GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers' backup quarterbacks combined to complete just 15-of-29 passes for 98 yards with no touchdowns and one interception during Friday's 17-0 loss to the Arizona Cardinals in the preseason opener. That's a combined passer rating of 44.9. It's safe to say that nothing Graham Harrell, Vince Young and B.J. Coleman did in the game made coach Mike McCarthy feel much better about his backup quarterback situation.

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Graham Harrell will have to play better than he did Friday night if he's going to hold off Vince Young and B.J. Coleman for Green Bay's No. 2 quarterback job behind star Aaron Rodgers.

Harrell also will have to play better to avoid being booed, as he was by a portion of the Lambeau Field-record crowd of 73,738 during the Packers' 17-0 exhibition loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

"Oh, yeah," Harrell said. "You always hear those. But that's part of the game."

Harrell completed 12-of-19 passes for 76 yards with two sacks, an interception and a 49.5 rating against. He also lost a fumble on one of the sacks, by John Abraham, and was at fault on the other, by Tyrann Mathieu, when he missed the pre-snap protection adjustment and couldn't high-step away from the diving Mathieu on the 12-yard loss.

"Graham has to play better, and it's tough," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Saturday, after breaking down the Packers' first scoreless exhibition game since a 9-0, rain-shortened loss to Kansas City in the 2003 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game.

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Originally Posted by: wpr