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?