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Thursday night’s pre-season game will go a long way in deciding who will start the season as the Packers number two quarterback. Brian Brohm (a second round pick) entered training camp as the primary back-up. A few, but not many, even thought that Brohm had a chance at pushing Aaron Rodgers for the starting job.

Through the practices and three pre-season games only one thing is clear, the race for Aaron Rodgers’ back-up is neck and neck. Brohm has looked lost in each of his first three exhibition chances. Flynn has looked, at the very least, competent against fellow third stringers in his in-game action. Though, Brohm has shown flashes of his great potential, that would have made him a first round pick last year, in practice.

Mike McCarthy has made it clear, as recently as yesterday, that the Packers are content going into the season with the quarterback trio of Rodgers, Brohm, and Flynn. If anything, it’s because they like the potential of their two rookies better than who’s on the list of free agent signal callers. You can’t fault the Packers for not trying, as they made an offer to Daunte Culpepper during the off-season. Also, it’s unlikely that Flynn or especially Brohm would make it to the Packers practice squad. (Click the link below to read the rest of the article.)

Green Bay isn’t the only play-off caliber team with a less than desirable situation with their second and third string quarterbacks. A prime example is the New England Patriots, who would pin their hopes on Matt Cassel (a 7th round pick) or Matt Gutierrez (undrafted) if Tom Brady goes down with an injury. Granted, Tom Brady has shown to be more durable than Aaron Rodgers, but Rodgers’ isn’t nursing a foot injury, like Brady, to start the season, either.

Nobody is arguing that this is the most ideal situation for Green Bay. But, don’t expect to see an “experienced back-up” in Green Bay unless Aaron Rodgers happens to miss an extended amount of playing time with an injury. If that’s the case, we might see Daunte Culpepper in Green Bay after all. Or, maybe Vinny Testaverde? Jeff George?! Maybe Brohm and Flynn don’t look so bad after all.