Green Bay Packers headed east to take on the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night. Aaron Rodgers expected to play for a quarter along with other starters on both side of the ball. Rodgers’ back pulled the ‘not so fast, my friends’ on him, and Green Bay wasn’t ready to take a risk. That makes sense to myself and anyone with half of a brain. Not surprising to anyone, Green Bay’s offense struggled against a very good Baltimore defense. Green Bay dropped their first preseason game

1. Tackling, tackling, tackling – Green Bay had issues again with tackling. This is the second straight game where tackling was an issue for the Green Bay Packers. Like runners in scoring position is always a problem for the Brewers, tackling appears to be an issue for the Packers. Now, Baltimore is more run-heavy than any other team in the National Football League. They need to be more aggressive without question, and this will be the number one worry for Packers fans. There’s a case to freak out but it’s still too early.

2. Curtis Bolton shows he belongs at middle linebacker: Last week, it was Ty Summers and this week, it is Curtis Bolton. Summers had a chance to have a solid follow-up to Game 1 and showed some real issues out there. But Curtis Bolton looked like an absolute machine. He was everywhere last night. It appears that Green Bay may have got a steal with him. It is clear to me that Bolton is the replacement starter for Oren Burks, and I think he’ll be the starter Week 1.

3. Shepherd and Lazard are making it tough on the Packers: Darrius Shepherd and Allen Lazard have both shown they belong on the 53-man roster. That could make things very interesting for Brian Gutekunst and Matt LaFleur. Shepherd has a better chance than Lazard. Trevor Davis having a stinger issue is helping Shepherd in a major way. He has a similar style to Davis. Lazard is an interesting prospect who keeps making plays in preseason. Packers cannot keep seven receivers likely, but if they did, I do not think anyone is complaining.

4. Tim Boyle is not a backup quarterback – I’m not on board with the Tim Boyle Laser Show. I apologize for that. Boyle isn’t that good. He is a fun preseason player, but he’s not a backup in the NFL. Boyle received extended minutes against better talent on Baltimore’s defense and he completely shit his pants. He is a good practice squad quarterback, but that’s it. People wanting Boyle over DeShone Kizer is likely due to people having too high expectations of Kizer. He isn’t good either, but I’m not sure if there’s a backup available for Green Bay.

5. Aaron Jones is needed on this team – Packers might be in trouble if Aaron Jones goes down in the regular season. Their running attack is not very good right now. Part of me thinks it is due to the offensive line learning a new running style. The other part of it is they have a rookie running back versus Jamaal Williams or Jones back there. I wonder if there would be actual concerns about the runnning game if either guy is playing in the first two games.

Charlie.