Comments on: Packers’ Stars May Play Sunday

By: Rodgers, Matthews, Pickett Held Out, Shields Returns | Total Packers

Rodgers, Matthews, Pickett Held Out, Shields Returns | Total Packers — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:04:13 +0000

[...] Rodgers has a shot at playing against Miami this weekend if he passes a battery of tests to see if he’s fully recovered from the concussion he suffered against Washington. Matthews also has a shot at playing. His hamstring injury isn’t as severe as the one that kept him out four weeks during the preseason. [...]

By: MAD City Packer Fan

MAD City Packer Fan — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:58:47 +0000

*yard*

By: MAD City Packer Fan

MAD City Packer Fan — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:58:04 +0000

70 run might of sounded that horn. Just sayin

By: mike r

mike r — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:11:33 +0000

I couldn’t agree more about the running game. It should never help your team to lose a playmaker like Finley, but in this case it may force the stubborn MM to give the running game a shot. I am sick of hearing analysts say the Packers can’t run the ball. We don’t know if they can, we haven’t been trying.

By: Lumpy Gravy

Lumpy Gravy — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:47:52 +0000

Other than perhaps changing your phrasing from “suck it” to “suck it up,” I pretty much agree. Other than Atlanta the NFC is looking kind of flawed so far.

By: iltarion

iltarion — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:47:11 +0000

Actually, I thought Peprah played pretty well. His tackling was fine, and he did a good job on the TE and RBs, which was our weakness against D-troi. Yes, he got burned on two deep plays, but it was his first start. More than needing Peprah to play solid, we need Collins to start making some plays. Where is he? The Packers are undefeated right now if Collins just catches the INTs thrown to him.

Having Finley out could be a blessing for our offense. That might seem odd to say, but it seems like A-Rodge was relying on him too much on 3rd down. We were doing what we needed to do early on with getting Jennings and Jones involved. We seemed to get away from that. And, RUN THE FOOTBALL! With Crabtree out there, we have our best blocking TE in the game.
Tough call on whether A-Rodge should play, it isn’t like we can afford to lose many more games, but the Viking game is the more important game. Plus, getting Flynn some live action and relying more on the running game could be good moves in the long run.
Regardless, I’m sure if A-Rodge has any say in it, he will be playing.
Matthews could probably sit and we should be alright against the Dolphins. It did seem like Jones picked him game up a little bit once Matthews was out. Maybe if we expect more from him, he will give us more.
It all just depends on whether playing will endanger these guys for next week or not.

By: GBP31

GBP31 — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:07:31 +0000

The packers were talked about one of the deepest teams in the nfl so are depth is really going to need to show up in the next couple of weeks. Being at 3-2 isn’t ideal for the packers but there in the same boat as a lot of elite teams in the NFC so we need to suck it, lick our wounds and gut some gutsy wins in the next couple of weeks. Our play head to head against the Vikings and the Bears will determine our fate. Also i believe a later bye in week 10 will work in our favor as Brett Favre and the Vikings our going to have to play a lot of football for 12+ weeks in a row.