And will, in the process, have succeeded in landing the top-ranked FA OT of the offseason.

By conventional reasoning, it’s still early to expect Tauscher to be able to play.

is an updgrade on that right side, and Tauscher has been good in the past with tremendous experience…

But my concern is, the Packers line is in terrible shape and now Clifton is out for a while. Why aren’t they bringing him in?

Beisel and Colclough were released today as well

This leaves 2 open roster spots per my estimation…even with the Pope signing.

Crabtree is off the PS for another Tackle.

and

Cuts
The Chiefs released LB Monty Beisel and CB Ricardo Colclough on Tuesday. Beisel played in three games for the Chiefs in 2009. Colclough appeared in one contest and was inactive for two games for Kansas City this season. Kansas City also released TE Tom Crabtree from the practice squad.

But in fairness to Tauscher I haven’t read(and I checked regularily when we were looking for a RT before) that he had even been brought in to workout for the Packers so not sure that their lack of interest in him can make for an argument that theres still an issue with his health.

I could see them doing with him like they did with O’Callaghan…Sign him and let him 1.) Heal up and get in shape, 2.) Learn the offense and start when he is ready.

A systematic upgrade of the OL….hmmm, who would have seen this coming?

Sounds like they love him, but didn’t think he’d be ready to play this year

No matter the case, there’s been an awful lot of clamoring for the Packers to resign Mark Tauscher. Sadly, that just won’t happen.

Everyone loves the former Badger walk-on-turned-starter, who went from 7th round pick to Pro Bowl (replacement) in just a few years. I loved how he did interviews with Fox 6’s “Packer Blitz” pre- and post-game show. He was relaxed, personable, likable, and pretty good at his job, too. When he was released, a lot of people were sad about it, myself included.

But there’s a problem with simply bringing him back now. Mark Tauscher tore his ACL on December 7th, 2007. As if that date wasn’t infamous by itself, combine it with this nugget: ACL tears take anywhere between 6 and 8 months to fully recover (Exhibit A: Donovan McNabb, 2006-7). However, that doesn’t mean that Tauscher’s rehab resulted in full recovery by August 7th, 2009. At 32 years old and over 300 pounds, that target date gets pushed back to closer to 12-14 months.

Couple that with the fact that Tauscher didn’t get the chance to attend anyone’s offseason training programs? Out of 32 teams, the team that had the most interest was…Green Bay. If every single team in the league passes on a high-quality player because of health/age concerns, there must be a good reason. And it’s not like he’s suffering from Adam Jones Syndrome; Tauscher was the team’s Walter Peyton Payton Man of the Year and Ed Block Courage Award winner in 2008 (after suffering the knee injury).


Face it, guys. Mark Tauscher was a wonderful player, an even better person, and a major asset to the team. But he’s not ready to play yet, and he likely won’t play in 2009. After a year away from the game, will he have any gas left for a return in 2010? I’m skeptical, but anything is possible.

After that horrible game these moves are a nice pick-me-up. It’s just nice to see our coach and gm are making moves. It means they admit that we have problems and THAT is the first step to recovery!

They heared the collective sigh from the chiefs nation…and not a sigh of relief, a sigh of “welcometo the last three years sigh”

I’m so happy that when I logged on to AP Mobile while at this safety seminar for work that it was blown up with roster moves, trades and shake ups! Welcome to the new regime gentalmen!!

We bitch they act, not bye our bitching but because they need to. A breath of freash air. The previous crew was straight OFP “own Fu$&ing program”