From Friday practice information:

"Packers out: Cunningham, Dorsey, Johnson, Harris, Richardson, Hayward, Tramon, Fulton, Moses, Lattimore, Tretter, Sherrod, Quarless, Nelson, Neal and Worthy. Palmer returns"

The injuries are mounting.  More are being added than are coming off the list.  That isn't a good sign and will make roster determination more difficult.  I think that is the top concern right now. Hopefully we don't add any more tonight.  I think I'll buy stock in bubble wrap now before the demand hits. 

Wes Hodkiewicz

View from the press box here at Lambeau Field

 

Green Bay Packers

Yardage stripes on Lambeau Field for the first time this season

 

Jason Wilde

Kickers Mason Crosby and Giorgio/Sergio Tavecchio, long-snapper Brett Goode and punter Tim Masthay on the field at #Packers Family Night.

 

Wes Hodkiewicz

Giorgio Tavecchio can do some really cool stuff with a football. Soccer background shows when juggling ball off his foot in warmups

 

@PackersPrayers

Congrats @Mike_Daniels76, @IamHeavenD_76 on birth of their 2nd son born this morning

 

Rob Demovsky

Looks like Brad Jones, who dropped out of lsat night's pratice because of a finger injury, will go tonight. He's warming up.

 

I have to say the stream from FOX 11 is really nice & clear

What a beautiful stadium.

Don't jinx it.

The new seats look great.

I don't think I could, GC...

Jason Wilde

Packers have five team periods scheduled in their FamilyNight script. Two no-huddle, two move-the-ball, one 2-minute drill.

 

Jason Wilde

According to the Packers script, which is subject to change, the final period of the FamilyNight scrimmage will be the FG competition.

chat room?

Where are the knee pads?

Somebody send the Cheese Curd dude to Section 314 - I got kids to feed! Gorgeous night and the Stadium is epic!

Eddie Lacy knows how to run the football.

Crosby misses from 48 - crowd boos

 

BJ Coleman looks awful

Crosby, you idot!

BJ Coleman is still a better QB than harrell

 

Chat Room Open

 

 

No doubt!

I'd take Harrell 100 times out of 100. Coleman has an arm, but not much else as far as I can see.

Can we find someone who can make a FG??? 

Crosby: "I'm $hitty, but less $hitty than Georgio, so eat me."

 

The 'Croz is safe as kittens.

Nice knowing ya, Crosby. Wow, couldn't have looked worse if he tried in that drill. Missing from 33, 37 as well as others. Went 2-6 in the FG kicking drill

The gramattica kid looks pawsitive.

@RobDemovsky:  To review, Crosby wsa 2-6 in that period, 3-8 overall. Tavecchio 5-6 in that period, 6-7 overall.

Crosby will be history. Too bad for him. He has Steve Sax Disease and there is no cure. I can't ever remember seeing a kicker get the "yips" so bad that he looks worse than a high school kid.

Yeah you can have him & that noodle arm. In the time it took him to throw an "out" I went to the john & made a sandwich, then sat back in front of the laptop & saw it get completed.

 

Coleman can be coached & has some talent. Harrell is a cross between Doug Pedersen & Spergon Wynn. 

 

I realize Coleman needs work (a lot of it) on his accuracy but I'll take the guy with talent 100 times out of 100.

 

Of course none of this matters anyway. Rodgers needs to stay healthy. PERIOD

I take it you don't like Harrell? 

perry is a big dude. 

Coleman easily makes the practice squad.  Harrell wins by default.  MM already said he isn't bringing in another qb. 

Watching Coleman I can't help but think back to Holmgren screaming its time to bench Favre, then changing his mind. Coleman is a learning in a perfect spot. There's no fear in is game.

 

Tough night for Jeremy Ross (sloppy routes). Newhouse looked good at RT.

 

Random thought. Does this offense seem more free flowing given Jennings and Driver aren't in camp when the 1's are in? Seems that way to me.

Any update on Taylor? Heard carted off.

Coleman resembles a turnover machine and he needs to improve his decision-making. Premature to write off Crosby at this point but as MM said that's not going to cut it. Tavecchio appears to have good accuracy but his range is a question mark/concern.

 

Absolutely loved what I saw from Lacy and he should really help open up the passing game for AR.

I don't recall seeing Harrell take any snaps (late 'tuning' in, having steak dinner with Mrs. Timmy! for her birthday), and saw 2 or 3 plays before Coleman threw that INT in the EZ. The decision was worse than the throw. I saw a replay of an earlier INT (I think?) that looked just as horrid.

But a series or 2 later, he made 2 really nice throws on 1st down, as I recall, hitting some nice seam patterns downfield to 83 if memory is still serving. These passes were the polar opposite of his INTs; quick (and correct) decision, got the ball off in a hurry, and looked dead on target to me.

 

I'd likely still take Harrell over Coleman. INTs are a double whammy; the TO and  too hard to overcome. I'd rather have a slow and steady approach if ARod were to go out of a game, plus we may have an actual rushing game to take some pressure off.

If Harrell could be limited to throwing no more than 20-25 yard passes, I think he could function pretty well. Just don't ask him to make the 40 yard passes to a window tighter than Dick's hatband or to throw fastballs at similar distances.

OTOH, if Coleman was throwing INT's it limits offensive plays and forced a defense to play too many snaps, perhaps at the most inopportune times.

 

In MM I trust on this one.

Nothing like a little post whoring for activity points...

 

Crosby was ridiculous.

He should be able to kick mid-30s to 40 yard FGs anytime, anywhere, under any conditions. Backwards. Blindfolded. With one arm tied behind his back.

I couldn't see the stream well enough to see what his problem was, but that was a poor performance to say the least.

It feels strange to think of life without Crosby, but at this point I'll take Tavecchio's accuracy. At least you know how close you've got to get before he can attempt a kick.

I still would prefer Crosby find Jobu's rum, but his funk is lingering for far too long now.

Do the Vikings need a kicker?

Any way you look at it, if AR gets hurt, we're screwed. 

Originally Posted by Boris:

 

Yeah you can have him & that noodle arm. In the time it took him to throw an "out" I went to the john & made a sandwich, then sat back in front of the laptop & saw it get completed.

 

Isn't that what matters?

 

I get a real farve vibe from BJ, here let me channel Madden - he's like a kid out there!! If & when he matures no question he has the potential to be very good. Until then we can all enjoy watching him show-off his arm by throwing into triple coverage and then show-off his speed by chasing DBs down the sideline. 

But isn't that the case for 90% of NFL teams?

 

 

I don't think 90% of NFL teams are screwed if Aaron Rodgers gets injured. 

Lacy is the real deal.  Very very exciting.

 

Hawk looks faster.

 

bush is still bush in the secondary.

 

First pass to Finley is a drop. Figures.

 

Hope Coleman snaps back cause there's been a lot of hoopla about him this pre-season.

 

After the crap crosby pulled last year, and he does it right away this year??????????

Buh bye.

....I don't think many teams would have a drop off as steep as ours. 

 

Yes,  it is what matters but my point is, in a real game that's a pick 6. Harrell has a noodle arm. I don't want any part of that.

 

Yes Coleman has that "Favre vibe" to him but I think he's coachable & once his decision making gets corrected, Harrell is a goner.

 

 

 how many is "many"? name more than 16. Everyone has the same issue. There's no "Earl Morrall" backing up Bob Griese anymore