Is losing Clifton actually a good thing? I was getting sick of his false starts and his never practicing.
The dude was getting old and breaking down. Should we at least have had a viable backup? Sure. But maybe Colledge can fill in adequately. Losing Meredith means we really need to sign a guy. I mean what if Colledge goes down? He's already got a sprained foot.
Maybe this will force Ted Thompson to replace Clifton once and for all.
Also, Colledge is more of a natural T than a G. At least that's what we've been hearing all these years.

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I think losing anyone on our line is good.

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It could eventually turn out to be good for the team. As of today, with who we have on the roster, I can't see it as a good loss. Colledge has had many opportunities to beat out Clifton, and hasn't been able to. If we end up getting a decent player added that would be good, as long as they are not just a one year player.

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it's not like he died.

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Clifton began to decline last season, but he's still the best thing we've got going at LT, by a longshot. There used to be a lot of talk about Colledge being more of a left tackle than a guard, but that has died down in the last couple years, as he has settled into his guard position.

Clifton was going to be replaced very soon, but other needs took priority in the most recent draft, so we ended up with Meredith, who was a project, in the fifth round. For Thompson to be forced into replacing Clifton, especially in mid-season, would be a very, very bad thing. I hope his ankle gets better soon.

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I agree with you..... Colledge would of been a better OT than OG IMO until last season or last offseason as he finally changed things up to more OG than an OT. I'm not sure how'd he do now at OT. I think he would at least an offseason before becoming that good at it. Luckly the Packers have the Rams this week....... Colledge at LT against Allen with the vikings could be very bad to watch.

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Are you kidding me.. losing Chad is not a good thing until it is proven that we have a better option on the roster.. which has been proven to be false at this point.

Could have we upgraded the position this offseason.. possibly.. but we didn't.. so in the short term (seeing Chad is only signed through this year) I see no possible way to see it as a positive as of the moment.

Meredith getting snapped up just flat pisses me off.. the last two weeks have exposed some miscalculations on Ted's part.. he is human after all.

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I'd rather deal with a false start than seeing Aaron getting creamed.

Clifton doesn't give up that many sacks.

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Losing Clifton so Colledge can play LT?

No it's not good. As much as I think Clifton is done, Colledge is not a tackle in this league. He never was going to be. He doesn't have the strength, footwork, or build to play it.

If Clifton can at least be average. GB can get by with him.

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This Oline problem is not going away any time soon. We acted by drafting two oline men this year trying to build into the future. Today we lose Meredith... a fifth round pick completely pissed away...Sunday we lose Clifton for who knows how long. How this can be good for this team? If you think Clifton is bad wait until this week without him and your question will be answered. We are one more injury from a complete meltdown here....Ted better act quick on the oline problem because the finger in the dam isn't going to hold much longer.

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