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<blockquote data-quote="TOPHAT" data-source="post: 161017" data-attributes="member: 781"><p><strong>UPDATE</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070813/PKR01/70813163/1989" target="_blank">http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070813/PKR01/70813163/1989</a></p><p></p><p><strong>TE Franks on thin ice </strong></p><p></p><p>At this point, 2½ weeks into training camp, the chances of Bubba Franks regaining his starting tight end job appear to be next to nil. The issue is whether or not he’ll even be on the Green Bay Packers’ 53-man roster when they’re preparing for the Sept. 9 regular-season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. With Donald Lee seemingly entrenched as the starting tight end, Franks didn’t help his situation when he dropped an easy pass in Saturday’s preseason opener at Pittsburgh. The drop was a drive killer. He whiffed on a third-and-8 play from the 50 that stalled what had been a productive series by the second-string offense.</p><p></p><p>“Hopefully, he can rebound from that,” Packers director of pro personnel Reggie McKenzie said on Monday. “I think he’s having a solid camp. He hasn’t been dropping a whole bunch of balls, so hopefully that doesn’t become an issue. Hopefully, he’s not pressing. You don’t need to press.” Drops were a problem for Franks last year. According to Stats Inc., he dropped 15.1 percent of the passes thrown his way. That was the second-highest drop percentage on the team. Only Lee had a higher drop rate at 23.8 percent. <strong>Franks bounced back in practice today to make what probably was his best catch of training camp during a 7-on-7 drill. He hauled in a pass on a middle seam route with backup linebacker Tracy White in tow.</strong></p><p></p><p>In any other season, the eighth-year veteran might be a strong candidate to be released before the season started. His salary — $1.4 million this season — makes him expensive for a backup who doesn’t play on many of the special teams. But the Packers’ lack of another proven NFL tight end might just save Franks’ spot on the roster. With backup Tory Humphrey lost for the season due to a broken ankle, neither second-year pro Zac Alcorn nor rookie seventh-round pick Clark Harris has distinguished himself. A team that kept four tight ends a year ago (Franks, Lee, Humphrey and David Martin) right now might not have more than two worth keeping. <strong>“One of those young guys needs to jump up and take advantage of the opportunity,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “That hasn’t happened yet.”</strong></p><p></p><p>General Manager Ted Thompson and his staff will be scouring the waiver wire between now and Week 1, but there’s little chance an impact tight end will become available. “There’s not a lot of history of getting established guys,” McKenzie said. “But you can get functional guys. Really, it’s that way at every position, but we’ll be looking at that. I’m not concerned (about the tight ends), but we’ve got some areas where we want to make sure we upgrade the group. Anytime you lose one player that you had in the program for a couple of years (like Martin), we haven’t replaced that experience yet, so we’re going to continue to look.”</p><p></p><p>Franks essentially lost his starting job this spring, when the Packers opened their June organized team activities with Lee and Humphrey as their top tandem in their “tiger” set, which is two tight ends. Since then, Franks has done little to challenge Lee, who had one catch for 6 yards in Saturday’s 13-9 win over the Steelers. Meanwhile, Lee has been solid. The offensive coaches were so pleased with his one-on-one blocking at Pittsburgh that they had the team’s video staff put clips of his blocks on a tape to show during a meeting today. <strong>“I thought Donald Lee played very good in the game,” McCarthy said. “Bubba did some good things, too. He did have the one drop on the basic crossing (route). It looked like he never found the ball, and then he comes out here today and had a very good practice. I think those two guys are giving us very solid, consistent play throughout training camp.”</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TOPHAT, post: 161017, member: 781"] [b]UPDATE[/b] [url]http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070813/PKR01/70813163/1989[/url] [b]TE Franks on thin ice [/b] At this point, 2½ weeks into training camp, the chances of Bubba Franks regaining his starting tight end job appear to be next to nil. The issue is whether or not he’ll even be on the Green Bay Packers’ 53-man roster when they’re preparing for the Sept. 9 regular-season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. With Donald Lee seemingly entrenched as the starting tight end, Franks didn’t help his situation when he dropped an easy pass in Saturday’s preseason opener at Pittsburgh. The drop was a drive killer. He whiffed on a third-and-8 play from the 50 that stalled what had been a productive series by the second-string offense. “Hopefully, he can rebound from that,” Packers director of pro personnel Reggie McKenzie said on Monday. “I think he’s having a solid camp. He hasn’t been dropping a whole bunch of balls, so hopefully that doesn’t become an issue. Hopefully, he’s not pressing. You don’t need to press.” Drops were a problem for Franks last year. According to Stats Inc., he dropped 15.1 percent of the passes thrown his way. That was the second-highest drop percentage on the team. Only Lee had a higher drop rate at 23.8 percent. [b]Franks bounced back in practice today to make what probably was his best catch of training camp during a 7-on-7 drill. He hauled in a pass on a middle seam route with backup linebacker Tracy White in tow.[/b] In any other season, the eighth-year veteran might be a strong candidate to be released before the season started. His salary — $1.4 million this season — makes him expensive for a backup who doesn’t play on many of the special teams. But the Packers’ lack of another proven NFL tight end might just save Franks’ spot on the roster. With backup Tory Humphrey lost for the season due to a broken ankle, neither second-year pro Zac Alcorn nor rookie seventh-round pick Clark Harris has distinguished himself. A team that kept four tight ends a year ago (Franks, Lee, Humphrey and David Martin) right now might not have more than two worth keeping. [b]“One of those young guys needs to jump up and take advantage of the opportunity,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “That hasn’t happened yet.”[/b] General Manager Ted Thompson and his staff will be scouring the waiver wire between now and Week 1, but there’s little chance an impact tight end will become available. “There’s not a lot of history of getting established guys,” McKenzie said. “But you can get functional guys. Really, it’s that way at every position, but we’ll be looking at that. I’m not concerned (about the tight ends), but we’ve got some areas where we want to make sure we upgrade the group. Anytime you lose one player that you had in the program for a couple of years (like Martin), we haven’t replaced that experience yet, so we’re going to continue to look.” Franks essentially lost his starting job this spring, when the Packers opened their June organized team activities with Lee and Humphrey as their top tandem in their “tiger” set, which is two tight ends. Since then, Franks has done little to challenge Lee, who had one catch for 6 yards in Saturday’s 13-9 win over the Steelers. Meanwhile, Lee has been solid. The offensive coaches were so pleased with his one-on-one blocking at Pittsburgh that they had the team’s video staff put clips of his blocks on a tape to show during a meeting today. [b]“I thought Donald Lee played very good in the game,” McCarthy said. “Bubba did some good things, too. He did have the one drop on the basic crossing (route). It looked like he never found the ball, and then he comes out here today and had a very good practice. I think those two guys are giving us very solid, consistent play throughout training camp.”[/b] [/QUOTE]
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