Comments on: Optimism for Pack from USAToday

By: DJ

DJ — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:04:10 +0000

My sense is the offense will be at least as good as last year. The big advantage they can give themselves is to settle on a starting line-up as soon as possible and stick with it. This will give Grant and others a boost.

I think the defense will struggle early and come on by mid-year at the latest. Seems we may not see as much of the 3-4 as some might think and as long as we stay healthly I don’t see the defense doing any worse than last year.

Here’s my kicker (no pun intended), I think special teams could be the real difference maker in 2009. Think about how many yards we spotted our opponents last year by absolute crummy punting. Crosby wasn’t himself and missed a few that could have been the difference maker. Mathematically speaking, I’m not sure that Bush can get more ST penalties than last year either!

On the downside for the Packers, I think there has been a very good upgrade of talent throughout the NFC North so it won’t be a walk in the park. I think it’s realistic to think we finish 10-6 but not comfortable we beat out MN for the division crown.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:27:28 +0000

Sure, he rushed for over 1200 yards (and I think that was good for 9th in the NFL) but he had only two rushes for over 20 yards (as opposed to something like nine, I believe, in half a season in 2007) and his yard per carry dropped down to 3.9. So, seems like the overall production was there, but he didn’t play up to my expectations. I think he’ll be closer to his 2007 form, rather than last year, come opening week. At least I hope he will.

By: verno329

verno329 — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:03:48 +0000

That seemed like a pretty solid review/preview of the team. I loved hearing abut the D going through training and schooling on the 3-4 so they can be as prepared as possible. Hopefully it pays big dividends.