”
Despite missing all but four games of last season and having no
offseason to work with the coaches because of the lockout,
Burnett has shown a greater understanding of the defense,
according to Perry.
“I’ll tell you what, I don’t think Morgan is far off at all,”
Perry said. “Mentally, he’s so much further along than he was
last year.”
Burnett spent his offseason in Atlanta, where he continued to
rehabilitate the knee that team physician Dr. Pat McKenzie
reconstructed last fall. That Burnett was cleared to return to
team drills on a full-time basis just four practices into
training camp spoke to the diligence of his rehab and his
conditioning. McKenzie typically likes to bring back players
with ACL tears very slowly.
“I was in shape,” Burnett said. “But just getting used to
running around with your equipment and still trying to clean up
a lot of techniques and get your alignment right, it’s still a
long journey back.”
Physically, there’s no evidence the knee has given him any
problems. He showed off his ball skills and his vertical leap in
Tuesday’s practice when he intercepted a high pass that sailed
through the hands of rookie receiver Randall Cobb. Perhaps the
best thing about Burnett is that he’s only 22 years old.
“I’ll say this, I think he’s having a really good camp,” Packers
defensive coordinator Dom Capers said. “Part of it is Morgan’s
approach. He’s smart. You know if you coach Morgan on something,
he’s going to do it that way. He’s a good athlete. I like what I
see out of Morgan right now. I think he’s having a good camp. It
will be fun to see him in those preseason games.”
Playing smart was perhaps Peprah’s best attribute last season.
He effectively communicated play calls and pre-snap adjustments
and his understanding of the defense, which put him in the
proper place and helped make up for some of his athletic
deficiencies.
“I just tried to be reliable and accountable,” the 5-11,
203-pound Peprah said. “That was the focus last year, and it
showed.”
Asked what he thought he proved last season, the 28-year-old,
sixth-year journeyman said: “That I can play and guys can rely
on me and that you can win with me in there."...
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: August 13, 2011, 10:56 am
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Entering training camp, teams around the league feared the
number and severity of injuries stemming from the lockout and
lack of offseason workouts.
The Green Bay Packers had emerged relatively unscathed among
their core players, but that changed a bit on Thursday night.
On the second-to-last play of practice, third cornerback Sam
Shields made a brilliant interception, ripping the ball out of
the hands of rookie Tori Gurley, but went down grasping his
back. Coach Mike McCarthy called the injury a bruised hip
pointer, and his availability for Saturday night’s preseason
opener at Cleveland is in jeopardy.
With starters Charles Woodson and Tramon Williams performing
only on the scout team, it appeared McCarthy had no intentions
of playing them on Saturday. Plus, fourth-round pick Davon House
and undrafted rookie Brandian Ross are injured.
Thus, it’s possible the Packers would go into the game with just
three corners...
<i>Doesn't bode well for GB tonight.</i>
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: Pekin
Date: August 13, 2011, 6:40 pm
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3 and out by the Packers. Packers offense looks out of sync. An
incomplete short pass, a small dump off for 5 yards and another
incomplete pass.
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: Pekin
Date: August 13, 2011, 6:47 pm
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Browns just score a TD. Packers defense looks bad also.
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