It’s amazing to me that the Packers are averaging 359.6 yards on offense this season with the way the offensive line has blocked this year.  Poor Aaron Rodgers has been sacked 25 times already this season and the Packers are only averaging 101.2 yards per game on the ground which shows how weak the O-Line has played.  The Packers better go with shorter passes the rest of the season or they better sign a better back up QB than Matt Flynn.

The Packers have signed 32-year old Ahman Green to back up Ryan Grant.  Green played in 8 games (1 start) for the Texans last season and he carried the ball 74 times for 294 yards (4.0 ypc) with 3 TD runs.  He also caught 11 passes for 32 yards (2.9 avg).  Green was once one of the best running backs in Packers’ history and they hope he still has something left in the gas tank.  Green played 7 years for the Packers appearing in 96 games (91 starts) in which he carried the ball 1,810 times for 8,162 yards (4.5 ypc) with 53 TD runs.  He also has caught 347 passes for 2,708 yards (7.8 avg) with 14 TD grabs with the Pack.  It will be exciting to see Ahman Green back where he belongs.

The Packers will be without running back DeShawn Wynn for at least a month due to a knee injury.  He has carried the ball 6 times for 19 yards (3.2 ypc) and he has caught 2 passes for 19 yards (9.5 avg) this season.  The Packers did not wait around to replace Wynn as they have signed Ahman Green to back up Ryan Grant.  That was needed because Brandon Jackson just isn’t cutting it for the Packers.  He has carried the ball 2 times for 6 yards (3.0 ypc) and he has caught 1 pass for 12 yards.  Jackson will remain the #3 RB for the Packers even with Wynn out of action.

UPDATE:  The Packers have placed DeShawn Wynn on the Injured Reserve List ending his season.

Jordy Nelson will likely miss the next couple of weeks due to a minor knee injury.  He has caught 7 passes for 104 yards (14.7 avg) with 1 TD grab.  Brett Swain will likely replace Nelson as the Packers’ #4 WR despite not catching any passes yet this season.  Look for the TEs and WR James Jones to pick up the slack in the passing game until Nelson is ready to return.  Nelson has also returned 7 kickoffs for 205 yards (29.3 avg) and 4 punts for 15 yards (3.8 avg) this season for the Packers.  CB Tramon Williams will likely replace Nelson in both roles until he is ready to return to action.  He has returned 1 punt for 45 yards this season. 

The Green Bay Packers (3-2) shut out the Detroit Lions (1-5) today and wide-receiver Donald Driver became the Packers’ franchise leader in career receptions, passing Sterling Sharpe’s 596 receptions.  Aaron Rodgers had a big game with two touchdowns and 358 passing yards on 29/37 attempts, but he lacked protection once again.  The Lions were able to sack Rodgers five times and forced him into an interception.  The Packers defense completely shut down the Lions offense though, so they got plenty of points from Rodgers and the Packers offense.

Daunte Culpepper started for the Lions today, since their starter Mathew Stafford sat out with a knee injury.  The Lions were also without their best offensive player in wide receiver Calvin Johnson.  Culpepper joined them on the sideline after injuring his hamstring in the 3rd quarter and Drew Stanton replaced him.  Both Culpepper and Stanton struggled with the Packers defense playing great.  They combined for only 71 yards on 11/25 attempts and 3 interceptions (2 from Stanton).  Rookie Clay Mathews had a great day for the Packers D, accounting for five tackles and two big sacks.  The Packers could have, and should have put up more points than they did.  They will need to do a better job getting touchdowns in the red-zone against other teams who are much better than the Lions.  They are on the road against the Cleveland Browns next week.