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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrankRizzo" data-source="post: 500552" data-attributes="member: 2232">Right, if Rodgers does down ala Tom Brady in 2008, forget about a Super Bowl.Same, IMO, with Clay Matthews.... well unless Nick Perry blossoms into a superstar, as I believe he is capable of. That 2010 defense wasn't "great", but it was good, and it had Nick Collins at the back end, who I think was as good a safety IN THE NFL period, and entering his prime.And it had Cullen Jenkins on the front line, a rare DL who would get to the QB if single-blocked, so he commanded 2 guys almost every play... he is what helped open things up for the MLB blitz, for Howard Green to get to Big Ben, for BJ Raji to emerge. We tried to replace him with Neal 2 years ago, and with Worthy last year. Now we added Datone Jones, who has that skillset. And so does Neal, who we would love to stay healthy for a whole year. I am not a TT lover, but I do believe in these guys he has assembled. But we need some good fortune with the injuries to balance out the BS bad fortune from last year. All that aside, we need some guys to step up, and I believe those 5 mentioned in the article are 5 keys who can and will.</blockquote>

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