Dad died.YoHoChecko wrote: ↑01 Aug 2024 11:38Also what is this Josh Myers personal absence. It's been a few days now, right? Is he having a baby? Did his mom die? what's up?
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Have injuries been a problem in Training Camp?
Here's a comment from Anders Carlson on the windy conditions yesterday
“The practice field, it is actually a little more difficult to kick over there because when you get in Lambeau, maybe it’s not as windy,” Carlson said. “The practice field, it’s very open, so the wind coming off the bay or wherever it’s coming from will come in and sometimes it does bounce off"
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Some more TC notes from yesterday, via The Athletic
"Cornerback Jaire Alexander had a vintage Jaire day during Tuesday’s team drills, sticking like white on rice against wide receivers Christian Watson and Dontayvion Wicks to help force incompletions and sprinkling in his fair share of trash talk elsewhere in practice. Love’s pass to Watson hit the receiver in the hands, but Alexander was so tight on his back that the ball popped loose and Alexander almost picked it off. During an end-of-half scenario, Love looked Alexander’s way before throwing the ball away on the other side of the field. Alexander heckled Love to not look his way and chirped Doubs that he wasn’t open against him. Alexander also let Wicks hear it after Love’s deep ball for the second-year receiver fell incomplete with cornerback Keisean Nixon helping force the incompletion.
Plays that popped included defensive end Arron Mosby’s batted pass against quarterback Sean Clifford during the backups’ end-of-half scenario, linebacker Eric Wilson’s blitz and sack of Love for a safety during an earlier team period, Love’s dart down the right sideline while on the run past the stretch of safety Anthony Johnson Jr. to Watson for about 25 yards and defensive end Lukas Van Ness’ destruction of a toss left to Jacobs and his sack of quarterback Michael Pratt after beating tackle Caleb Jones."
Some more TC notes from yesterday, via The Athletic
"Cornerback Jaire Alexander had a vintage Jaire day during Tuesday’s team drills, sticking like white on rice against wide receivers Christian Watson and Dontayvion Wicks to help force incompletions and sprinkling in his fair share of trash talk elsewhere in practice. Love’s pass to Watson hit the receiver in the hands, but Alexander was so tight on his back that the ball popped loose and Alexander almost picked it off. During an end-of-half scenario, Love looked Alexander’s way before throwing the ball away on the other side of the field. Alexander heckled Love to not look his way and chirped Doubs that he wasn’t open against him. Alexander also let Wicks hear it after Love’s deep ball for the second-year receiver fell incomplete with cornerback Keisean Nixon helping force the incompletion.
Plays that popped included defensive end Arron Mosby’s batted pass against quarterback Sean Clifford during the backups’ end-of-half scenario, linebacker Eric Wilson’s blitz and sack of Love for a safety during an earlier team period, Love’s dart down the right sideline while on the run past the stretch of safety Anthony Johnson Jr. to Watson for about 25 yards and defensive end Lukas Van Ness’ destruction of a toss left to Jacobs and his sack of quarterback Michael Pratt after beating tackle Caleb Jones."
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More TC snippets via The Athletic
"Individual plays that stood out: Defensive end Kingsley Enagbare returned to practice after missing the last two with a hamstring injury and wrecked the patented guitar fake that Aaron Rodgers perfected and passed down to Love, who was greeted by Enagbare right as he turned. Second-year defensive end Brenton Cox Jr., who made the initial 53-man roster as an undrafted free agent last season, had two tackles for loss against the run in a short span. Defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt might’ve had two sacks, one of Love and one of Clifford. Defensive ends Lukas Van Ness and Arron Mosby each had a batted pass, Mosby’s being his second in as many days.
Defensive end Rashan Gary sacked Love after not falling for a fake toss the opposite way. Doubs made a diving catch in the end zone on about a nine-yard touchdown pass from Love and was mobbed by teammates and position coach Jason Vrable. Linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper broke up a short pass over the middle from Clifford to running back Emanuel Wilson on the first play of the backups’ two-minute drive. Defensive linemen Colby Wooden and Karl Brooks registered pressures, respectively, on each of the next two plays and they might’ve been sacks. After the No. 2 defense forced a three-and-out, wide receiver Grant DuBose questioned aloud on the sideline (in an exaggeration) whether the backup offense has gotten a first down during two-minute all camp. Before his interception to Williams on first down from the opposing 18-yard line with about 45 seconds left and a timeout down three, Love completed three consecutive passes to tight end Ben Sims for nine yards, to wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks for 13 and to Wicks again on a beautiful ball down the right sideline for 30 yards with cornerback Keisean Nixon in coverage."
