It is official -- Bulaga and Sitton are on the left side

[Zool]

It's Sherrod I'm concerned with. This move suggests they're done waiting for him, that he's not necessarily going to be ready for training camp - or that what they've seen of him suggests he's not as good as they hoped. If I remember correctly, he was seen as strictly a left tackle (?) yet I remember seeing him at right tackle for the Pack.

Sherrod was playing adequately on the right when he snapped his leg. There's a little tape on him doing it at least. A better O-Line and run game makes ARod's overall numbers go down and I would bet his yards per attempt go up. He should take less hits and be on the run less.

I watch Brady stand flat footed so often and wonder what Rodgers could do with time like that.

[rbaloha1]

Great move.

Persian guy can backup at lt. Cornell guy can backup at one of the guards.

Now -- the defensive line???

[3irty1]

If Bak or Barclay win the RT job at least the Packers should have a nice group of run blockers.

[RashanGary]

The Sitton part definitely wasn't expected. Barclay must have came in really ready to compete. I can't imagine they make this move without having confidence that the RT spot would be OK.

Gonna be an interesting TC, that's for sure.

[Pugger]

Good point.

I'm rooting for Sherrod. Seems like he's gotten a bit of a bum rap to me - I think he showed some flashes (I know, big disagreement there) before he went down.

I also wonder how all this plays out for Andrew Datko. That kid has size, and supposedly has put on a few pounds. If he's got the skills he was said to have - his seventh round draft pick status appeared to be due to his shoulder injury history - then there is some serious competition this year.

Good, we don't want fat and happy campers. Maybe that's what went wrong last year. ?

I don't know if it is the death knell for Sherrod. I'm thinking MM was sick and tired of having is wonderful QB getting hit all the damn time and wasn't wild about the idea of putting basically a rookie in there in Sherrod. If Sherrod is ready to go he may surprise us all and win the RT spot.

I think this move has been on MM's mind for a while now. I'd wager Sitton played some RG at the Pro-Bowl as an experiment by MM to see how he'd fair over there! After seeing Josh was just fine in there Mike decided now was the time to make The Move.

[smuggler]

I'm usually optimistic about most things Packer, but this really concerns me. Watching Michael Oher fall apart on the left side after playing so well on the right as a rookie really has me nervous about Bulaga moving over.

[Pugger]

I'm usually optimistic about most things Packer, but this really concerns me. Watching Michael Oher fall apart on the left side after playing so well on the right as a rookie really has me nervous about Bulaga moving over.

Bulaga played LT at Iowa so it isn't like he's never played the position before. After Sitton's audition at the Pro-Bowl MM decided to make this change. Having this competition at RT will only make that spot better too.

[RashanGary]

My opinions on the players:

Bulaga, to me, is the most overrated OL player we have. Everyone talks about last years hiccups, well, there were a lot of them. He scares me more than he does most.

Sitton, I think he could play LG, RG or RT well. No worries wherever they put him

EDS, I'm not a fan. He doesn't scare me, but I sure don't like him. I don't like him at all, at guard and I think he's a stop-gap type player at center

Lang, he's alright. I'm fine with him starting inside.

Barclay, I'm a fan. I think he's a more natural hands player than Bulaga. He seemed to stick to his guy really well, especially for a rookie. I could see him being a staple for us.

Newhouse, I don't like him anywhere but LT, and even there he's average at best. If Bulaga flops at LT (and I could see it) we might be forced to keep him around. Otherwise, he's probably gone after this season.

Sherrod, a total project. He might be our 3rd string LT this year and never see the field. He could also be, by far, the best long term LT we have on the team. A complete guessing game.

Bakhtiari, I like the steadiness and predictability of his college game. He could end up anywhere. I like his chances, but who the hell knows where he's going to play.

Tretter, who the hell knows. Ivy league project.

Van-Rotten/whoever else. Who knows.


This whole thing is a big cluster fuck. MM is making this move for RIGHT NOW. He's had it with our OL play. This is a drastic move. We have almost as many wild-cards on the OL as we have cards. Sitton is the only clear-cut starter beyond this year. After that, you just never really know who's where, who's what or who's who. TC is going to be a big hit this year. We're a SB team with 4 position changes on the OL from teh start of last year. Bizarre.

[Patler]

We're a SB team with 4 position changes on the OL from teh start of last year. Bizarre.

It will be changes at all 5 positions from the start of last year, won't?

Newhouse - Lang - Saturday - Sitton - Bulaga
Bulaga - Sitton - EDS - Lang - Whoever

[KYPack]

Most teams put their two slugger types at RG & RT. Sitton is our resident tough guy mauler type, he might even be a pretty good RT. Bulaga? He's a clumsy bugger that was playing like shit at RT before his injury. Bulaga move to LT? That's a big I dunno. Now you are gonna play your shaky T at LT? he's gonna face each team's premier pass rusher every game. Bulaga vs Peppers, fer instance, could get very ugly very early.

MM isn't just thinking outside the box, he's destroyed the box and is playing with the packing material, like a kid at Christmas.

I like it, but it's scary as shit.

[RashanGary]

It will be changes at all 5 positions from the start of last year, won't?

Newhouse - Lang - Saturday - Sitton - Bulaga
Bulaga - Sitton - EDS - Lang - Whoever

Oh yeah, even more bizarre. The whole thing just makes my head spin when I try to guess what's coming. You try to put a likely scenario together, but the only thing I can be sure of (and even this is barring injury) is that Sitton will be a good player for us. After that, who the hell knows anything.

[3irty1]

I don't see it as a cluster fuck, I see it as the Packers playing it as safe as possible and hedging their bets. They've effectively consolidated all the question marks on the line to one competition at right tackle with a super healthy competition. Its got to make you feel better about week 1 facing smith and smith but it could be the nail in the coffin for Sherrod. If I wasn't buying steak before I probably am now.

[Zool]

Oh yeah, even more bizarre. The whole thing just makes my head spin when I try to guess what's coming. You try to put a likely scenario together, but the only thing I can be sure of (and even this is barring injury) is that Sitton will be a good player for us. After that, who the hell knows anything.

Time to update the signature?

[pbmax]

Woof. Didn't see Sitton and Lang switching sides. Sitton on occasion misses a pass block like Colledge used to (less frequently though); lunges and the guy isn't there. Not sure that is better on the left side. Lang probably can make the switch. I can't see a team making a decision to be a left handed running running team so this has to be about:

1. Left tackle is getting an upgrade no matter what they need to do. This speaks mainly about Newhouse but also the level of trust in Sherrod right now. If they thought Newhouse could do it, they might ride out Sherrod coming back to backup/upgrade. This means strong doubts about both.

2. Barclay, Barclay, Barclay.

3. Its either EDS or Tretter at center. I can't see them moving Lang twice.

4. Could this be a trial? They have played musical chairs before, but that was always with younger players finding a spot. This seems different.

[Pugger]

Most teams put their two slugger types at RG & RT. Sitton is our resident tough guy mauler type, he might even be a pretty good RT. Bulaga? He's a clumsy bugger that was playing like shit at RT before his injury. Bulaga move to LT? That's a big I dunno. Now you are gonna play your shaky T at LT? he's gonna face each team's premier pass rusher every game. Bulaga vs Peppers, fer instance, could get very ugly very early.

MM isn't just thinking outside the box, he's destroyed the box and is playing with the packing material, like a kid at Christmas.

I like it, but it's scary as shit.

I think you are being rather severe towards Bulaga. He played like crap against the seahens but he's played well most of the time during his career. I'd rather have him there than another season watching Newhouse get beat like a drum at Aaron's blindside.