Defensive tackle Ryan Pickett, coping with a sore hamstring, had yet to practice through two weeks of training camp. Fellow tackle Johnny Jolly missed practice time in the second week of workouts because of a hip flexor and lingering soreness from a shoulder injury he sustained last season.

On offense, halfback Ryan Grant (hamstring), receiver Greg Jennings (knee) and center Scott Wells (back) also were spectators toward the end of the second week of workouts.

Head coach Mike McCarthy said none of the injuries is serious. Nevertheless, with more than a dozen players unavailable as the Packers prepared Saturday for the exhibition game, McCarthy expressed some concern about what the team has endured in the early going of camp.

"We've got a bunch of guys nicked," McCarthy said. "We're just running into our fatigue injuries, which most teams run into at this point."

--Now that he can give his undivided attention to being the first-year starting quarterback of the Packers, Aaron Rodgers is all about getting on the same page with his receiving group.

Rodgers alluded to legendary predecessor Brett Favre, whom Green Bay traded to the New York Jets on Aug. 6, in explaining the sense of urgency the remaining weeks of the preseason to get the timing down in the passing game.

"My biggest job, and I think the (offensive) linemen appreciate this when this happens, and Brett did a great job (of it), is getting the ball to the man quickly," Rodgers said. "So, I've been trying to make quick decisions and accurate throws."

--Since Favre apparently will stay unretired and play football this season, though not in Green Bay after 16 years, the Packers have postponed the ceremony for the retirement of his jersey number indefinitely.

The festivities were to be held in conjunction with the Sept. 8 season opener against Minnesota.

"We will retire his jersey in the future," team president Mark Murphy said. "He deserves that. But, it will be at a point when we know he's absolutely done with his playing career. ... It seemed great when we (planned) it at the time, and obviously, it didn't turn out that way."

--Even without Favre on the team this season, the Packers media guide is as thick as it was last year. The 2008 book is 624 pages, the same as the 2007 publication.

This year's guide was printed earlier in the summer before Favre reversed course on his March retirement and was reinstated by the league. Whereas a 28-page biography for Favre appeared with the team's tenured players up front in the 2007 media guide, this year's edition includes a 28-page retrospective for Favre toward the back of the book in the team history section.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "I think a lesson that you learn when you're in this locker room is that this is a career with a short life span. Any day, your job is on the line. We have 80 guys right now; we're going to cut down to 53. Twenty-seven guys will be on the street looking for work. You see a lot of guys come in and out. And, the guys that stick, like Brett, are guys that work hard, that are smart, that put in the time. His career is one that I would love to have - a long career with a lot of success. Hopefully, he can go out on his own terms." -- Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on a lesson to be learned from the soap opera of the past month involving predecessor Brett Favre and team management that culminated with Favre's being traded to the New York Jets on Aug. 6.