2008 Outlook: Can the Packers be better than last year?

Donald Lee was a pleasant surprise last year and has a breakout season in our pass heavy offense. He's a very solid Tight End and should give A-Rod a nice mid-range option out of the backfield. He doesn't have great speed but he can stretch the field when asked to and he's hard to bring down after the ball is in his hands.

Tory Humphrey is definitely an intriguing player because he has big time athletic ability and should be able to make an impact as our #2 Tight End. You know the coaches think highly of him if they have kept him around this long. As long as Humphrey can stay healthy, he should provide another threat for Rodgers.

We knew going into the Draft that we needed to address the Tight End position and we did with Jermichael Finley. Finley is another one dimensional Tight End that is basically a Wide Receiver in a Tight End's body. As a former Basketball star, he's super athletic and will be a phenomenal Tight End. He's very young at 21 years old and he has big time potential, I feel like he can be one of the better Tight Ends to ever play for the Pack. The Packers possess enormous potential on Offense and the Packers have, in my opinion, the deepest set of playmakers in the NFL.

Defensive Line

The Packers Defensive Line is an unknown right now because KGB, Justin Harrell, Colin Cole, and Johnny Jolly are all injured. They should all be ready to go at some point during Training Camp but you can't help but worry a little bit about the availability of our guys.

I was disappointed that Cullen Jenkins only had 1.5 Sacks last year because I had high expectations for him in that area but he was still great in run support, which is why we put him in there instead of KGB. Jenkins battled through injuries for most of last season which is why I think he struggled at times getting to the QB and I think a healthy Jenkins will post 5-10 Sacks this year and be very solid across from Aaron Kampman.

Kampman and KGB should provide most of the pressure this year, I expect them to once again post a combined 20+ Sacks. I think the Packers need to add another body along the Defensive Line and I think that guy should be Jason Taylor.

Taylor said he wasn't really interested in playing for Green Bay but I think his former Defensive Line Coach Bob Sanders could convince him to come here, I think Mccarthy and Thompson could convince him as well. Taylor and Aaron Rodgers are both going to attend the American Century Championship Golf Tournament in July and I think Rodgers should try and talk him into coming here. The asking price may be a bit too high right now but I think an offer of a 3rd Round Draft Pick plus Junius Coston or Tony Moll could get it done.

If Justin Harrell can stay healthy this year he's going to have a huge impact on our Defense and he should really improve the Run Defense. Johnny Jolly was a very nice surprise for our Defense last year and showed a knack for knocking the ball down at the line of scrimmage, not to mention he was excellent at stuffing the run. We're going to need both Jolly and Harrell to not only get healthy but stay healthy this year because our depth at DT is not as great as it was last year with the loss of Corey Williams.

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