Greg Bedard of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the Packers have "No excuses" and no one to blame but themselves if they don't make a deep playoff run in 2010. We here at Cheesehead TV could not agree more.
Packer Update feels Dom Capers needs to try and utilize Desmond Bishop more. Aaron feels Capers is using Bishop's talents as well as can be expected considering the linebackers limitations.
Most observers are expecting Daryn Colledge and Jason Spitz to battle for the starting left guard spot, but fifth round pick Marshall Newhouse could be a surprise contender for the job.
Two sources close to Packers safety Atari Bigby indicated before the draft that the veteran safety is thinking of holding out even after signing his RFA tender, possibly into training camp.
Packer fans are understandably nervous about Clay Matthews after reports that Brian Cushing, one of Matthews' close friends and teammates from USC, will be suspended four games for steroid use in 2009. Aaron agrees 100 percent with Greg Bedard's take on the subject.
Despite the usual offseason assurances from Coach McCarthy that the running game will improve, expect more of the same in 2010 - which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
The Packers like to preach "improve from within" when talking about the younger players on their roster. It's starting to look like that mantra extends to the coaching staff as well.
After the success of their new three-day format, the NFL is considering the possibility of having multiple host cities in the near future. Green Bay could be one of those cities.
Ted Thompson would do well to exert a little authority over Mike McCarthy and his coaching staff to ensure that Buluga isn't handled as poorly as T.J. Lang was last season.
Cheesehead TV is proud to present the final NFL Draft article from long time CHTV reader Chris Squire. In his final post in the series, Chris gives us his take on who he believes the Packers should take in the first round of tonight's draft.
In the latest edition of My Ugly Mug, Aaron answers the most often asked question of the last three months: Who does he think the Packers will take at #23?
With the NFL Draft only three days away, Packer fans everywhere have visions of new linebackers and defensive backs being added to the roster and making a not-inconsiderable difference right away, most hopefully in the area of pass defense, what with the much-publicized problems Dom Capers' unit had against "veteran quarterbacks" that spread the team out and threw all over the yard last year.
Some new players will help, it's true. But more importantly, Capers having a full offseaon to evaluate the talent on hand and match their talents to what he asks them to do will have just as much, if not more of an impact.
As indicated above, Packer fans can recite by rote the phrase that appears in almost every season recap of the 2009 Green Bay Packers - "they had trouble against teams with savvy veteran quarterbacks that spread the field". This is true of course, but going back and rewatching the season (as I am prone to do) something jumped out at me.
First of all, the problems to come were foreshadowed in the 49er game especially after Al Harris went down. And as far as I know, Alex Smith has never been confused with a "savvy veteran". Now, yes, it's hard to blame Capers for what guys like Jarrett Bush and Brandon Underwood do or don't do well when thrown into the middle of a game and where he is forced to gameplan on the fly knowing what he does about their capabilities. But watching that game again, I was reminded how Capers, at times, could really struggle to find a playcalling rhythm once Harris went out. And it may have affected his ability to recognize what the 49ers were doing.
