Packers chat with Ryan Wood
Monday, Oct. 16 transcript
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As they sit now, the Packers are 4-2 and tied atop the NFC North. So they're going to try to win for now. How unlikely that is, is another things entirely. As for Randall Cobb, the Packers don't view him as a bad contract. They''ll expect to compete in 2018 when Rodgers returns healthy. So they're not going to unload any pieces that could help them win next season.
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It would not surprise me to see the Packers sign a quarterback to their practice squad. Mike McCarthy generally keeps at least three on the roster. No idea who they might be interested in as a third quarterback. Taysom Hill is coming to Green Bay this week, but he remains on the Saints' 53-man roster.
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hi Ryan, thanks for your time.. now we're all going to see what kind of a team Thompson and McCarthy have put together...I don't see much... the defense is terrible and has been for years... without Rodgers I think this is a bottom 5 team in the league...I fully expect the Packers to lose their last 10 games and finish 4-12...and it won't matter how well or how poorly Hundley plays....after Rodgers show me any above average talent anywhere on this team... you won't find it... Ryan???
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There's no question Aaron Rodgers covered up a lot of warts on this roster, and without him those weaknesses will be revealed. But if the Packers fail to make the playoffs this season, it's for no other reason than losing the best player in football. With the possible exception of the Patriots, no team that loses a franchise quarterback remains in contention. Not in this league.
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Hi Ryan thanks for the chat. Rodgers aside, this team has an injury crisis on it's hands. Unfortunately, this is a recurring theme. Ever year it's hamstring..........jeez. When is someone going to tell MM that his highly analyzed approach to training doesn't work?
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I just don't see what's the point. If Hundley can't win in his third year learning McCarthy's system, there isn't a QB out there who will. That includes Colin Kaepernick,Tony Romo and Taysom Hill. Hundley gives them the best chance to win. What he does with that chance is up to him.
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Which packer spokesperson can we attribute the quote of “could be out“ the rest of the season? Couldn’t you say the same comment in reverse… ‘Aaron could come back before the end of the season?? It just seems a bit irresponsible to say that unless the press was over anxious for a story and focused on COULD!
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No, the fact the Packers were willing to present the possibility Aaron Rodgers could miss the rest of the season is significant, even if he returns. It sets the timetable at months, not weeks. From their perspective, it also prevents weekly questions on whether Aaron Rodgers could return, something they dealt with all throughout his 2013 absence.
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The Packers have been particularly hard hit, but the injury epidemic is league-wide. I've been watching quite a few games and they're starting to look a lot like preseason games. Even good match-ups have been poor as another player goes off the field every six or seven plays. Don't you think the league and player's union need to launch a major study into whether training needs to be altered? Just having bigger, stronger, faster players is looking like a disaster.
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OBJ. J.J. Watt. David Johnson. Andrew Luck. Killer injuries are all over the league, not just Green Bay. Fans lose perspective on that. No study is needed to understand why. A very logical argument can be made that humans were not meant to play football. The injury rate in this sport is almost 100 percent. With the very rare exception, if you play this game, you will be injured.
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With Rodgers out, don't you think this is a great opportunity to see what exactly this coaching staff is made of? No more coasting on Rodger's coattails to the playoffs. Do you think we will see situational, creative and innovative play calling adjusted weekly to match the talent they now have on the field or is it going to be more of the same.
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I'm not sure you understand the relationship between coaching and quarterback play. A coach tunes his offense to the strengths and weaknesses of his quarterback. Then it's the quarterback's job to execute. Without Aaron Rodgers on the field, no, it won't reveal much about Mike McCarthy. There isn't a coach in the league that can lose Aaron Rodgers and prevent his team from becoming significantly worse. I do think it gives Ted Thompson and the personnel staff a clear view of the warts on their roster. I'm sure those are things they were already aware of, but there probably can be some learning through this process as well. Coaching? No, this won't be a reflection on that.
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Yes, Ted Thompson is in charge of personnel decisions, but he certainly listens to Mike McCarthy, especially when it comes to the quarterback position. With that said, I took McCarthy's comments to mean he isn't looking for help to arrive outside the organization. Rather, he's focused on winning with who's already here.
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Ryan- I always hear what a great coach Joe Whitt is. Maybe he is and I just don't see it. What I see is a defensive secondary who can't tackle, a secondary that gets juked out of its socks all the time by the receivers. In that Dallas game, Das Prescott throws a 35 yard pass that stayed in the air forever and watching Clint Dix he just stood there frozen until catch was made and then one small juke and Dixon was unable to make the tackle. It was just pathetic, but our secondary just can't seem to do anything but chase guys after they make the catch and have made atlas one guy miss. I mean is their just zero accountability in Green Bay for the secondary. I think Julio Jones actually frightens them and they just sit and watch and act like they want no part of him. At what point can we just say we suck back there and we are just ok with it?
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I suggest you watch more Falcons games if you think it's easy to slow down Julio Jones. Complaining about a secondary not slowing down Julio Jones is like complaining about a defense not slowing down Aaron Rodgers. Jones is that kind of player. With that said, the Packers secondary is depleted. It was without its top two corners yesterday, and probably its most important player on the back end in Morgan Burnett. When you're playing with reserves, that's what you get.
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Great point. I was thinking this same thing yesterday on the ride back from Minneapolis. If there's a big loser out of yesterday not named Aaron Rodgers, it might be Davante Adams. He's a good player, and he'll still put up numbers, but you wouldn't think those numbers will be nearly the same without Rodgers throwing passes.
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I think how he looked yesterday is very little indication of whether he can win or not. It was about the worst possible environment to enter a game cold, on the road against a divisional rival that happens to have one of the NFL's best defenses. This week, facing a bad Saints offense at home, should be much more telling. If Hundley struggles this week, that's a big problem.
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The one tangible piece of hope you could hear inside the Packers locker room yesterday was that their backup quarterback position is much more solidified now than it was in 2013, when they rummaged through a couple different players at that position. Theirs hope that will help, but all of it depends on what Brett Hundley can provide. If Hundley can't move the ball and make plays, it doesn't matter that he's established himself as the guy.
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Am I alone thinking Barr should have been a no-brainer ejection for that headbutt on Adams? Targeting a post-concussion player after a play in the head... that's a felony on the street but not even an ejection? NFL can't claim it's about player safety and then let an assault like that just get written off as a 15 yd penalty.
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