Packers Sign OL Jared Veldheer

[Corbin]

I think that was worse years ago for a few reasons. And this team in particular will be better off for these reasons.

1. Free Agency.

Back in the 70's & 80's when i saw many good Rams teams shrivel up in Minnesota or Chicago, those teams had veteran players that often spent their entire career playing in LA. Nowadays the constant player movement prevents that. Woods played 4 yrs in Buffalo. Floyd was in Chicago the last 4 yrs. Whit played in Cincy for a decade, and so on.

2. Young Team

This is a young team so some of these kids were playing in the Big Ten or somewhere in the northeast very recently. Or are from cold weather cities. So as mentioned above its not loaded with guys playing SoCal for years.

3. Improved cold weather gear.

Nowadays the clothing that can be worn to keep you warm is so much better than yrs ago. My kid plays college baseball in NE PA. And even his gear keeps him warm on some pretty brutal early spring games where highs are in the upper 30's. So that is a huge factor, that along with better sideline heaters, heated benches etc..

Hell of a post and I can’t argue with either of your 3 points! Makes me feel a lot more comfortable our boys will be able to focus on mostly football come Saturday!

 

[Ramstien]

I bet Floyd is licking his chops!

 

[Mackeyser]

I'm glad Veldheer isn't playing.

I think that woulda been grossly unfair. Everyone has had to flex their roster building muscles this season and the idea that the playoffs should allow "roster restocking" even from guys who were on other playoff teams?

That's just BS.

I do hope that Veldheer didn't infect anyone else prior to the positive test, but I'm glad he's not playing.

I also hope that he recovers quickly as I don't wish bad things for anyone.

 

[Dodgersrf]

I am certainly not a football smart man....(at the very least)

.....but don't games become defensive games in poor weather?

I may be alone, but the worse weather the better here?

I just need to stay in my lane.........

I agree.
Poor weather may actually benefit us

 

[OldSchool]

Packers sign Veldheer as insurance for their OL vs the Rams?