Is it time for another winner of multiple Super Bowls?

[mraynrand]

The offensive line experiences growing pains every damn year, it seems.

It's like watching reruns of a bad sitcom!

[hoosier]

Due largely to a lack of decent LG play after Colledge went down to injury. And it doesn't look like Colledge will be back this year. Maybe Lang will step up, but it is yet to be seen if our OL will experience growing pains this year without the guy who was a starter on our OL in 95% of the games over his five years in the NFL. Losing him would not be addition by subtraction, IMO. Not this year, anyway.

I remember it being pretty crappy all around. http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/111768244.html

[get louder at lambeau]

I remember it being pretty crappy all around. http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/111768244.html

Crappy all around, but only the LG was crappy enough to get benched. Just sayin, College is under-appreciated. He's not great, but he has been a starter almost every game since being drafted, and when he went out, the next guy up got destroyed and benched, and the line had their worst game of the year.

[hoosier]

Crappy all around, but only the LG was crappy enough to get benched. Just sayin, College is under-appreciated. He's not great, but he has been a starter almost every game since being drafted, and when he went out, the next guy up got destroyed and benched, and the line had their worst game of the year.

I don't disagree. The more I think about it, the more it seems we could say that about most of the OL positions in recent years. Unless I am forgetting somene, and with the exception of Wells, all of the guys who have tried to step in as replacements have been ineffective. Am I missing someone who has actually been able to do the job coming off the bench?

[Gunakor]

Unless I am forgetting somene, and with the exception of Wells, all of the guys who have tried to step in as replacements have been ineffective. Am I missing someone who has actually been able to do the job coming off the bench?

Bryan Bulaga. Though he'll be an everyday starter at RT for 2011 and beyond, Tauscher was the starting RT last season until he got hurt. Bulaga came off the bench and performed very admirably in his stead.

[RashanGary]

If I had to list the best 5 OL on our roster for 2011. . . and I'm not saying how they played last year. I'm projecting improvement/decline levels too.

Sitton - Bulaga - Clifton - Wells - Colledge

Sherrod - Lang as top backups

A bunch of people battling it out for 2 or 3 spots.


Not bringing back Colledge would burn us IMHO. We don't have enough depth not to and he's not a premium player. He'll get a reasonable salary. Unless there is something going on with the young guys I don't know about, we're very thin on the bench.

McDonald and Lang have both gotten praise from McCarthy. Maybe they'd be fine. Just knowing what I know, I think Colledge will be here.

[get louder at lambeau]

Bryan Bulaga. Though he'll be an everyday starter at RT for 2011 and beyond, Tauscher was the starting RT last season until he got hurt. Bulaga came off the bench and performed very admirably in his stead.

Lang could be argued too, with his work at tackle in '09 and at least being better than Spitz at LG. He wasn't great, but he showed some promise. With his wrist healed up, he might be a player.

[vince]

Based on what I've seen from Lang on the field and McDonald in training camp doing footwork drills, combined with what has been said about him by McCarthy & Co. and knowing the kind of fighter and worker he is with his background, I think both have a good chance to develop into solid players. I'm hoping one of them steps up and takes over for the perpetually inconsistent Colledge.

[mission]

I think Lang will have his breakout year with a full offseason of strength training.

[smuggler]

And Chicago games have their own rules.

There's areason the games are played.

Thank God we won't have to watch James Jones fumble away another game to the Bears ever again. He did it in 2007 and 2010, both in the first matchup with them in each respective season.

[Brandon494]

I think Lang will have his breakout year with a full off-season of strength training.

That's a good call. He has to be the top guy to take over at LG if Colledge decides to sign elsewhere. He showed a lot of promise as a rookie before he injured his wrist.