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marty -> RE: The Packers (5/13/2013 8:56:28 AM)
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The offseason was going great until the Packers got Eddie Lacy. I fear that he is a great signing. The Packers needed a good RB as much as the Vikes need a couple of good WRs. McCarthy has been speaking very highly of an undrafted RB, Angelo Pease.
Another disturbing element:
McCarthy followed through with a plan he contemplated since the end of last season. Pro Bowl right guard Josh Sitton and right tackle Bryan Bulaga were moved to the corresponding spots on the left side, T.J. Lang was bumped from left guard to right guard, and an open audition is on at right tackle, which will include displaced starting left tackle Marshall Newhouse.
"Frankly, we felt that Bryan Bulaga and Josh Sitton were our two most accomplished offensive linemen," McCarthy said. "And, just going back to old-school theory of how you build a structure of your offensive line, we wanted to put those two guys on the left side.
"We feel Bryan and Josh will be a solid, very good left side. Those two guys have a history (of playing on the same side) together - that was part of (the reason for the switch)."
This is probably a good move on their part, Newhouse was really a nice weakness at LT, he might be fine or even GOOD at RT. Let's hope this doesn't pan out for them.
Datone Jones is having an easy time picking up the Packers' system, it's essentially the same one he had in college, with a lot of the same terminology. He also has his locker next to Clay Matthew's:
QUOTE TO NOTE: "Matthews' locker is right next to mine. I'm going to talk to him a lot, pick his brain." - Defensive end Datone Jones, the team's first-round draft pick this year, on connecting from the outset with a veteran player such as defensive standout Clay Matthews.
Matthews IS quite knowledgeable, and he's learned a lot from Kevin Greene.
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