The prevalent line of thinking is that defense is ahead of offense early in training camp. If that's the case, this must be the time when the offense catches up to the defense.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was nearly perfect in his first game action of the season, completing 11 of 12 passes for 159 yards with one touchdown and zero interceptions. He completed his first 1o passes without an incompletion.

Rodgers is following up a Pro Bowl season in 2009 in which threw for over 4,400 yards, had a passer rating of over 100.0 and had a 30 to 7 touchdown to interception ratio. If one preseason game is any indication, Rodgers is picking up right where he left off a season ago.

Thanks to a turnover and shoddy defense, the Packers fell behind 14-0 early in the game, but Rodgers was able to hit Greg Jennings on a 25-yard strike late in the first quarter to pull within 14-7.

The first team later tied it up on on a John Kuhn 2-yard touchdown run culminating a 72-yard drive directed by Rodgers highlighted by another long pass to Jennings, this time for 34-yards down the left sideline.

The Browns took the lead once more to go up 21-17, and Rodgers stayed in for one more series in second quarter but stalled before givig way to Matt Flynn.

Arizona redux: The first game of 2010 bore a resemblance to the last game of 2009 (season), at least in terms of the first-string players where the offense put up a bunch of points and the defense couldn't stop anything.

For a defense that was No.1 against the run last year and No. 2 overall, it was a disappointing performance.

In particular, the defense was exposed by quarterback Jake Delhomme's quick decision making to find open receivers. And most of those completions were away from Charles Woodson's side of the field, just like Arizona.

But it didn't end with Delhomme. The Browns were able to go up 14-0 in the first quarter when Seneca Wallace was able to scramble and find Brian Robiskie in back of the end zone after getting separation from safety Nick Collins. Collins had him covered until Robiskie changed directions once Wallace was flushed outside the pocket.

In the second quarter Wallace struck again, this time finding tight end Ben Watson down the seam beating inside linebacker A.J. Hawk in coverage.

Ball security: The first possession of the game was a disappointment for the Packer when Ryan Grant fumbled on the very first play. The Browns recovered deep in Packers territory and only had to drive 13 yards to go up 14-0.

Fumbling is out of character for Grant who had only one fumble the entire 2009 season, and that came following a reception. He went 282 carries without a single fumble, which helped the Packers give up the fewest amount of turnovers in the entire year.

Grant was named to the NFLPA and USA Football's All-Fundamentals team a season ago that noted praised his ability to hang onto the football.

Undrafted rookie Sam Shields didn't do himself any favors when he muffed both a kickoff and a punt return on Saturday evening as well. He was able to recover his botched kickoff, which only resulted in a touchback, but he wasn't as lucky on the punt.

Shields ran upfield to catch a short punt with traffic all around him. He failed to call for a fair catch, wasn't able to cradle the ball and gave possession immediately back to the Browns.

This continues a trend that dates back to offseason OTAs where Shields has struggled to hang onto the football on both punts and kickoffs.

Injury report: Grant left the game in the first quarter after a hit to the head and didn't return. Like all players who get struck on the head, the team will closely monitor his progress.

Tight end Tom Crabtree left the game to have X-rays on on his hand.