It will be a real challenge for defences

Will Jordan Love play in his last pre-season game this week?

According to Matt Lafleur, you are the best Get those ’10’ shirts out. And leave Spofford 88 at home. Good morning!

Gentlemen, pre-season or not, vanilla defense or not, I’m still a fan of this young attack after two games. I’m going to judge the defense yet, you know, who cheated on me once from training camp last year. As always I am very impressed with Brian Guttekonst & Co. providing this team with the football players.

Regardless of the schemes, the goal is still to push the attack down the field in pre-season. Jordan Love and Sean Clifford have both done it. The Packers didn’t play the last 10 minutes of a New England game (which is true) but still finished third in most yards (388.5 per game) during the first two weeks of pre-season.

For me, Clifford’s immediate value is managing the attack in a way that enables better assessment and improvement of young players in attack rather than putting him in the expected list. I think he made himself useful. Please comment.

definitely. The longer the attack stays on the field, the more opportunities young players have to prove themselves. While Clifford may take some risks in football, he has given Grant DuBose, Malik Heath, Cody Crist and all these young receivers a chance to showcase their talents. This is much better than going three times and sitting next to a Gatorade cooler for the next 10 minutes. This is also the kind of QB teams can win if pressed to action. Shoot, that’s how Gardner Mincio became a household name in the NFL.

What do we know now about our two rising ends that we didn’t know before camp started?

There’s more to Luke Musgrave than size and speed, and the Packers plan to take advantage of all of that this season based on how he uses it at Nitschke Field. I’ve seen a lot of good from Tuckercraft. He’s a gritty kid who loves football, but Musgrave has lived up to his billing as the Packers’ highest-paid tight end in 23 years. It will be a real challenge for defences.

Carrington Valentine often seemed to “get in the way” of a receiver when he got in his way. What is the amount that the Defenders are entitled to receive for their estates when a connection occurs between the WR and the Central Bank?

You can jam and hit the receiver within the first five yards (without catching it) and then you should play corner kicks. Valentin is entitled to his space on the field as well, but he cannot physically block a passing player. Too much contact and referees pulling tissues.

Doug from McMinnville, OR

Bonjour 2, did the teams that went to Lambeau Field for joint training say anything about the training facilities there compared to their homes or other places they’ve been? I’m sure Lambeau Field is top notch! JPG!

I don’t recall any of the coaches ever comparing their facilities to the Packers’, but Bill Belichick was highly praised for the organization last week. Since I was in the NFL, I tend to agree. The Packers have a very good setup here in Green Bay.

Insiders, I was lucky to be at the Patriots game. A few notes. First, the eye test tells me the Packers won no matter the score. Second, I’ve never seen a 52-yard field goal go more wide than Anders Carlsson did. That’s a lot of leg!

This is why teams practice patience. Many NFL teams are dealing with kicker uncertainty right now, and some are relying on former UFAs and XFLers to keep those jobs. The Packers know what they have in Carlson. They just need to give the newbie time and allow him to grow. If fans need proof of that, look no further than Anders’ older brother.

Watching Sean Clifford reminded me a lot of Don Majkowski in the summer of 1987, but it feels more polished and deliberate. It got me thinking about the youngsters being recruited, not that it would ever happen, if I felt there should be a salary cap formula that reduces the impact of a drafted player’s future contracts, so that teams are rewarded for developing talent?

Not really besides this little suggestion: Performance-based escalators should not count toward the salary cap. A third-day pick, like Jon Runyan, must get every penny earned if he or she meets the minimum playing time. However, I do not think that this increase should lead to an increase in the maximum number of his shares. All it does is reduce the available funds the team can use to sign or extend players. If a team develops a player of prime caliber from Day 3, I believe the NFL should give the player a raise without it affecting his cap number. We’re already doing this with individuals who play on the minimum veteran salary.

morning! Can you compare Malik Heath’s performance in this pre-season (training and matches) to that of Jake Comero? Kumerow was a star in the preseason who never made it to #53 and never made an impact on another team. Is Heath different?

With all due respect to Comero, you are talking about two completely different levels of athletes. Comero may have mastered his responsibilities as a receiver and special team, but the former UW-Whitewater star was also in Cincinnati for three years before arriving at Green Bay. Malik Heath was a four-star recruit and former high school player ranked No. 1 in the state of Mississippi by ESPN. He just turned 23 in March.