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Message: <blockquote data-quote="weeds" data-source="post: 458206" data-attributes="member: 39">I came away with neither positive or negative notions in NEITHER of these games. I used to do that to myself, but (for lack of a better term), outgrew doing that to myself. I ascribe to the notion that you play as you practice - and preseason is nothing more than "practice"...which brings me to my point in the form of a question. Perhaps someone can put some perspective on this for me because I've been unable to do so on my own. Ok, so here goes. Obviously, Rodgers is going to see limited action in preseason. The coaching staff knows what he can do so, they're going to use this time to gauge Harrell and Coleman in game situations, plus, Rodgers is NOT to be exposed to unnecessary abuse. Fair enough. So if the goal is to gauge Harrell's progress and/or skills and/or ability to step in and run this offense well enough to win if something does happen to Rodgers... Why on god's green earth does the coaching staff pull the entire starting unit (the O-line in particular) to see how Harrell reacts with live bullets flying? How can the coaching staff evaluate how this kid is going to perform in a 'fireman' situation - running Aaron Rodgers' offense if Aaron Rodgers' guy's are all planted on the planks? The rationale doesn't escape me. You don't want to expose your starters to injury -- sure, ok... I understand that, but if you're truly evaluating what this guy can and can't do ... shouldn't you be putting him behind the line that is going to be charged with protecting his @55? Putting him with the guys who are supposed to catch his throws? In my lowly opinion, sticking the guy behind the second team O-line against Cleveland's starting defense is an absolute effort in futility if your goal is to see how the guy will play if forced to take the reins of Rodgers' team. Don't get me wrong ... I'm certainly not an apologist for the performances I've seen thusfar ... it just seems to me that the results were all but predestined. I can't imagine a scenario where this kid could have produced any other result. One other observation. I'm thinking that the Packers should expand their QB camp concept to include a run blocking camp for all O-linemen. It was an absolute farce watching Alex Green run into the white wall that was the Cleveland defensive line. The Pack's lineman are coming off of the ball way-the-hell too high...they're coming off shoulder level, essentially 75-80% upright from their stance. This is an UGLY remnant of the supposedly phased out ZBS --- doesn't matter WHO they have in the backfield, Walter Payton would be getting stuffed. Campen should know better and should be inserting himself in McCarthy's ear - it's not that the Pack's o-line can't run block, it's more that they haven't been coached up to run block. The Pack have the right guys in place...their technique just sucks across the board.</blockquote>

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