Tillmanisahero
Footballguy
I just read on a Green Bay TV station website that there is a Packer televised scrimmage tonight. Is anyone in the Pool watching it and if so.... How is Rodgers looking? How is Brandon Jackson looking? How about Brohm?
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Packers Family Night Scrimmage? (1 Viewer)
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packersfan
Footballguy
Based on how the QBs are looking so far, getting Favre back could be a huge blessing.
Rodgers hasn't looked very good. He completed his first pass but then went 5-7 attempts or so without a completion. He had a couple of good passes in a 2-minute drill but made a terrible throw on third down at the 10 that was picked off in the end zone.
Brohm looks very much like a rookie.
Rodgers hasn't looked very good. He completed his first pass but then went 5-7 attempts or so without a completion. He had a couple of good passes in a 2-minute drill but made a terrible throw on third down at the 10 that was picked off in the end zone.
Brohm looks very much like a rookie.
Chachi
Footballguy
Another note, probaly more important than Rodgers pathetic play is he got boo'd during intros and there were scattered boo's during the game. Fan reaction after each time he looked lost and silly was quite intriguing, the fans eyes might get stuck in their brains cause they were a rollin.
packersfan
Footballguy
I heard a lot of cheers when the first-team offense took the field for the first time. I didn't hear the introductions.
Darker Knight
Footballguy
Just saw some highlights on NBC....Rodgers did not look good.
sho nuff
Footballguy
I doubt you actually did either...you have had the propensity to lie in this saga.Im just going by what I read.
packersfan
Footballguy
I watched the scrimmage. Rodgers did not look good. The only positive I'd say for him is he looked better than Brohm.
sho nuff
Footballguy
Yeah...1st drive...from what I read he looked ok.2nd and third was not that good.
2 minute was pretty good til the pick.
I would not call that "horrible"...but Chachi is hardly a poster I would be trusting his opinion anyway.
packersfan
Footballguy
1st drive he had a very good pass on his first attempt - a completion to Driver. His second pass was a long pass downfield that was slightly underthrown to Driver but Kelly was called for PI inside the 10. Jackson scored on the next play. I wouldn't say Rodgers looked good on the first series. That makes it sound like he had a number of good passes when he only attempted two. One was a very nice throw and the other would have been an incompletion were it not for the penalty.
I thought he made some good throws in the two-minute drill but he also made several bad ones. The worst was the INT in the end zone.
He didn't play well and it's not a stretch to say he played poorly. It certainly wasn't a very inspiring performance and with YouKnowWho back in town I think Rodgers needed to show a lot tonight. But that didn't happen.
I thought he made some good throws in the two-minute drill but he also made several bad ones. The worst was the INT in the end zone.
He didn't play well and it's not a stretch to say he played poorly. It certainly wasn't a very inspiring performance and with YouKnowWho back in town I think Rodgers needed to show a lot tonight. But that didn't happen.
Maybe he knew Brett was going to show up and crash the party tonight. This all spells disaster for GB this season IMHO.
packersfan
Footballguy
If he was rattled by all the stuff surrounding Favre then it's good the Packers find out now he's not mentally tough enough to handle the starting job. Not saying that's the case, but I'd be extremely disappointed if all the Favre stuff got in Rodgers' head and led to his lackluster performance tonight.
Chachi
Footballguy
Don't act like an expert if you can't even turn the TV on and watch it. How about letting the people who actually watched it with their own eyeballs give their opinions on how he looked, all of us who watched it say he looked horrible, you read about it and you are the only one who is happy with his performance. Did you read that Janet Reno is a real looker too?
smackdaddies
Footballguy
Defense played well, Offense stunk (actually, O line appeared to give the QB's enough time, but no holes for RB's)
Field was VERY slippery - terrible choice in spikes - players were falling all over the place.
There was no one booing Rodgers, even when he stunk (it was a poor game for him)
None of the recievers looked sharp, nor the running game
I am not too worried right now - it's not even pre season, just a scrimage.
They look like this 2 or 3 games into the preseason - wow, it's going to a long year on the offense.
Swain had a decent punt return ( i think it was him) but didnt show me anything as a WR
Jordy had at least one nice catch
Field was VERY slippery - terrible choice in spikes - players were falling all over the place.
