ya know, to get the inside info on the packers.

that we are coming off a short week while the Pack is coming off a bye. As big as the game was last night we could have a game where we are not at our best and that would certainly work in your favor.

But I do have a question. How is Rodgers doing against a hard pass rush? Does he get happy feet if he gets hit a couple times?

The Titans don’t really blitz very often, relying on their defensive line to get pressure on the quarterback. This works best, of course, when the opponent’s offensive line isn’t very good (see Kansas City, week 7, when the Titans put not 1, but 2, QBs out for the year).

So, how is your O-Line at stopping the rush?

DZone: Rodgers is slippery. That being said, he has been sacked 13 times this year (7 games). But we can deconstruct those numbers. Dallas, Tampa and Atlanta have good pass-rushes and our O-Line was depleted at the time. Those games account for 10/13 of the sacks. Otherwise, we’ve given up 3 sacks in four games, with no sacks in two of those. Our O-line is finally healthy, and allowed no sacks last week against a good Indy pass rush. You did the same thing. Rodgers is doing OK, and getting better against the pass rush. As far as I know, he does not get happy feet.
  
Hartley: At the moment, they’re pretty good. This is due to improving health and skill We’ve got Clifton and Tauscher, (two above average tackles,) Spitz/Colledge/Sitton/Barbe/Moll rotating at Guard (a solid group of young guys who are fast improving, and Scott Wells at center. Wells is good, but recovering from a back injury. As a unit, and when healthy, they’re pretty good, but not as good as your line. I expect the Titans to get some sacks.

do you expect green bay to be good at vs. the titans? where do you expect problems?

I think the Titans are pretty talented, but I have no idea how good the Packers are even though I saw them lay the wood to Indy pretty convincingly. So they might be VERY good. If this game was at Lambeau I’d be actively concerned/waiting for the first loss of the season.

Question: Okay, so you said that the Packers are a mostly pass-first team. How do they play it? Is it a possession passing game, or strictly air-it-out, or a mix?

I honestly thought he was going to be a force coming out of college, and I know the Packers caught a lot of grief for drafting him. Is he worth a darn?

Does Peter King still know that the Packers are in Green Bay with Favre in New York?

Spoken as a orange bleeding, rocky top singing, season ticket holder.

DannoE #1: It’s mostly short hooks and slants. Green Bay receivers excel at getting yards after the catch, so Rodgers will throw it maybe 7 or 6 yards, and the Driver or Jennings will evade a defender and dive for the first down. That being said, Rodgers does air it out to Jennings 2 or 3 times a game and will have the occasional 15 or 20-yarder as well. You have to watch out for the deep bombs to Jennings, they usually work and go for 45 yards or more. There’s some real chemistry there. We also run a lot of RB/WR screens, (again, YAC)
DannoE # 2: Jordy Nelson, WR. Nick Collins, S. Tramon Williams, CB. This is, of course, ignoring Woodson/Harris/Hawk/Rodgers/Jennings, who you probably already know. Nelson has been a solid 3rd WR as a rookie, and has really nice hands. Collins a 4 INT’s already and is emerging as an elite safety. Tramon has filled in for Al Harris beautifully, he has 3 INT’s and has proven himself a good 2nd CB, to Woodson. With him, we have 3 well above average corners, which is great.
Gramsey # 1: Harrell has not played this year, yet. He is still recovering from injury. No one really knows how good he is, some are willing to throw him into the “bust” bin already, but not me. He has shown flashes of brilliance, and with Jolly (DT) being endicted on federal charges, we need him. He might play this week.
Gramsey # 2: Probably not.

I’m going to phrase it a specific way because I don’t want to make it a referendum on any particular player’s ability. I want to make it about running styles vs. the GB defense. So:

Who would present the bigger challenge to the GB defense: Willie Parker or Jerome Bettis?

My question: what can we expect from Ryan Grant? I know that he finally broke through with the stats in the Colts game, and he’s certainly had a few awesome Edwin Moses-style highlights so far this year, but it still seems that he’s off (certainly in comparison to the beast that he was down the stretch last year). Even in the Indy game, despite his bottom-line success, he only averaged 3.4 yards/rush. Is there still a lingering issue with his hamstring, is it just an issue of getting into a rhythm with the rest of the offense, or is there something larger looming out there? SUBQUESTION: What’s your prediction on how he’ll perform vs. the Titans? (Full disclosure: I have Ryan Grant on my fantasy team, and one of those questions may have had non-football-purist motives…)

should just give up on the WRs entirely for this game. honestly i’d love to see dinger send the wide outs on go patterns every pass play, just so the heisman stealer and harris will be cleared out for the te’s and rb’s to make all the catches. if our wide receivers can’t get separation on average defenses, gb will have them blanketed. might as well have woody and harris doing wind sprints. trying to throw to receivers who aren’t getting separation is a recipe for int’s and the stats show the only defense better than us at this are our opponents next week.

You guys are gonna have to run a ton if you want to win. I doubt you’ll get much against our Pass D.