Would you...

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The timing withe the WRs last week was soooooo off, they need reps together. Also, it is great conditioning against the Frozen Tundra for the kid from Cali. Play him. Let him play conservative, but keep him out there. Sitting him for 2 1/2 weeks is not the answer. Pull him in the 3rd, like Oakland for all I care, but play to win.

Work on the run game. Try new stuff that they won't try in the real P/O game. Confound and confuse. Use the wildcat 10 times. Football is a chess match - a violent one, but none-the-less, M3 has GOT to be thinking about making it to the NFCCG by beating whoever comes to Lambeau.

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Once the #1 seed is locked up, you sit him. If he gets injured, the season is over. You can't really say that about anybody else--although Matthews is probably the next closest.

Woodson.

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The timing withe the WRs last week was soooooo off, they need reps together. Also, it is great conditioning against the Frozen Tundra for the kid from Cali. Play him. Let him play conservative, but keep him out there. Sitting him for 2 1/2 weeks is not the answer. Pull him in the 3rd, like Oakland for all I care, but play to win.

Work on the run game. Try new stuff that they won't try in the real P/O game. Confound and confuse. Use the wildcat 10 times. Football is a chess match - a violent one, but none-the-less, M3 has GOT to be thinking about making it to the NFCCG by beating whoever comes to Lambeau.

I agree in part, but some of the timing issue was new players in new spots. Assuming the O line can get the pass rush checked (otherwise this discussion is academic) then the return of Jennings for the first playoff game solves much of that problem.

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Woodson.

You think so?

Last year I would have agreed. How much impact does CWood have out there these days? I also think Collins going down has really lowered his effectiveness. Does he gamble as much as he used to when he knew Collins was there to clean up when things didn't out?

just checked...7 int's, so I'd guess he's gambling as much as he ever did!

[denverYooper]

I agree in part, but some of the timing issue was new players in new spots. Assuming the O line can get the pass rush checked (otherwise this discussion is academic) then the return of Jennings for the first playoff game solves much of that problem.

Part of the O-line's problem is the same, no? I mean, they've had issues with Newhouse even when they had Newhouse-Lang-Wells-Sitton-Bulaga but one weak spot (even at LT) seemed at least manageable.

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Part of the O-line's problem is the same, no? I mean, they've had issues with Newhouse even when they had Newhouse-Lang-Wells-Sitton-Bulaga but one weak spot (even at LT) seemed at least manageable.

There are simply more question marks on the O line than QB-WR. Even if Clifton and Bulaga return to start and put Newhouse on the bench, its been weeks since Clifton played and Bulaga has missed time and is nursing injuries as well. Its a fine line, but if anyone needs reps it whoever the starting line will be.

Or put another way, I expect the WR corp to recover its timing/performance even without Jennings. I am less sure of the O line because there are more moving and less reliable parts.