There was no one booing Rodgers, even when he stunk (it was a poor game for him)
None of the recievers looked sharp, nor the running game
I am not too worried right now - it's not even pre season, just a scrimage.
They look like this 2 or 3 games into the preseason - wow, it's going to a long year on the offense.
Swain had a decent punt return ( i think it was him) but didnt show me anything as a WR
Jordy had at least one nice catch
GreenbayBuckeye
Footballguy
Don't read anything into this scrimmage. It was about as entertaining as watching paint dry. Nobody looked very good. Plus, it rained before the scrimmage, and if there were not 60,000 people in the stands, they would have practiced indoors, or not at all.
No way was McCarthy doing anything full speed.
No way was McCarthy doing anything full speed.
Either way now, it's going to be win, or they made the wrong choice. This makes it a couple of interesting weeks opening up the season. If GB cannot win against the Vikings in week one, the week two game against the Lions is a must win or GB will start out the season 0-3. That will be fun to watch.
Anthony Borbely
Footballguy
Let's stick to the topic guys. If you guys feel like arguing, do it in private. Thanks.sho nuff said:
a_rackowski
Footballguy
Rodgers sucked - he looked like a rookie with a big arm - he played the majority of his time vs the #2 defense - and keep in mind that both Al harris and Charles Woodson were out.
He was plain and simple - overmatched. His throw were off the target and late. Brohm looked better to me but he didnt look that good either. Matty Flynn looks like he will be a good backup QB in this league.
If I had to judge off of one practice(I think rodgers is much better than this) I would say sell on driver and jennings.
I do think its too early to make judgements.
He was plain and simple - overmatched. His throw were off the target and late. Brohm looked better to me but he didnt look that good either. Matty Flynn looks like he will be a good backup QB in this league.
If I had to judge off of one practice(I think rodgers is much better than this) I would say sell on driver and jennings.
I do think its too early to make judgements.
King of the Jungle
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Jason Wood
Zoo York
I agree that you don't want to overreact to a team scrimmage. However, if there was ever a team scrimmage worth watching it was this one. With Favre ready to show up at camp and now the team, at least for now, saying it will be an open competition, you had to be wondering whether Rodgers was hearing the footsteps. Does his 8 for 20 performance mean he was rattled by the Favre news? No, not necessarily but it does suggest that the Packers offense has a long way to go. With Packers fans and media salivating over Favre's return, it's going to be hard to watch Rodgers put up clunkers like that in a televised practice and not expect "4" to earn the job back.
Now imagine a scenario where Favre practices with the team for a week or two, and then they trade him. Meanwhile Rodgers goes out and lays another egg in preseason game action. Thompson, Rodgers and McCarthy will get crucified (fairly or not).
It's just got the makings of a really distracting media circus. What's a shame is that I was pretty high on Rodgers stepping in and playing pretty well. Not fantasy starter-caliber, but a decent backup and bye week fill in.
Now imagine a scenario where Favre practices with the team for a week or two, and then they trade him. Meanwhile Rodgers goes out and lays another egg in preseason game action. Thompson, Rodgers and McCarthy will get crucified (fairly or not).
It's just got the makings of a really distracting media circus. What's a shame is that I was pretty high on Rodgers stepping in and playing pretty well. Not fantasy starter-caliber, but a decent backup and bye week fill in.
From all accounts, what was seen was the Rodgers of past preseason games not of Dallas fame.
In those efforts he ranged from mediocre to acceptable, but was never better than that.
It is part of the reason some of us wondered so much at this controversy.
I wonder if TT and even McCarthy had a confirmation bias and were looking for reasons to think Rodgers would live up to 1st round pick and focused on Dallas game to the exclusion of the other preseason games where Rodgers got significant play.
Question: Did Rodgers get sacked?
In those efforts he ranged from mediocre to acceptable, but was never better than that.
It is part of the reason some of us wondered so much at this controversy.
I wonder if TT and even McCarthy had a confirmation bias and were looking for reasons to think Rodgers would live up to 1st round pick and focused on Dallas game to the exclusion of the other preseason games where Rodgers got significant play.
Question: Did Rodgers get sacked?
