Let Tim play!! 
a good "problem" to have. but we need him to step up the sheepshead play!
from pft:
White returned to practice on Friday after missing Thursday’s session. Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com reports that White was catching passes without a helmet during the portion of practice open to the media and that he was “not accelerating well” off the ankle.
| RobDemovsky Boyd: limited Daniels: DNP Lang: limited Lattimore: DNP Perry: limited Shields: DNP Sitton: limited Taylor: DNP |
From Friday's practice.
 | RobDemovsky McCarthy: Sam Shields is still going through the concussion protocol. (Still not cleared apparently). 12/5/14, 2:28 PM |
They won't need Shields for this game. Even if he can go, I hope they let him rest for the game in Buffalo. The Falcons can move the ball through the air; but if Davon House can handle Brady and the Patriots, he can handle Matty Melt and his guys.
Right now it's more about guys like Daniels and Boyd being on the field than someone like Shields. Could be the reason House handled Brady and the Patriots is because the DL was causing lots of problems.
The Packers offense should outscore the Falcons even if we only played with 9 guys on defense.
Hawk offers so little to the team you may as well not have him out there at all. Hence, no.
Originally Posted by Hungry5:
Right now it's more about guys like Daniels and Boyd being on the field than someone like Shields. Could be the reason House handled Brady and the Patriots is because the DL was causing lots of problems.
Agreed. House is a pretty good CB in his own right...but the front seven has got something pretty special going on right now.
MM:
- (On Shields) He's still in the protocol. He's making progress.
- (On Daniels) He's getting better.
- (On Daniels' performance) Heck of a football player. Having a very good year. Tremendous tenacity.
- (On Datone Jones) He's getting healthy. He's practicing everyday. He's getting there. He'll be part of the rotation. Flow of the game is something can't project. He's definitely part of the plan.
- (On Barrington) Doing a good job. Mentally, I think our defense as a whole had a couple issues we can learn from. We can correct those. Sam did a good job.
- (On Hawk) A.J. still has a role. We have a lot of packages. We'll see how Atlanta comes out. He's been an outstanding football player for us. He's still a part of it.
- (On Ha Ha Clinton-Dix) I think he's doing a really good job to date.
- (On youth) We've been pretty much the same age the last nine years. We've had interaction between veterans and young guys. I think we have a good blend. I think the interaction keeps everyone young.
Atlanta has a bit of potency on offense, but their OL is in shambles. I wish Jones and Daniels were 100%, but we have enough of a veteran prescence at OLB to produce a good pass rush. Clay and Peppers both should rack up some sacks. Julio is there only serious threat, and Williams and HHCD should throttle him.
Clay (again) and Barrington should be able to control Jackson. Safeties needs to support tackling to keep him contained.
Offense should smoke' em early and often. Their pass rush is inconsistent, at best, and they don't have the horses to keep up with our trio of WRs. OL has been playing well, and should even be able to get Lacy plenty of yards.
From MM today:
@WesHod: #Packers injury report:
Out - ILB Lattimore, DL Robinson
Questionable - CB Shields
Probable - DL Daniels, Lang, DL Boyd, Sitton, OLB Perry
@WesHod: MM on Shields: Sam Shields is obviously going through the protocol. Medical staff told me he still has a chance to play.
@WesHod: MM on Perry: I think he'll be ready for me. Good week of practice. I think the extra day will help him. Clearly better this week.
@WesHod: MM on Lattimore possibly going to IR: I don't think we're there.
With the Falcons' speed at WR we really need shields to be ready for this one.
I bet he plays - the extra day helps clear the cobbwebs
I hope he's ready to go. Being a Monday Night game, I wonder if the extra day will give him a better shot at passing the concussion protocol.
past tense comments about Hawk being over analyzed.
Are we really that worried about the Falcons?
I say let Shields rest if need be.
Packers are as conservative as any team about letting injured players on the field. If the medical staff/brain trust clears him then you should assume he's good to go without too much risk.
Originally Posted by FreeSafety:
Are we really that worried about the Falcons?
I say let Shields rest if need be.
Julio's pretty good...but no, I think they'd be ok without Shields.
If he clears the tests, however, I see little reason to sit him.
Originally Posted by FreeSafety:
Are we really that worried about the Falcons?
