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So did you read the guy who said T.J. Lang and Allen Barbre have to stand at the entrance to Lambeau next week with the other turnstiles? hahahahahaha.... (not too fair... but kind of funny)
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Clifton, Tauscher could return to Pack's O-line
Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:47 PM CST
GREEN BAY (AP) - Fire up the DeLorean and cue the Huey Lewis music. The Green Bay Packers might be going back to the future to protect their ailing quarterback.
With sacks piling up at a record rate and quarterback Aaron Rodgers now hobbled by a pair of foot injuries, Packers coach Mike McCarthy strongly hinted Wednesday that recently re-signed veteran right tackle Mark Tauscher could start Sunday's game at Tampa Bay - his first action since a major knee injury last December.
Veteran left tackle Chad Clifton might be ready to return from a nagging ankle injury, too.
“No substitute for experience, and Mark Tauscher and Chad Clifton have a ton of it,” McCarthy said. “You see that just in the practice today, just some of the things that they do. Any time you add experience to your group, it's definitely a benefit.”
Clifton and Tauscher both were active last Sunday but did not play against Minnesota.
Rookie T.J. Lang started in Clifton's place at left tackle for the second straight game Sunday, and Allen Barbre made his seventh straight start at right tackle. Vikings defensive ends Jared Allen and Ray Edwards combined for five of the Vikings' six sacks on Sunday.
Clifton went into this season as the Packers' starting left tackle, but hasn't played a full game since the season opener because of a right ankle injury. Tauscher tore his left anterior cruciate ligament last December and was out of football until re-signing with the team last month.
The Packers have allowed a league-worst 31 sacks and are on pace to break the dubious franchise record of 62 sacks allowed in 1990.
To make matters worse, Rodgers is now nursing a sprain on his right foot and a sprained big toe on his left foot. He expects to play Sunday, and doesn't believe the injuries will make him a slower-moving target.
“Thankfully there's this little thing called adrenaline that kicked in last week,” Rodgers said. “So I'm hoping that kicks in early and won't be an issue.”
Rodgers said seeing Tauscher and Clifton working their way back to health is encouraging. Rodgers said he's particularly happy that Tauscher is back with the team, if only because it gives him somebody to exchange smart-aleck remarks with.
Although he's been dodging pass rushers all season, Rodgers has been careful not to criticize his line.
“We're all in this together,” Rodgers said. “I think as you've seen, nobody's pointing fingers at anybody. ... I know sometimes they would like to protect a little better and obviously I should have thrown a couple away, maybe.”
There were no maybes about it for McCarthy, who reiterated that Rodgers must continue to work on his internal “time clock” - getting a better feel for when it's time to get rid of the ball under pressure.
“That's the one area that has a red line under it, there's no question about it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy said Rodgers' ability to scramble out of trouble is a major asset, but the second-year starter still is learning when to extend a broken play and when to throw it away.
“You have to work through both scenarios,” McCarthy said. “Because if he wasn't as productive with his feet and he was taking those sacks, now I think you have a legitimate issue with your quarterback. We're talking about an athletic quarterback that makes a lot of plays with his feet.”
Rodgers acknowledged that he should have thrown the ball away on the first sack he took Sunday, a rollout to the left on third-and-5 at the Minnesota 16. Rodgers couldn't find an open receiver and was brought down by Edwards.
Packers quarterbacks coach Tom Clements said Rodgers needs to work on his reaction to pressure.
“It's a fine line,” Clements said. “You have to see when you have the opportunity to extend the play by using your feet, or when it's better just to throw the ball away or get it out of your hand quicker.”
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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2009, 07:51:56 PM » |
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TOM, quoting MM, " NO SUBSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENCE", AND THAT BOTH HAVE A TON OF IT, "" ANYTIME YOU ADD EXPERIENCE TO YOUR GROUP, IT'S DEFIANTLY A BENEFIT".. SO WHY DID WE LET MT GO?....is that not CONFLICTING to what they did to MT?...of course it is!....he knew he had NO ONE ELSE that could replace MT...yet, TT decided to let him go and not pay him......WHY?. and now, both are singing a different tune, don't you find that king of strange?...FIRETEDTHOMPSONOW.COM...........  he's only making our WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Packers look worse that they really are... once again, FIRETEDTHOMPSONOW.COM..........  |
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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2009, 08:43:54 PM » |
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No one in the entire NFL signed Tauscher to a contract. That says something, right? He was injured. No way do you re-sign an over 30 RT when he blew out his knee midseason. It isn't hypocrisy so much as they need to stick their finger in the hole and hope it stays there. Rodgers is getting killed out there, and Barbre isn't the answer. Tauscher can't (I hope) be worse.
