Colledge Beats Out Bulaga

[Scott Campbell]

It looks like the injury settled the issue.

http://packersnews.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100829/PKR01/100829016/Colledge-to-start-at-left-guard

Green Bay Packers Coach Mike McCarthy declared Daryn Colledge his starting left guard for the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 12 today after practice.

[rbaloha1]

As a frequent DC critic, DC earned it. The competition and expiring contract motivated DC's solid play.

The future is bright for the Packers with Bulaga taking over for Colledge and Newhouse And Lang taking over for Cliffy and Tauscher respectively.

[red]

makes me want to vomit

his reflexes/reactions are light years slower then the other linemen in camp. at least thats what i saw at practice when they were doing their drills

if baluga is not the starting LG then you need to end that little experiment ASAP and let him focus on LT

[Brandon494]

Not surprising, Colledge always seems to play better when he is being pushed for his starting job. Hopefully he'll continue to play well and not back track after winning the job.

[Joemailman]

Unless Colledge has his best year, I think Bulaga will be the starting LG before the season is over. In the meantime, he will get plenty of reps at LT since Clifton misses plenty of practice time.

[vince]

To his credit, Colledge has been solid and available.

Bulaga is going to get a lot of playing time this year one way or another. He needs to be ready at LT because Clifton's knee is acting up on him already. Cliffy was out today with fluid in his knee

[pbmax]

makes me want to vomit

his reflexes/reactions are light years slower then the other linemen in camp. at least thats what i saw at practice when they were doing their drills

if baluga is not the starting LG then you need to end that little experiment ASAP and let him focus on LT

He lost it when he got hurt. He would be a fine guard.

[Tony Oday]

I am happy we have to talk about this. Two decent Guards fighting for a starting role...good job TT

[ND72]

This has been stupid from the start. Bulaga is the LT, you drafted him to surpass Clifton, keep him there and let him learn and grow. Don't screw him up. I'd like to think our future OL is Bulaga, Colledge, Spitz, Sitton, and Lang, but I don't think Spitz will ever be the same he was before last year, and I recently read that McCarthy does not want to play Lang at tackle anymore and only at Guard...why, I have no idea.

[MichiganPackerFan]

Colledge also plays a lot better when he's allowed to focus on the one position instead of drifting up and down the line.

[bobblehead]

Colledge also plays a lot better when he's allowed to focus on the one position instead of drifting up and down the line.

I don't buy that. I think it was a convenient excuse. When you are an NFL lineman who plays almost exclusively LG, a short stint at LT won't suddenly make you a bad LG. He hasn't performed.

[Tarlam!]

I don't buy that. I think it was a convenient excuse. When you are an NFL lineman who plays almost exclusively LG, a short stint at LT won't suddenly make you a bad LG. He hasn't performed.

Na, Bobble, he's not really had enough reps to be an effective LT. Also, he's performed well at times, consistancy is the key.

[retailguy]

This is very distressing. I'm extremely disappointed.

[Fritz]

I think the JSO headline should have read "McCarthy Goes Back to Colledge."

[MichiganPackerFan]

I don't think colledge played badly last year at guard at all. He was certainly exposed at tackle however.