They couldn't bring him in any earlier as he was under contract with the 49ers.

Originally Posted by: sschind 

So would I, heck I'd prefer to have Drew Brees as our backup but he is not available and neither is Flynn. At least not yet. Of course if you want Ted Thompson to give up the farm in a trade for a backup QB I suppose he would be more than happy to do that for you.

I would be willing to bet that Ted Thompson has been in contact with the Raiders regarding a possible trade for Flynn but its a two way street. You can't trade for a guy if the other team doesn't want to trade or if they want too much. Heck, I'm reasonably certain he has inquired to other team as well.

Am I happy with Wallace as our Backup? well, I'm not ecstatic about it but when you look at the other options available he is about as good as the come. Like I said, I'd be happier with Flynn but I am happier with Wallace than I would be with Young, Coleman or Harrell.

Originally Posted by: sschind 

Besides, fact is, if Aaron Rodgers goes down the season
is over anyway.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

First of all, I am NOT happier with Wallace as backup than Young or Coleman, probably not even Harrell.

The larger point, though, is like Cheesey says. And WHY is that? I think the elephant in the room here is that our great GM - who has produced a team that won a Super Bowl and has had such a great record the past few years - derives his greatness from one absolutely magnificent decision - taking advantage of the dumb luck of Aaron Rodgers falling to him at #21 of the first round. I love the Packers, the whole team, not just Aaron Rodgers, but I would suggest that performance the past few seasons show a severe level of mediocrity everywhere except Aaron Rodgers.

The O Line gives up way too many sacks and hurries, and hasn't been able to run block worth crap. And as bad as the first string has been, when the second team gets in there, it smacks of pathetic. Other teams simply aren't that bad, even teams with mediocre records.

The running backs until this season have been generally awful, despite having defenses loading up to stop Rodgers. Hopefully Lacy will change that, but with this line, I am not extremely confident.

The pass receivers have a reputation of being excellent, but who wouldn't with Aaron Rodgers throwing it to them? There too, I look at what other teams have, and ours look pretty average. What if Rodgers got to throw to what Romo gets to throw to? Or Dalton? Or several others. And how would our star receivers do with an average QB throwing to them?

And defense? I hope it's better - it couldn't be much worse than it has been the past couple of years. There's talk about new toughness and generating turnovers; I hope, but what I see without the rose-colored glasses is that anybody can run on us, and double team Clay Matthews, and there is basically no pass rush at all.

Arguably, we have had way more than our share of bad luck with injuries, and for sure, we have done well on the low end of the draft and UDFAs, but cover up the name Aaron Rodgers, and just what kind of a roster has Ted Thompson put together? Pretty damn mediocre if you ask me.

Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker 

Other than the flippant Drew Brees comment/paragraph I agree with your post 100%.

I'm sure Ted's talked to the Raiders (and other teams), scoured the available free agents, etc.

I'm also happier with Wallace than Young, Coleman, or Harrell. The timing--after OTAs & training camp--put Seneca in a position to fail if he has to come in to replace Aaron Rodgers during a game, no matter how good he is. He's unfamiliar with the terminology, etc and his chances to get reps just passed during training camp, family night, and the four preseason games.

edit: my comment on Flynn was in response to earlier posts that said the backup didn't matter, we were toast without AR. I was agreeing with posts that we weren't toast, we had a good team around Rodgers, and I felt comfortable with Flynn. I suspect you read this post outside of the context I meant, and you were probably relating to some of my earlier posts that were a little tongue-in-cheek... :-"

Originally Posted by: macbob