Browns Made Offer to Scott Tolzien - New GB Starting QB
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Apparently we made the dude an offer a couple weeks ago...
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/230709241.html
Packers will elevate practice QB Scott Tolzien to the 53-man rosterGreen Bay - The Green Bay Packers will elevate practice squad QB Scott Tolzien to the 53-man roster to account for the loss of starting QB Aaron Rodgers, an NFL source said.
Tolzien, who last week agreed to a pay raise commensurate with a third-year minimum salary, joined the club just prior to the start of the regular season. He had previous stints on the practice squads of San Diego and San Francisco before signing with the Packers.
The move makes sense since Rodgers will be gone a month or more and the Packers don't have a backup behind elevated starter Seneca Wallace. Tolzien has been studying the offense at the same pace as Wallace and both have worked hard to catch up after not having a training camp with the Packers.
The Packers showed how much they like Tolzien when they matched an offer Tolzien received from the Cleveland Browns to join their 53-man roster. Tolzien was making $6,000 a week, but had his salary bumped to $32,352. 88 per week, which is the same as what he would have made with the Browns.
It's not known whether the Packers will sign Tolzien for just the remainder of this season, although typcially they have tried to make deals with former practice squad players for two years.
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Well, they're darn lucky they promoted him as Seneca got hurt in the first drive today, never to return.
Tolzien did okay. He threw a couple of picks, but he did quite well overall. MM said he even executed plays that he had never practiced, and that he would start against the Giants next week.
The D played like crap. Total crap. I've rarely seen McCarthy angry, but he was visably pissed off in his presser.
Oh, and as usual, the Pack lost more than just Seneca. Also lost Hayward (again), Perry (again), Jolly, and Barclay. No idea how severe any of the injuries are, but some did not look good.
Matthews was non-existant with his 'club'.
I don't know what they'll do about a back up QB now, and I'm feeling quite pissy about the whole thing.
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My room mate is an eagles fan so I watched the game. It seemed like it was there for the taking, but you guys just kept shooting yourself in the foot at every opportunity. Like the goal line pick. A 91-yard drive that was negated by the big interception and return. The missed FGs. The forced fumble, recovered, then a three-and-out and a missed FG really stung. It just didn't seem like the packers playing. Partly because it wasn't, really, with all the injuries.
Still, Tolzien looked passable, though he got bailed out by his receivers a couple of times, and when they couldn't he got picked off. A project, but a decent one.
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My room mate is an eagles fan so I watched the game. It seemed like it was there for the taking, but you guys just kept shooting yourself in the foot at every opportunity. Like the goal line pick. A 91-yard drive that was negated by the big interception and return. The missed FGs. The forced fumble, recovered, then a three-and-out and a missed FG really stung. It just didn't seem like the packers playing. Partly because it wasn't, really, with all the injuries.
Still, Tolzien looked passable, though he got bailed out by his receivers a couple of times, and when they couldn't he got picked off. A project, but a decent one.
My room mate is an eagles fan so I watched the game. It seemed like it was there for the taking, but you guys just kept shooting yourself in the foot at every opportunity. Like the goal line pick. A 91-yard drive that was negated by the big interception and return. The missed FGs. The forced fumble, recovered, then a three-and-out and a missed FG really stung. It just didn't seem like the packers playing. Partly because it wasn't, really, with all the injuries.
Still, Tolzien looked passable, though he got bailed out by his receivers a couple of times, and when they couldn't he got picked off. A project, but a decent one.
I totally agree with everything you said. *So Frustrating*
The O came to play (uh, as best they could), but the D....esp. the secondary was abysmal.
I have a feeling that there are going to be a few uncomfortable meetings later today.
I also think there's a reason Tolzien is here. He managed the huddle really well, REALLY well for someone who was on the PS last week and not a blip on the radar. He might have an arm. Since I personally feel that our hopes are rather dashed, it could be fun to watch him grow.
Oh my. McCarthy continues to become more pissed off. Good! If you're bored:
The Browns need to keep it up so I have something interesting to follow (grief management...lol!)
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Well, they're darn lucky they promoted him as Seneca got hurt in the first drive today, never to return.
Tolzien did okay. He threw a couple of picks, but he did quite well overall. MM said he even executed plays that he had never practiced, and that he would start against the Giants next week.
The D played like crap. Total crap. I've rarely seen McCarthy angry, but he was visably pissed off in his presser.
Oh, and as usual, the Pack lost more than just Seneca. Also lost Hayward (again), Perry (again), Jolly, and Barclay. No idea how severe any of the injuries are, but some did not look good.
Matthews was non-existant with his 'club'.
I don't know what they'll do about a back up QB now, and I'm feeling quite pissy about the whole thing.
Well, they're darn lucky they promoted him as Seneca got hurt in the first drive today, never to return.
Tolzien did okay. He threw a couple of picks, but he did quite well overall. MM said he even executed plays that he had never practiced, and that he would start against the Giants next week.
The D played like crap. Total crap. I've rarely seen McCarthy angry, but he was visably pissed off in his presser.
Oh, and as usual, the Pack lost more than just Seneca. Also lost Hayward (again), Perry (again), Jolly, and Barclay. No idea how severe any of the injuries are, but some did not look good.
Matthews was non-existant with his 'club'.
I don't know what they'll do about a back up QB now, and I'm feeling quite pissy about the whole thing.
I think McCarthy had seen about all he wanted to see out of Seneca. If he had not been hurt, I suspect that McCarthy would have replaced him at QB in that game anyway. As is, circumstances dictated that he didn't have to remove Seneca, an injury did it for him, and McCarthy now says that Tolzien will start...regardless of Wallace's health. The proper move for the sake of you Packer fans.
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I was impressed with Tolzien in the first half. He had control of the huddle, threw the ball accurately, and called a couple of successful audibles. He has a grasp on that playbook and understands how and why plays work. His interception in the endzone was just him not being acclimated to the speed of NFL DB's. In college, that's a touchdown.
The second half, I didn't see. I hear it was bad, however.
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I was impressed with Tolzien in the first half. He had control of the huddle, threw the ball accurately, and called a couple of successful audibles. He has a grasp on that playbook and understands how and why plays work. His interception in the endzone was just him not being acclimated to the speed of NFL DB's. In college, that's a touchdown.
The second half, I didn't see. I hear it was bad, however.
I was impressed with Tolzien in the first half. He had control of the huddle, threw the ball accurately, and called a couple of successful audibles. He has a grasp on that playbook and understands how and why plays work. His interception in the endzone was just him not being acclimated to the speed of NFL DB's. In college, that's a touchdown.
The second half, I didn't see. I hear it was bad, however.
I saw it off and on during the 2nd half and while it wasn't great, it wasn't Weeden bad though.
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The D was Weeden bad.
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I watched the entire game and I don't remember the name of a single GB defender, except Matthews, who played like a guy with a seal on his hand, not a club. See what I did there?
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Thank goodness CLE didn't pursue this further...
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