plus an early round draft pick that I don't believe has even been activated yet.

I believe your talking about Patrick Lee. Everything I've read has said he's behind where he should be in terms of talent right now so I doubt he'll make an impact this year. I like Lee and I think he could be a solid CB. He may just take a little more seasoning/developing than some players.

I would honestly call our secondary one of our strengths this year.

I think in terms of potential I'd agree with you. In terms of right now though, I think the secondary depth is concerning. Most teams don't have even 2 good CBs let alone a 3rd CB that can start on a regular basis. I'm not huge on Harris, but he can be a shut down type corner and I think asking Williams/Blackmon to match that would be difficult.

I think I see this (assuming he's out for the year) breaking down into four points:

- The division appears (not sure if the Bears are up or down this year yet) to be the Packers. I know I picked them to win 6 games I think and a large part of that was injuries this year that didn't happen last year and Rodgers. Aaron looks pretty good so knowing that I'd say a playoff year would be likely. Now without Harris that's more difficult, but I think this team can still win the division.

- The schedule will be the Packers' friend. They face the Bucs, Falcons, Seahawks, Titans, Vikings, Bears (twice), Texans, and Jaguars who IMO don't have stellar passing games or in the Seahawks case are beat up right now.

- How will teams react to Harris' injury? My guess is that Williams/Blackmon will be challenged early and often. This should make it interesting for the Packers in terms of game planning. One of my biggest worries this year was the pass rush and so far it's better than what I thought it'd be. Keeping a solid pass rush will help Williams/Blackmon.

- It's a bad situation, but I think we'll get to see if we have a future starter in Williams or Blackmon. There will be growing pains and blown coverages, but maybe Williams or Blackmon plays well most of the year and we know what we have down the road.

Is anyone else wondering if Harris' career could possibly be over? Chris Simms suffered a somewhat similar injury (we don't know all the facts so that could be off) at about the same part of the season in 2006 and missed the rest of 2006 and 2007. The quarterback position might be different, but Harris isn't a real young guy and this could threaten his career or threaten his level of play/role with the team.

Lito Sheppard? (I apologize if the spelling is off). What does it take to get him? I'd give up a 3rd round pick easily to get him. Harris is what he is and I'm not as high on him as others, but he's aging and this is a big injury. We don't know when or if he'll be back to where he was. We may need to find a starter for this year and beyond. I'd like to go after Lito.

Harris to return after bye?

On my fantasy football 'news wire' there's a report from KFFL (IRRC) stating that Harris had some tests done today and his 5/8" tear of his spleen now looks like a scratch. I guess week 9 is the target for the return. If the Packers somehow pull out the Colts game (this isn't a knock on the Packers...I watched the Colts yesterday and what they did to a real good Ravens defense was impressive) and get Harris back, they all of sudden might move up the ropes in terms of being a contender. I think the Packers have been fortunate enough so far to not face too many great passing attacks, but even with some of the teams left that lack a good passing game Harris should help generate more coverage sacks/pressure on the quarterback which should lead to more turnovers.