(Opening statement)- “How’s everybody doing? Good. Anybody have a cold? I thought yesterday that the guys did a good job, in terms of adjusting to the players that we were missing. We scaled down practice some. I didn’t have the afternoon meetings yesterday. We were able to get the film work done here this morning. I thought as a group, [they] adjusted well to the changes that we had. We should get Kamerion (Wimbley) back today and Shaun Rogers back today. There really haven’t been any new cases, so that’s positive as well. In terms of the timetable for the rest of the group coming back, not totally sure yet, but we’re going to just be as cautious as we can with this to make sure that we don’t go into the weekend and put the group that hasn’t had it in a position where they could get it. That’s kind of where we are with the state of affairs, in terms of the flu related symptoms.

“In terms of Green Bay, which we’re working on, for us, again, it goes back to what we need to get done on third down. Defensively we have made some strides and offensively we need to continue to. We did some different things last week running the football, that I thought were real positive. It will be a good compliment to the other things that we’re trying to get done on third down, but we’re pushing forward on that today. We’ll do a little bit of two-minute work as well.”

(On if any of the players with the flu are sicker or in the hospital)- “No. With our medical staff, they’re all in contact with them. Everything’s being closely monitored. I feel like we have a good handle on it.”

(On if the coaches are feeling okay)- “Outside of just mixing and matching some combinations of people and things like that, not too bad.”

(On who has taken Tamiflu)- “Again, in terms of who took what, I’m not totally sure. I started some of that myself, give it a shot. I feel great.”

(On where the team will stay Saturday night)- “I think we’ll be past the bulk of it. Kamerion probably could have come back yesterday, but again, it was one of those things where we want to make sure it’s done and not get past it with him and then create it with somebody else. It really has been a group effort, working with the doctors, working with the trainers, making sure that we’re doing everything we can to eliminate it. Even in the building, anybody that we could have go home or any pregnant women, we wanted to get home, just to be safe. It’s really about trying to be safe and limit it as much as possible.”

(On if it is safe to say that the team will not meet the requirements for roster exemptions from the NFL)- “We have two that are Influenza A, which the presumption is that that’s swine flu. We’re going through the process of talking to the league and documenting the different things just to see where we are with that. It’s open communication, so I’m not sure where it will be, Tony (Grossi).”

(On if you need six confirmed cases of H1N1 to receive roster exemptions)- “That’s my understanding. As I said, we’re in contact with them and we’re trying to keep that communication going consistently so we’re aware of what we’re able to do and what we’re not able to do.”

(On if he knows if the other players with the flu do not have H1N1)- “I just know that two are. I’m not sure of that status of the rest of them.”

(On Joshua Cribbs)- “I anticipate him being out at practice today.”

(On if it will take Kamerion Wimbley a couple of days to be back to 100 percent)- “He looked pretty good. He looked happy. He looked ready to go.”

(On if he thinks there are only two players with H1N1)- “Like I said, the other group, there’s testing that has to take place. [We will] process the testing and see where we are. I don’t know either way.”

(On if he has ever been through anything like this before)- “No, this is new ground for me.”

(On if there is anything in a coaching guide about situations like this)- “I checked the manual, [there was] nothing (joking). It’s like anything else, you have to adjust. You’re always looking for way to teach off something. It’s a good reminder to the practice squad guys. You don’t know. You don’t know when you’ll get your chance. We do a lot of work with those guys, whether it’s post practice or additional meetings, to always try to keep them up-to-date and ready to assume a role if a role should open up. I think situations like this are a really good reminder to them [of] how close they are. You’re on a team and you’re on the practice squad. You have a chance at any point to make your case to play and things change dramatically week-to-week, sometimes day-to-day and you get a chance that maybe you didn’t anticipate. The worst thing for anybody is to not be ready for that chance when it does show up.”

(On Aaron Rodgers)- “He has the ability to move in the pocket, whether the protection breaks down and he gets out. They’ll use him on some moving routes, boots, where he fakes one way and roles the other way, sometimes dashes, where he just sprints out one way. He can move pretty well. He can throw on the run and he can create some time. You saw in the first preseason game, we had a three-man rush on, we actually had a little pressure, but he was able to sidestep the pressure and then the play went too long and he was able to hit it down the middle early in the first quarter there. That’s some of the things that he can do. Now, you take some chances when you hold the ball a little bit longer, but he’s made a ton of good plays there as well.”

(On if he learned how to defend Rodgers in the preseason)- “That was really early in the process for us. You look back at that, but the amount of really meaningful stuff that you can take from the game isn’t too significant. You do look at it, because it is a lot of the same players, a lot of the core parts of the scheme, but things have changed for them, things have changed for us and now you just try to get what you can from it.”

