McCarthy holds pre-training camp conference

[Zero2Cool]

In advance of Friday's first training camp practice, coach Mike McCarthy spoke to reporters for about a half hour on Thursday afternoon. Here are some of the highlights:

# McCarthy said he would continue to closely monitor the number of snaps and throws that Brett Favre takes during camp, which means Aaron Rodgers likely will get more work than a typical No. 2 quarterback.

# He said he would ideally like to have his starters set before the third preseason game but might not be able to do that given the uncertainty at several positions.

# Players don't have to report to the team until 7 a.m. on Friday. Thursday was a travel day, but there were no official team activities today. McCarthy won't address the team until tomorrow morning. The morning schedule will include physicals, a running test and position meetings before the 6:30 p.m., practice.

# He said he won't know until after the physicals whether injured running backs Ahman Green and Najeh Davenport will be able to do anything early in camp. He said he thought both were "very close" to being cleared. He had no other specific injury information.

# He said full pads practices are scheduled to last 2 hours and 27 minutes, although he wouldn't be surprised if they went no more than 2:15 given that the tempo during the minicamps and OTAs was quicker than expected.

-- Rob Demovsky, [email protected]

 

[PackerLegend]

Awesome

 

[longtimefan]

Packers | McCarthy wants to run the football
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:19:50 -0700

Packers.com reports Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy wants to run the football successfully in 2006. McCarthy intends to be fully committed to the ground game in his first year as head coach in Green Bay, and he knows that's going to mean sticking with it during some of the tougher times. "They'll boo you when you keep running, but it's a commitment, a long-term commitment," McCarthy said in his pre-training camp news conference Thursday, July 27. "People sometimes have a tendency to get away from the run game early in the game. You need to commit to it. That's not to say you start every game with 10 runs, but you have to make a commitment over the course of the season if you think it's going to work." McCarthy's perspective is whether you're looking at an individual game, or the 16-game season, the ground game is always a work in progress.






Packers | Favre to be on a pitch count
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:17:52 -0700

Packers.com reports Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre's workload in training camp may not be quite as heavy as that of most starting quarterbacks in the NFL, which should give backup QB Aaron Rodgers significant time with the No. 1 offense in practice and potentially in preseason games. "We're going to do the same approach with Brett as we did in the spring, put him on a pitch count and pay close attention to his arm," head coach Mike McCarthy said. "There's no reason for him to get his arm worn out in training camp. That will give Aaron more opportunities and he'll play a lot in preseason." McCarthy does not anticipate having Favre sit out any preseason games.

 

[TheStone]

Packers.com reports Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy wants to run the football successfully in 2006. McCarthy intends to be fully committed to the ground game in his first year as head coach in Green Bay, and he knows that's going to mean sticking with it during some of the tougher times. "They'll boo you when you keep running, but it's a commitment, a long-term commitment.

Yes, that's what I like to hear :!:
Keep on running even if it's the fourth quarter and you're close behind.
Don't be the Eagles! They'll suffer from their style of play this year. Do what suites your personnel.

Hopefully we'll HAVE healthy and talented RBs once the season starts and our O-line DEVELOPES into a strong unit. I pray every night :!: :bow: