TIME TO BE CONCERNED ?

[Bretsky]

I think not

Even if we go 0-4 in the preaseson, we're fine

It is the preseason; who really cares. Our front line of starters is strong.

If AROD stays healthy this team is winning 12-13 games
If AROD goes down you can put the sharpest dagger through our hearts you can find

We're stil one of the best teams, if not the most talented, in the NFL
The defense stocked up in the draft and will be improved
Our offense will still be explosive

Barring serious injury, we win the division, first round bye in the playoffs, and have as good of a chance of any toward a SB win

Take it to the Bank

[RashanGary]

I think not

Even if we go 0-4 in the preaseson, we're fine

It is the preseason; who really cares. Our front line of starters is strong.

If AROD stays healthy this team is winning 12-13 games
If AROD goes down you can put the sharpest dagger through our hearts you can find

We're stil one of the best teams, if not the most talented, in the NFL
The defense stocked up in the draft and will be improved
Our offense will still be explosive

Barring serious injury, we win the division, first round bye in the playoffs, and have as good of a chance of any toward a SB win

Take it to the Bank

Yeah, certainly not panic time. Hopefully the young defense can get better each game and peak when it matters most.

[OS PA]

I believe we have better talent this year than we had during our Superbowl run. However, aside from the stars on this team, I'm afraid that there is a huge drop off in talent between the first and second stringers in some key positions. Our defensive back depth is very concerning. Our left tackle depth is very concerning. Our running back depth is concerning. I also worry that our OLB depth is bad too. We need to get healthy to provide better depth. I'm afraid that we're one key injury away from being a mediocre team. If Rodgers, Raji, Williams, Newhouse, Woodson or Burnett, or Matthews goes down, I'm afraid we won't be able to come close to replacing them and we'll have a serious sieve in our roster.

[Joemailman]

I'd be concerned if I were Graham Harrell and M.D. Jennings.

[denverYooper]

I'd be concerned if I were Graham Harrell and M.D. Jennings.

It'll be interesting to see how things play out with the QB situation. Moves made at other positions make me think that the Packers are not willing to stand pat in some trouble spots of yesteryear (RB, Defense) and their approach has looked more proactive thus far. I would hope this staff has a better feel on the QB position than any other position on the team.

Of course, if Rodgers goes down for more than a few games, I don't know that many backup QBs could come in and save a season anyway. At that point you might be better off getting BJ Coleman some quality reps if you think he's got moxie. I mean, football is next man up and all but I don't think Colt McCoy would come in and pull out a superbowl.

[Pugger]

I believe we have better talent this year than we had during our Superbowl run. However, aside from the stars on this team, I'm afraid that there is a huge drop off in talent between the first and second stringers in some key positions. Our defensive back depth is very concerning. Our left tackle depth is very concerning. Our running back depth is concerning. I also worry that our OLB depth is bad too. We need to get healthy to provide better depth. I'm afraid that we're one key injury away from being a mediocre team. If Rodgers, Raji, Williams, Newhouse, Woodson or Burnett, or Matthews goes down, I'm afraid we won't be able to come close to replacing them and we'll have a serious sieve in our roster.

But isn't that the case with every other team? Your starters are gonna be better than the backups. In last night's game Cleveland kept many of their starters in with Weedon while we had backups and that was one of the reasons why the game got out of hand. When the starters were still in we went for it on 4th and 2 on our own side of the 50 - something we'd never do in a regular season game. I was most disappointed in Harrell tho. He didn't look very good most of the time. And it isn't as if he's some kid who has no clue what's going on. He's been around for some time now. If we see a repeat performance from Graham next week we may have to look for another alternative for Rodgers' backup. I was hoping we'd see more of Coleman.

[smuggler]

What does Harrell have to fear? Coleman threw one pass and it was nearly a pick-6.

[packrulz]

I think they should get rid of preseason games or at least reduce the amount to two games, they shouldn't expect people to pay to see that kind of crap. I'm not concerned because they aren't trying to win, they're just evaluating and tinkering around with different sets.

[Tony Oday]

Dom doesn't use his defense in the preseason correct?

[pbmax]

Dom doesn't use his defense in the preseason correct?

He did play a lot of base early. Whether that was vanilla by design or by scouting report, it looked a little odd compared to the previous two years. To some degree, I would imagine that might have been for Woodson's benefit.

[QBME]

No concern
Preseason
17 players not suited up
Nobody hurt

Don' worry 'bout a ting, ever little ting gonna be alright...

[KYPack]

I've got my pinky on the panic button.

We've got some key holes in key spots and a chance we can't put enough fingers in there to stop up the leaks.

Anyone who isn't a little worried isn't paying attention.

[RashanGary]

I've got my pinky on the panic button.

We've got some key holes in key spots and a chance we can't put enough fingers in there to stop up the leaks.

Anyone who isn't a little worried isn't paying attention.

Our offense and special teams alone make us a really good team.

The defense is a work in progress. Ever since Collins left, our last line of defense has been consistenly unable to tackle. Collins was the best tackler (IMO) that I've seen. Of course, I'd only count the last 10 years as legitimate football awareness, so it's not like I'm talking 30 years of experience.

McMillan is an instinctive tackler. HE said he just went out and let his instincts take over. That's how Collins played. He just had a nose for sifting through traffic and making tackles he had no business making.

It looks like Capers might be trying to play some tough DB type players with speed (Bush McMillan) close to the line. That gives us more speed than a LB, but excellent tackling in space. Plus we have our usual cover guys behind them. Essentially it's S/LB hybrids in place of the ILBs rather than a pure cover dime. That opens Matthews and Perry to pin their ears back quite often and our tough, speed DBs to bring some lightning fast blitzes that are very hard for lineman to adjust to and excellent tackling in space.

It's a work in progress. The hope is our young guys get better week by week. We drop a couple games early, but peak on defense late in the season.

Capers is going for speed. Young guys with speed. It's going to be a matter of several weeks before they really get it together. In the mean-time, the offense and ST's needs to win some shootouts. The young pass rushers also need to develop over the season. That does happen. They learn. And with the rotations, they should be able to hold up over the season.

We're going all out for the post season this year. Emphasis is on upside and speed that needs experience vs experience with little upside.

[Harlan Huckleby]

They had 18 guys who didn't play.

Harrell was playing with a totally out-of-sync offense. I don't take too much away.

DJ Smith is no Desmond Bishop, there's my concern.

[Joemailman]

They had 18 guys who didn't play.

Harrell was playing with a totally out-of-sync offense. I don't take too much away.

DJ Smith is no Desmond Bishop, there's my concern.

We'll see. I'm sure there were plenty a couple of years ago who thought Desmond Bishop was no Nick Barnett.

I'm interested to see if McMillian gets some reps with 1's this week in nickel, and who gets the most reps with 1's at CB. This is the most important week of practice since whoever starts on Thursday night will probably start on opening day. House perhaps being the exception.