[PLAY OF THE DAY: For a guy who missed 27 days of training camp, TE Bubba Franks didn't look rusty at all. He made several nice catches on passes from QB Brett Favre and one of his several deep seam route receptions came from rookie QB Aaron Rodgers .] I guess they wanted to see if I could catch the deep ball, ... I'm surprised they gave me so many today. |
Before all is said and done, I want to be known as the best tight end in Packers' history, hands down. Actually, I want to be known as the best tight end in the NFL. It's just a matter of being put in the right situation. Hopefully, we can get things started in the right direction this year. |
He'll bounce back. It will make him stronger as a person. Mentally, he'll be focused. He'll come back a lot stronger than what he was. He's going to concentrate on that knee so much he'll have to strengthen those muscles in both legs. I see him coming back faster and stronger. |
Hopefully, with this new contract, that will change things. You can't have certain guys out there just out there to do nothing. |
I could actually go through a game right now, ... Would I want to? Probably not. But I have enough to go. |
I didn't really care how many snaps they let me go in. I wasn't worried about that. My only focus was to get a win at any cost. ... But I'm not going to get used to that role. |
I didn't really get a chance to catch a Brett Favre pass, ... I had to kind of get used to that. |
I didn't want to be one of those players who bounced from team to team, changing jersey colors, jersey numbers. I started here and I wanted to finish here. Now, I want to win here. |
I didn't want to be one of those players who bounced from team to team, changing jersey colours, jersey numbers. I started here and I wanted to finish here. Now, I want to win here. |
I don't have any concerns. It's all on (the doctors). They have to do their evaluation a little bit more, and then we'll see what happens. I'm ready to play, but will they let me? That's the only thing that would be holding me back. |
I was more concentrating on making sure that I got my steps down, that my routes were looking all right. I wasn't worried about getting a ball. I just wanted to get back in the swing of things and get all the anxiety out. |
I'm in pretty good shape. As far as football shape, I don't know. Football shape is totally different from just running all day, but we'll see. |
I'm in pretty good shape. As far as football shape, I don't know. Football shape is totally different from running (shape), so we'll see. |
I'm not going to get used to that role, |
It's just a matter of time before I get back, ... And it'll be interesting then. |