Packers have run their share

Tom from New Braunfels, TX

I have a bit of experience with ACLs and surg/rehab. I’m quite worried that if 69 is not ready to even practice in these light minicamp activities out a year plus following S/R, despite the “we are being careful with him” lines, there is an ongoing issue.

A lot of folks are making assumptions regarding Bakhtiari. I’m not going to do that. If there’s something to know, we’ll eventually know it.

I enjoyed the Inbox’s Saturday response to each division’s best quartet of quarterbacks (prompted by a question about the AFC West amazing QB group). I agree with most of your picks, but you got to concede that the NFC East group of Staubach, Tarkenton, Jurgensen and Hart is the best. Three of those were no-brainer Hall of Famers. Can’t count out that the current AFC West group might match, if not exceed, that of the NFC East grouping.

The three HOFers definitely stand out, but as I mentioned in the initial response, it’s tough to make a definitive call on the best group because of where the various QBs were in their careers at the time. In the early ’70s, Staubach was barely getting started and Jurgensen was way past his prime. But it is interesting a trio of Canton-bound QBs were in the same division together.

Good morning Insiders. I know I am not the only one surprised and a little confused about the release of Kurt Benkert. He seemed to do everything asked of him, and he was well liked in the locker room. This league is truly brutal for the vast majority of extremely talented athletes. Any insight into why he was released, or what else could be done to keep that QB3 slot?

Folks are obsessing a bit too much over the QB3 position when there’s a four-time MVP and first-round pick ahead of him. Benkert came across as a genuine, likeable guy who made a decent impression last year, and I wish him the best in whatever the future holds. But I don’t know any specifics behind the decision. Perhaps they saw something in Danny Etling and would like to give…