What AFL or CFL team wouldn't?

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I'm pretty much only worried about LT. The rest of the starting OL looks pretty good to me but I'm not sure Clifton will hold out and Sherrod doesn't look ready.

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I agree. If I had to pick a spot that I was worried about, it'd be LT. Or the mirror of that spot, DE. If Neal ends up getting hurt then we're going to Wynn, and if he gets hurt then we're running pretty thin on that spot, not to mention that we don't have a ROLB that has fully proven himself to be the starter in Walden, Zombo, you name it. I believe however that Ted Thompson has a plan in store for any contingency. That said, we're going to be just fine.

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I will continue to say the OL as Aaron Rodgers is our most precious asset. With our rich talent at WR/TE I would have been happy to sign and trade Jones or Jordy Nelson for a versatile lineman who would start at guard, but have the ability to back-up the tackle positions. Whether or not there would be a trade partner who is willing to trade O-line help for WR is another matter.

I guess I am sick of all the talk about how good Manning, Brady, and Brees are when they have had so much better protection than Rodgers. If Rodgers had the time to sit in the pocket like Brady he would challenge for single season stat records for yards and td passes in my opinion.

Do you actually think Flynn is actually that bad though? He looked pretty good on the road against the Pats last year. I know its a big drop but I don't think they are necessarily "finished".

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I do not think Matt Flynn is that bad, I just do not feel he is as good as some of us fans think he is. The system made Matt Flynn look pretty good. Those were very completable passes against a defense that hadn't seen much footage on his tendencies.

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It's hard to get a read on a QB in only 1-2 games. There's a huge difference between getting by 1-2 games and having to play every week. My guess is it would cost us a 2-3 games which would be the difference between 12-13 wins and 9-11 wins. In this vein I believe Newhouse could be respectable for 2 or 3 games if Cliffy got dinged. More than that it's hard to say. He could get better with reps or he could have weaknesses exposed.

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The ones that actually plan on paying off all their bills...
They can't afford an NFL roster prices...
Of course that wouldn't stop the UFL...

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I think it is quite evident on paper, IMO, that the offensive line is the weakest overall.

Five starters and Newhouse have my confidence.. beyond that, throw a blanket over them and hope until one steps up.

I still cringe over keeping just 8 or not bolstering it somehow through trade.

IMO.. just as last season, Flynn can be put into a position to give the team a shot to win via play calling and the talent around him.

Have Clifton go down and most of the game planning is in peril if Newhouse or Sherrod can't step in.. and tackle is the deepest spot on this roster within the offensive line.. have a injury or two inside and we really are swimming.

The DL.. having three big bodies than can play up and down the line helps a ton.. that and Dom and his unique play calling strategies combined with depth at linebacker lessens the critical nature if we have an injury or two.

We just don't have much flexibility upon the line.

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(can't comment on this thread due to one game left on my self-imposed moratorium on a certain topic)

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