Looking Ahead to Cleveland - First Preseason Game on Saturday

by Brandon on Aug 10, 2009 8:00 AM CDT in Green Bay Packers News

Saturday's Family Night scrimmage was canceled due to bad weather and there was no practice on Sunday, so the Green Bay Packers are getting back to practice on Monday. Here's the upcoming practice schedule:

Monday	August 10	Afternoon Practice
Tuesday	August 11	Morning and Afternoon Practice
Wednesday	August 12	No Practice
Thursday	August 13	Morning and Afternoon Practice
Friday	August 14	No Public Practice

Then on Saturday the Cleveland Browns are playing at Lambeau in the first preseason game. Unlike the Packers, they managed to have their scrimmage over the weekend. I'm not sure what they are looking for this preseason; maybe just to see new head coach Eric Mangini in action. As for the Packers, I'm eager to see how the new 3-4 performs and if the offensive line can come together.

Also, maybe sometime this week DT B.J. Raji could manage to sign the contract that will make him a multi-millionaire and get into camp. Only five guys remain unsigned as I write this. I'm standing by my projection that he'll get 5 years, $30 million ($19 guaranteed) and his agent will have wasted the first part of training camp by keeping his client at home. You could try and speculate who he's waiting for, but it all comes down to 49ers WR Michael Crabtree who is looking for some sort of premium contract. There's no recent news about Crabs at Niners Nation, as I write this, but I did come across a pretty good fantasy forecast on their site about the Packers:

Aaron Rodgers was the 3rd most scoring fantasy QB, and Greg Jennings finished 4th amongst wide outs. Your draft board will include a few Packers, and drafting the combo of Rodgers and Jennings is one of the few times I'll recommend chasing two players on the same NFL team.

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I was hearing

last week that Crabtree is considering sitting out the season and re-entering the draft next year. Any truth?

The glass is more than half-full.

by NorthStarr on Aug 11, 2009 12:17 PM CDT reply actions

that was true

But the next day Crabtrees agent quickly denied it and said they were still working on a deal..

If Raji is waiting for Crabs to sign we may be in trouble. It seems even though Crab was selected 10th overall he wants top 5 money!

by bizzle4 on Aug 11, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions

I've long believed

That any time that you can manage to get a good QB and his top receiver, it’s worth chasing two guys on the same team, as whenever they hook up, it’s a double payoff.

The glass is more than half-full.

by NorthStarr on Aug 11, 2009 12:19 PM CDT reply actions

In my experience

Linking two relatively high picks into teammates like that can create an extremely erratic team. However, if either the QB or the WR is in the discount bin and you have them as a nice dark-horse pick… then I have found that it can be a wonderful strategy.

by NYCPac on Aug 11, 2009 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Although I put that quote up there

I’m not sure I agree with it. Obviously both Jennings and Rodgers are worthy high draft choices, but I was reading my Pro Football Almanac 2009 and it was talking about how in the red zone, Rodgers is more likely to spread the ball around. If linking Rodgers and Jennings was a good strategy, then couldn’t you say that about any great QB & WR tandem (Peyton and Wayne, Brady and Moss, Warner and Fitzgerald, etc.)?

by Brandon on Aug 12, 2009 12:32 AM CDT reply actions