Training Camp Practice Numbers

[countrytime]

JSO is out with the A Guide to Traning camp www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/51602162.html

It actually is an interesting read, with quite a bit about how parts of Training Camp have changed.

But this was the stat that I found most interesting:

2000 - 51 open practices
2001 - 41
2002 - 49
2003 - 46
2004 - 37
2005 - 38 (17 in pads)
2006 - 28 (15 in pads)
2007 - 24 (15 in pads)
2008 - 22 (13 in pads)
2009 - 25 (18 in pads)

It appears Bedard had a point last year about the light schedule.

We may not be comparing apples to apples here, as these are just the open practices and we are missing the closed practice numbers (so we can't know the total). But what we do know is that McCarthy has upped the number of pads practices to the highest number in his tenure (even higher than Sherman's last year).

[TW]

I've always believed that you can't protect people in practices. If you don't practice in pads, you can't play well on Sunday because you're not used to taking the hits while carrying out your assignment.

[needalife457]

Yep I agree TW its more like a mini camp where you are mostly doing walkthroughs at 3/4 speed when there are no pads.

[GullrockGeorge]

+2. I agree with having fewer total practices - to keep guys fresh, but you can't execute what you don't practice, and for the defense, that's hitting and tackling.