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

[bobblehead]

So let me see if I have this straight...

Lang is nasty; Sitton is a pro bowler; Bulaga is very good; and EDS is a major upgrade? We're only suspect in 1 spot? It was Newhouse who gave up 51 sacks and was responsible for all the negative runs?

Listening to you guys, we should have been averaging 140 yds/game on the ground, and given up no more 15-20 sacks - right? Rodgers standing tall in the pocket, reading War and Peace, ala Tom Brady??

That sound about right??

Well, I will partially respond. Newhouse was a bottom 5 starting LT and its the most important position on the line. Rodgers occasionally holds the ball too long. EDS didn't start til what week?? (although I don't think he is the future). Bulaga was hurt and the rookie is not developed as a pass blocker.

So, in effect, we had 3 weak spots on the line last year. If Bulaga is healthy we are down to 2, and if the kid developes we might be down to needing a center.

[smuggler]

Improving the running game will decrease the sacks. If adding Lacy/Franklin or focusing more on DuJuan Harris gets more production in the running game, then the line gets better in the passing game, even without personnel changes or improvement by said line.

[Pugger]

Improving the running game will decrease the sacks. If adding Lacy/Franklin or focusing more on DuJuan Harris gets more production in the running game, then the line gets better in the passing game, even without personnel changes or improvement by said line.

Yes.

[Fritz]

So let me see if I have this straight...

Lang is nasty; Sitton is a pro bowler; Bulaga is very good; and EDS is a major upgrade? We're only suspect in 1 spot? It was Newhouse who gave up 51 sacks and was responsible for all the negative runs?

Listening to you guys, we should have been averaging 140 yds/game on the ground, and given up no more 15-20 sacks - right? Rodgers standing tall in the pocket, reading War and Peace, ala Tom Brady??

That sound about right??

Yes. All those sacks Rodgers suffered are in fact the fault of Dom Capers.

[Zool]

And I go unanswered yet again.

[Fritz]

The answer to your question, Zool, is 1963.

[rbaloha1]

So let me see if I have this straight...

Lang is nasty; Sitton is a pro bowler; Bulaga is very good; and EDS is a major upgrade? We're only suspect in 1 spot? It was Newhouse who gave up 51 sacks and was responsible for all the negative runs?

Listening to you guys, we should have been averaging 140 yds/game on the ground, and given up no more 15-20 sacks - right? Rodgers standing tall in the pocket, reading War and Peace, ala Tom Brady??

That sound about right??

The line is not like the niners but serviceable.

Rodgers quick release helps the line but holding the ball too long sometimes makes the line appear poor.

Lacy will help the line appear to be good run blockers.

[Zool]

The answer to your question, Zool, is 1963.

I KNEW IT! Damned govt spies.

[Carolina_Packer]

I heard an interview with Bob Wylie on Sirius XM NFL Radio on "Moving the Chains" and he was talking about the COOL Clinic (Coaches of Offensive Lineman) being held this weekend. Sounds interesting. http://www.thecoolclinic.com/

He said he was very excited about one of the guys speaking there talking about leveraging techniques, but of course wasn't going to give all the info away on the air. The first thing I though was, I wonder if any NFL coaches attend the event (not as speakers but attendees).

If you go here on the web site: http://www.thecoolclinic.com/speakers.htm it lists the itinerary of speakers/events. The specific one I mentioned is this:

Saturday Scott Peters / NFL Offensive Line Veteran - Tip of the Spear Program - New Concepts in Football Leverage.

Did a quick search on Scott Peters and found this on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woSj0ISZeEE

[Fritz]

Tip of the spear?

You grab the end of a guy's wiener, and he'll stop in his tracks, for sure.

Good plan for the offensive line. I hope Campen is there, taking notes on this new technique.

[wist43]

Superbowl against a supposedly stout Raven D

Gore 19 for 110 and a 5.8 avg
Kapernick 7 for 62 for an 8.9 avg
James 3 for 10 for a 3.3 avg

As a team 29 carries for 182 and a 6.3 average.

Apparently the 49ers kicked the living hell out of a reportedly strong and stout Raven D. I asked this same question multiple times right after the SB but never got an answer.

How will you explain away what is supposedly a stout D that the Packers should be emulating with a D coordinator who is good?

BTW Kapernick was also 16/28 for 282 through the air.

And I go unanswered yet again.

Sorry Zool... not ducking you - I just had never touted the Raven defense much last year, so I don't have to defend it. I think the Ravens as an organization are much more committed to playing good defense than the Packers are though. I should think that much is obvious, no??

The Ravens defense has been in decline for a couple of years, especially as Ray Lewis slowed down. Defensively I thought they were hanging by a thread all year - but credit to them, they did put together a stretch run similar to ours a few years ago. Everybody got hot and they held on for a title.

That said, the Ravens are an organization that is committed to playing good defense, and they went out and restocked. They signed Chris Canty, Elvis Dumervil, and a few other defensive FA's; and they drafted Matt Elam, Arthur Brown, Brandon Williams, and John Simon. I like all those guys.

I do wish the Packers as an organization were as committed to playing good defense as the Ravens are. We're an offensive team though, that's our identity... defense takes a backseat.

[bobblehead]

Sorry Zool... not ducking you - I just had never touted the Raven defense much last year, so I don't have to defend it. I think the Ravens as an organization are much more committed to playing good defense than the Packers are though. I should think that much is obvious, no??

The Ravens defense has been in decline for a couple of years, especially as Ray Lewis slowed down. Defensively I thought they were hanging by a thread all year - but credit to them, they did put together a stretch run similar to ours a few years ago. Everybody got hot and they held on for a title.

That said, the Ravens are an organization that is committed to playing good defense, and they went out and restocked. They signed Chris Canty, Elvis Dumervil, and a few other defensive FA's; and they drafted Matt Elam, Arthur Brown, Brandon Williams, and John Simon. I like all those guys.

I do wish the Packers as an organization were as committed to playing good defense as the Ravens are. We're an offensive team though, that's our identity... defense takes a backseat.

Something really worth noting. SF fell behind early and fairly big. They still called 19 run plays to gore. If that had been GB in that game we would have abandon the run in the first Q and had a total of 10 runs max.

[Bretsky]

For what it's worth SF has one of the best OL's in the game and GB's is slightly above average if you are a homer and deficient if you are not

[Bretsky]

Saturday seemed to get worse as the year went on. EDS....he may be an upgrade but he's not average. Realistically if everything turns out well we can be average; that would be better than last year. Hopefully the improved RB's will make them look better and AROD's scrambling hides the weaknesses as well

[RashanGary]

The line is not like the niners but serviceable.

Rodgers quick release helps the line but holding the ball too long sometimes makes the line appear poor.

Lacy will help the line appear to be good run blockers.

Yep, yep, yep

And like said above, running the ball slows down the pass rush as well as changes the coverages AR will see.