Cheese Bites: Green Bay Packer updates

vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 75988

Clay Matthews: "I think we had come at a crossroads on this team as far as the leadership and where we want to go. And personally for myself and this defense, revamping this defense. I believe it is the natural progression of myself and what I want to be and the legacy I want to leave. So, ultimately, we'll see where it goes, but you are going to get a definite change in this defense with me in charge."

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/218843141.html
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Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 29761 Location: Atlanta

vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 75988

WR Randall Cobb can function fine and doesn't seem to be all that limited in what he can do. But he pays the price with shooting pain in his arm. There’s a line between being tough and being smart, and I think us collectively together, between the coaching staff, myself and the training staff, we have to figure out what that line is," he said. "We’re playing with it right now. I’ve got to take it upon myself personally to be smarter with my communication with the coaching staff."

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/219463201.html

“In Randall’s case, it’s probably something he’s going to be battling for a while,” McCarthy said.

http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130813/PKR0101/130813050/Cobb-s-biceps-injury-could-sideline-him-again
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vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 75988

vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 75988

In his first preseason action, Packers rookie running back Eddie Lacy looked like he could be a solid — and perhaps difference-making — addition to the Green Bay offense. Lacy racked up 40 yards on eight carries in the first half at St. Louis on Saturday evening, repeatedly showing NFL-caliber power and physicality.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/17/eddie-lacy-shows-well-in-preseason-debut/
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vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 75988

When the Packers lost left tackle Bryan Bulaga for the season with a torn ACL, it was presumed that the man who replaced Bulaga last year on the right side would stay inside, with Marshall Newhouse playing right tackle and David Bakhtiari at left tackle.

But plans tend to change when the guy penciled in for the job doesn’t deliver as expected, and so Don Barclay has moved back outside to right tackle. He could be on the verge of taking the job away from Newhouse. Barclay, undrafted in 2012 from West Virginia, took every rep at right tackle with the first-team offense on Monday. Barclay also has performed better than Newhouse at right tackle during both preseason games.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/20/don-barclay-close-to-taking-the-right-tackle-job-in-green-bay/
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vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 75988

Packers rookie running backs Eddie Lacy and Johnathan Franklin had about as rough a night as it gets in Friday’s preseason game against the Seahawks.

The first time Lacy got the ball, he went for 11 yards, but it was called back by a holding penalty. After that, these were the gains on the rest of his runs: 3, 2, 1, 0, 0, -3, -2, -6. That’s a total of negative five yards on eight carries. Franklin gained a total of one yard, rushing for 3, -7, 3 and 2 yards the four times he got the ball.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/24/packers-rookie-running-backs-total-4-yards-on-12-carries/
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vikingsrule · Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:19 pm Post subject:

vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 75988

^^ and we all know Peterson gets lot of runs for 0 or 1 yards too. then he rips off a 50 yarder. or more.
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vikingsrule · Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:42 pm Post subject:

vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 75988

Vince Young’s performance against the Seahawks on Friday night was good enough to land him the job backing up Aaron Rodgers this season. That’s one of the conclusions we can draw from the news that Graham Harrell is on his way out of Green Bay. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Harrell is being released as the Packers make their first round of cuts this summer.

Harrell was 6-of-13 for 49 yards on Friday night, continuing a lackluster preseason that was the impetus to bring Young into the fold in the first place. Young, on the other hand, was 6-of-7 for 41 yards and a touchdown while also running for 39 yards on three carries.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/24/packers-parting-ways-with-graham-harrell/
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vikingsrule · Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:51 pm Post subject:

Young had himself a pretty good game last night. Chances are he will never play, but being a backup behind Rodgers isnt a bad way to make it back into the league.

vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 75988

The Packers have signed K Zach Ramirez, who was a tryout player at the Seahawks’ rookie camp in May. Ramirez was a first-team All-American in the FCS while at Portland State in 2011, but only played six games as a senior because of injury.

Earlier this week, Packers General Manager Ted Thompson said that it was possible that the Packers’ kicker wasn’t on the roster so Ramirez would seem to have a shot at winning the job if he does well in the next couple of weeks competing against Mason Crosby and Giorgio Tavecchio.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/25/packers-sign-kicker-release-six-players/

jeeez... a rather unsettled situation there at Lambeau...
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SteelKing728 · Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:34 pm Post subject:

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