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If he is healthy enough to host his golf event this weekend... I am not sure why he can't attend this mini-camp and learn of the adjustments.
Maybe he figures he has the rest of the offseason to learn the adjustments. Thoughts?
http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070511/PKR01/70511221/1989
Favre may skip next week's minicamp
By Pete Dougherty
[email protected]
Brett Favre’s surgically repaired left ankle isn’t strong enough for him to take part in the Green Bay Packers’ minicamp next weekend, and it’s unclear whether he’ll attend it.
When Favre and coach Mike McCarthy set the quarterback’s offseason schedule, which included his attending this minicamp, it was before he’d decided to have surgery Feb. 26 to remove bone spurs from his left ankle.
McCarthy this week said he’s expecting Favre to attend the mandatory minicamp, but a source close to Favre told the Press-Gazette that Favre, 37, isn’t planning on coming because he can’t practice and would rather work at home with a personal trainer to rehabilitate the ankle and get into top shape.
Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, said he’s unsure of his client’s plans.
“I don’t know if he is or he isn’t (going to attend),” Cook said.
The Packers will hold their mandatory minicamp Friday, May 18, through Sunday, May 20, and there’s always a chance Favre will change his mind and attend the minicamp after talking to McCarthy again. Theoretically, the Packers could require Favre’s attendance and fine him a maximum of $8,000 a day if he chose not to come, though such a stalemate with the team’s franchise player seems unlikely.
McCarthy said he has spoken with Favre since the NFL draft in late April but that they didn’t discuss the minicamp.
“The last time I talked to (Favre) about minicamp, he was going to be here,” McCarthy said. “So if something’s changed, I’m not aware of it.”
The Packers’ medical staff had been recommending Favre have the bone spurs removed each of the last several offseasons, but he put it off until this winter, after telling the Packers he was returning for his 17th NFL season.
He’s been rehabilitating the ankle and using the same core-training program he did two years ago in Hattiesburg, Miss., with the same personal trainer who visited and worked with him then.
McCarthy said Favre must go through a final phase of rehabilitation before he’s ready to participate in a practice setting, but he’s hoping Favre will be ready for a good portion of the organized team activities scheduled for late May and the first three weeks of June.
“We’ll know more once the (team) doctors get their hands on him,” McCarthy said. “I’d like him to work through the OTAs because of all the things we’re adjusting with our scheme. With him having the opportunity to go through it, that’s his most important time, the OTAs.”
Life goes on without Moss
This has been a difficult offseason for Favre, who is hosting his annual charity golf tournament and concert this weekend in Mississippi.
He's watched as General Manager Ted Thompson has stuck with a methodical rebuilding plan rather than adding immediate major help on offense for what could be Favre’s final NFL season.
Favre is known to have lobbied hard for Thompson to trade for Randy Moss and been disappointed on draft weekend when the talks with Oakland fell through and Moss went to the New England Patriots for a fourth-round draft pick. Favre and Moss have a friendship through Cook, Moss’ former agent, who remains a close adviser to the talented but moody receiver.
There appear to be a couple of factors that blocked a deal with the Packers.
The Packers went into the draft weekend insisting that Moss take part of his $3 million salary in $50,000 weekly roster bonuses contingent upon him playing that week, which Moss rejected. Also, though the timing of New England’s entering the bidding over the draft weekend is unclear, Thompson appeared unwilling to give up more than a fifth-round draft pick for a player he thought he’d have for only one year.
Favre had been in regular contact with Moss and was hoping the deal would provide him with a weapon that could immediately improve an offense that finished 22nd in the NFL in scoring last season.
“Obviously (Favre) would have liked to see Randy up there, he’s a heck of a receiver,” Cook said. “He thinks (Moss) would have been complementary to Donald (Driver) and the other receivers and the whole offense would have added an extra dimension. But it didn’t work out.”
Rodgers will be limited, too
Regardless of whether Favre attends the minicamp, he won’t practice, and backup quarterback Aaron Rodgers also will be limited because of his recovery from surgery last year on his broken left foot. Rodgers began participating in McCarthy’s quarterbacks school only last week. The four-day-a-week offseason workouts began March 19.
McCarthy said that early next week, he’ll meet with the team’s medical staff to determine how much of a workload Rodgers will have at minicamp. Barring a setback, Rodgers should be ready for full participation for most or all of the OTAs.
“The running around part of it I don’t think is a concern,” McCarthy said. “It’s just that he’s in the final stage of his rehab. (Limiting him in minicamp) is clearly a caution and maybe giving him that extra two or three weeks (of healing).”
With Favre out and Rodgers limited, No. 3 quarterback Ingle Martin will get extensive work, especially with the No. 1 offense. Undrafted rookie Jerry Babb will get a large dose of playing time as well.
Martin, a fifth-round pick last year, is going through McCarthy’s offseason workout program for the first time and has had extensive one-on-one tutoring with quarterbacks coach Tom Clements.
“What happens with a lot of guys that come out of college, they don’t realize the type of shape they need to get into to play in a system, particularly (one) that asks you to move a lot,” McCarthy said. “I think he’s done a very good job in the weight room getting his body in better shape.
“If you watch the quarterback-school drill tapes from Day One to now, he’s throwing the ball a lot better, he’s done a lot better with the corrections we’ve made in his footwork and some of his mechanics. He’s progressed very nicely. But once again he has to take that to the practice environment and eventually to the game environment.”
