I’m so sick of…

There are some players or stories that I can’t take anymore. So here are the things I’m so sick of.

I’m so sick of Justin Harrell. For a week it appeared that Harrell would finally be healthy and at least have a chance to contribute to the Packers’ new 3-4 defense. Now that his back his hurt again we can close the book on Harrell He is a complete and total bust as a first round pick and will likely not make the team this year. I thought that five-minute fix by a local chiropractor was a little fishy, now we know it was indeed a joke. Harrell is done. End of story.

I am so sick of hamstring and groin injuries. First-round draft pick Clay Matthews injured his hamstring again and he seems to be headed down Harrell’s road. I mean, come on, in this day and age, how can these guys keep pulling hamstrings and groins? After seeing Matthews since he has been in town for the offseason program and training camp I have serious doubts about his toughness. The guy looks like he should be in the movie “Point Blank” and not on an NFL field. If Harrell was Thompson’s biggest bust I have to wonder if Matthews isn’t far behind. Especially considering what the Packers gave up to get him.

I am so sick of the NFL and rookie salaries. The politics keeping B.J. Raji out of camp are inexcusable and better be addressed in the upcoming negotiations between the league and players union. Raji has missed enough already that his season is pretty much shot. He has missed the most important two weeks of camp and that can’t be made up. The Packers start playing games Saturday and all the installations will be finished by then and Raji will have to catch up with limited reps and playing time. He better impress when he comes in or the Packers might have two busts in one round.

I’m so sick of running backs Brandon Jackson and Deshawn Wynn. The Packers have an immediate need at running back and bringing in a guy like Shaun Alexander or Edgerrin James for a look-see would certainly make sense in my mind. Jackson and Wynn are injury prone and can’t be counted on and aren’t even that good. Something needs to be done and done soon at running back.

I’m so sick of Arron Rodgers being blamed for the Packers’ 6-10 record last year. Anybody with a half-brain knows he was not the problem. I’ll take 4000 yards and 28 TDs anytime. If the Rodgers haters were being fair they would compare Rodgers to the previous quarterback when Rodgers’ career is over, but they base it all on one year, forgetting that four years ago their idol threw 29 interceptions in a 4-12 season and wasn’t much better in an 8-8 year in 2006. With one year in the books I believe that Rodgers might actually be better than his predecessor and that would be a travesty to the faithful followers of the Disappointment Machine. If Rodgers sucks this year than so be it, but odds of that are slim unless he gets hurt.

Finally, I’m so sick of bad weather on Packers’ Family Night. Here I am all fired up to see the Packers and their new defense go against one of the best offenses in the NFL and it gets rained out. I remember the good old days when it was “Intrasquad Game” and was four quarters of football. Turning it into a scrimmage sucked but I guess it had to be done with the money being paid to the players nowadays. The Packers might want to get things started earlier though in the future, why they have to keep people there so late I can’t understand. Practice should be over by 8:30 instead of halfway through. It will be plenty dark enough for fireworks after the jersey giveaway.

Enough whining, but isn’t that what training camp is for?

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  • http://Orlando Mark

    Bears W Pokes L
    Bengals W Niners W
    Rams W Lions Toss up
    Vikes L Ravens L
    Lions W Bears L
    Browns Toss up Steelers L
    Vikes W Seahawks Toss up
    Bucs W Cards L
    Obviously this starts with a chance to get on a roll which is why I was so optomistic earlier. But I haven’t seen the O-line gel or any depth on the D-line. Also a chance for fans to go sour after a good start which would be a BIG mistake if it happens.

  • packer_bob

    Don’t be so doom and gloom, my man! O-line, D-line, whether or not Ryan Grant is worth a damn, no back-up QB (etc. etc.) all small potatoes! Not even legitimate questions once you put on the rose colored glasser!

    Come to the Rose Mark, come to the Rose…….

  • packer_bob

    Just saw a 1 am piece on how Donovan McNabb was instrumental on Vick landing with the Eagles on ESPN. I doubt it’s a credible source though.

