Bye Week Coming At a Perfect Time for the Packers

By Mark Strotman
for NFLSportChannel.com

Published: October 9, 2009

... coming at a perfect time. The Packers will have week five of the NFL season off and will use that extra week to pick up the pieces to a very shaky start to the season. While bye weeks never really come at a bad time for any team, the Packers need it now more than ever.

For starters, the injury bug has hit the Packers in two of their most shallow positions on the field, offensive line and safety, and is becoming not only a weak spot on the field, but rather a liability. Entering the season, the Packers put rookie tackle Jamon Meredith on the practice squad, but he was picked up by the Bills in late September after Buffalo had injuries of their own on the offensive line when Brad Butler went down for the season.

The injury left the Packers with three roster players that were capable of playing left tackle in Chad Cliton, Daryn Colledge, and rookie T.J. Lang. When Clifton suffered a high ankle sprain in week two against the Bengals, Colledge had to move to left tack...

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Bye Week Coming At a Perfect Time for the Packers

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