WOW people get paid to write this crap?

[Tony Oday]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Falcons-wide-receiver-Roddy-White-poised-for-100-catches-051510

It is such a leap of faith to say that if GB, or any team really, lost its starting QB the season could suck...WOW...insight abound!

[Lurker64]

Yeah, go ahead and point out that Green Bay wouldn't be very good this year if Aaron Rodgers gets injured.

At the same time though, why not point out that the Colts are like a 3-13 team without Peyton Manning?

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

I agree its pretty dumb to point something like that out. But at the same time I think it is more a question of the depth that we have behind Rodgers. We are a superbowl contending team and I would feel better if we went out and picked up a good vet to back up Rodgers.

[BlueBrewer]

Point No. 4: I'm glad Brian Cushing got to keep his Defensive Rookie of the Year Award.

That says it all right there.

[RashanGary]

The way Flynn has progressed, I wouldn't be surprised if we went .500 in games with Flynn. It would hurt to lose Rodgers, but if it was for 4-6 games, I still think we'd have a chance to win enough to get in the playoffs.

[bobblehead]

MM had faith in Rodgers to take over for Favre. He has faith in Flynn to be his backup....thats good enough for me.

[packerbacker1234]

MM had faith in Rodgers to take over for Favre. He has faith in Flynn to be his backup....thats good enough for me.

yeah, that flynn has looked decent in preseason games, and outside of the pick he looked ok for limited time in a real game.

I think the packers are pretty comfortable having to put flynn out there for a few games should Rodgers get hurt, but obviously the goal is not let AR get hurt. Obviously, thats not always controllable. He falls wrong on a sack, gets accidently rolled up on, gets his arm hit hard while in the throwing motion - lots of things could happen that may sideline any QB. Honestly it was a weak reason for anything. Every team is pretty screwed if they lose their starter, and I doubt we are the worse for wear of every team out there.

I mean, say favre comes back and he gets hurt - based on last season that is a pretty steep drop off in perofrmance to jackson. Manning gets hurt big drop off. Brady big drop off. Hell, palmer... you can name any pretty good to great QB out there, and if the team loses him the season is pretty much over.

It's the way it goes. Bad writing is bad.

[Tarlam!]

I would feel better if we went out and picked up a good vet to back up Rodgers.

Outside of (maybe) Leftwich, who were you thinking about? Honestly, I don't think there's a vet UFA that would make me sleep any easier nor do I see any backups on other rosters I'd trade for.

[Pugger]

Would Marc Bulger be a horrid veteran back-up? Of course MB might still want to be a starter somewhere and he might have a long wait there...

[retailguy]

Would Marc Bulger be a horrid veteran back-up? Of course MB might still want to be a starter somewhere and he might have a long wait there...

weren't you just excoriating folks the other day for picking "name brand" free agents?

[Pugger]

Would Marc Bulger be a horrid veteran back-up? Of course MB might still want to be a starter somewhere and he might have a long wait there...

weren't you just excoriating folks the other day for picking "name brand" free agents?

Huh? I don't recall doing that. I was just throwing a name out there for discussion, that's all. Geez.

[Tony Oday]

Would Marc Bulger be a horrid veteran back-up? Of course MB might still want to be a starter somewhere and he might have a long wait there...

weren't you just excoriating folks the other day for picking "name brand" free agents?

Huh? I don't recall doing that. I was just throwing a name out there for discussion, that's all. Geez.

But at QB a "name" FA is usually a decent one for the backup role.

[retailguy]

Huh? I don't recall doing that. I was just throwing a name out there for discussion, that's all. Geez.

Well, let me refresh your bad memory a bit.

And just because a player with a recognizable name becomes a FA is this guy automatically better than any of our players already on the roster? Obviously TT and company think of the players currently on our roster in higher regard than some of the folks on all of these online message boards I read.

http://www.packerrats.com/ratchat/viewtopic.php?t=20577

(Complete with the rolling eyes icon and everything!)

Please note that this was in DIRECT RESPONSE to my posting about our LB depth, and I had the audacity to trot out two "name FA" who I thought would have provided competition. (I guess I could maintain that I was trying to "start discussion" too)

So, perhaps in the future, you might come down off the high horse a bit, and realize that ideas can originate outside of your little brain too, and they don't have to be criticized because you don't agree.

So, considering the above, how about you clarify your love for Marc Bulger? I'd really like to understand why this particular name free agent is better than the LB name free agents.... And please specifically tell me what is wrong with Matt Flynn and why Ted shouldn't prefer his home grown boy to Bulger. (since those were your words, not mine...)

[Tony Oday]

Huh? I don't recall doing that. I was just throwing a name out there for discussion, that's all. Geez.

Well, let me refresh your bad memory a bit.

And just because a player with a recognizable name becomes a FA is this guy automatically better than any of our players already on the roster? Obviously TT and company think of the players currently on our roster in higher regard than some of the folks on all of these online message boards I read.

http://www.packerrats.com/ratchat/viewtopic.php?t=20577

(Complete with the rolling eyes icon and everything!)

Please note that this was in DIRECT RESPONSE to my posting about our LB depth, and I had the audacity to trot out two "name FA" who I thought would have provided competition. (I guess I could maintain that I was trying to "start discussion" too)

So, perhaps in the future, you might come down off the high horse a bit, and realize that ideas can originate outside of your little brain too, and they don't have to be criticized because you don't agree.

So, considering the above, how about you clarify your love for Marc Bulger? I'd really like to understand why this particular name free agent is better than the LB name free agents.... And please specifically tell me what is wrong with Matt Flynn and why Ted shouldn't prefer his home grown boy to Bulger. (since those were your words, not mine...)

Well I would say it is because at OLB that player is actually going to play. Though I like AT is he really as good as he used to be or will he disrupt the chemistry we have in GB? Bulger is a player you would sign praying he never sees the field ala Doug Pederson or the bastard from the bears

[retailguy]

Bulger is a player you would sign praying he never sees the field ala Doug Pederson or the bastard from the bears

I agree, but what I don't understand is how that makes him better than Flynn? From my vantage point, that's exactly what we have, but he hasn't been injured so much, and actually knows the system unlike Bulger who has never to my knowledge played in the WCO...

As to Thomas, I think he's got something left (and plenty of experience in a 3-4). Guess someone else will find out because, true to form, we aren't interested because we didn't draft the guy.