Packer Notes: Stanton Over Rodgers, Power Rankings, and Al Harris Is Hurt

by Brandon on Dec 8, 2010 7:01 AM CST in Green Bay Packers News

Football Outsiders wasn't too impressed with QB Aaron Rodgers game against the 49ers, giving him the coveted No. 7 spot last week, right behind QB Drew Stanton. But the powers that be nominated him for FedEx Air player of the week. Go vote for him so he doesn't lose too badly to QB Tom Brady.

The 1929 blue jersey game has come and gone, but the Green Bay Packers are willing to sell off a piece of their freshly manufactured history. Game worn jerseys, helmets, and pants are available for sale at the Packers Pro Shop. Since I don't have $8,000 lying around to buy Aaron Rodgers's helmet, maybe I could just spend $800 on Josh Gordy's and pretend he wore it?

The Packers are at No. 4 in Football Outsiders rankings. But SB Nation has them ranked No. 7, and so does ESPN. And the experts are never wrong! Now if the Packers would only have a better win-loss record, so that they could actually get into the playoffs.

The end of the line? National Football Post reported that CB Al Harris was placed on injured reverse by the Dolphins. However, it's not his surgically reconstructed knee that's knocked him out. Instead it was an injured hamstring.

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It’s probably the same leg do. Having a bad knee puts a strain on your hamstring. A great career is probably over :(. Sad that it could not end it as a packer.

But atleast we have Shields and Williams

by joakim on Dec 8, 2010 7:24 AM CST reply actions

ESPN has the Bears below the Packers in the Power Rankings

Seems… odd, if you ask me.

by Danwood on Dec 8, 2010 8:37 AM CST reply actions

Eh.

Played them down to the wire in a close loss in Chicago, and haven’t had a chance to get them in our place. They have a better record…because for example they got to play the Panthers while we had to play the Falcons.

Any rankings should have us neck-and-neck, but whether one is ahead of the other I don’t think is particularly important.

by Archibaldcrane on Dec 8, 2010 11:32 AM CST up reply actions

Al Harris

Can’t say I am surprised. This is basically what I expected. I think TT had it right in letting him go. Otherwise we would have let someone else go to stick him in there and now we’d be short a guy again.

The Green Bay Packers...Putting bad coaches out of their misery since 2010

by TrevorR on Dec 8, 2010 9:12 AM CST reply actions

Yeah, it’s sad because Harris was great player/guy but it must have been obvious to Thompson that he didn’t have much left.

by packallday555 on Dec 8, 2010 9:56 AM CST up reply actions

Pretty upset to hear about Al

Its gonna be interesting to see if anybody will sign him next year

by Yankees10 on Dec 8, 2010 10:16 AM CST reply actions

The Packers will...

…and then he will retire.

by TheSwish on Dec 8, 2010 11:16 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

That would be a fitting ending to his very good career!

You've been Stroh'd™!!!

by Strohman on Dec 8, 2010 1:45 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Aha!

Glad I read this before i posted a reply on the first comment about Harris….I’m hoping for the exact same thing. Really wanted him and Kampman to do well this year…oh well…

by msc32887 on Dec 8, 2010 2:07 PM CST up reply actions

Sounds good to me

by Yankees10 on Dec 8, 2010 3:03 PM CST up reply actions

Football Outsiders

thinks we’re the fifth-likeliest team to win the Super Bowl anyway.

Rooting for a German Heritage Bowl (GB-PIT)…..

by schraderfan on Dec 8, 2010 11:00 AM CST reply actions

You mean, "The Uberbowl"

My brother and I have been talking about the Packers/Steelers Uberbowl forever.

"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Vince Lombardi

by AdamA on Dec 8, 2010 11:10 AM CST up reply actions

Best possible scenario

by StephanL on Dec 8, 2010 1:39 PM CST up reply actions

Wouldn't mind Ravens-Packers, either.

I’ve always loved tough defenses and offenses that are run-first.

Don’t get me going down that road quite yet! Lions first, at the least we have to hold our ground in the division with a win here if the Bears win.

by msc32887 on Dec 8, 2010 2:09 PM CST up reply actions

Packers-Chiefs would be really cool

Battle of the midwest, Super Bowl I rematch, Two of the best uniforms in football.

"Tragedy is what happens to me. Comedy is what happens to you." -Mel Brooks

by jobe on Dec 9, 2010 12:50 AM CST up reply actions

Didn't Al tear up his hamstring in that knee injury last year?

This link here says so And it’s what I remembered.

by Packers3485 on Dec 8, 2010 3:46 PM CST reply actions

Yeah

Among other things!!! He tore anything toward the outside of his knee. ACL, MCL, Lateral Hamstring, IT band… Everything! Was it the same knee he had surgery on?

You've been Stroh'd™!!!

by Strohman on Dec 8, 2010 3:57 PM CST up reply actions

wow those uniforms piss me off

the team is great but if they wear that crap again I hope the stadium gets hit by an earthquake and swallows them

otherwise Rodgers is really playing great this season, is there any chance he gets MVP or do you think the NFL is too in love with Dog Killer Vick

Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all

by Rickfansince76 on Dec 8, 2010 4:42 PM CST reply actions

Brady is going to win MVP

Vick will probably finish second.

Just for my own curiosity, do you refer to Ben Rothlisberger as “Sexual Assaulter Rothlisberger” or Donte Stallworth as “Person Killer Stallworth” or Braylon Edwards as “Drunk Driver Edwards”?

Towlieppan: "You wanna throw high?"

by GoGregGo on Dec 8, 2010 5:13 PM CST up reply actions