Bulaga hurt?

[packers11]

Wasn't the chiefs offering LT Brandon Albert up for a 2nd rounder in the offseason??? I know T.T. never gives up his precious draft picks, but maybe a 3rd rounder and Alex Green? Wishful thinking?

[wist43]

Fuck it. I'm sold. Not watching this year at all. It will be an abject failure.

There are other things to do...

I like to picket at nuclear power plants - which has the added advantage of being able to make use of green face paint

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are always lurking nearby - always a good time with those fellas. Watching MS-NBC is always fun... let's see, what else is there to do??

[RashanGary]

back off the ledge, guys. this is brianna beluga going down, not aaron rodgers. Hes a good ol, thats it. We have 3 serviceable OTs still healthy.

[pbmax]

Fuck it. I'm sold. Not watching this year at all. It will be an abject failure.

I would stay away at least 2 years. Because changing the offensive line to power drive blockers is going to be pretty ugly for a while.

From Pete Dougherty of the GBlogPG:

that the team seems inclined to play Bakhtiari at left tackle and keep Marshall Newhouse at right tackle.

[pittstang5]

Wasn't the chiefs offering LT Brandon Albert up for a 2nd rounder in the offseason??? I know T.T. never gives up his precious draft picks, but maybe a 3rd rounder and Alex Green? Wishful thinking?

I know nothing about him, but I'm sure he's better than Newhouse or a rookie.

[red]

lifes not fair

[wist43]

http://www.seahawks.com/videos-photos/videos/Highlight-Seahawks-first-half-sacks/7645fbd8-6648-4482-8193-10db4a8a33c5

Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7, yes - 8 sacks in 1 half... that's some ugly stuff.

At least Rodgers survived

[Fritz]

http://www.seahawks.com/videos-photo...3-10db4a8a33c5

Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7, yes - 8 sacks in 1 half... that's some ugly stuff.

At least Rodgers survived

Well, okay, I'm still pissed that it happened, but the team has to get over it. No sense in their crying over it.

That they're willing to try Bahkteria at LT suggests they think they can or should at least try to do better than Newhouse - he can be their plan C. That it's Bahkteria and not Sherrod suggests that Sherrod will be PUP'd for the first six weeks and then they'll move him into the mix.

And you, Wist - I root for the Packers to win a SB more than I root for any other team in any other sport. I feel very passionate about this team, this organization. I want them to win for many, many reasons, but I confess that one of them is so you will stop moaning for a month or two.

[Joemailman]

Wasn't the chiefs offering LT Brandon Albert up for a 2nd rounder in the offseason??? I know T.T. never gives up his precious draft picks, but maybe a 3rd rounder and Alex Green? Wishful thinking?

Yes. It's wishful thinking. Albert signed his franchise tag offer of 9.8 million. TT won't trade a high draft pick for a high priced guy who's about to become a free agent.

[wist43]

Well, okay, I'm still pissed that it happened, but the team has to get over it. No sense in their crying over it.

That they're willing to try Bahkteria at LT suggests they think they can or should at least try to do better than Newhouse - he can be their plan C. That it's Bahkteria and not Sherrod suggests that Sherrod will be PUP'd for the first six weeks and then they'll move him into the mix.

And you, Wist - I root for the Packers to win a SB more than I root for any other team in any other sport. I feel very passionate about this team, this organization. I want them to win for many, many reasons, but I confess that one of them is so you will stop moaning for a month or two.

LOL, well, I'm with ya then...

[Harlan Huckleby]

Bahkteria's ascendancy has made me think of the last OT training camp sensation in Green Bay. A young guy got thrust into the starting job when Tauscher crapped out. So I googled jsonline for some comments from summer of 2009:
"Barbre is the best athlete on the offensive line and plays to the whistle." "Good drive blocker." "Consistent and very physical"
The first real game was at Chicago and Allen Barbre got smoked.

I'm just saying that you don't know a damn thing until real game conditions. When Newhouse looked bad last year, it was against awesome athletes bearing down on him for 60 minutes. That's a long time to hold up. You don't see anything like that in preseason. Bahktiari is a rookie who came out of college a year early. Starting him at LT, as some rumors are suggesting is the call, is a real leap of faith.

BTW, the big news is the Packers lost two #1 draft picks at OT. But they also lost the other #4 round OT, J.C. Tretter. And the predictions were that he would be more of a contributor than Bahktiari. TT has been snake bit - hey, maybe TT is the real china doll!

[pittstang5]

All this about Bulaga sucks, but what's the word on Ryan Taylor?

[Joemailman]

I'm just saying that you don't know a damn thing until real game conditions. When Newhouse looked bad last year, it was against awesome athletes bearing down on him for 60 minutes. That's a long time to hold up. You don't see anything like that in preseason. Bahktiari is a rookie who came out of college a year early. Starting him at LT, as some rumors are suggesting is the call, is a real leap of faith.

It's not that much of a gamble though, because if it looks like Bacteria isn't ready, they can always go back to Newhouse. I would have preferred Datko at LT because I think he's more of a natural LT than either Bacteria or Newhouse. Apparently he's not in the discussion, although there's a lot of training camp to go.

[Joemailman]

All this about Bulaga sucks, but what's the word on Ryan Taylor?

http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/common/...&post_id=27341

Ryan Taylor did not suffer a significant knee injury and the Green Bay Packers third-year tight end should be OK in a week or so, an NFL source said Sunday evening.

Taylor was injured during the annual Family Night Scrimmage at Lambeau Field when he was rolled up on while blocking on a punt.

Given his reaction after it happened – angrily throwing his helmet on the sideline – one might have thought that Taylor knew he’d sustained a serious knee injury. Taylor also left the field on a cart, riding in the passenger seat en route to the locker room.

But the source said Taylor should be OK in 7-10 days.

[pittstang5]

It's not that much of a gamble though, because if it looks like Bacteria isn't ready, they can always go back to Newhouse. I would have preferred Datko at LT because I think he's more of a natural LT than either Bacteria or Newhouse. Apparently he's not in the discussion, although there's a lot of training camp to go.

I'm in the Datko house as well. Here's my theory - Datko has not been having a good camp because he has been asked to play everywhere except LT. Why? Because we had Bulaga starting at LT and Newhouse was the backup. Let's face it, before the Bulaga injury, Newhouse was making this team either as the starting RT or top back up to both tackle positions. So, the Packers need interior guys, someone to play both guard positions and/or backup center. EDS can't do it like the two years prior cause he's starting at center. There's only some much room, and guys like EDS have made this team because he can come in and play 3 positions and be ok. That's probably what they were trying to do with Datko - get him to play all three interior positions. Doesn't sound like that is going well.

The Bulaga injury has now changed some things. What I'd like to see, provided TT doesn't bring anyone else in (we know he won't) and the staff is set on Newhouse staying at RT, is have Datko and Bacteria fight it out for the LT spot the next two weeks. Have Barclay focus on RT and RG and Van Roten focus on LG and Center.

Let's see how Datko and Bacteria hold up in practice and the first two pre-season games. If they both suck, you got Newhouse to go back to LT. I just can't see Bacteria starting. I have visions of Barbre all over again.