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The Green Bay Packers – still looking for their two starting guards
Green Bay Packer guard players Marco Rivera and Mike Wahle left the town after the 2004 season. Since then, the team is already in search for their new guards. As of today, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy still don’t have any timetable on naming his starters for the year. Because of this, the team’s three remaining preseason games are critical. This problem already normal for the team, however, possible solutions are on the way, and one of these is about the third-year player Jason Spitz is though not yet clear where is likely to start.
The team is trying to figure out on who are their best five, according to the Packer’s quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and he is sure that they have already figured out three of them and is going to try to get the last two spots. Quarterback Rodgers is confident that filling the vacant spot is going to be good since, they have four or five people working for it. Starting mentions Chad Clifton and Mark Tauscher are the foundations of the team, and center Scott Wells seems to be firm, considering that his back injury won’t strike again. While they are considering their starting five on the offensive line makes their NFL success critical, their can be an upside to competition. If ever a starter injured in the middle of the season, all the rest of the line will have already played together with his replacement.
As a third-round pick out of Louisville in 2006, Spitz has already started 25 games in the last two regular seasons. He has been expected to start as a right guard, however, he spent time being on the center while Wells was injured and is now spending time working as a left guard in the teams present practice. Spitz is sure of starting, however even he himself don’t have any idea as to where he will start. Spitz is really hoping to be on the starting line-up, however he really can’t control as to who goes to where. All he can do is to play well in every game and is really doing his best.
On the other hand, another packer great player Colledge has started 15 games as a rookie having the first 12 games being on the left guard during the last season. However, later this year Colledge has been sent off to bench late in the year. During the playoffs, Colledge had his job back but was never sure about this year. Colledge also wanted to be one of the five guys in the starting line-up. However, he don’t know the reason why he is not one of them.

Barbe is another player is another player being on the list to start, and according to him he is confident enough of himself and the players as well. While Sitton, a rookie is one more name that we have heard being on the list. Being the fourth round pick out of Central Florida, Sitton is one of the biggest surprises.
Coach McCarthy wanted to keep SItton on the right side and Barbre on the left.

Kurt Warner wasn’t able to play in the first preseason game, and now that the quarterback is about to start the Arizona Cardinal’s second preseason matchup, coach Ken Whisenhunt was thinking of letting Warner to start in Kansas City over Matt Leinart a veteran quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals. Whisenhunt wanted to make sure that Kurt gets some time with the ones, without worrying of whether it is in the second quarter or even later, and the best thing to do in order to control that is to start Kurt in the game. However, coach Whisenhunt said that they haven’t decided yet how long their offensive lines is going, and so we do not have any idea yet of how the playing time will play out.
With this decision of Coach Ken Whisenhunt, Kurt is as expected pleased with the development after patiently sitting out the New Orleans game. Kurt fell fortunate about the coach’s decision, and he was informed from the very first day that it is a competition. Kurt felt the fair treatment of Coach Ken with reps in practice and with what had happened is why he felt fortunate. According to Kurt, he has been into other difficult situations already, and he believe and treat it as a competition, no matter if it is six plays, 10 plays, 20 plays, it doesn’t matter to him. Kurt’s possibility of starting seems impossible not until a few days when he was asked by the coaches to sit the Saint’s game to allow Leinart extended playing time. At present, Warner has given about equal first-team reps in practice with Leinart. Warner find it difficult for not playing in the opener, and it makes him feel more excited of his start. Warner said that he do not have any idea if they will go one and one. The only thing he is sure is that he is ready for his reps whenever they come, however they may come and how many they are.
Warner is happy to work with Coach Ken’s timetable and is not expecting to play a long time, and he is expecting for Leinart to work with the first unit offensive line. However, according to Leinart, Warner would be a starter when the quarterbacks had at least an idea. Leinart is expecting for Warner to do the same in the second preseason game as the first, wherein Warner completed 7-of-8 passes. Leinart is also sure that he will get a little more play time in Kansas City, and wanted to continuously get better.
According to Coach Ken Whisenhunt, he had thought both Warner and Leinhart looked sharp during their practice, and he had a feeling that the quarterback position will be one of the Card’s strongest camps. Aside from Warner and Leinhart, third-string candidates Brian St. Pierre and Anthony Morelli are also into Ken’s consideration. However in the end, it is the battle between Warner and Leinart who will grab the headlines.
Warner feels great with the situation and keeps on preparing for the season.