Maybe Barbre can get a job in the UFL blocking 40 year old Simeon Rice.
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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2009, 01:05:32 AM » |
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Maggie, to quote padre, you lost all credibility with that one. MT hurt himself and EVERYONE knew he couldn't come back until now. No one is acting like tt found a gem, this was always a contingency plan. The Packer trainers worked with MT thru March I believe.
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2009, 03:56:05 PM » |
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your kidding me howavi, HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU FEEL "NOW IT THE TIME?"....oh, TT saiys so, I SEE, ,.....and about MY creditability. I'LL STAY WITH WHAT MY GUT FEELINGS SAYS.... ......i know darn well, he is no longer a gem!....and so does, TT, BUT HE WON'T ADMIT IT!....FIRETEDTHOMPSOMNOW.COM......... |
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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2009, 07:11:10 PM » |
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I just bought Ted Thompson stock this morning.. the price was rising.. but I am speculating...
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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2009, 08:42:40 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2009, 09:25:42 PM » |
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no Maggie, the DOCTORS say so.
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« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2009, 08:21:28 AM » |
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Maggie... I get a little confused about your arguement here. Should we havae brought him back or not?? You said we should never let him go in the first place then you say he's not gem but TT won't admit it. So tell us what you really think Maggie!!!
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« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2009, 11:16:50 AM » |
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lets see, i said Aaron rogers AGAIN would not win us a division title and might even have a hard time winning us 6 games again this year = MAGGIE'S RIGHT i DID stated that we should have keep him (MT)around and rehabilitated him "IMMEDIATELY" = MAGGIE'S RIGHT AGAIN! i also stated that instead of the fat nose tackle we picked up last years draft we should have picked up Percy Harvin or Micheal crabtree and both are doing a lot better that TT's pick! = MAGGIE AGAIN.. I ALSO SAID THAT tt 's STOCK WOULD HIT GROUND ZERO IF WE GET BEAT BY TAMPA BAY TODAY = magg...........sorry, pending... sorry tom... and last but not least, i SAID ALL ALONG THAT FAVRE WOULD MAKE MONKEYS OUT OF ANY TEAM TT PUT ON THE FIELD THIS YEAR= MAGGIE AGAIN WAS RIGHT ON THE HEAD!.. ..and the list goes on and on and on and on...............  |
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« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2009, 12:59:18 PM » |
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Maggie your crack pipe is steaming that room up so bad you can not even see your self in the mirror to watch your self pat yourself on the back. Sorry but you though Ragi was a great pick!!! Go back to your post and read (or have some one read it to you), your post. You have changed your story so much to try and make yourself look like "ALL KNOWING" that you don't even rember what you said. But at least you give us something to laugh about!!!
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« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2009, 03:45:10 PM » |
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« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2009, 03:46:12 PM » |
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.FINALLY BROKE YA HA?... .. and i never mentioned anything about , "ALL KNOWING".. as a matter of fact, i really don't know much at all, but unlike you and a few thousand other packer fans, i was smart enough "not" to get sucked into TT LINE OF CRAP!...PS. i don't believe i every said he was a "GREAT PICK" DID I? FIRETEDTHOMPSONEVENMORENOWTHANEVERBEFOREBECAUSEHESUCKSTHEBAG.COM.... .......and i really don't believe many packer fans are laughing about much now...do you? |
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« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2009, 04:36:06 PM » |
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After the game the Packers announcer(cannot remember name at the moment) continuously ripped MM and TT for their lack of coaching and TTs missed draft picks over the years....stating you can only build through the draft if you pick a large percentage of very good players and that he has not done so. Never heard him rip the Pack like he did today. He wants TT to take some bullets for being so frugile in the market and his over evaluation of the talent he has brought in.
He said the dumbest comment he has ever heard was MM saying "maybe he worked the guys too hard this week" for why they may have lost.
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