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Brian Brohm is now a member of the Buffalo Bills. The Packers' second round draft choice in 2008 accepted a contract offer and decided to leave the Packers' practice squad. "The Packers had an open roster spot ... and attempted to retain Brohm by offering the same two-year deal as the Bills did," reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "But in the end, the Packers' second-round pick in 2008 thought it best to go to a team searching for a quarterback, not stay on one that has its long-term answer at the position in Aaron Rodgers." More than anything, it's tough to lose a second round draft choice from only a year ago and get nothing in return.

On the same day the Packers released Jake Allen, they also parted ways with wide receiver Jake Allen. "Don't look for the Packers to fill the opening this week," writes Tom Pelissero of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. "The word is the spot likely will stay open for a while, barring an injury issue. Also, Allen won't be back on the practice squad -- the Cleveland Browns claimed him off waivers." I'm not exactly sure why the Packers aren't filling the roster spot. They've got guys like Cyril Obiozor and Ronald Talley looking for a chance on their own practice squad. And as I wrote about last week, it's time for the Packers to poach a player off somebody else's practice squad. There's no reason they can't make such a move right now.

More than halfway through the season, the Packers have made tremendous gains stopping the run compared to a year ago. They're no. 4 in the league in both yards allowed and average yards per carry. "Last January, McCarthy fired defensive coordinator Bob Sanders because the 2008 Packers didn’t stop the run (No. 26 in the NFL in yards allowed and yards allowed per carry) or rush the passer (No. 25 in sacks percentage)," writes Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. It truly is amazing how far they've come in such a small span of time.

Players are returning to the practice field from injury right and left.
-->"The Green Bay Packers are about as healthy as they could hope to be at this point of the season and returned two starters to the practice field on Wednesday — outside linebacker Aaron Kampman and right tackle Mark Tauscher," writes Dougherty. The Packers are just about at full strength as they possibly could be at this point in the season.

Tight end Jermichael Finley is back as well. "Finley suffered the injury on the opening drive of the game against the Browns on a 16-yard reception, and had yet to participate fully in practice since then until Wednesday," writes Tom Fanning of the Packers official website. "Head Coach Mike McCarthy said Finley took his normal number of reps for a Wednesday practice." The Packers offense has missed the second year tight end. Hopefully he'll bring some game changing capability back to the Packers offense.

Greg Bedard of the Journal Sentinel argues that Aaron Rodgers may have "come of age" in the win over Dallas. "His statistics are gaudy," writes Bedard. "He's fourth in the National Football League with a 101.8 passer rating. Rodgers' 134.9 rating on third downs is far and away the best in the league. He has thrown 17 touchdowns against just five interceptions." Most impressive about Sunday's win was his 15 play, eighty yard, clock eating drive.

Chris Lempesis of Ol' Bag of Donuts notes an ulterior motive the Packers may have for returning Aaron Kampman to the starting lineup. "To maximize his trade value, Green Bay needs to get his numbers up," writes Lempesis. "The best way to do that is to use him sparingly. That will also help the defense in a potentially major way this season." It's generally assumed that Kampman will be gone next season whether it's free agency, or made the franchise player and subsequently traded.

Jersey Al of Packers Lounge notices a deficiency coming from the team's tight ends in the blocking department. "When you are playing a team with a pass rush like Cowboys have, that’s the right thing to do," writes Jersey Al. "While in many cases Lee and Havner were of help in protection, Lee was called for two holding penalties and Havner was slow to react on 2 plays, both resulting in sacks."

Aaron Nagler of CheeseheadTV praises Nick Barnett.

Holly has the Opposition Research up over at The Other 31.

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