Me too, but not by a "break out" margin. He should "carve out more room" by taking it from Quarless, but I'm hoping for a lot of snaps with neither of them on the field - just 3, 4, or 5 WRs.

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I'll take a new TE.

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Richard Rodgers = DJ Williams 2.0

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Definitely different players. Although I fully expected DJ Williams to develop into a solid player. The tools were there, they just never came together.

Rodgers did more as a rookie than Williams did in his career. But then again, RR also outplayed the great Jerkmike's rookie year by far.

He will triple Janis's stats easily.

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I think these quotes/snippets sum up our TE group on the whole and Richard Rodgers, specifically...

From JSOnline.com:

About 25 of the 32 teams would appear to have a better situation at tight end than Green Bay. You can't have everything, and with the tight end operating in a complementary capacity the Packers say the offense will function just fine. (Bob McGinn)

Now it's incumbent on (Richard) Rodgers to start playing big. His 13 "bad" runs was the second-highest total on the team.

"He'll get better and be more aggressive and physical at the point of attack than he was," another NFC scout said. "He's a good No. 2, but I don't think he'll ever be a No. 1."

--Couldn't agree more...Rodgers will only be a #1 TE by default.

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These things happen when injuries and/or suspensions occur. He will be just fine as long as the receivers stay healthy.

I wish we could get TWO decent tight ends. Like when we had Keith Jackson and Mark Chumura. They took a lot of pressure off the WR's and QB.

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