The Green Bay Packers looked good in their last preseason performance, and Thursday’s game against the Titans means something only if you are Brian Brohm or Matt Flynn. So what you have seen the last three games is pretty much the best view of what this year’s team will be. Or is it?
While I think the preseason is indeed important, I think it is hard for people like myself to separate the individual performances from the team performance like coaches can. They can see a good play by a player on a play that gives up a touchdown and vice versa. Most of us just watch the marquee players and their challengers. I think the preseason is necessary, but three games is enough. Most teams play only scrubs the fourth game and with the exception of a few positions, the roster is pretty much set.
The problem is, we have not seen anything of running back Ryan Grant and very little, if anything, of players like Greg Jennings, Al Harris, Charles Woodson, A.J. Hawk, KGB and Ryan Pickett. The question is are the Packers being conservative or are the Packers facing a possible injury riddled season?
The one that worries me the most is Ryan Pickett. He is the heart and soul of that defensive line and without him they are not the same. At most he will only have one week of practice if he returns to practice in the next day or so. Not good.
Backup quarterback is also another major concern. Thursday might shed a little more light on that subject, but I am already on the record of saying neither of these two guys are worthy of backing up Aaron Rodgers. Daunte Culpepper is looking better and better every day.
More to come…