Comments on: Bryan Bulaga could move to left tackle for Packers

By: chuckyd317

chuckyd317 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:43:51 +0000

purplepunisher says: Feb 27, 2013 9:31 AM

Wait is that a Packer fan asking the Packers to sign a Viking cast off to improve their turnstyle offensive line?

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You forgot to say, the cast off who now has a Super Bowl Ring

By: deltaoracle

deltaoracle — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:58:27 +0000

Lots of good OTs in this draft. Won’t be surprised if the Pack grabs one in 1 or 2. Also won’t be surprised if Barclay starts at RT next year. Kid has things to learn, but he really gets after people.

By: Ponder This

Ponder This — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:04:26 +0000

Apparantly you can’t call Bulaga “T-Rex.”

By: vikescry1

vikescry1 — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:16:35 +0000

first of all who ever mentioned signing mckinnie??? please take your computer and throw it in the garbage. you should be banned from blogging. if bulaga’s healthy i’m ok with him at left and barclay at right. they still need more depth, and we don’t know how sherrod’s going to come back. draft and develope please, no retred’s. and they’re not signing long, if they did they wouldn’t have enough for cm3 and/or rodgers? so get rid of that thought right now.

By: hermey09

hermey09 — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:14:43 +0000

Go back and watch film on Newhouse……his blocking “scheme” is the same on every play…..stick his arms straight out, hope that his guy takes an outside rush, and try to ride the guy past Rodgers. If Rodgers wasn’t so mobile, he would have been sacked 51 times by Marshall’s guy this past season!

By: simpmcgee

simpmcgee — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:00:43 +0000

I’ve never thought Newhouse was terrible. Much more pressure came from the interior line than the tackles. Jeff Saturday was terrible.

By: hermey09

hermey09 — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:40:56 +0000

Having Turnstile…errrr, Marshall Newhouse out there is bad for A-Rod’s health (as well as, Sherrod’s)!

By: uwsptke

uwsptke — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:19:58 +0000

If they draft a lineman, or get active in free agency, it will be a guy who can play center. There isn’t the depth along the interior of the line like they have at tackle.

Their 2010 & 2011 1st rounders were LT (Bulaga & Sherrod), have a serviceable incumbent in Newhouse, and a very intriguing prospect in Andrew Datko who they got in the 7th round (was projected as an early draft pick before shoulder issues).

You can rail on Newhouse, but I was more sick of watching pressure come up the gut than i was seeing it come off the edge where Rodgers can roll out.

By: landof10000lakes

landof10000lakes — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:09:17 +0000

His arms are kind of short for that, aren’t they?

By: daringanttsux

daringanttsux — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:49:14 +0000

Watching Marshall Newhouse is bad for your health. He’s also the guy that let the Chiefs player go around him easily and cause the nasty broken leg of Sherrod. He’s just pathetic!

By: packhawk04

packhawk04 — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:36:59 +0000

I wouldnt have any problem with bulaga at left tackle and barclay at right tackle. But, they need serious depth, whether it be free agency or the draft. They cant go through another year of hoping newhouse can do something.

By: purplepunisher

purplepunisher — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:31:34 +0000

Wait is that a Packer fan asking the Packers to sign a Viking cast off to improve their turnstyle offensive line?

By: wolfmanpackfan

wolfmanpackfan — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:08:16 +0000

The Packers will do what is best for the team. Even if some of the sacks last year were on Rodgers holding the ball too long at times, 51 sacks is way too many – and that just shows how amazing and talented Rodgers is, to be able to put up great numbers while taking a beating. So yes – have an open tryout at LT with Bulaga, Newhouse, and Sherrod. Get the best one on the field, then find your RT. Draft a center or another tackle in the middle rounds. Rodgers still had plenty of weapons, now it’s time to get him some better protection. I doubt that Ted Thompson will change his philosophy to overpay someone else’s castoff free agent to come be Green Bay’s new LT.

By: peopletrains

peopletrains — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:07:01 +0000

Newhouse is an ansolute turnstile and Barclay played well enough at RT last season, they should give it a try. I think Datko could be a sleeper.

By: dkrause71

dkrause71 — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:56:13 +0000

Bulaga has short arms and isn’t that great at right tackle, not the upgrade would hope for at LT. Newhouse at least can pass block but he plays soft.

I think Barclay threw them a curveball. He ended up playing much better than they thought and he added a nasty streak to the position.

Drafting where the Pack tends to be makes it really hard to land a LT, normally its college LT that should be moved to RT or its guys not the ideal size. Bulaga, Newhouse, and Sherrod in the battle for LT probably will go in that order for now. Sherrod will need time. Bulaga would be the best rounded of the three, and Newhouse the best pass blocker.

By: tambrady

tambrady — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:51:11 +0000

There are so many above average left tackles available this offseason. Now is the time for Ted to use free agency to fill a position of need. GB continually drafts somewhere in the bottom of the first round where it is hard to find a solid left tackle. Most of the Packers playmakers are in their prime, so now is the time to strike.

Long, Clady, Beatty, Albert, Baker, Bushrod, Vollmer, and even McKinnie would be upgrades to Newhouse. Both Bulaga and Sherrod are coming off injuries and cannot be trusted.

By: lambeaugold12

lambeaugold12 — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:49:24 +0000

The fact that they’re letting their first round pick left tackle of two years ago compete for a starting job means they’re not leaving any stone unturned?