Alex from Centreville, VA After reading your article, I was wondering what your stance is on coaches' apparel on the sidelines. Personally, I prefer the old Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi in a suit to Belichick and his hoodie. I'd like to see the head coaches have more freedom to dress as they please, which would require Nike to offer a head coach's line of clothing for the Landry/Lombardi types. You can't have an exclusive apparel contract with a company such as Nike and then have the head coach wear the apparel of another manufacturer; I understand that. I'm not offended by Bill Belichick's hoodie. If that's what fits his personality, then I want to see it. If another coach wants to wear a coat and tie I always thought Dan Reeves was the best dressed coach in the game then I want to see that, too. I would love to see Reeves standing on one sideline in a coat and tie and Belichick on the other sideline in his hoodie. I think it would make for a stark contrast and I really do believe variety is the spice of life. Frankly, I think the NFL's sideline gear could use a little seasoning. Jeff from Janesville, WI If the Packers keep both of the suspended players, will they count against the 53 man roster on Week 1? They won't count against the 53 until they have been cleared to play and the Packers have brought them back from the "reserve/suspended" list. Kylon from Ipan Talofofo, Guam Vic, who would you say was the greatest play action fake quarterback?Justin from Rochester, MN I remember reading back in 2009 how Aaron Rodgers' biggest knock coming out of college was his arm strength, and how much he worked to get that up during his time under Favre. Then I remember reading last offseason how much Flynn had improved his arm strength since coming out of LSU. Has Mike McCarthy discovered a secret that no one else knows about? There were shoulder concerns about Rodgers when he was coming out in the draft. It's what dropped his stock, as it was told to me by a general manager. I'm inclined to believe Rodgers regained his arm strength as he recovered from his shoulder injury, because you don't manufacture the kind of arm strength he has. That's natural. I wasn't here to observe Matt Flynn's development, but I have witnessed Graham Harrell's and I would agree with Mike McCarthy's statement on Tuesday that "it's a credit to what he's done since the end of last season until now," because Harrell is a different quarterback now than the one I saw last summer. Let's not overplay this. This is only an observation made on a beautiful spring day in OTAs. I think we need to take that into consideration. Justin from Rochester, MN If the NFL required coaches to wear suits and ties on the sidelines, would Bill Belichick cut the sleeves off? He'd probably have a tie and lapels painted onto the front of his hoodie. Mark from Stewartville, MN Vic, I enjoyed your story about Graham Harrell's workout during OTAs. To me, Harrell's continuing development is a tribute to the Packers coaching staff and the entire Packers organization. Your story showed they truly care about this young man, and that the little things really matter. Did you sense this, too, as you covered and wrote the story? I'm not sure the word "care" fits in this story. I think it should be replaced by the words "believe in" and "committed to." They saw something in Harrell no other team saw. The Browns had him in two minicamps as a tryout player and signed him to a contract neither time. So what did the Packers see in Harrell they liked? My guess is the answer to that question is quarterback aptitude. Mike McCarthy has a great sense for quarterbacks that have a natural feel for the position. The first one he ever coached, his new running backs coach Alex Van Pelt, was such a quarterback. He was a late round draft pick that was cut, largely because he didn't possess an NFL type arm, but his instincts and feel for the position kept him in the league as a backup for 10 seasons. Could that be Harrell's future? I'll tell you, 10 years in the league as a backup quarterback is a good life. You'll earn a lot of money and leave the game healthy. It's also a good deal for a team, to have a guy who's a committed backup. It's nice to know you have that guy for the long haul. Bill from Raleigh, NC How much do NFL teams know about what happens in the training camps and OTAs of other NFL teams? Do they know if one of our players is doing really well, so they might get a shot at him? That's the only interest in what other teams are doing in their OTAs and camps. Personnel departments keep a close watch on roster transactions, to see who's been put on PUP and who's been put on injured reserve and, most of all, who's been cut. If you liked a guy in the draft and the team that drafted him or signed him as an undrafted free agent cuts him, you might want to bring him in for a closer look. I suspect Jarrett Boykin is an example of that. He was signed by the Jaguars in undrafted free agency but cut during their rookie camp. The Packers signed Boykin for their rookie camp. One team wants one thing and another team wants another. It's about what a team envisions as a role for a