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"Individual plays that stood out: Defensive end Kingsley Enagbare returned to practice after missing the last two with a hamstring injury and wrecked the patented guitar fake that Aaron Rodgers perfected and passed down to Love, who was greeted by Enagbare right as he turned. Second-year defensive end Brenton Cox Jr., who made the initial 53-man roster as an undrafted free agent last season, had two tackles for loss against the run in a short span. Defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt might’ve had two sacks, one of Love and one of Clifford. Defensive ends Lukas Van Ness and Arron Mosby each had a batted pass, Mosby’s being his second in as many days.
Defensive end Rashan Gary sacked Love after not falling for a fake toss the opposite way. Doubs made a diving catch in the end zone on about a nine-yard touchdown pass from Love and was mobbed by teammates and position coach Jason Vrable. Linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper broke up a short pass over the middle from Clifford to running back Emanuel Wilson on the first play of the backups’ two-minute drive. Defensive linemen Colby Wooden and Karl Brooks registered pressures, respectively, on each of the next two plays and they might’ve been sacks. After the No. 2 defense forced a three-and-out, wide receiver Grant DuBose questioned aloud on the sideline (in an exaggeration) whether the backup offense has gotten a first down during two-minute all camp. Before his interception to Williams on first down from the opposing 18-yard line with about 45 seconds left and a timeout down three, Love completed three consecutive passes to tight end Ben Sims for nine yards, to wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks for 13 and to Wicks again on a beautiful ball down the right sideline for 30 yards with cornerback Keisean Nixon in coverage."
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New Kicker from down under
"The Packers signed Australian kicker Alex Hale, an undrafted rookie from Oklahoma State. He was the only kicker to attempt field goals at practice, going 5-for-6 with makes from 33, 33, 40, 41 and 44 yards before missing his sixth kick from 45 yards wide right. Hale worked out for the Packers on Tuesday morning — it was his first NFL workout — and signed later that day. Hale has been living with his brother in San Diego and training with former longtime NFL kicker John Carney. Hale came to the United States in late 2017 and went 27-of-34 on field goals last season (79.4 percent) while making 36-of-38 extra points. He made 43-of-54 field goals (79.6 percent) and 71-of-74 extra points in five years at Oklahoma State. Hale grew up playing soccer, tennis and wakeskating, a sport he described as “skateboard tricks on a board on the water.”
“Just shocked,” Hale said. “Didn’t expect to be this far. Two weeks ago, I was just sitting in San Diego training by myself and with John.
Didn’t think I’d be here right now.”
"The Packers signed Australian kicker Alex Hale, an undrafted rookie from Oklahoma State. He was the only kicker to attempt field goals at practice, going 5-for-6 with makes from 33, 33, 40, 41 and 44 yards before missing his sixth kick from 45 yards wide right. Hale worked out for the Packers on Tuesday morning — it was his first NFL workout — and signed later that day. Hale has been living with his brother in San Diego and training with former longtime NFL kicker John Carney. Hale came to the United States in late 2017 and went 27-of-34 on field goals last season (79.4 percent) while making 36-of-38 extra points. He made 43-of-54 field goals (79.6 percent) and 71-of-74 extra points in five years at Oklahoma State. Hale grew up playing soccer, tennis and wakeskating, a sport he described as “skateboard tricks on a board on the water.”
“Just shocked,” Hale said. “Didn’t expect to be this far. Two weeks ago, I was just sitting in San Diego training by myself and with John.
Didn’t think I’d be here right now.”
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Additional TC notes- this batch from Bill Huber at SI
https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/here-s-w ... j4qdzyek8z
Lots of interesting nuggets in this one:
- On Tuesday, our Player of the Day was defensive end Brenton Cox. He had another excellent day. He stopped back-to-back runs by Emanuel Wilson and Jarveon Howard, with the latter creating a loss of about 5.
- Right tackle Zach Tom got a lot of reps during his second day back in the lineup following a torn pectoral. He was excellent, per usual, including stopping a bull rush by Kenny Clark. Later, he led a screen that picked up 9 yards. He was fired up about that play.
- The quick-hit perimeter passing game has been terrible for most of the summer but a pass to Dontayvion Wicks gained about 10 yards thanks to excellent blocks by Melton and tight end Tyler Davis.
- On back-to-back third-down plays, Lukas Van Ness (and Wyatt) pressured Love into an incompletion and batted down a pass.
- The next two third-down plays were foiled by defensive tackle Karl Brooks, who ruined a screen, and Rochell, who appeared to break up a pass to Grant DuBose. Later, on fourth-and-9, Rochell broke up another pass, though that one was nullified by defensive offside.
https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/here-s-w ... j4qdzyek8z
Lots of interesting nuggets in this one:
- On Tuesday, our Player of the Day was defensive end Brenton Cox. He had another excellent day. He stopped back-to-back runs by Emanuel Wilson and Jarveon Howard, with the latter creating a loss of about 5.