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sho nuff
Footballguy
Don't act like an expert when you have shown to not be one.Im still waiting on those time frames when Thompson's eyes showed he was lying.Chachi said:Don't act like an expert if you can't even turn the TV on and watch it. How about letting the people who actually watched it with their own eyeballs give their opinions on how he looked, all of us who watched it say he looked horrible, you read about it and you are the only one who is happy with his performance. Did you read that Janet Reno is a real looker too?sho nuff said:
You have shown a severe bias against Rodgers in just about every post you have made. Plus, at this point, I believe you were completely lying about Thompson's eyes. So right now, I have no reason to trust you.
Id much rather trust a blog.
And his numbers did not look good...he did struggle...but I also some from some clips some good things. His passes had more zip on them that I thought he would have.
He was off...no doubt...so were the WRs.
Where did I say I was happy with his performance? Lying again huh?
sho nuff
Footballguy
Except last preseason he supposedly looked pretty good...and was very sharp in the family night scrimmage too.
LAUNCH
Footballguy
His eyes were as big as saucers and when he threw his incompletions they were not really even close. He definitely turned Charlie Peprah on to the coaches watch list because he got in some nice hits due to Rodgers throwing late passes. On some other passes, specifically the slants, the passes were low and behind the receivers.
Keep in mind that this was about as vanilla a defense he is going to see all year and the fact the Woodson and Harris didn't play it meant that the 2nd team corners were really the 3rd team corners. His interception was in the last seconds of a two minute drill and he was just throwing to an area. The o-line gave him enough time, but it seemed like he was just very nervous and probably more rattled when Jennings dropped his pass.
Actually one of the more interesting things of the night was in the pre-game when Ted Thompson was interviewed and was all smiles and was looking forward to see Brett and how he's been doing. He looked like a cracked out J Peterman, as usual. He tried to put his best foot forward, but he pretty much had the Milwaukee broadcasters cracking up about his disingenuousness.
Keep in mind that this was about as vanilla a defense he is going to see all year and the fact the Woodson and Harris didn't play it meant that the 2nd team corners were really the 3rd team corners. His interception was in the last seconds of a two minute drill and he was just throwing to an area. The o-line gave him enough time, but it seemed like he was just very nervous and probably more rattled when Jennings dropped his pass.
Actually one of the more interesting things of the night was in the pre-game when Ted Thompson was interviewed and was all smiles and was looking forward to see Brett and how he's been doing. He looked like a cracked out J Peterman, as usual. He tried to put his best foot forward, but he pretty much had the Milwaukee broadcasters cracking up about his disingenuousness.
sho nuff
Footballguy
From what I have read on people who have been at camp...Peprah has had the coaches eyes all camp...laying some nice hits out there so far.
packersfan
Footballguy
He did look good last year in the preseason. You could tell he was a much improved player.He played poorly last night. It happens. There's no reason to panic but like I said before I think he needed to really step up and show something given everything that's going on and he didn't. We'll see how he looks next Monday night against the Bengals.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
They are replaying this game on the NFL Network. Getting started in a few minutes.
ThePittbully
Footballguy
didnt know this was coming on, nice surprise
BuckeyeArt
Footballguy
His passes so far have been on target. The WR's just aren't getting open. It's not what I expected after reading this thread earlier. I expected Rodgers to be completely off. Maybe it's coming.
sho nuff
Footballguy
Some of it was.I think the 2nd drive that went 3 and out...was not much on Rodgers.First play he rolled out...nobody was open...he threw it away.2nd play...he fired one in and Peprah put a big hit on the WR and broke the play up.3rd he zipped it into tight coverage and Lee broke it up.The one they said was almost picked on the next drive I could not see as the camera did not follow the ball.There were some bad passes for sure. And he did not look good...but there were drops also.The pass I think in the 2 minute drill but might have been a different drive...the one to Jordy Nelson that got there before Peprah or another safety could get over was very nice. Lot of zip on it.The INT...stupid...but at the same time...there were like 8 seconds left and it may have even been 4th down in that simulated situation. he tried threading it in and overthrew it. Bad pass...bad decision really as that is where the most coverage was.All in all...he was off, the WRs were off...some good...some bad.I certainly would not call it "horrible".
BuckeyeArt
Footballguy
I thought the same thing. They had just had a play called back for holding and I think it was 3rd and 20 with very little time left. I'm pretty sure Favre has taken a few of those shots in that situation.Overall, I think the WR's had DB's on their backs all night long.sho nuff said:
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