Not only did the article mention Rodgers and Matthews, the rest of us probably assumed our current stars would have to keep up their high level of play. At least I did. I was looking for people I thought might have a chance to step up this year who may not yet be household names.Those 5 must play big? It is a team sport---- The Packers start with Rodgers----
Yeah, and they ended with Rodgers too, last year, the year before, and 2 years before.Those 5 must play big? It is a team sport---- The Packers start with Rodgers----
Yeah, and they ended with Rodgers too, last year, the year before, and 2 years before.
He can't do it all.
There are so many fans who think it's just about the QB, and that we always should win because we have Rodgers.
Earth to all my Aunts: Rodgers cannot do it all by himself. Never has been able to, never will be able to.
Negative, Ghost Rider.IT all starts and yes ends with Rodgers.
I pretty much agree with that article. If I had to add a sixth it would be Bulaga at LT. The article addressed Rodgers and Matthews.
The season is in trouble is Rodgers goes down - everyone forgets! TT needs to bring in an experienced backup. Has anyone heard any rumors on who may be available?
If your talking free agents no one who is better than we already have on the roster.
Williams now says he is back to 100 % from the shoulder injury.
That's not quite the way it's gone down.
In The Fan interview in March that created a minor stir, Williams had been quoted as saying, "It could be a year, it could be two years to come back. And it’s made progress, but it’s still coming. So it’s one of those deals to where my shoulder’s still getting better at this point. I’m still working on it and hopefully it comes all the way back this year.”
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...011-shoulder-injury-still-hasnt-fully-healed/
Now, in May, in response the The Fan interview fallout:
"It was a couple different questions they asked from past years," Williams said. "It really wasn't much. It kind of hit the media like it was something today. But it was from the past. So it really wasn't anything. It was from when the injury happened. It kind of hit like it was something new, like something else happened. I did the interview telling them exactly what happened and they made it seem like it was new."
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/208371061.html
I don't see The Fan interview making it sound at all like something "new". The point was Williams played in 2012 impaired by lingering nerve damage from the 2011 injury; the "news" was this fact had been suspected but not previously disclosed.
Dunne's blog post concludes with:
"It's better," Williams said. "Trust me. It's better than last year. But last year I was good. The structure was good. But when it comes to nerves, it's time. And there's nothing at all you can do about it. It's time. Time passes and it gets better, so I'm better."
I see "better"...I don't see 100%...which is essentially what he said in The Fan interview in the first place. And once again, like last season, one must wonder if this is a case of disclaiming or hiding or downplaying an impairment (1) for competitive reasons...wanting opponents to think, if at all possible, you're 100% even if you're not and (2) not wanting to make excuses in advance if all does not go as planned, an admirable intention if that's the case.
And lest we forget, injury recovery is largely an act of faith...you have to believe in it to make it happen...acknowledgment of the difficulties and setbacks only happen after the fact when they cannot be denied.
The proof will be in the putting, when tackle football begins.
We proved in 2010 that you can survive a lot of losses (IR) and still come out on top.
But there are guys more important than others.
We learned the hard way how important Nick Collins was, Cullen Jenkins was, Desmond Bishop was.
Finley proved not as important as feared. Woodson was very important, as evidenced in the Super Bowl game where the defense had a bottle on the Steelers for 29 minutes, but the 31 after his collar bone, it was totally different back there, as I saw in person and as the Big Ben passer rating before & after CW's departure showed.
On that note, let's see each of you rank the top 10 guys in terms of indispensible. If we lose guys, these are the key 10 I think we need, and some of course are obvious. Also remember we are down to 3 veteran WRs. If we lose 1 or even 2 of them, it could get to the point where it was for Favre when Freeman and Brooks went down, when you have to rely on stiffs like Billy Schroeder, Mark Ingram, Sonjay Beach, etc. So I think those 3 WR's are very important to the synch of this offense.
- Rodgers
- Matthews
- Cobb
- Burnett
- *Perry
- Raji
- Jordy
- Tramon
- Bulaga
- Sitton