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On the same day that the Green Bay Packers officially parted ways with punter Derrick Frost, the Pack kicked the tires of two possible replacements.
Per a league source, Paul Ernster and Jeremy Kapinos had Tuesday tryouts with the team.
Durant Brooks also was expected to audition, but he ended up trying out for the Bengals.
The Packers? Dissed for the Bengals? Lo, how the mighty have fallen.
No punter has been signed to replace Frost.
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Word is, Brooks was guaranteed the Cincy job if he would clean the locker room after the games at no additional cost.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Maybe Brooks figured he’d get more chances to punt with the Bengals…
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December 2nd, 2008 at 7:41 pm
You don’t want Brooks. He’s super skinny and sucks.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 7:47 pm
punter? we dont need no stinkin punter! word on da street is ryan grant has been relegated to punt duty….not to actually kick quatities of it around, but to be the punter….baDUMP!
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December 2nd, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Paul Ernster is horrible! Remember his 28 yd punt average that Thursday Night game when he was with the Steelers?
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December 2nd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
I say let Crosby kick punts. He did it in High school/College (?). Even if Crosby does stink it up hes no worse than Frosty the shankman…
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December 2nd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Brooks is probably on parole or something and he would feel alot more comfortable in Cincinnati.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I’m stoked Frost was FINALLY released. Now if the Packers would just do something about their defensive coordinator…
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December 2nd, 2008 at 8:45 pm
So these are Ted Thompsons Packers? What a joke!
Eat crow Douche bag!
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December 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Thompsons, an a-hole! He’s done nothing to improve this team. For Christ sake spend some money on free agents! He also hires Mike the mush mouth as head coach. He did so much in San Fran to warrant a head coaching job. Nice play calling, 1st down on the 1 & can’t put it in! Sweet!!
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December 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Ernster? Really?
Last time I checked, Ernster was averaging like 31 yards a punt…
Couldn’t they tryout some guys on the team now and save the roster spot?
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December 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I love eavesdropping on cheesehead agnst….
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December 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 pm
stories about punters? it must be a slow day.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 10:49 pm
In other Packer-related news, Steve Smith just beat Charles Woodson again.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Ernster was knockin’ em dead in Pittsburgh…in the stands that is. Avoid his arse like the Black Death.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 pm
i bet brett favre could punt
o wait, dumbass thompson traded him!!!
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December 2nd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
You probably get out on the field more as a punter for the Bengals than the Packers.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Packer haters and Favre fans are loving this, the team is getting ripped about a Punter now…
everything that there is to complain about, and were discussing a punter. whoever they get will be at least equal to Frosty, so who cares. The Pack still have an OUTSIDE chace at winning the division, and until that is done, im not gonna hammer on Ted Thompson about a god damn punter. People act is if Jon Ryan is the next Ray Guy, he sucked, better then frost, but he lost a game single handedly in a 13-3 season. A move needed to be made, it didn’t work out, and a move still needs to be made, but until the Packers can, stop the run, rush the passer, run the ball, cover a kick, punt the ball, pass block, run block in short yardage, they are simply not gonna be that good.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 7:13 am
Unless they are looking for 25-30 yard punts in crucial situations, they should stay away from Ernster.
I find it hard to believe teams need to keep trying to recycle the same flops. You’d think there would be a few unemployed punters in the country capable of booting the ball 40 yards with 4 second hang time on a consistant basis.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 10:13 am
Saurbraun! Saurbraun!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
cant they go into the street of like, boston or australia, or someplace where they can find some drunk with a super leg? like, drunk retard strength-in his leg? they did it on “the replacements”…
can we poison pill whoever got ryan?
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