player. Jory from Atlanta, GA Why does cutting back work better for a running back in a zone blocking offense? The signature play in a zone blocking scheme is the stretch play. That's the one in which the quarterback reaches out to make the hand off. The idea of the play is to get as wide as possible as quickly as possible, as the line is moving laterally to create a wall, behind which the running back will cut when he sees daylight. It's a one cut and go play and you need a back that, when he sticks his foot in the ground, creates a burst. Tim from Denver, CO I understand all sideline wear needs to be approved by the league because of the deal they have with Nike. Does the money the NFL gets for this go into the pot the players and owners split, or is it all to the owners? The current CBA provides for an "All Revenue" model for distribution of money. The contract with Nike is part of that "All Revenue" model, which means the money the league receives from Nike is distributed according to the percentages of the CBA. The percentage of the revenue the players receive is distributed to them in the form of the salary cap. Kary from Sheboygan, WI Vic, you've stated several times that teams fire coaches too quickly and yesterday you mentioned it again in regards to how long it takes players to learn new terminology. While I agree that 1 2 years is too quick, 3 4 years seems like enough. 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My daughters are five and seven years old, and I do my best to make sure they are dressed modestly. It isn easy. Not with the clothes that are out there today. I recently bought my daughters denim with a frayed hem. I thought they be cute to wear in the summer, since they have that vibe. But, they have to pair it with tights or leggings because the skirt is completely unwearable without them. If they wear a sleeveless top, they have to wear a cami underneath. Shorts have to be to carpenter length, unless they are going to wear them around the house. My girls are still fairly young, but I already see the promise of beautifully shaped, muscular legs and a shapely backside. I see their shades of womanhood. Of course, this freaks me the heck out. Because they know it. I already caught them admiring themselves in the mirror, or stomping like a supermodel down the hallway wearing their tiny, plastic Disney princess heels. They love to put on an armful of bracelets, a purse, lip gloss and cross their legs like they are teenagers. Hello, heart palpitations anyone? I hate the fact that I have to turn down the volume when Rihanna belts out, and stones may break my bones but chains and whips excite me. even though they love to dance in their booster seats as we driving down the road. Likewise, I immediately change the channel if a Victoria Secret commercial comes on. Then there are the gentleman club billboard signs with a woman shapely silhouette that are plentiful here in Southern California. What about the images they see in my fashion magazines that I am completely desensitized by? It troubles me. Greatly. I fear that my daughters don have adequate time to be children. I fear that they just aware of too much too soon. I fear that they feel the pressure to be desirable, even at their tender age. Take, for instance, last weekend. We were out doing some bargain shopping in the shoe department. While I am scouring the racks for sensible flat sandals for summertime, this is what my seven year old decided to try on. She was as excited as can be. mama! Aren these super cute? I tried to redirect her to a pair of cute red flats with a bow on them but she wasn having it. I just hoping and praying her choice in footwear isn a hoochie omen. And that she was just being a little girl, playing dress up with a pair of sparkly shoes. Nothing more, nothing less. As the mother of 3 girls, I think about this issue quite a bit. I definitely have major problems with the sexualization of little girls but I also don like the idea of passing along the message to our girls that they need to be constantly covered up (don worry, I know that not what you were saying in your post). I don want them thinking that others view them as sex objects. It just not fair and is too much of a burden to put on a little girl. Eventually they learn about the double standard out there where their male peers will walk around at night without issue yet they, as females, are expected (and should) be super vigilant against sexual predators. They eventually learn that others view them in a sexual way even when they are absurdly young (yuck!). Right now, though, when they are so little (my oldest is only 5), I want them to just feel happy with the clothes they put on without worrying about other people approval. That will all come soon enough. Of course it helps that I buy all their clothes at this point. My oldest starts Kindergarten in the fall so who knows how this will change for us over the years. By the way, I totally with you on the music thing. I hate that I have to listen very carefully to songs to see if they appropriate. When the kids are babies it doesn matter. I have a few mental freak outs about this stuff too! I want my kids to have a childhood