Live game blog: Green Bay at Washington
Join Tom Silverstein for lively analysis and discussion during the Packers-Washington game Sunday night.
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It helps. Trade that for Lang and Ryan, I guess. But you're talking about the best player on defense, so that matters a lot. And as badly as the tight end position has been, anything from Cook will be a bonus. But those two guys alone are not getting the Packers over the hump. Rodgers has to have a huge game.
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Every player is up for analysis, it's part of the game. There's certain things that are out of bounds and there are certain things that are borderline. A reporter has to make a decision whether the personal stuff a player doesn't want out there are affecting his game and whether it's news. It's not always crystal clear. But Rodgers benefits from a lot of positive coverage. He has to accept the negative stuff, too.
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It's not about how healthy they are, it's about what kind of football condition they're in. They're not going to be at their best tonight. They're not going to be as sudden as they'll in two weeks. They'll probably get tired faster. But as James Starks showed last week, they can still have an impact.
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I haven't even seen him since he got hurt, so I haven't had a chance to ask him how he's doing. I would guess it's a couple more weeks just because he hasn't even been rehabbing out at practice. When he comes back, I would expect Linsley would remain at center provided he's still playing well. They're just about equal and so when one gets the start, it's hard to unseat him.
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He's never behind me at Lambeau Field. Only on the road. He has a private box in Green Bay. On the road, most general managers sit in the press box. He has a complete poker face. He sometimes looks ashen when things aren't going well, but he's not very animated unlike Ron Wolf, who used to curse the officials all the time.
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I think you're viewing me with Journal Sentinel-colored glasses on. I've had some bad blogs and I'm the first to admit. But I go back, watch the tape and make my corrections. Then I have a cup of coffee and get ready for the next week. I soak my hands in Palmolive, wash off my keyboard and use the restroom regularly. Then it's go time.
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Mark Murphy would be in charge of it, but I don't know how he could do that evaluation by himself. He would have to have some advice from someone he trusts. Whether that's Russ Ball or Ed Policy or someone else, I don't know. Maybe it's Ted suggesting some changes. Or maybe it's not true at all. I'm not sure where the report came from.
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