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Jags gets pissed:
Well this is a welcome sight. I as happy to see them call out players, especially Gardner. God I hope somethign works with him. Also nice to know penalties are something that they are working on, hard.
Spitz is showing he knows what to do:
Nice to hear. Sounds like he has cemented a place at RG.
Green Bay - After a rather mild start to training camp, Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski added a little spice Wednesday with a salty evaluation of his unit's practice performance.
Jagodzinski identified a couple of individuals who weren't holding up their end of the bargain but laid into the entire unit for its uneven display.
"Inconsistency," fumed Jagodzinski. "Pre-snap penalties. Guys not lining up the right way, jumping offside. All that is is focus and it ain't nothing to do with talent. I could tell you to line up right and you'd go right. I could tell you to line up left and you'd go left. All that is is (lack of) consistency and lack of focus. Today really bothered me. It's not going to be tolerated."
Coach Mike McCarthy eliminated the night practice and changed the morning workout from a full-padded practice to shorts and shells (lightweight shoulder padding), but that didn't seem to motivate the team. There were drops, penalties, fumbles and interceptions.
The Packers have two practices today and a walk-through Friday before their exhibition opener against the San Diego Chargers. Given it will be McCarthy's first game as Packers coach and a sloppy performance would reflect poorly on the coaches, it's understandable why Jagodzinski was pitching a fit.
"You have to string good practices together," Jagodzinski said. "Set the bar and you don't accept anything less than that. I don't care. Get with the program. It's not like they don't know what to expect. The young guys they have to grow up fast."
When asked about veteran wide receiver Rod Gardner, who made several big catches but also had a ball stripped from him and apparently had some assignment errors, Jagodzinski didn't pull punches.
"He knows what's expected of him," he said. "Consistency. Go play like a pro. That's what's expected of him. There's nothing else to say about him. Play like a pro. Come out here and go to work. Bring your lunch bucket and go. I'm not just on him. It's on the group. When one guy does it, it harms the whole group, all 11 of them."
When asked about rookie receiver Cory Rodgers, who continues to struggle holding on to the ball, he said, "He's inconsistent. We need to be more consistent in practice in catching balls and making plays."
When asked about false start penalties committed by left tackles Junius Coston and Josh Bourke, which earned them immediate banishment to the sideline, Jagodzinski said, "As soon as they have one of those they're out. You can't do that to your football team. If you're first and 10, now you're sitting there first and 15. Everybody is responsible to everybody else. You have to get 11 guys going in the same direction.
"The pre-snap stuff bothers me a lot. It wrecks the tempo of practice. We're all about tempo and being fast. We want to get in 70 plays a game. We're not going to do that doing what we did today."
Well this is a welcome sight. I as happy to see them call out players, especially Gardner. God I hope somethign works with him. Also nice to know penalties are something that they are working on, hard.
Spitz is showing he knows what to do:
Jagodzinski conceded to a degree of surprise when guard Jason Spitz practiced Wednesday less than 24 hours after limping off with a high-ankle injury. Spitz was moving somewhat gingerly but made it through a full workout.
"I wouldn't even classify that as tough," Spitz said. "At this point in camp everybody's got something. If it hurts you ice it down afterwards and you get over it. I wanted to go back out yesterday, but they wouldn't let me. Brought me in for X-rays. I'm fine. Not a big deal."
Said Jagodzinski: "We need more guys like that."
Nice to hear. Sounds like he has cemented a place at RG.
