DOUGHERTY analysis and a COMPARISON of GREEN BAY versus the CLEVELAND BROWNS ROSTER MINUS the QB

[mraynrand]

The position by position comparison in the article seems fairly valid. Cleveland may be as bad as they are because of flaws other than personnel, but the point of the article is about the Packers, and how mediocre the roster is other than Aaron Rodgers. That much is pretty hard to disagree with. Our O Line is crap. Our D personnel other than the D Line is mediocre at best. Good pass receivers make a QB better; We're finding out that ours only seemed as good as they seemed because of our QB.

It's not just a question of having the team built around the QB; It's being way too lax (or unlucky if you prefer) about building up a decent supporting cast at all.

Even though you can find gems later in the draft or sign FA, it's just a harder numbers game when you are always picking late. The difference makers go early

[texaspackerbacker]

Even though you can find gems later in the draft or sign FA, it's just a harder numbers game when you are always picking late. The difference makers go early

You can find a LOT of exceptions to that - and we sure haven't had our share of them.

[pbmax]

You can find a LOT of exceptions to that - and we sure haven't had our share of them.

Certainly not on the offensive line.

[Bretsky]

Certainly not on the offensive line.

actually Buluga was a pick in the 20's and when healthy he's pretty dam good

[pbmax]

actually Buluga was a pick in the 20's and when healthy he's pretty dam good

Sure. But Bach, Lang, Taylor, Linsley, Sitton and Murphy weren't early round picks.