- Right tackle Zach Tom got a lot of reps during his second day back in the lineup following a torn pectoral. He was excellent, per usual, including stopping a bull rush by Kenny Clark. Later, he led a screen that picked up 9 yards. He was fired up about that play.
- The quick-hit perimeter passing game has been terrible for most of the summer but a pass to Dontayvion Wicks gained about 10 yards thanks to excellent blocks by Melton and tight end Tyler Davis.
- On back-to-back third-down plays, Lukas Van Ness (and Wyatt) pressured Love into an incompletion and batted down a pass.
- The next two third-down plays were foiled by defensive tackle Karl Brooks, who ruined a screen, and Rochell, who appeared to break up a pass to Grant DuBose. Later, on fourth-and-9, Rochell broke up another pass, though that one was nullified by defensive offside.
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Thanks @BSA! 
“We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.”
- Vince Lombardi
- Vince Lombardi
couple of tweets from Andy Herman and Tom Silverstein below.
A shorter practice today with a little bit of game prep
Pressure by Enagabre (maybe sack). Love throws anyway and completes to Wicks over the middle. Love follows it up with a bullet to Musgrave over the middle who makes a fantastic hands catch in stride. AJJ with good coverage but just tip your cap on that one.
Love drops one in a bucket for Lloyd but it’s well contested by McDuffie. Both players tip the ball up a couple times and Lloyd comes up with the catch but out of bounds by the time he came up with it.
That false start on the first play of team earlier by Sean Rhyan was costly. Jacob Monk has been in his spot in team ever since.
Another nice play by Brenton Cox with a pressure on Clifford. Nice hands by Lloyd to come up with a leaping catch on a bubble screen but defense all over it. Heads up play by Bo Melton. He was supposed to go in motion but the tight end started to go in motion on accident. Te got lined up correctly so Bo could go in motion but Bo wisely waves it off because the play clock was winding down and they wouldn’t have got the play off in time. Wicks end around goes nowhere.
Love with a gorgeous throw to Melton in the back of the end zone for a td in red zone. Really nice block by Newman on Clark to give 10 time. Stokes comes up with a pick on the next play. Intended for Watson. Not sure if Watson didn’t see it but he didn’t make a play for the ball. Karl Brooks with another big time pressure. Wicks td on the next play at the goaline with McKinney in coverage. Karl Brooks with another immediate pressure - Love throws to Sims but LVN in coverage gets a PI call. Huge day for Brooks already.
Cornerback Eric Stokes picks quarterback Jordan Love in the end zone from inside the 5-yard line.
Love rolled right and tried to connect with Christian Watson, but his pass went straight to Stokes.
The defensive has 17 interceptions in camp, with seven off Love.
Sean Rhyan is getting first-team reps at right guard with Jordan Morgan out because of shoulder injury. But on his first rep, Rhyan false-starts.
Rookie Jacob Monk is now with the starting offensive line at right guard.
With Jenkins and Morgan out, Royce Newman is playing left guard. He had been buried on the depth chart for much of camp.
A shorter practice today with a little bit of game prep
Pressure by Enagabre (maybe sack). Love throws anyway and completes to Wicks over the middle. Love follows it up with a bullet to Musgrave over the middle who makes a fantastic hands catch in stride. AJJ with good coverage but just tip your cap on that one.
Love drops one in a bucket for Lloyd but it’s well contested by McDuffie. Both players tip the ball up a couple times and Lloyd comes up with the catch but out of bounds by the time he came up with it.
That false start on the first play of team earlier by Sean Rhyan was costly. Jacob Monk has been in his spot in team ever since.
Another nice play by Brenton Cox with a pressure on Clifford. Nice hands by Lloyd to come up with a leaping catch on a bubble screen but defense all over it. Heads up play by Bo Melton. He was supposed to go in motion but the tight end started to go in motion on accident. Te got lined up correctly so Bo could go in motion but Bo wisely waves it off because the play clock was winding down and they wouldn’t have got the play off in time. Wicks end around goes nowhere.
Love with a gorgeous throw to Melton in the back of the end zone for a td in red zone. Really nice block by Newman on Clark to give 10 time. Stokes comes up with a pick on the next play. Intended for Watson. Not sure if Watson didn’t see it but he didn’t make a play for the ball. Karl Brooks with another big time pressure. Wicks td on the next play at the goaline with McKinney in coverage. Karl Brooks with another immediate pressure - Love throws to Sims but LVN in coverage gets a PI call. Huge day for Brooks already.
Cornerback Eric Stokes picks quarterback Jordan Love in the end zone from inside the 5-yard line.
Love rolled right and tried to connect with Christian Watson, but his pass went straight to Stokes.
