Green Bay Packers

new Green Bay Packers jerseys Quarterback Aaron Rodgers is ready for more pre-snap responsibility this 2010 NFL season, so believes Head Coach Mike McCarthy. McCarthy added "His understanding of the offense has really been intact now, in my opinion, this will be the fourth year, and we'll play to that more and challenge him with more things at the line, I think he is a very good 'at the line' player, whether it's two or three, possibly four-way play selection. I see more improvement, more opportunity for him to do that there, and that's part of our plan as we go into this season."

Recently Rodgers adamantly defended his work ethics, of sorts. As a guest on ESPN Milwaukee 540 AM, he criticized comments made by Tony Kornheiser and Ron Jaworski.

According to Green Bay Packers jerseys head coach Mike McCarthy, wide receiver James Jones filled in admirably for starting slot man Donald Driver (who is recovering from arthroscopic procedures to both knees, performed during the offseason) at the team's recent minicamp, and could be poised for a breakout season if pressed into full-time duty because of Driver's ailing knees. "Outstanding off-season," said McCarthy of Jones' progress during the last Packers minicamp. "If you go through the films, James Jones, just from a production standpoint, probably stands out as one of the top performers through the OTA's. He's gotten a lot of opportunities, particularly in the slot with Donald's absence, and I think he's done a very good job of that."

Fantasy Analysis:
Much is made of quarterback Aaron Rodgers' vast array of weapons in the Green Bay offense, but James Jones' pure athletic ability is rivaled on the Packer roster only by good friend (and starting flanker), Greg Jennings. Coming off his sixth straight 1,000-yard season (and seventh in eight years), incumbent slot man Donald Driver has been the model of consistency since breaking into the team's starting lineup in 2002. But Father Time catches up with everyone eventually, and the writing is on the wall in Wisconsin. Although Driver has recently said that he feels better than he has in years (after the dual knee scopes in January) and that he intends to play until he's 40, everyone feels great during preseason workouts, and the real measure of Driver's health won't come until the pads come on for real in September. Rodgers is notorious for spreading the rock around to his various options downfield, but with 34 pass attempts (on average) per game in 2009, there is also a lot of love to go around. If Driver finally begins to show his age this season, Jones appears ripe to step right in as Rodgers' No. 2 man (assuming, of course, that Jennings regains