Maybe he figures he has the rest of the offseason to learn the adjustments. Thoughts?
http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070511/PKR01/70511221/1989
Favre may skip next week's minicamp
By Pete Dougherty
[email protected]
Brett Favre’s surgically repaired left ankle isn’t strong enough for him to take part in the Green Bay Packers’ minicamp next weekend, and it’s unclear whether he’ll attend it.
When Favre and coach Mike McCarthy set the quarterback’s offseason schedule, which included his attending this minicamp, it was before he’d decided to have surgery Feb. 26 to remove bone spurs from his left ankle.
McCarthy this week said he’s expecting Favre to attend the mandatory minicamp, but a source close to Favre told the Press-Gazette that Favre, 37, isn’t planning on coming because he can’t practice and would rather work at home with a personal trainer to rehabilitate the ankle and get into top shape.
Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, said he’s unsure of his client’s plans.
“I don’t know if he is or he isn’t (going to attend),” Cook said.
The Packers will hold their mandatory minicamp Friday, May 18, through Sunday, May 20, and there’s always a chance Favre will change his mind and attend the minicamp after talking to McCarthy again. Theoretically, the Packers could require Favre’s attendance and fine him a maximum of $8,000 a day if he chose not to come, though such a stalemate with the team’s franchise player seems unlikely.
McCarthy said he has spoken with Favre since the NFL draft in late April but that they didn’t discuss the minicamp.
“The last time I talked to (Favre) about minicamp, he was going to be here,” McCarthy said. “So if something’s changed, I’m not aware of it.”
The Packers’ medical staff had been recommending Favre have the bone spurs removed each of the last several offseasons, but he put it off until this winter, after telling the Packers he was returning for his 17th NFL season.
He’s been rehabilitating the ankle and using the same core-training program he did two years ago in Hattiesburg, Miss., with the same personal trainer who visited and worked with him then.
McCarthy said Favre must go through a final phase of rehabilitation before he’s ready to participate in a practice setting, but he’s hoping Favre will be ready for a good portion of the organized team activities scheduled for late May and the first three weeks of June.
“We’ll know more once the (team) doctors get their hands on him,” McCarthy said. “I’d like him to work through the OTAs because of all the things we’re adjusting with our scheme. With him having the opportunity to go through it, that’s his most important time, the OTAs.”
Life goes on without Moss
This has been a difficult offseason for Favre, who is hosting his annual charity golf tournament and concert this weekend in Mississippi.
He's watched as General Manager Ted Thompson has stuck with a methodical rebuilding plan rather than adding immediate major help on offense for what could be Favre’s final NFL season.
Favre is known to have lobbied hard for Thompson to trade for Randy Moss and been disappointed on draft weekend when the talks with Oakland fell through and Moss went to the New England Patriots for a fourth-round draft pick. Favre and Moss have a friendship through Cook, Moss’ former agent, who remains a close adviser to the talented but moody receiver.
There appear to be a couple of factors that blocked a deal with the Packers.
The Packers went into the draft weekend insisting that Moss take part of his $3 million salary in $50,000 weekly roster bonuses contingent upon him playing that week, which Moss rejected. Also, though the timing of New England’s entering the bidding over the draft weekend is unclear, Thompson appeared unwilling to give up more than a fifth-round draft pick for a player he thought he’d have for only one year.
Favre had been in regular contact with Moss and was hoping the deal would provide him with a weapon that could immediately improve an offense that finished 22nd in the NFL in scoring last season.
“Obviously (Favre) would have liked to see Randy up there, he’s a heck of a receiver,” Cook said. “He thinks (Moss) would have been complementary to Donald (Driver) and the other receivers and the whole offense would have added an extra dimension. But it didn’t work out.”
Rodgers will be limited, too
Regardless of whether Favre attends the minicamp, he won’t practice, and backup quarterback Aaron Rodgers also will be limited because of his recovery from surgery last year on his broken left foot. Rodgers began participating in McCarthy’s quarterbacks school only last week. The four-day-a-week offseason workouts began March 19.
McCarthy said that early next week, he’ll meet with the team’s medical staff to determine how much of a workload Rodgers will have at minicamp. Barring a setback, Rodgers should be ready for full participation for most or all of the OTAs.
“The running around part of it I don’t think is a concern,” McCarthy said. “It’s just that he’s in the final stage of his rehab. (Limiting him in minicamp) is clearly a caution and maybe giving him that extra two or three weeks (of healing).”
With Favre out and Rodgers limited, No. 3 quarterback Ingle Martin will get extensive work, especially with the No. 1 offense. Undrafted rookie Jerry Babb will get a large dose of playing time as well.
Martin, a fifth-round pick last year, is going through McCarthy’s offseason workout program for the first time and has had extensive one-on-one tutoring with quarterbacks coach Tom Clements.
“What happens with a lot of guys that come out of college, they don’t realize the type of shape they need to get into to play in a system, particularly (one) that asks you to move a lot,” McCarthy said. “I think he’s done a very good job in the weight room getting his body in better shape.
“If you watch the quarterback-school drill tapes from Day One to now, he’s throwing the ball a lot better, he’s done a lot better with the corrections we’ve made in his footwork and some of his mechanics. He’s progressed very nicely. But once again he has to take that to the practice environment and eventually to the game environment.”
