Mark Tauscher likely to start at right tackle

[Maxie the Taxi]

I'm going against conventional wisdom, and am not crazy about this. The young guys need to play.

Ty is with Scott.

I'm with Scott but not with Ty.

(Maxie wants MM to run the ball more...a lot more. He thinks consistent rushing attempts -- even if it results in several, early three and outs -- will make the OL more cohesive and, in the long run, put them into a position to succeed when pass blocking.)

Maxie will continue to say this often because it irritates Ty.

[Cheesehead Craig]

While normally I would be with the "let the younger guys play" there comes a point where your QB taking that many hits isn't worth it any longer. Now, you can argue that Rodgers holds the ball too long, but I don't think that it's much worse than last year and he's almost at the # of sacks after 7 games this year as he was all of last year (34 vs 31). While this may not benefit the run game, Grant and Green are not our future while Rodgers is, so we need to put more of an emphasis on protecting our future.

[rbaloha1]

I'm going against conventional wisdom, and am not crazy about this. The young guys need to play.

We need to win now!

[mraynrand]

Clifton and Tauscher are the future.

[rbaloha1]

Clifton and Tauscher are the future.

Hope you are wrong.

[Smidgeon]

Clifton and Tauscher are the future.

If by "the future" you mean "Sunday", then: yes.

[Merlin]

Rest assured that this is only temporary this season. McCarthy: "We decided to go with the young guys" when asked if Clifton and Tauscher were ready why didn't they play. That idiocy comes straight from the top, play the young guys, Rodgers - bah he's young he can afford to take a few hits.

[Freak Out]

They had to do something because Rodgers was getting beat to a pulp out there.....is this going to help long term? No....but if it keeps him on his feet more for the rest of the way then great. It's not like they can't go back if it's actually worse.

....does Campen still have a job after all this? Is there no one else out there that can come in and coach these guys?

[g4orce]

The real question is will we have this same problem next season. Will we have to get Clifton and Tauscher back again?

[MichiganPackerFan]

I think I officially HATE the zone blocking. It's such a varient from power running. Football is tough and tough teams win. You don't "POUND THE BALL" in the ZBS. It's dainty and NOT PACKERS FOOTBALL. Let your O-Line get up in someone's face and force the ball down their throat. This soft stuff does not belong in the black & blue division.

[Packers4Ever]

I'm going against conventional wisdom, and am not crazy about this. The young guys need to play.

Ty is with Scott.

Maybe so, but too many young guys on O is what
gave us this problem in

the first place ! It's past time to get a few good

men in there who don't need to be shifted around

every other play !! We're halfway

through the season already, time's a-goin' fellas !

[Brandon494]

I'm going against conventional wisdom, and am not crazy about this. The young guys need to play.

Ty is with Scott.

As much as I like Lang I think Clifton and Tauscher are the better tackles as far as pass protection. We might not be as strong at run blocking with them but this time right build to pass. IF they can block alittle better and IF AR starts making faster reads I think this offense could get back to the preseason form.

[packerbacker1234]

NOTE: For those worrying about the "run game", we haven't had one all season with the young guys... so how can Cliffy and Tausch give us anything worse?

If anything, we should see an improvement, as grant had a decent year last year, and a great year in 07, with these guys as the tackles.

Cliffy not playing last week was a good move IMO. He hasn't played a full game since week 1, no need to rush him in against one of the best DE's in the game. Tausch may have needed an extra week of conditioning, who knows. Working them back in as starters against a really weak opponent is also a smart move too. Get their feet wet before having to face the better defenses down the road (baltimore, pitt)

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I'm going against conventional wisdom, and am not crazy about this. The young guys need to play.

Ty is with Scott.

I'm with Scott but not with Ty.

(Maxie wants MM to run the ball more...a lot more. He thinks consistent rushing attempts -- even if it results in several, early three and outs -- will make the OL more cohesive and, in the long run, put them into a position to succeed when pass blocking.)

Maxie will continue to say this often because it irritates Ty.

Why do you hate Green bay?

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I'm going against conventional wisdom, and am not crazy about this. The young guys need to play.

Ty is with Scott.

Maybe so, but too many young guys on O is what
gave us this problem in

the first place ! It's past time to get a few good

men in there who don't need to be shifted around

every other play !! We're halfway

through the season already, time's a-goin' fellas !

Need to be shifted? You do realize it is because of the OLD guys that the young guys were shifted?