GB/Buf Injury update and play

[taxman]

Kickoff: Sunday, 1:00 p.m. EDT, Total: 43
Green Bay received some bad news Tuesday afternoon when starting RB Ryan Grant was diagnosed with a torn ligament in his ankle and will likely miss the rest of the year. In the past three seasons, Grant rushed for 3,412 yards and 23 touchdowns. The Packers also lost starting DL Justin Harrell for the season due to a torn ACL. Harrell was a first-round draft pick in 2007 and plays multiple positions on the D-Line.
Brandon Jackson will replace Grant as the starter. Jackson, a fourth-year pro from Nebraska, did not have any double-digit-carry games last year. He had just 82 rushes combined in 2008 and 2009, but handled the workload nicely in Sunday’s win at Philadelphia when Jackson gained 63 yards on 18 carries and caught two passes for 12 yards.
Jackson’s job should be easier Sunday facing a Buffalo squad that allowed 156 rushing yards per game in 2009, ranking 30th out of the 32 teams in the league. These teams have only met once since 2002, a Buffalo 24-10 win in 2006.
FoxSheets expects Buffalo to bounce back from last week’s five-point defeat to Miami.
BUFFALO is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) after a loss by 6 or less points over the last 3 seasons. The average score was BUFFALO 30.0, OPPONENT 18.5 - (Rating = 0*).

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[Ch3fDan]

The loss of Harrell isn't really a big deal at all, we've played without him every year since we drafted him. I know it means more this year because we don't have Jolly, but I don't see that as a big deal. It sucks we lost Grant, but Jackson can step in and look good. The real issue here is our offensive line, but are ability to use a quick pass system can make up for it. I'm looking for the Pack to come out and look good and sharp against the Bills.

[ukbro00]

I really like the Bills here. I know their team is not that good, but that are scrappy and will not give up.

[Ch3fDan]

They are scrappy and won't give up, but the Packers are good and won't lose to the Bills, trust me.

[Allure]

They might not lose, agreed, but can they cover the pointspread?

[Ch3fDan]

I think it really depends on how McCarthy calls this game. The packers really have 2 modes, the annoying conservative mode that we often go into where we just run run run even if it doesn't work. And the full force aggressive mode. We generally start out aggressively and get stupidly conservative. If we jump out to an early lead it will be interesting to see if McCarthy juts sits on it, or tries to add to it.