Does Baluga stay at RT when Tauscher returns?

Bulaga starts at RT tackle unless he is needed at LT, no question.

First round pick needs game experience, Tauscher is a nice insurance policy on Clifton in a round about way.

Amazing our Offensive line and Secondary look to be the strongest parts of the Packers as far as depth and starters.

Running back thin, defensive line Oh-my-god, OLB/ILB (no depth)

Capers still deserves some award this week, would have loved to have been there when he got the news Cullen Jenkins went down during warm ups.

Anybody guess what the first words out of his mouth were??

Negative Nagler,

I said this before and will say it again -- Eat some crow, man! After ripping Clifton a new one writing an article on how he MUST be replaced NOW, he has looked very good.

I dunno, maybe he read your article and got a little motivated, but instead of saying "the entire offensive line did an outstanding job..." I think you should say "I made the mistake of singling out Clifton and begged for him to be replace, that was a mistake, I'm an idiot. I own and operate an awesome Web site, but I'm an idiot!"

Negative Nagler did mention Clifton needs time to get his knees right, but he also said he felt McCarthy is just protecting a long-time veteran and “the right play for the Packers is for Bulaga to get the start on Monday night and, hopefully, never look back.” Meaning – even when Clifton gets healthy, keep Bulaga in.

I remember a certain someone, that would be me, sticking up for Clifton and saying don’t judge him just because of two games. I got eaten alive for my comments. Someone even told me to remove my head from my ass.

All I’m saying is give the guy some credit. Bulaga deserves a lot of credit, but Clifton should be up there if not just as praised. Hell, Chris Collinsworth even said Clifton has been playing GREAT the past couple of games, if that means anything. Haha.

Of course, it's also more than possible (even likely?) that the Vikings D-line just isn't that good anymore.
:)

Bulaga was an absolute stud on offense. Perhaps as impressive was Raji on the other side of the ball. 65 out of 68 snaps??? A man of that size??? That is simply stunning.

Haha davyjones, just having fun, relax! I'm just happy Clifton is doing well and making people second guess their comments from before.

And if my head was in my ass I wouldn't be able to see Clifton's monster game against Jared Allen, duh!!!

Lawdy Lawdy. How is saying someone should sit beacuse of poor performance/injury suddenly a bad thin for a blogger to say. Clifton was struggling earlier in the year. If Allen Babre was the back-up or even Breno, Nagler probally wouldnt have mentioned it. But we had a first round pick who by all accounts showed lots of promise. He also brought a skill set (run blocking) that Clifton in the advanced stages of his career, doesnt. Does that mean he was a "Negative Nagler"? How about when he has been preaching patience with Brandon Jackson while many others were ready to tar and feather. Also, while many others were lambasting Tramon Williams (many beacuse of only the Raven game last year), he has almost always been on record as saying the Pckers will be fine with Tramon.

Nagler obviously doesnt need me to defed him, but I believe your shots bring nothing to the table, nor are they very fair to the record.

Why was Driver playing on one leg? Nelson could have done a better job (That Night). And, Montgomery could have been activated while Donald healed. Put the best on the field please.

I really liked the game for both offensive tackles. But you got to put it into perspective. Neither Jared Allen nor Ray Edwards have a good year thus far (together 2.5 sacks, 32 tackles), so the main pressure comes from the interior DL or blitzing players this year.
Next week will show us if Bulage and Clifton are up for a real task, protecting against that Jets pass rush. If they manage this, they are set for the season barring injuries. I really hope they do well.

"A few times Daryn Colledge got off his double team block and got to a linebacker on the next level, enabling Jackson to pick up some great gains."

We need to make sure it is Scott Wells who gets the credit for this. If he does not block the tackle well Colledge never gets a chance to release.

I still don't get why, on a night with such great protection, our QB still struggled. Maybe he was just nervous, but I like to think he has enough experience now in his 6th year in the league that that shouldn't be an issue.

Prior to this game, I thought that maybe it was because after a smoking hot preseason when he didn't get sacked once, then coming into week 1 and seeing all kinds of pressure, it frazzled him a bit. I thought maybe he just hasn't been trusting his O-Line and it has caused him to go too fast and force throws and what not, leading to all the picks this year. I mean last year he threw 7 picks all year, and he's already thrown what, 9 now? I know he talked of wanting to take more calculated risks, but at what cost? The only game all season he hasn't thrown a pick in was the Bills game I think? Can't remember if he threw one in the Bears game.

Speaking of the Bears game, that was one of the few games he played well just about all game. The penalties really killed us in the game. Its not like he was mistake free though, the intentional grounding call comes to mind. And I can remember at least one or two throws in that game that SHOULD have been picked but the bears dropped them. Regardless, it was a really good game for the most part for him. But then he goes to being inconsistent again. This really gets to me because we know just how great this kid can be if he plays to his potential.

So I'm just wondering what we should attest this regression to? (maybe I should have posted this in the Rodgers has regressed article). Maybe on sunday, despite the protection, he was just extremely nervous because of what that game meant to the fans. I will defend Rodgers to the death. I still say he did enough to win sunday night, so that's still a solid win for him. Maybe after seeing how well his line played against the Vikes, and getting the W, it will get a monkey off his back. I'd like to think he will be more confident against the Jets because of this, and play to his abilities. But it still leaves me curious as to what exactly has been going on with him.

Sorry for the rant. I just hate seeing the kid struggle.

..didnt have time to read all the posts, this may have been said above...

Bulaga is NASTY in the run game. its about time we had a guy like that on the offensive line, ( I think the giants have 4 or 5 of these guys)some one who will finnnish a block. I was very engouraged by his run blocking. Did any one notice him grab the runner a few time right before they went down and move the pile(runner) forward an extra yard or 2?

sure hope Cliffy plays like that the rest of the year.. and stays healthy!