Rouse released

[falco]

Thomas was a CB,

Well, they called him one at least...

[Tyrone Bigguns]

that list ain't right, cause if it is then TT went out and spent in FA

[pbmax]

Hawthorne was primarily a CB too. Cliff Cristl's favorite if I recall correctly.

I don't remember his spending much time at safety.

[Bossman641]

Hawthorne was primarily a CB too. Cliff Cristl's favorite if I recall correctly.

I don't remember his spending much time at safety.

He played a little safety while he was here. Not very well, but he did.

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http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/61370612.html

[falco]

My gut feeling is that Martin has a chance to be good in this league... here's hoping Bigby doesn't even have to come back.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Being a safety for G.B. is like being a piano player for the Grateful Dead. Two year life expectancy.

I always thought CB was the toughest job to fill. Damn, I really thought Rouse would work out.

Wasn't Joey Thomas a tweener?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Hawthorne was primarily a CB too. Cliff Cristl's favorite if I recall correctly.

You are confusing Michael Hawthorne and Mike Hawkins, the texas wonderkind. Mr. August.

[SnakeLH2006]

All I know is that Skin must man-up and face the fact Bigby is "still" the default starter with Rouse gone. LOL. That sucks.

As a bigtime defender of Bigby, he's worthless injured..and Martin is out on an island. We are not doing good. Not at all. Skin and Snake pray for something out of Martin.

[MichiganPackerFan]

I had a list like that in mind, but was too lazy to do the work.

Same here.

[SkinBasket]

All I know is that Skin must man-up and face the fact Bigby is "still" the default starter with Rouse gone. LOL. That sucks.

Fuck. At this point I would "man up" if Bigby could play more than two games without his busted ass body giving out. How can a guy that slow hurt himself so much? He's like one of those old Buicks that grandma backs into a telephone pole at 2 MPH and all the trim and the bumpers fall off and the engine catches fire.

[Fritz]

Rouse was going to be gone somehow, some way. Many think he should have been cut and Smith kept, or - and I think this is even more the case - many felt that Smith should have been kept instead of trading for Martin.

If you see this as a choice - we coulda kept Smith, screw that Martin guy, what's up with that? - then here's a quote from a GBPG article today. The "him" is a reference to Martin:

"— and the Packers considered him an upgrade from Smith at safety."

So one way to see this is that this isn't really about Rouse vs. Smith.

Still, even if you still think Rouse should have been cut earlier, the bottom line is that you'd now have Smith/Martin instead of Giordano/Martin.

So, in the end, it's an interesting questions as to whether you think having Giordano instead of Smith is wrecking the season.

[Scott Campbell]

All I know is that Skin must man-up and face the fact Bigby is "still" the default starter with Rouse gone. LOL. That sucks.

Fuck. At this point I would "man up" if Bigby could play more than two games without his busted ass body giving out. How can a guy that slow hurt himself so much? He's like one of those old Buicks that grandma backs into a telephone pole at 2 MPH and all the trim and the bumpers fall off and the engine catches fire.

THink there will there be a sea of "Old Buick Bigby" signs popping up at Lambeau?

[pbmax]

Hawthorne was primarily a CB too. Cliff Cristl's favorite if I recall correctly.

You are confusing Michael Hawthorne and Mike Hawkins, the texas wonderkind. Mr. August.

Bossman may be right about Hawthorne at safety, but I am sure Cliff spent the better part of an entire season telling us that with a D backfield including Hawthorne starting at CB was doomed to failure.

In fact, he spent the next season dismissing any questions about CB by pointing out that at least Hawthorne wasn't here anymore, addition by subtraction.

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All I know is that Skin must man-up and face the fact Bigby is "still" the default starter with Rouse gone. LOL. That sucks.

Fuck. At this point I would "man up" if Bigby could play more than two games without his busted ass body giving out. How can a guy that slow hurt himself so much? He's like one of those old Buicks that grandma backs into a telephone pole at 2 MPH and all the trim and the bumpers fall off and the engine catches fire.

Didn't you try and defend him when I called him injury prone?