(On Derek Anderson not letting dropped balls bother him)- “I think he’s gotten better moving on to the next play. That’s a skill set that you try to teach everybody, players and coaches, because if you’re worried about that, you lose the next one. I’ve been impressed with his work ethic. He’s here late each night. He’s really involved in all the different things that are going on and I’ve been extremely happy with that.”

(On Anderson saying there are about 15 plays over the course of the season he would like to have back)- “When you try to put something that you want a person to improve on, if you can put things together and then show them, ‘Okay, here are some of the plays and this is what happened,’ and you sit with the player and say, ‘Is this correctable? Is it not correctable?’ And the realization that all of these things are correctable, then it’s not as much of an inherent problem as it is something that can be worked on and improved. It’s a big distinction. It’s an understanding, ‘Okay if I do these things, the result will be better.’”

(On how he deals with receivers who drop balls)- “Sometime it depends on who the guy is. Sometimes you can get in a guy’s ear and that’s it. They shut it down and it’s over. Sometimes you have to get in there and explain the importance of moving on to the next play. Everybody responds differently. I’ve had DBs like that, where you’re just hoping to God that they don’t get beat early, because it’s over. At that point, you might as well put them in one of the boxes to watch the rest of the game because it’s done. There are other guys that get beat five times and they’re going to come out and compete exactly the same way. Sometimes guys just need reassurance that they’re going to get another opportunity and you go back to them right away to say, ‘Okay, look, that was aberration, here’s another ball.’ I showed a couple clips today of some catches Mohamed (Massaquoi) had yesterday that were unbelievable catches. The other ones should be easy, like stealing, just take them.”

(On if the team throws too much on third down)- “Tony (Grossi), we actually ran three times on third down last week.”

(On if the team throwing 19-of-25 times on third down against Pittsburgh)- “I’d say that most teams are probably on that same percentage, it just depends on the down and distance. I’d say from a self-scout perspective, running three times on third down was very different than what we had done. When you look at third down, a lot of teams, it’ll depend on, is it third-and-one? Most teams, that percentage of run-pass is much different than say third-and-four. Some teams will never run on third-and-four. Some teams, if you’re going to get a run, they will be sprinkled in on third-and-12. There are trends that way and it just depends on what your third down percentage is and what you think the best chance of making that down and distance is.”

(On if the offenses runs too much on first down)- “I think we’re somewhere between 54 and 46 [percent]. It’s pretty close to 50-50.”

(On if he anticipates using Mike Furrey more this game)- “Do I anticipate him playing more this game? Definitely. Now, it could be a combination of offense and defense, but he’ll definitely play more than he played last game. Sometimes the way that goes, Jeff (Schudel), is what packages stay in. We were in a little bit more 21 and 12, which is, 21 is two backs, a tight end, two receivers, like your standard set. 12 is the two tight ends, two receivers. We were in a little bit more of that on third down than we have been historically. That wasn’t a package that Mike was in, so where he’d normally get reps on the three wide receiver sets, we weren’t using those groups as much, or as frequently, as we had. That skewed his overall participation a little bit.”

(On if he is disappointed with Furrey)- “No. I’m sure he’d love to be more productive and I’d love him to be more productive, but some of it is opportunity. Some of it’s the way the games have gone. I really like Mike. I think he’s a versatile guy. He’s a complete team guy. To me, the best, sort of, view of Mike is in the Cincinnati game, where he catches a third down then breaks up a third down. That’s kind of what he can do.”

(On if he is comfortable with rotating Floyd Womack and Rex Hadnot at right guard)- “It’s one of those situations where they’re both really coming back from injuries. They both have different skill sets that you like and you want to involve them as much as you can. I think that was really the goal. Hank’s (Fraley) done some work as the extra lineman, the tight end. Robert (Royal) got a little bit banged up mid-way through the game and Steve (Heiden) was down, so we were a little light there.”

(On if he worries about the continuity on the offensive line)- “What I like about that group is guys can be plugged in and they’ve done it so much that there’s a comfort level with it. Hank, he can play any spot. I mean, Hank could probably play DB. He’s that aware. He’s that knowledgeable. He’s impressive that way.”

(On if they are especially high alert against the Packers for big pass plays)- “We were on high alert last week. That didn’t sneak up on us. We just didn’t do it very well. The other thing with the Packers is they’re able to, especially with a guy like (Greg) Jennings, he takes some really small completions and turns them into big plays, because his yards after the catch, the way he’s able to make people miss. He’s a strong runner. Some of that is being able to make the tackle at the point of reception, as opposed to giving them an opportunity to pick up another 15 to 20 yards.”