  • Punk

    You want doom and gloom?. Take one of these for your backup QB this year. Caleb Hanie (CHI, who?); Sage Rosenfels (MIN, got run out of HOU by a 2nd year castoff); Matt Stafford (Rookie who can’t start ahead of Culpepper, another has been who hasn’t done a thing since Moss). Flynn/Brohm looking better and better. Lets not dwell on what could be, lets talk about “what it is”. If McCarthy wanted something else TT would get it for him. I have to think MM sees what we don’t.

  • iccyfan

    C’mon Mark! The Lions are coming off the worst season in modern NFL history with a new coach, a rookie QB and you rate the game a “toss up”!?! You haven’t seen the “O-Line gel” thru 13 TC practices and no pre-season games yet played?!? You’re just being difficult at this point…

  • http://Orlando Mark

    Iccy, realistic. Any given Sunday. The Lions are at home Thanksgiving day, they’ve got to win someday and we’re not the 2007 Pats. I expect us to have a couple of surprise wins like the one over the Colts last year and some unexpected losses. Overall, right now that’s how I see it. But because we are so young and unsettled we shouldn’t panic if we have a bad streak at the end. We have a bright future.

  • zach

    Packerbob, I completely understand your point, and my gripe was meant to be more directed at the “system” than at Raji. It is just scary to do that to a rook, after seeing so many excel in college, and fall on their face playing with the big boys.

    I hope Raji can help our defense in every way possible, and that he is player of the year and justifies his salary. I can’t wait to watch him play.

    Ps…I guess I am old school like that. Don’t even get me started on the salary cap lift…. :)

  • Punk

    Mark, you need some bolstering to your “young and unsettled” fear as it relates to today. Yes, we are still young, but that youth got it shoved in their faces last year and now the kiddie corp is in their 3rd and 4th year. The next level behind them are the 2 year corp including: Lee, Flynn, Brohm, Lumpkin, Giancomini, Sitton, Nelson, Finley and Thompson. While they’re all “under the radar” right now there are starters in the group, if not today. I hope these guys get 3 qtrs of work in the first 2 Pre games; they’ll grow up real quick, like those 3 & 4s did last year. I personally like the wave effect because I see 30% starter material down stream. Aaaah, the advantages of patience and serenity. (Don’t one of you misinterpret that to be senility)

  • Rocky70

    Punk – senility is a given. LOL.

    Let’s be serious here. …. The last time GB lost to the Lions was in 2005 (17-3) when the ‘great one’ threw two INTs & led GB to a whopping field goal. ……. In the last ten years GB has gone 16-4 against the Lions. … This dominance by GB isn’t about to change when the Lions are coming off an 0-16 season. ….The cliché ‘on any given Sunday’ is just another form of CYA. …. You know, predicting something without any supportable analysis. ….. It’s easy to do when you predict doom & gloom.

    BTW….. I’ll have several ‘crow-eating’ recipes during season 2009 so the naysayers can try their cooking prowess. —- I’m sure Mark & packer_boob will appreciate it.

  • Punk

    Wow, Rock, you got us all with one post. Ever read Carnegie?

  • Rocky70

    ” How to Win Friends and Influence People ”

    Went through many lectures, symposiums & training all based on Dale Carnegie. Still have my original book of the most famous above. My employer mandated all the training. ….. I still like to practice his philosophies in daily life ………. even while posting on a blog. ………… Boy, is it getting deep in here or what…. LOL.

  • Punk

    Yeah, it was mandatory at my company too, I think sometime during the 70s, can’t remember for sure. You know Maslow, Onkin, Carnegie, etc., but none better than Lombardi. I still read every one of Al’s references to his quotes. He didn’t have the “how to” down as pat as the others, but sure had the attitude covered.

  • Pack4life

    If the Lions are a tossup the list is not credible. IF the Lions are a tossup then there are no W’s on the list. Too early for W & L talk.

