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The Green Bay Packers have a lot of faith in Ryan Grant

Blogged under Positional Previews, Bloglockers, Front Page, General by admin on Friday 18 June 2010 at 1:22 pm

The Packers have a lot of faith that 27-year old Ryan Grant will have another good year because they don’t have much behind him.  Grant played in 16 games (all starts) for the Packers last season and he carried the ball 282 times for 1,253 yards (4.4 ypc) with 11 TD runs.  He also caught 25 passes for 197 yards (7.9 avg) last season as he turned in the best season of his career in 2009.  The Packers hope he can stay healthy all season long in 2010 and repeat or better his performance.  Grant has now played in 47 games (37 starts) in his three years with the Packers and he has carried the ball 782 times for 3,412 yards (4.4 ypc) with 23 TD runs.  He has also caught 73 passes for 458 yards (6.3 avg) with 1 TD grab in his career with the Pack.

24-year old Brandon Jackson will be Grant’s caddy in 2010.  He played in 12 games (0 starts) for the Packers last season and he carried the ball 37 times for 111 yards (3.0 ypc).  He also caught 21 passes for 187 yards (8.9 avg) with 1 TD grab in his career.  Jackson, like Grant, has played three years with the Packers.  He has appeared in 36 games (3 starts) for the Packers in his career and he has carried the ball 157 times for 626 yards (4.0 ypc) with 4 TD grabs.  Jackson has also caught 67 passes for 502 yards (7.5 avg) with 1 TD grab for the Pack.

James Starks was a 6th round pick out of Buffalo last April for the Packers.  I don’t see him getting much offensive action in 2010 unless Grant or Jackson get injured.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE PACKERS RBs in 2010:  B

The Green Bay Packers are very, very happy with Aaron Rodgers

Blogged under Positional Previews, Bloglockers, Front Page, General by admin on Tuesday 8 June 2010 at 2:39 pm

26-year old Aaron Rodgers must have learned a lot from learning under Brett Favre.  The most important thing he learned from Favre is to play with pain as he was getting beat up bad early last season but he kept getting up.  Rodgers played in all 16 games for the Packers last season and he completed 350 of 541 passes (64.7%) for 4,434 yards with 30 TD passes and 7 INTs (103.2 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 58 times for 316 yards (5.4 ypc) with 5 TD runs last season.  Rodgers has now played in 39 games in his career with the Packers and he has completed 726 of 1,136 passes (63.9%) for 8,801 yards with 59 TD passes and 21 INTs (97.2 QB Rating).  Rodgers also has carried the ball 125 times for 570 yards (4.6 ypc) with 9 TD runs in his career.  The Packers have a 17-15 (53.1%) record in the regular season with Rodgers under center but I think that’s going to continue to improve.  Rodgers has everything you want in a franchise QB and he is a more than fitting successor to Brett Favre.

24-year old Matt Flynn will be the #2 QB for the Packers who better keep praying every week for Rodgers’ health.  Flynn played in 15 games for the Packers last season and he completed 7 of 12 passes (58.3%) for 58 yards with 0 TD passes and 1 INT (36.1 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 5 times for -5 yards (-1.0 ypc) last season.  Flynn has now played in 22 games for the Packers and he has completed 9 of 17 passes (52.9%) for 64 yards with 0 TD passes and 1 INT (37.4 QB Rating).  Flynn has also carried the ball 9 times for -1 yard (-0.1 ypc) in his career but in his defense most of those were kneel downs.

Undrafted rookies Graham Harrell, Noah Shepard and Chris Pizzotti will battle it out for the #3 QB job for the Packers this training camp.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE PACKERS QBs in 2010:  A