Archives for November 2006

‘”He’s a very unique big man,” said coach Dick Jauron. “I just picture this guy getting better every game, every practice, because he keeps working at it. If you were building a left tackle, maybe any offensive lineman, you might make it Jason in terms of his athletic ability, his size and his power. He’s got all those things.”’

‘Remaining games against Jacksonville in late November and San Diego, Miami and Tennessee in December, are not “pacing toward selling out,” Russ Brandon, executive vice president of business operations, said on Wednesday. Approximately 7,500 seats remain for games against Jacksonville and Miami; 10,000 remain for San Diego; and “north” of 10,000 remain for Tennessee, a game scheduled for 1 p.m. on Christmas Eve.’

‘”There’s definitely been some struggles. Offensively, I don’t think we’ve played up to our capabilities,” Evans said during a conference call with Wisconsin reporters Wednesday. “It’s different from my first two years, learning a new position and different ways to attack a defense, different ways the defense tries to attack you. So it’s been a learning experience. I’m just trying to progress each week.”‘

Favre is enjoying winning streak (Green Bay Press Gazette)

Woodson likely will sit out (Green Bay Press Gazette)

Rookie Jennings returns to practice (Green Bay Press Gazette)

Kampman’s bag full of sacks (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Hopes high for Woodson (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Packers’ Rayner gains his footing (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Kampman hitting his stride (Wisconsin State Journal)

Bills’ struggles hurting Evans

(Wisconsin State Journal)

Injuries taking a toll (Wisconsin State Journal)

Favre alive and well (Hamilton Spectator)

Patient Favre’s picks are down, fun is up as Packers improve (AP)

Inside slant (The Sports Xchange)

Strategy and personnel (The Sports Xchange)

Notes, quotes (The Sports Xchange)

Mike McCarthy Press Conference Transcript (Packers.com)

Packers DE Aaron Kampman Named NFC Defensive Player Of The Week (Packers.com)

Jennings Closer To Returning (Packers.com)

With Games Close And Favre Comfortable, Interceptions Are Down (Packers.com)

Davis & Hodge Visit Challenge Academy (Packers.com)

‘Jauron’s teams went 2-9 overall against Favre’s Packers.’

‘The assignment not getting much attention is Pennington vs. LDE Aaron Kampman, the NFC defensive player of the week who is tied for the NFL lead in sacks with 8.5. Given Pennington’s inexperience, the Bills most likely will have to leave a running back in protection to help out against Kampman and pray that Peters doesn’t need any help vs. KGB.’

‘The Packers, who rank 11th in rushing and have allowed just nine sacks, third best mark in the NFL, are masters of the cut-block technique.’

‘In times Losman succeeds, I’m the first to applaud his effort and give him credit. When things go haywire, however, I’m perfectly willing to let the former first-round pick have it.’

‘”It may be the curse of unique talent,” the Bills coach said Wednesday. “Here’s a guy that’s so big but moves so well. … I’m certain, all his life, people were saying, ‘Wow, imagine the ball in this guy’s hands,’ or, ‘Imagine him playing defense.’ And you can imagine all those things.”‘

‘On making anything out of this game being JP’s 16th NFL start, should we expect more from him now – “Each player develops at different times and you can not just say that it is all JP’s fault because it isn’t. I think that we have to look at ourselves and be critical of some of the mistakes that we have been making as individuals and then as a unit before you can blame anything on JP. I think he has done a heck of a job; he has continued to go and work hard in practice and try to grow as a quarterback. And hopefully starting with this game right here you will see what he is capable of. I think he is a heck of a quarterback, just like the rest of the teammates.”‘

‘On what to expect from him this week – “I expect to see him run around the field and make a lot of plays. I know that some people say that he started off slow up there. But he is really starting to pick it up now, I think he had 12 tackles or something like that two weeks ago, I do not know how many he had last week, but that is the AJ I know, so I am expecting to see him make a lot of plays.”‘

‘On gauging in practice if the changes to the line helped – “It is coming along good so far, but you do not really know until game time. We are playing against each other, our team mates so we are not going out there trying to kill each other so we will find out at game time how that goes.”‘

‘On the chemistry of the team coming off the bye week – I feel that the chemistry is there as far as getting things recognized with talking and communication. I’m sure that new positions are going to bring different changes that you can’t practice. These guys are going to find out on Sunday. We feel good, we feel confident, and we have to feel this way and stay positive and believe in each other. I have to believe in them like they believe in me. That’s the way it has to work.’

‘On being 2-5 where is confidence level of team and did bye help refresh – “Yes, we were able to refresh, regroup and get together and talk about what is at hand, understand; not only where we are at but to understand and look at the whole big picture of seeing where everybody is at. There are not a lot of teams that have one loss or two losses, so with saying that we still realize that our season is a long way from being over with. We realize that we have to get on the run, but before you can go and talk about being on the run you have to take care of the first game what is coming up, which is Green Bay.”‘