  • http://Orlando Mark

    4life, at home W on Thanksgiving Day? Rocky wanted me to go over the schedule in response to my saying we’ll go 8-8 or 9-7 with no chance to compete for the SB this year. Without one preseason game that was the best I could do. But don’t be too surprised at upset wins or losses. What’s your take on the schedule?

  • Punk

    C’mon along Pack4, nothing else to do. The (80) man rosters are set; only roster changes now are the cuts(with a few FAs added here and there). All the teams know what they’re trying to install so based on that you can attempt to predict based on what changes have been made from the last statistical base (ie: last year). Who has improved, who has not? Only thing left now is the crazy bounce of the ball and injuries.

  • Pack4life

    I need to see live action. I need to see the RT position settled and will make call after I am able to break down film on Raji.

  • AirOnRodgers

    WoW! This is hands down the worst packers post I’ve read since the Favre wars. Casual fans with little knowledge or actual football experience make me LOL!

    You know what I’m so sick of? Packer fans that would rather bash this team than support it… whats wrong with a lil optimism?

  • Rocky70

    Ref the punters: Either Kapinos or Brooks better get their act together soon.

    From Scout,com

    ” A source told Packer Report that the team worked out four punters on Wednesday. None were veterans, the source said. Another source familiar with the league’s punting situation says he’s never seen so many proven veterans on the market. ”

    — Not counting a miss from 42 yards in which Andrew Hartline was flagged for a false start, Mason Crosby went 4-for-4 with makes from 36, 39, 46 and 47 yards. It was another strong performance after a sloppy start to camp.

  • roy jamison

    Justin Harrell will make a fine high school coach. Kapinos and Brooks can start playing Nintendo soon…all day every day…When I get sick, I take Advil.

  • Steve

    I’m so sick of Al complaining about BF and then having a blackout of talking about him…

    I’ll say it again… shut the hell up Al…

  • Punk

    Have to feel a little sorry for our old friend Andy Reid. Another one of those position coachs that just can’t live up to his potential where he’s at because of what he’s had to work with. McNabb averages 60% comp w/ under 3K yds a year (10?) and then he gets Vick at a little over 50% and probably about the same yardage. Holmgren and McCarthy seemed to have/are bucking the trend especially w/ Favre and Rodgers. Got to be optimistic about the next few years.

  • Punk

    3 yrs 27-21, last yr with 1/2 a team, Fab5(6), AR, Capers, 3-4, youth, Greene, P and K looking better, Grant w/ a couple of 1000+ behind him, Quinn(Henderson w/o hands?), settled OL, Nitchke Field, and the rest of the NFC North; yeah, I’m stoked!

  • iccyfan

    Just a quick couple thoughts, and not particularly fond ones, regarding Raji’s Bonanza. I read of this Friday morning and took a day to think about, namely a vacation day spent chasing around an amusement park with my kids and their friends. Thoughts, in no particular order. 1) I miss Andrew Brandt and fault TT for that parting of ways. Note: I’m a big TT supporter otherwise. 2) I’m shocked that Russ Ball gave a nose tackle a 40% increase over the contract signed by the 2008 #9. 3) The rookie informal slotting system is stupid. Every position on a team is important, but a NT salary shouldn’t be promulgated by being drafted between two skill position players, and yeah I consider a LT (Eugene Monroe) to be skilled. 4) This contract probably signals the departure of Ryan Pickett after this season. Will Pickett accept a new contract for less than what Raji just got? Can the Packers afford to have that much money tied up in two “space-eaters”?

    I don’t have answers for any of these thoughts / questions…

  • packer_bob

    Doubt I’ll be able to watch the game tonight, so please don’t be stingy with the updates and analysis. Thanks, y’all!

  • Mel e Mel

    Its sad that Cleveland has terrible team. They brought their starters and tried to force Braylon Edwards the ball and got picked off. Derek Anderson didnt even bother to complete a pass. Im sorrry he did throw a nice ball to Tramon Williams :-)

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