And apparently, the Green Bay Packers had some dirty clocks.

This was the kind of preseason game that you didn’t need to watch for more than a few minutes to know who was going to end up on top. Favre had just enough time to make in his pants before he was either hit or hurried into Favresque decisions and blunders, and our vaunted defensive secondary was handing out completed passes like Hare Krishnas giving out pamphlets at the airport.
Our offensive line needs all kinds of help. We need to hope that the next few series of mandatory roster cuts some coach temporarily loses his mind and cuts an underpaid, overachieving veteran interior lineman - the rookies in those roles may be solid in the future, but right now they’re looking more like Faith the Dog.

So instead of building on their big win at home against the Atlanta Falcons, they seemed to take a big step backward; The Bengals just seemed bigger, stronger, and hungrier than the guys defending them, and the 48-17 final score showed it. I didn’t stay up through the 41 minute rain delay to watch the final gasps of the fourth quarter. I had seen enough.

It’s all preseason, so I’m still not going to get worked up about W’s or L’s. But I am concerned about the level of play when it’s first stringers against first stringers.

Next week is the final preseason game, and the Packers will be facing the Tennessee Titans. Digging to find a storyline, I came up with this: we get to see what a third overall pick can do against a fifth overall pick.

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