Observations After The First Week of Camp

Bill Belichick Injury Report: On Day Three tight end Mitchell Henry needed some Midol because he had to leave practice with cramps. On Day Four left outside linebacker Manoa Pikula also dropped out with an undisclosed injury. It was reported he limped off, so it could be cramps, could be tweeked, could be stubbed toe, could be......

 

On Day Five Pikula is the only player not participating in the Saturday morning practice. Intrepid hospital reporter Michael Cohen reported and I'm guessing he didn't clear this with General Manager Ted Thompson and Head Coach Mike McCarthy that when he left the practice field Thursday he was grabbing his right hamstring. When practice resumes we'll see if Cohen still has his press pass or will be tweeting from outside the fence as a spectator for breaking Belichick Protocol.

Scapegoating and Rearranging Chairs

McCarthy Making It Clear As Mother's Milk or Did He

The Packers are run by notable recluse Ted Thompson, so the off-season has a different meaning for Packer Backers than it has for the other 31 fan bases. You have to make up your own stories most of the time because personnel moves are few and far between, so when actual news is made out of the black hole that is the Packers front office you need to jump on it.

One of the things that has happened besides Aaron Rodgers and T.J. Lang having minor surgery and Randall Cobb admitting he had a punctured lung for some mysterious reason or malfeasance by the NFL was the so-called restructuring of the coaching staff.

I already talked about phase 1 when tight ends coach Jerry Fontenot and running back coach Sam Gash were fired and replaced with former Cleveland Browns tight ends coach Brian Angelicho and former Rams running back coach Ben Sirmans.