Opinions, observations and concerns.

- Aaron Rodgers was a focus of controversy last season, but there will be none this season.  Ted Thompson was apparently right in trading Favre and starting Rodgers, even though he did this with the grace and delicacy of a guerrilla.  Rodgers, in what effectively was a first year, showed poise, leadership and skill.  He is clearly the corner stone of this offense and will lead the Packers to 24+ points each game.  However, he has been injured in the past.  After watching this preseason I am not confident that Flynn can carry this team if Rodgers goes down in a blaze of glory.   I believe that the difference between 6-10 and 12-4 could very well be a healthy Rodgers.

- Jay Cutler is the rage down here in Chicago.  Only purple Favre jerseys are outselling midnight blue Cutler jerseys.  I am NOT a believer.  Cutler has had one good year, good not great.  His 25TD, 18 INT and a 86 QB rating with a good receiving corp does not prove to me, or anybody besides Bears fans and people paid to hype pro athletes, that he is a future Manning, Brady or Favre.  The Bears best receiver is Forte followed by Olsen and their wide outs do not impress anybody.  While Forte and Olsen do present tough mismatches and it will be hard to minimize their impact, I do not believe he will be able to stretch the field, that he will have great All Pro seasons,  or that he will be the golden ticket to a Bears Super Bowl.  Also, his big mouth and criticism of his teammates will fly as long as he performs, if he doesn’t perform, the Chicago media will rake him over the coals.   In my life time, I have not seen a Chicago QB mental survive the damage of a Chicago media bashing.  These beliefs combined with my natural hatred of all things midnight blue and orange will force me to refer to him as Cry-baby Cutler until proven otherwise.

- The 3-4 Green Bay Defense maybe the biggest question mark in the NFL right now.  If it isn’t, it still is to me.  From what I have seen of preseason, (which was only the Cardinals game due to Direct TV not broadcasting the games,) and everything I have read, it seems that what has been seen so far this season is positive.  There seems to be some question on who will start where in the linebacker corp and on the D-line.  Also, Bigby may lose his spot.  I am not sure what to think of this.  When he played well, he is great, but I just don’t know if he can do it anymore.  I have no worries at corner, I think both players still are good and their backups also looked good.  All and all I ask this.  Can they be any worse than last year?  Not likely.  Will the defense improve?  Very likely.

- Packers Wide Receivers are incredible.  Jennings, Driver, Jones, and Nelson?  I am a little sad to see Martin go but the talent is here. There is nothing else to say here.

- Jermichael Finley will be the real deal.  I am jumping on his bandwagon with reckless abandon

- Packers Running game, I am hopefull here.  It looks like the O-line is no longer nimble cut blockers but big power blockers now.  Hopefully this will help the packers pick up that 3 yards and a cloud of dust as opposed to a mixture of no gains and break away runs.  I am disappointed they kept Wynn and cut Sutton.  I think Sutton is very talented and Wynn is just too injury prone.

- Favre.  This will have to be its own post.

- Ted Thompson.  Also will have to be its own post.

Go Pack Go

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