I say let Shields rest if need be.
If the Packers come out lackluster and make mistakes, then they're capable of losing to any team in the NFL. KC is a pretty good team and they lost to Jacksonville Tennessee and Oakland. Not suggesting they play Shields if he isn't quite healthy, but the Packers need to be prepared on offense and defense and play to win.
Fixed
quote:KC is a pretty good team and they lost to Jacksonville
They did?
Source: Brett Favre returns to Green Bay to pay tribute to Hall of Famer Bart Starr at luncheon today. No plans yet to attend MNF game.
how in the world can Favre show up in Green Bay and NOT go to the Packer game. Good Lord! His PR person should be fired.
His PR person can't overcome a deficit in testicular fortitude
The Iron Man has no balls; which isn't a total surprise given how often they were vigorously licked.
Because Bart more than likely won't be able to accompany him and TOG wouldn't be able to take the boos that will rain down upon him.
From the Press Gazette:
Lance Allan of WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee quoted sources as saying Favre was coming to the game.
However, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that Favre and Bart Starr Jr. were coming to Green Bay for a chalk talk and a tribute to Bart Starr at Brett Favre's Steakhouse in Ashwaubenon, just east of Lambeau Field. Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young also was to attend the event, a benefit for Rawhide Boys Ranch near New London, which the elder Starr has long supported. Starr, 80, is recovering from two strokes and a heart attack and was unable to attend.
Mortensen also reported that Favre had no immediate plans to attend Monday night's game.
ESPN reporters Rob Demovsky and Jason Wilde reported Favre was traveling with the younger Starr on a flight that originated in Birmingham, Ala., where Starr and his father live, and stopped in Hattiesburg, Miss., where Favre lives, before heading to Green Bay.
I really don't think it would be raining boos on Bert Faver. I think you'd hear a smattering of just about everything. Some would cheer wildly in their Vikings #4 jerseys. Some would clap politely. Some would probably remain silent and some would boo. I think it would sound like exactly that - a lot of different things going on.
I'd probably put myself in the golf clap crowd. I'd clap for a few seconds and then that'd be enough. I'd probably be clapping simply because this crap would finally be over and we could move on from this idiotic melodrama.
I think you underestimate how angry many Packer fans are still. Of course if Steve Young would happen to accompany him I guess he could say the boos were for Young.
I'm gonna guess that he does end up at the game in a skybox and that at some point a camera will show him on national TV, and possibly on the scoreboard in Lambeau to get a gauge on how he is received by the fans. whatever, I'll be there rooting on the current team in its drive to another Lombardi. bert can do whatever he wants just like me.
Favre may be making the right choice. If we get sufficiently tired of all the near miss appearances he makes in Green Bay without going to a game, we would likely be too apathetic to boo when he finally did go to a game. I'm already too apathetic to even finish th
As an owner and concerned with the bottom line I trust he will be paying for his ticket.
If they put a highlight reel of Farb's GB days on the jumbotron at Lambeau, I would put my money on the crowd roaring. Based on glances at other sources over the last couple years, the disdain for Farb here is stronger than any other I've seen.
Clearly he doesn't agree with your statement, otherwise he would have already gone to a game. Unless he is simply that afeared of the Timesfour contingent.
Originally Posted by Dr._Bob:
Favre may be making the right choice. If we get sufficiently tired of all the near miss appearances he makes in Green Bay without going to a game, we would likely be too apathetic to boo when he finally did go to a game. I'm already too apathetic to even finish th
You forgot to finish your sentence.
Originally Posted by Dr._Bob:
Clearly he doesn't agree with your statement, otherwise he would have already gone to a game. Unless he is simply that afeared of the Timesfour contingent.
The X4 mafia.
JFC. Bert still using the old "will he or won't he" from his playbook.
It's MNF for crying out loud. Any other prime time night games left on the schedule? Of course he'll show up somehow. Hiding from the cameras isn't Team Favre's move. Wonder if Lady Macbeth shows up too.
Should the Pack play this one for Big Irv?
Originally Posted by Talkin2Phil:
Can we trade him back to the Falcons?
They all ready have a guy who cannot win the big games
#1 seed in the balance, playoffs not a lock yet, MNF. Timing is perfect.
He couldn't write it any better.