and be able to do normal kid things, like playing in the mud, pretending to be animals or knights or princesses, rolling down hills, playing tag, etc. All those wonderful things that make childhood magical. I concerned at the crazy kid clothes in all the stores. And I want to protect them from all the sexual and graphic images that are CONSTANTLY surrounding our society! It hard, people! It super hard! There are a lot of moms who buy their 4 year old and 3 year old play make up and fingernail polish and they give each other mani pedi and I keep thinking, 3 and 4 years old!!! Why are you doing this? There PLENTY of time when they older to have that bonding time together, now the time for games and play and books and fun!!! WHAT THE WORLD COMING TO???? My oldest is 10 and it is really, REALLY hard as they get older. Fortunately, she doesn really like some of the hoochie mama clothes, but they are out there and it really disturbing. Plus, we know a LOT of girls that are 9 10 and are developing already, and when they put on these more grown up styles, they look like they are 15. It a strange world we live in, but as the saying goes, if people didn buy those items, they wouldn be sold. And, I think the fact that you pulled an image from French Vogue is brilliant isn just an problem but something that is going on everywhere. I don get it. I have my kids in prairie dresses until they were 16 if I could do it without them looking like they are part of the Duggar family. To be honest, they get it from you You a super feminine lady who likes to do her nails and her hair and stuff, and they have cousins and aunts who are probably just like that also. They get their interest in fashion and makeup and girly things from you it part of who you are and therefore part of who they are. I think it COMPLETELY AWESOME AND APPROPRIATE that you teaching them to dress properly I don think it teaching them to cover up all the time, but teaching them how to feel good about themselves while also teaching them how to be ladylike, which is important. I think the main thing with little girls these days, and the marketing around them, is that they don have that sense of how to be LADIES. Those teen idols are, for the most part, not ladylike at all and lack CLASS. They want to trumpet about being free to be who they are and enjoying their budding sexuality, but there a way to do that and still have class, and I believe that what is lacking. Miley Cyrus has no class. Taylor Swift has class. I don know either of their songs and I only know about them in passing, but I can get that much from pictures. Know what I mean? Being a chick is an awesome thing, and is something to be celebrated; what important to teach our girls, I think, is how to celebrate that for ourselves, not because of how others expect us to behave. Learning what appropriate for our ages and our development as we grow is what important; how to be female and happy with yourself with or without nail polish and short skirts and hoochie shoes and you know those things can be totally fun You on the right track, I think. The most important thing we can teach little girls is that their VALUE is not measured by how they look. The problem is, everything they see, watch and read in the media will tell them that their looks are how they will be judged in life. It has been this way for decades and it will continue to be this way, especially if we as women keep buying the magazines, watching the TV shows, exclaiming a beautiful woman etc. Show your girls the value and joy of throwing a ball, hiking a mountain, coming first in the science fair and PRAISE them heartily for their accomplishments. Dress ups are fine, but they are for fun only and should NEVER be a source of self worth. I came from a family where I got the impression that being a girl was something to hide. I never wore sleeveless shirt out of embarrassment, I wore workout shorts under skirts because I felt dirty if I didn I wore vests (it was the 90 what can I say) over t shirts to hide my blossoming breasts. I am a size DDD now and was a C at 15 so hard to hide. I was embarrassed by my femininity. Now I embrace the fact that I have curves, I have quit trying to hide that I do. My breasts can not be hidden in most shirts so if I show some cleavage I not embarrassed anymore. I do not however, dress like a hoochy mamma. My clothes are tasteful but I do not force myself to hide anymore. As a result I have a slightly different take. I do want my daughters to be modest. I want them to know that they are accepted for their whole selves by me and their dad and I don want sexiness to be a goal. BUT I do want to make sure that they aren ashamed to be in their bodies or to be a girl. A cute cap sleeve is more than acceptable because its simply that, cute. I don want my girls to be worried about showing too much in simple clothes. Swimsuits will be one piece and skirts will be long enough but I not going to push the issue of shorts under skirts and other things that made me ashamed to be me. There will be no hoochies here either but I want to make sure I have the balance that my family did not.
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