After a long, and some would say uneventful, preseason the
Packers are ready to get their 2013 regular season under way. No other team in
the NFL looked more unspectacularly good or bad in the preseason than the
Packers did. The Packers will begin week one with a trip back to San Francisco,
the site of last year’s postseason debacle.
How will the offense look for a full 60 minutes? We still
don’t know much about the Packers offense this season, because we haven’t seen
it yet. The first team offense played very little during the preseason, and
failed to score a touchdown. For some, the lack of scoring is the Packers
biggest concern coming out of training camp. In what little we saw of Eddie
Lacy, he looked good. I am interested in what he will look like over the course
of an entire game. Jermichael Finley was probably the first team offense’s best
player in training camp. I think he will have a good season. This game will
also be our first look at Jordy Nelson, and our first real look at Randall Cobb
as he evolves into a starter.
Have the defensive line issues really been fixed? Last
season, the Packers defensive line was a big issue. This year, coming out of
training camp, it appears to be a strength. Johnny Jolly’s return looks like a
movie script in the making. If he really is back, and to the form he used to
be, this has “Cinderella story” written all over it. Datone Jones looks good as
well.
Charles Woodson Moves On
How will the secondary play without Charles Woodson? We know
that the secondary played the second half of last season without the presence
of Charles Woodson. They still new he was going to play again. That’s not the
case this season. Woodson is gone, and he’s not coming back. Now it is time to
see how the secondary plays without the man who took care of business for half
a decade. We hope that the Packers come out on top, but something tells us that
they will lose by seven.
