Ryan Grant has been our primary ballcarrier for two and a half years, and then he becomes the subject of major criticism after a preseason game in which he carries the ball three times. Funny.

"Greg C." wrote:

I think people who hate Ryan Grant would be better off starting their very own Ryan Grant hate thread rather than bringing their agenda to the postgame thread, considering how little Grant actually played in the game.

haha what are you trying to one up me or something? Did I say anything about giving Grant a break on that fumble because it wasn't a rushing attepmt? You were trying to call me out on my comment about Grant not having a fumble last year rushing the ball and you failed. No need to start bringing up all that useless information about when it happened.

"Brandon494" wrote:

Well fair enough, I guess. Everyone has their own idea of fun. Some people have fun talking shit about players on their own team. That's not my idea of fun. I just like to talk about the game. Maybe I'm in the minority here. I don't think comments like "Grant: fuck you" and "Brandon Jackson: fuck you" are fun or funny or accomplish anything. But that's just my opinion.

"Greg C." wrote:

I'm laughing at the "it's just pre-season" mentality.

Last year, in a 'guess Rodgers numbers' thread, I used his pre-season stats and multiplied them to get in the vicinity of 400 pass attempts, and the numbers that resulted were actually a pretty close indicator of the output he had during the season.

Also, I recall an article last year about our defense, which expressed concern in the amount of yards per pass play it was giving up. That article noted that had our defense not been producing turnovers at an outstanding rate, we'd be facing a defence that could not stop much. Well, in the regular season... we produced a boatload of turnovers and struggled mightily (at times) with our pass defence.


Pre-season, while it is not the be all and end all, does give you a glimpse into the current state of affairs regarding "your" team.

One huge concern is the special teams. I mean we have McCarthy come out and say we will be better. We have extended periods dedicated to improving special teams. Heck, we have McCarthy himself getting involved with the Special Teams alongside Slocum.

And then they perform like that. If you aren't nervous after last night considering out ST history, you've got some calm to you.

The defense performance... is also concerning. I mean, Favre / Rothlesberger / Warner you could at least try to excuse are performances against them (two were vets who had "seen it all" in terms of defence, and the other basically practices against our defence because the Steelers ran something similar to it too). But Delhomme? I mean, did anyone even watch him a bit last year? He was like a human jugs machine throwing balls at defensive players. And he shreds our defense? :-? Not saying we need to panic, but it's hard to feel comfortable after having watched him do what he did.

"all_about_da_packers" wrote:

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Well fair enough, I guess. Everyone has their own idea of fun. Some people have fun talking shit about players on their own team. That's not my idea of fun. I just like to talk about the game. Maybe I'm in the minority here. I don't think comments like "Grant: fuck you" and "Brandon Jackson: fuck you" are fun or funny or accomplish anything. But that's just my opinion.

"Greg C." wrote:

haha what are you trying to one up me or something? Did I say anything about giving Grant a break on that fumble because it wasn't a rushing attepmt? You were trying to call me out on my comment about Grant not having a fumble last year rushing the ball and you failed. No need to start bringing up all that useless information about when it happened.

"Brandon494" wrote: