Jennings INACTIVE for Bears game

this season is groin in the wrong direction

Jennings losing some serious money not showing up in week 1 and hurt in week 2.

With how MM treats players who have as much as a shaving nick and coupled with a 4 day week wouldn't surprise me to see him sit. After the Bear game Packers have a long day stretch off.

GB had to put out an injury report today despite not practicing and "guess" what player participation would have been.

From Packers twitter:

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Green Bay Packers ‏@packers
McCarthy: Greg Jennings had groin injury, felt better about it today, see how it is tomorrow for practice & update on status.

If Jennings "can't" play (and play well) on Thursday, he just may find himself replaced the next week, too, by Boykin. He's a lot younger and a lot less expensive. Too long an absence from Jennings may lead TT and MM to realize that he's not worth the big investment come contract time.

Boykin has potential, but replacing GJ? Nah. When Jennings is healthy, it's not even debatable.

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Originally posted by Stevie:
If Jennings "can't" play (and play well) on Thursday, he just may find himself replaced the next week, too, by Boykin. He's a lot younger and a lot less expensive. Too long an absence from Jennings may lead TT and MM to realize that he's not worth the big investment come contract time.

Is this a serious post? Do you honestly think Jennings would ever be benched for Boykin?

Rubbish

Jennings isn't a superstar, but he's also not easily replaceable. Especially not with Boykin.

While he's their best WR, I don't think he's worthy of being paid like a top 5 guy. If that's how he wants to be paid, then let him walk and rip off some other team.

But I don't see him being that kinda guy. I think he remains a Packers long term.

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Originally posted by Stevie:
If Jennings "can't" play (and play well) on Thursday, he just may find himself replaced the next week, too, by Boykin.

Crack is whack.

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Originally posted by Stevie:
He's a lot younger and a lot less expensive.

True, but he's not even close to GJ in ability at this time.

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Originally posted by Stevie:
Too long an absence from Jennings may lead TT and MM to realize that he's not worth the big investment come contract time.

Maybe... available and accountable. If healthy, GJ is very accountable. I expect Thompson will offer a healthy and fair contract, but it will be Jennings' (and agent) decision for him to stay in GB.

As a Bear fan, I can say Jennings scares me more than any of the other WRs on the Pack. I would rather he play so there are no excuses, but if he doesn't I wouldn't be disappointed

The way they involved Cobb tells me they will move on without Jennings in 2013. Trade him in 4 weeks.

Yes. They play the same position.

http://profootballtalk.nbcspor...with-a-groin-injury/

Jennings is looking for a big payday after the season, not Megatron big but the next level down. My question is he being realistic or will he be disappointed by the officers he gets? Jennings is neither super tall, fast, nor is he a major football name. What he does do is run great routs and knows the Packer system inside and out. I have heard local reporter compare Jennings numbers to other receiver who received big contract last off season. I do not think that is how GM’s think, instead they try to figure out what the player will do for their team in the future. They may discount his productivity because they may think his number have a lot to do with his role with the Packers and his productivity will not carry over to a different team.
I think Jennings is one of those players that are of the greatest valuable to their current team. It will be interesting to see what happens in the offseason or if Jennings changes his mind and plays it safe and signs a contract extension this season.

I don't really see Jennings being benched. I do, however, see him as a near-30-year-old receiver who has had 3 concussions by the Packers' count and has started looking a bit fragile; coupled with a recent trend towards not showing up in big games (KC, Giants, 49ers).

As much as I respect and like the guy, I don't see TT offering anywhere near Top 5 money to him given the above circumstances - especially since we have a young, deep receiver corps already and Borel is there on the PS waiting for next year. Plus, every year, TT finds at least one very talented young receiver in the draft.

I hope Jennings gets and stays well and snaps out of the funk he's in against top flight defenses, and I hope he's around after this year; but I'm inclined to think that is not going to be the case.

Jordy is the best receiver on the team.

