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T.J. Lang will apparently make a start on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. "Coach Mike McCarthy admitted Monday that there was discussion among the coaches of working Lang into the starting lineup so that both he and veteran Chad Clifton would be on the field at the same time," writes Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "Previously, Lang filled in for Clifton at left tackle, starting against Cleveland and Minnesota." The most logical place would be at left guard in place of Daryn Colledge.

The Packers have to do something along the line. That's apparent when even the players on the team are concerned for quarterback Aaron Rodgers' safety. “We should be worried about him. Because we’ve got a lot of games left, and no player – particularly your quarterback – should be taking the punishment that he is,” running back Ryan Grant told Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com. “I’m surprised he gets up sometimes. That’s on all of us. Everybody. We need to get it right.”

But on the other hand, Alex Weisse of Packers Mix tries to argue that the offensive line isn't terrible, they're average. "Being sacked is sometimes not as much a fault of the offensive line, but can be the fault of a quarterback," writes Weisse. "This is not to say that Aaron Rodgers should just air out some balls in order to avoid being sacked. However, giving praise to Aaron Rodgers for being the second-highest rated quarterback in the league should be muted by placing a few of the sacks on his shoulders. Perhaps another quarterback would be rated higher had he been willing to eat the ball at the expense of his offensive line’s rating." I'm not buying it, they're pretty bad.

Amid any calls for Ted Thompson's firing, Packers president Mark Murphy isn't going to do that at this juncture. "Whatever those changes are, they aren't going to be implemented by Murphy," writes Silverstein after an interview with Murphy. "The Packers' top executive said he is in regular contact with general manager Ted Thompson, but in no way wants to stick his nose into the football operation at the halfway point of the season."

Packers Hall of Famer LeRoy Butler gives Mike McCarthy some advice, which I think most fans would applaud. "The one thing that kind of bothers me is that McCarthy says, ‘We have to get this cleaned up, we have to take advantage of our opportunities,'" Butler told the Journal Sentinel. "What he should say is, 'I will fix this. If I have to play different combinations, different people, I will fix it.'"

Even Green Bay Packer Nation, who will be represented as our guest panelist during this evenings Packer Transplants, thinks McCarthy has to go. "I wish I could say we should give them one more year, but I think the writing is on the wall for Mike McCarthy," according to the article. "He's got a talented group of players around him that keep making the same mistakes and McCarthy has not been able to coach the mistakes out of them."

Linebacker Aaron Kampman might have suffered a concussion during Sunday's game. "Kampman said he suffered a blow to the left side of his head on the fourth play of the game, although he continued to play until the fourth quarter, when he finally was replaced by Brady Poppinga," writes Wilde. "Kampman said he’d taken one post-concussion test Monday before going to pick up his son at school."

"Packers tight end Jermichael Finley tested his injured knee again today and said he's '50-50' to play on Sunday against Dallas," reports Tom Pelissero of the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

Monty of Total Packers takes a look at special teams.

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