Because if the Packer's don't go undefeated and win the Super Bowl every season, Ted Thompson sucks, Rodger's is just a system quarterback, and the Lion's are the true class of the NFC North.

You're Damn right!!@!@! Ted Thompson gave up 2 superbowl run years by trading away Brett Favre.

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O-lines just don't magically come together, a team can have the best individual talent at every position on th line, but if those player don't play together as one unit, that individual talent doesn't matter.

The Packers are replacing their C and LT, and from the reports I have seen posted, they are not going to be willing to resign their LG next year, wonder how that will effect things? (cue Zero's "College" post 😄 )

Jeff Saturday is a 12 year vet. How long can anyone expect him to last?
He goes down with an injury and The Packers have no viable backup with any experience.

Packers look to have no interest in resigning Ryan Grant, which means the oft-injured and sometimes unreliable James Starks will be #1, backed up by "full of potential" but coming back from injury Alex Green, with the very inexperienced Brandon Saine as their 3rd down back.

The only bright spot here is that the RB position is the one spot where a rookie or UFA can come out of nowhere and provide help.

Just trying to keep it real here.

In 2010 when the injury bug hit The Packers hard it seemed to be mostly on the defensive side, mainly LB. They were able to overcome those injuries mainly because the D-Line stayed pretty much in tack and the DB's played lights out in The Packers SB run. Even with all that,without the excellent play of the offense The Packers would have never made it to The SB.

Take away an O-line which hasn't had the chance to work together, add to the fact some of the teams The Packers have on their schedule are catching up to them talent wise and as I stated, I can see The Packers going 9-7.

I also said(which seems to be ignored)that if The Packers O-line stays healthy and ends up being The Best O-line in the NFL they will go 13-3 and play in another SB.

I don't even want to mention the fact that The Packers have no-one with any experience at the back-up QB position. Every great team needs a "good" backup at qb, Packers are really rolling the dice.

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Saturday is the only new lineman from last year... That's more continuity than most teams probably get from year to year.

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Buckeye, you seem to be looking at the negative side of a number of things for us to go 9-7. On the positive side, Saturday could just as likely be an upgrade. Newhouse(if Sherrod passes him that's even better), Lang and Bulaga should get better, they're still young. Sitton is proven. The injury bug changes any team, there will be injuries but it depends on who and for how long. I think we're set up to handle those as well as any team. The D should be better. I don't expect Perry and Worthy to be all pro, but I do expect them to be a quality upgrade. Hayward, McMillian Manning, and Daniels should add good depth. IMO 13-3 is just as, or even more, likely than 9-7.

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Agree with you 100%, just trying to fit in here.

Packers went 15-2 last year, and all I pretty much read from some on this forum was how they sucked at this position or that position.

At least I got those who are usually negative, post a couple of positive things about the O-line.

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You're words, not mine Dodd, I challenge you to find a negative post from me about Arron Rodgers or ted Thompson.

Letting Wells go as i have posted in an earlier thread is the first questionable move IMHO Ted has done in 3 years.

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Cullen Jenkins wasn't.

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That was an obvious sarcastic statement (or at least it should have been). A silly response to the dumb knee-jerk reactions many have to the methods of Ted Thompson.

Letting Scott Wells go huh? So, you think it's less questionable to overpay for a Center who wants to play for a different team?

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As long as the Packers are blessed to have players like Rodgers, Jennings, Matthews, and Woodson; everybody else needs to realize that those guys are the stars of the team and everybody else is expendable.

I don't know how anybody on this team has the balls to demand top dollar for their position when the reigning MVP and best player in the league is playing on a Walmart contract.

I hope Wells chokes on his money, cause he will never sniff the kind of team success he had in Green Bay.

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