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[Anti-Polar Bear]

Wells is injury-prone a

Injury prone?

He played in all 16 games in 2005, and started 10 of them.
In 2006 he played 1115 of 1117 offensive snaps, more than any other player.
In 2007 he missed 2 games.

Yup, the guy sure is injury-prone.

Wells' a Sherman draft pick. I didnt want to say he's average (which he is; but now that you have forced me to say it, I gonna defend Sherman with this: average is good enough for a 7th rd pick who plays center).

[Lurker64]

Wells' a Sherman draft pick. I didnt want to say he's average (which he is; but now that you have forced me to say it, I gonna defend Sherman with this: average is good enough for a 7th rd pick who plays center).

Regardless of who drafted him, where he was drafted, or how good a player he is, you have to admit that he is not injury prone.

[The Leaper]

No way Rodgers will have these same tools, but, as others have pointed out, his scrambling ability may be his best defense against 8-in-the-box pressure. I like his chances.

I'm guessing there won't be many 8-in-the-box looks against Green Bay in 2008. Rodgers isn't some inexperienced young QB...he's been around the block a little and has loads of receiving weapons. Any defense looking to stuff the box is going to get torched downfield.

Where Rodgers mobility will come into play will be when we spread the field with 4 or 5 receivers and defenses are forced to cover the entire field. Opposing DLs will be forced to CONTAIN Rodgers rather than just pin back their ears and go after the QB in those situations...because if Rodgers gets past the DL, he will grab 10 yard gainers in bulk against a spread coverage. Think back to Culpepper a few years ago against us and how he murdered us with his feet on 3rd downs.

[CaliforniaCheez]

The optimist in me says that Aaron is a little bit unknown and he may experience some "beginner's luck" early in the season. Defenses don't know enough to find a weakness.

Pehaps after a third of the season a team may try something that works against him and teams will seek to capitalize upon it. Rodgers and the coaches will have to adjust.

If the little light bulb clicked on a for him last year it should be glowing brighter this season. I just worry about some criminal covered in purple slime will cheap shot him.

A few blowout wins will give Brohm some experience as well.

[sharpe1027]

Rodgers is not nearly as athletic or mobile, but McCarthy must call for some deep balls in order to keep the defense honest. If not, defenses will start bringing their safeties closer to the line of scrimmage, which would make it more difficult to run a traditional West Coast system because it is more difficult to connect on slants, curls and outs.

Even though the Packers have one of the best offensive lines in the NFL with tackles Chad Clifton and Mark Tauscher and the inside trio of Jason Spitz, Scott Wells and Daryn Colledge,

they are used to blocking versus six- and seven-man fronts and not protecting against blitz pressure.

He has to be physically and mentally tough during his first start because the NFL is a copycat league and if he is challenged early on, he could struggle this season.

If this is representative of their content, I am glad I do not pay for ESPN insider.

What does that last statement about the first game of the season even mean? If he struggles in the first game but is able to correct for it in the second game is that somehow worse than if he has a good first game, but struggles in the second game? I don't understand the logic.

[Tony Oday]

ESPN is terrible unless you are a coastal team or the Cowboys