The defensive has 17 interceptions in camp, with seven off Love.
Sean Rhyan is getting first-team reps at right guard with Jordan Morgan out because of shoulder injury. But on his first rep, Rhyan false-starts.
Rookie Jacob Monk is now with the starting offensive line at right guard.
With Jenkins and Morgan out, Royce Newman is playing left guard. He had been buried on the depth chart for much of camp.
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Anders Carlson and Greg Joseph both kicked from 40, 44, 47, 49, 50 and 51.
Both went 6/6.
Anders Carlson and Greg Joseph both kicked from 40, 44, 47, 49, 50 and 51.
Both went 6/6.
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More TC notes here from Bill Huber at SI
https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/here-s-w ... j4sr55g9qf
"Rookie cornerback Kalen King continued a strong week of practice, as well. King was a seventh-round pick and the third-to-last player selected in this year’s draft. His plunge in production played a role, to be sure, but so did his 4.61 in the 40 at the Scouting Combine and his 4.56 at pro day.
The Packers have used King a lot in the slot, where the 40 time isn’t as important but his quickness and instincts are accentuated. In a span of four plays, he stopped Grant DuBose on a quick pass to the flat, shot forward to potentially stop tight end Joel Wilson short of the marker on third-and-7 and beat his blocker to help stop running back Emanuel Wilson for a minimal gain on a screen."
Play of the Day
"There’s a reason why quarterbacks receive outsized contracts. On third-and-5, Jordan Love threw a fastball to tight end Luke Musgrave. Safety Anthony Johnson’s coverage was excellent but the throw was even better. Musgrave caught the ball in stride for a big gain."
https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/here-s-w ... j4sr55g9qf
"Rookie cornerback Kalen King continued a strong week of practice, as well. King was a seventh-round pick and the third-to-last player selected in this year’s draft. His plunge in production played a role, to be sure, but so did his 4.61 in the 40 at the Scouting Combine and his 4.56 at pro day.
The Packers have used King a lot in the slot, where the 40 time isn’t as important but his quickness and instincts are accentuated. In a span of four plays, he stopped Grant DuBose on a quick pass to the flat, shot forward to potentially stop tight end Joel Wilson short of the marker on third-and-7 and beat his blocker to help stop running back Emanuel Wilson for a minimal gain on a screen."
Play of the Day
"There’s a reason why quarterbacks receive outsized contracts. On third-and-5, Jordan Love threw a fastball to tight end Luke Musgrave. Safety Anthony Johnson’s coverage was excellent but the throw was even better. Musgrave caught the ball in stride for a big gain."
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YoHoChecko
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I’d have to go back and check but it really does seem like Carlson literally had that one bad day and has been equal with Joseph every other time. Ahead of him by one in family night, so maybe behind him by one some other time.
I really wanted a new kicker after Carlson blew that kick against the 9ers. But I know he was a rookie and perhaps he'll be better this year. It's his position to lose right? So, if he matches the other guy kick for kick, he should win that position??
That’s the sense I have, as well.YoHoChecko wrote: ↑08 Aug 2024 17:07I’d have to go back and check but it really does seem like Carlson literally had that one bad day and has been equal with Joseph every other time. Ahead of him by one in family night, so maybe behind him by one some other time.
I do wonder if it continues on this trajectory - both performing relatively well - which direction the team will go. We can all look back and be critical of Carlson’s season last year but, believe it or not, he had a better FG% than Joseph. And Joseph was kicking indoors for home games. Carlson was worse on XP conversions - he missed 4 while Joseph missed only 2 - but, again, there’s an environment factor to consider.
In other words, I can’t say I completely trust Carlson going forward at this point, but neither do I trust Joseph to continue on the accuracy pace he’s set this PS. His career history (82.6 FG%; 90.1 XP%) says he won’t. And that spans 5 years now. I think it’s safe to say he is who he is. Carlson? Who knows?
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I think we should bring in Nigel Gruff while we have the chance. He’s a really promising kicker.
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I actually thought he was a really good kicker, but I guess that was just based on his performances against the Packers. I was surprised his career percentage was as low as it was. Still, the way the NFL works now and especially with the new kickoff rules, I will take an accurate kicker over the big leg all day. Screw the 55+ FG's. Go for it or punt.
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Go for it is way more fun for the fans and the players
So there's certainly merit in that take, but I'd prefer to have the 55 FG option + Go for it + punt so your HC has a full set of choices no matter the game situation
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Of course, so would I. Not at the expense of <50 accuracy, though. Those kicks should not be a coin flip, they should be next to automatic. Given the choice between the two, I will take the surer thing from shorter distances.
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lupedafiasco
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That works in the regular season. In the playoffs you need to secure points when you can get them.
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