Whoa now, I never expected him to handle one of the best DEs in the game. However, stating Bulaga was pretty good against Tuck is an inaccurate assessment in my opinion. Bulaga was bad at times. Rodgers made him look better. Rodgers made everyone look better.

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Why do you gotta put such high expectations on the kid? He's playing out of position and you gotta bust his knees?




I think Rodgers is doing what F**** did for our OL '07.

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You mean making it look like it is a real NFL OL when it isn't?

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Hmm, does Mike McCarthy have a little Rex Ryan in him? :)

Back to topic, Bulaga's competence vs. Tuck is a little deceptive since the Packers utilized such a quick/short passing game. Even if Tuck had an open shot, half the time he wouldn't get to Rodgers in time.

With that said, I still think he'll be decent at RT, or really good on the left side in time, just saying any conclusions drawn from his performance v. Tuck are misleading.

I'd like to see this kind of offense more often.

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I guess my point with this topic, is why settle for Bulaga at LT, when he adequately plays RT. Why not go find a better option. I'd really like to sign a veteran player at LG in Free Agency this year. Rodgers didn't get hit nearly as much this year, but our running game is really bad.

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I think it is hard to assess Bulaga's final position without answering some bigger picture question first.

1. Are we going to keep Campen as coach?

2. Are we sticking with the ZBS?


Until the answer is no to one of the two of these questions, I don't know how much the rest of the possibilities matter.

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Good point dyeah_gb. I don't know if what we're running is still considered the ZBS, some bastardized form, or what the hell it is. Either way, 1st priority is to boot that system to the door!

There was a good thread earlier that discussed the different types of ZBS. We were using an Alex Gibbs variant that Jagodzinski had learned in Atlanta under Gibbs. There are also Power ZBS, etc variants.

Reporting I've seen is that the only one who has had success with the Alex Gibbs variation is Alex Gibbs, and the guy who had experience with it for the Packers left after that first year.

Alex Gibbs has been bouncing around since Atl (Hou, Sea) without an incredible amount of success, and retiring from Sea this year in the middle of the season.

In any event, We hates it. Hates it, Forever!

I wouldn't be so sure we will see Bulaga moved to the left side. There was no question he was going to be a good OT in this league but there was discussion about whether or not he would make a really good LT.

If we need an improved and more consistant OL next year I don't know that moving Bulaga is the way to accomplish that. The ideal situation would be to let him stay where he is and make that position better because he will be better and figure out what else needs to be done.

I think we signed Clifton to two years but it's unrealistic he can go thru the season so we need someone probably young and solid there to back him up. If he doesn't get hurt early Clifton will be good for the first eight games or so before his knee's start giving out.

I really wouldn't be surprised to see Bulaga stay where he's at. I would rather have him playing a really solid RT than him playing a mediocre LT and somebody else playing a mediocre RT. I don't see where that would allow for improvement.

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