It's Cardinals week!

@FLPACKER posted:

Exactly!! Was watching Herman's video this morning. Said that his ratings of the o-lineman this year compared to last year through 7 games are significantly lower, by far the biggest drop of any position group. Look no further to determine why the offense is not as proficient as last season. Now if Bak comes back & Newman goes to the bench & Myers returns .... could they get to last years level (which still wasn't good enough vs. TB's front)?

It wasn't good enough because Bakh wasn't there.

HUGE loss.

That's why you don't push it this week.  Get them healthy.

Hope we get MVS back.

Interesting read on Bakh's return. Seems likely for the Chiefs

https://www.jsonline.com/story...ardinals/8539955002/

@ByRyanWood:  Aaron Rodgers on getting to play inside State Farm Stadium: "That's a great name, for sure."

@FinnLander posted:

But he's not wrong.

But what if there are some doctors, nurses, microbiologists, immunologists, epidemiologists, and “other researchers” who disagree?

Um, send their papers for peer review and let the chips fall where they may.  Pretty much like any scientific and medical research has been done forever.

@Music City posted:

But what if there are some doctors, nurses, microbiologists, immunologists, epidemiologists, and “other researchers” who disagree?

The Real Scandal About Ivermectin Claims about the drug are based on shoddy science—but that science is entirely unremarkable in its shoddiness.

Peer review is a real bitch.

Deep State boulderdash!

Oh my

@packers:  #Packers place WR Allen Lazard on reserve/COVID-19 list

Are teams able to elevate a PS player when there are players on the reserve/COVID list?

We might see 4 TE sets this week.

@H5 posted:

Are teams able to elevate a PS player when there are players on the reserve/COVID list?

Yes

Looks like the new AR will get some action.

If available.

In effen credible

Current non-Covid WRs:

Randall Cobb
ESB
Amari Rodgers
MVS (currently on IR)
Juwann Winfree (p/s)
Chris Blair (p/s)

WRs on Reserve/Covid list:

Davante Adams, Allen Lazard, Malik Taylor

IMO I tell Jaylon Smith his responsibility is Kyler Murray. Shadow him everywhere. If you can get home with a blitz. Green light. He’s still got sub 4.5 speed so his singular job is to spy & chase Murray.

If he can’t do that I’m not sure where his value is to the D.

@SteveLuke posted:

The Jimmy G led 49ers, who were down to their 4th string RB, and were only 2-0 because they beat the (now) winless 0-7 Lions and woeful 2-5

The 49'ers also had their entire preferred starting O-Line AND D-Line vs. the Packers patched up/rookie OL and no "Z" on the DL. The Packers were underdogs in that game. 4th string RB vs Zadarius missing. Yeah..... pretty even.

See? I can cherry pick too. You play who is in front of you when you're scheduled to play them. There are exactly ZERO games where your favorite team is "supposed to win" -- It's the NFL

Time for the Jones/Dillon/Cobb show.

@RapSheet: #Packers WR Allen Lazard, who is unvaccinated, is a COVID-19 close contact, presumably of Davante Adams. Lazard is out 5 days and won’t play Thursday.

H’mmm

I heard that most players on the Covid list take around ten days on that exempt list before they actually return. Tests were given Monday and Tuesday. One more is taken tomorrow.

M. Taylor is still on that list.

How does anyone know Jaylon Smith can still run a sub 4.5 after that injury?

https://www.packersnews.com/st...-19-list/8551147002/

This is why it’s so important for players to get vaccinated.  There’s the potential for a lot of collateral damage.   Lazard is one of those guys now.  

Hopefully they don’t take more hits but wouldn’t surprise me if they did.

By the way, they need to stop quoting Randall Cobb.  Using a Rodgers collarbone injury to rationalize how unpredictable things are is next level stupid.  Lazard apparently made a choice not to get the spike.  Rodgers didn’t choose to get hurt.

@ilcuqui posted:

@RapSheet: #Packers WR Allen Lazard, who is unvaccinated, is a COVID-19 close contact, presumably of Davante Adams. Lazard is out 5 days and won’t play Thursday.

Zero patience or tolerance for that type of bullshit. Cut him or trade him. There's no room for error this season and the Packers can't afford that liability in the locker room.

He was next man up on what could have been one of his biggest opportunities of his career. Instead, his selfishness and stupidity cost him his spot and may further jeopardize the locker room.

If he was vaccinated, he could play. Instead, he gets to stay home and watch his career opportunity pass by.

So apparently Rodgers woke up with his back all locked up on Sunday. Thanks to trainer and chiro they got him ready to play. Rodgers blamed having to sleep in a hotel the night before games, even at home. Said this is a stupid rule. Couldn't agree more and didn't realize nfl teams are still trying to keep grown men from pulling a max Mcgee night.

Can we please NOT turn this into some pull-your-pubes-out-with-pliers rage thread about vax vs not vax?

Two players are out, nothing gonna change that.

Here's a link...

https://www.packersnews.com/st...tiquated/6168923001/

Dr Facebook is not peer reviewed

I certainly hope that players out with COVID who are not vaccinated lose game checks.

https://sports.yahoo.com/packe...id-19-195314997.html

FYI, like 95% of the Packers players are vaccinated last I heard a few weeks ago.

C'mon MEN! Let's get it together

@YATittle posted:

I certainly hope that players out with COVID who are not vaccinated lose game checks.

That's the thing, Lazard doesn't have COVID. If the tweet is accurate he is a High Risk asymptomatic close contact who is now required to isolate for 5 days after exposure to the infected player (Adams).

If he was vaccinated, he would be playing on Thursday. Instead, he gets to sit home completely healthy and watch the game from his couch because he's stupid.

What about the ancillary folks around the team and facility.  

@Chongo posted:

Can we please NOT turn this into some pull-your-pubes-out-with-pliers rage thread about vax vs not vax?

Two players are out, nothing gonna change that.

Get the fucking shot.

Meanwhile: The #Packers activated WR Malik Taylor off the COVID list per the wire. https://t.co/bwuGhbzd69

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 26, 2021

And if MLF knew Lazard was anti vaxx and let him vine in the WR room then he’s gotta answer for this.

Dum, dum, dum. Maybe being faced with the ramifications of his stupid decision he will go out and get the vaccination. For a guy that's trying to prove to GB or another team that he is deserving of a nice long term contract this is a good way to derail those plans.

He's going to be getting a lot of side eye in a locker room that's 95% vaccinated.

@NumberThree posted:

That's the thing, Lazard doesn't have COVID. If the tweet is accurate he is a High Risk asymptomatic close contact who is now required to isolate for 5 days after exposure to the infected player (Adams).

Did Adams return a pos test? He and Lazard are listed in the Reserve/C-19 list. I've not seen a report that either is positive.

The Packers should waive Lazard tomorrow. They won't because he's too important to their running game and it would alienate half of Central Wisconsin (the portion of people who are anti-vax).

Just an aside, while there are problems with scientific peer review for publications, the FDA process for drug approvals is much more rigorously reviewed than a scientific publication. There are enormous numbers of safeguards built into the process, both for human subject safety and for inside trading in the stock market. By far the most common complaint from people pre-COVID was that the FDA was much too risk-averse.