Happy Friday, ladies and gentlemen. Once again, there is no Packers football this weekend. Bye weeks are awesome, because the team is currently riddled with injuries and needed the rest. Bye weeks are also awful, because it's a Sunday in fall and I want my football. In today's links, we have stories on Bryan Bulaga, rookie defensive players, and stats.

Offensive line prepares for life without Bulaga | Green Bay Press-Gazette

I believe in EDS.

First-year defenders making impact early for Packers | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Future all-pro Casey Hayward, y'all.

Deeper Look into the Stats for Packers Offense in 2012 | Cheesehead TV

Some good stuff here on Rodgers' stats specifically. And speaking of...

Numbers show Rodgers hasn't slipped a bit | FOX Sports Wisconsin

Paul Imig contextualizes those numbers further.

Sorry, I wasn't able to read through the other SB Nation blogs to pick out stories today. We'll be back with the college schedule tomorrow and the regular Cheese Curds on Monday.