Explain how KC was a "big game".

jennings showed up in the 2010 nfc championship game and sb 45.

Jennings is a very, very good receiver. The fact remains though that he is coming up on 30 years old, which is generally considered the point in your career where you start to slide a little bit. When you have players like Jordy, Cobb and Jones on the roster already, coupled with having to resign core players such as Rodgers, Matthews and Raji, you can see where TT might just let him walk. It makes sense.

I'd like to keep him though, no question.

Don't forget Driver... they still have DD.

In six full seasons, the guy's had just one year with 80+ catches (80 in 2008) and two years with 1,200+ yards (1,292 in 2008; 1265 in 2010).

And like some have already pointed out, he hasn't exactly terrorized defenses in the playoffs.

He's a solid guy but not worth paying top-five money to.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/...d/9638/greg-jennings

Jennings said now that the season has started, he'd like to forget about the contract and focus on football.

I'm with him on that.

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The fact remains though that he is coming up on 30 years old, which is generally considered the point in your career where you start to slide a little bit

With RB's, yes. Not so much with WR's. WR's can play & play well into their 30's

Jennings will have 5 more good years & play until he is 35

I agree with Boris. "30" is the magic (or tragic) number for RBs, but WRs usually get to 32 or 33 before any talk of a decline begins.

Don Driver is 37 and really didn't start seeming "old" until he was 34 or 35.

I said slide a little bit not run into a Mack truck. There are examples of receivers going well into their 30's and producing. There are examples of some not producing. You can only pay so many guys and with so much talent at WR, do you still pay Jennings?

If he wants top 5 money, then no. Top 10-15. Yes I would

Like Jordy Nelson says..."How much money do you need?"

At least half of what I gross.

Hire an accountant.

We really need a 'My CPA Sucks Donkey Balls' forum for poor Keel.

No Medicare for you!

Married an accountant with a Florence Nightingale side.

Jennings sat out of practice today. Arguably, this Bears game is a big game. Falling to 0-2 with both losses coming to conference opponents ALMOST guarantees that the best this team could hope for is a wild card berth. That's not a lock, but it sure wouldn't be a good thing to be in the division basement looking up. We need Jennings (a healthy Jennings) for this game. It is a disturbing and developing trend that his body seems to be getting rather brittle in a hurry.

By the way, any time you are undefeated and going for a perfect regular season record, it IS a big game.

Still could go 14-2 and you are doomed. Not even sure why they wouldn't just forfeit the rest of the games.

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Originally posted by Stevie:
Jennings sat out of practice today. Arguably, this Bears game is a big game. Falling to 0-2 with both losses coming to conference opponents ALMOST guarantees that the best this team could hope for is a wild card berth. That's not a lock, but it sure wouldn't be a good thing to be in the division basement looking up. We need Jennings (a healthy Jennings) for this game. It is a disturbing and developing trend that his body seems to be getting rather brittle in a hurry.

By the way, any time you are undefeated and going for a perfect regular season record, it IS a big game.

Couldn't disagree more. GB may very well start off at 0-2... but they'll still win the division.

Just concerned about the guy's durability. Out 3 games at the end of last season, missed time this pre-season, 3 concussions, the groin already this season. Hoping that it's not a trend, but if it is, it's a disturbing one. Don't you agree?

Nah. That'll just turn into the Boykin coming out party and Jennings will be cut anyway. He's on the bubble as it is.

Per MM, Jennings made further improvement today:

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•On Jennings: His workout and rehab went well. Tomorrow will be the big day. How it responds will be important. It's probably more of an endurance issue.

From twitter:

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter
Sounds unlikely that Packers WR Greg Jennings, with his groin injury, will be able to play Thursday night vs. Bears.

If Sunday wasn't Randall Cobb's coming out party then Thursday Night just might be it.

Drafted him very late in all my drafts. I'm a jeanyous!

@TyDunne
#Packers WR Greg Jennings was not on the field during the portion of practice open to reporters today.