Alex from Centreville, VA

After reading your article, I was wondering what your stance is on coaches’ apparel on the sidelines. Personally, I prefer the old Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi in a suit to Belichick and his hoodie.

I’d like to see the head coaches have more freedom to dress as they please, which would require Nike to offer a head coach’s line of clothing for the Landry/Lombardi types. You can’t have an exclusive apparel contract with a company such as Nike and then have the head coach wear the apparel of another manufacturer; I understand that. I’m not offended by Bill Belichick’s hoodie. If that’s what fits his personality, then I want to see it. If another coach wants to wear a coat and tie I always thought Dan Reeves was the best dressed coach in the game then I want to see that, too. I would love to see Reeves standing on one Air Jordan 8s sideline in a coat and tie and Belichick on the other sideline in his hoodie. I think it would make for a stark contrast and I really do believe variety is the spice of life. Frankly, I think the NFL’s sideline gear could use a little seasoning.

Jeff Air Jordan 5s from Janesville, WI

If the Packers keep both of the suspended players, will they count against the 53 man roster on Week 1?

They won’t count against the 53 until they have been cleared to play and the Packers have brought them back from the “reserve/suspended” list.

Kylon from Ipan Talofofo, Guam

Vic, who would you say was the greatest play action fake quarterback?Justin from Rochester, MN

I remember reading back in 2009 how Aaron Rodgers’ biggest knock coming out of college was his arm strength, and how much he worked to get that up during his time under Favre. Then I remember reading last offseason how much Flynn had improved his arm strength since coming out of LSU. Has Mike McCarthy discovered a secret that no one else knows about?

There were shoulder concerns about Rodgers when he was coming out in the draft. It’s what dropped his stock, as it was told to me by a general manager. I’m inclined to believe Rodgers regained his arm strength as he recovered from his shoulder injury, because you don’t manufacture the kind of arm strength he has. That’s natural. I wasn’t here to observe Matt Flynn’s development, but I have witnessed Graham Harrell’s and I would agree with Mike McCarthy’s statement on Tuesday that “it’s a credit to what he’s done since the end of last season until now,” because Harrell is a different quarterback now than the one I saw last summer. Let’s not overplay this. This is only an observation made on a beautiful spring day in OTAs. I think we need to take that into consideration.

Justin from Rochester, MN

If the NFL required coaches to wear suits and ties on the sidelines, would Bill Belichick cut the sleeves off?

He’d probably have a tie and lapels painted onto the front of his hoodie.

Mark from Stewartville, MN

Vic, I enjoyed your story about Graham Harrell’s workout during OTAs. To me, Harrell’s continuing development is a tribute to the Packers coaching staff and the entire Packers organization. Your story showed they truly care about this young man, and that the little things really matter. Did you sense this, too, as you covered and wrote the story?

I’m not sure the word “care” fits in this story. I think it should be replaced by the words “believe in” and “committed to.” They saw something in Harrell no other team saw. The Browns had him in two minicamps as a tryout player and signed him Air Jordan 1s to a contract neither time. So what did the Packers see in Harrell they liked? My guess is the answer to that question is quarterback aptitude. Mike McCarthy has a great sense for quarterbacks that Air Jordan 6s have a natural feel for the position. The first one he ever coached, his new running backs coach Alex Van Pelt, was such a quarterback. He was a late round draft pick that was cut, largely because he didn’t possess an NFL type arm, but his instincts and feel for the position kept him in the league as a backup for 10 seasons. Could that be Harrell’s future? I’ll tell you, 10 years in the league as a backup quarterback is a good life. You’ll earn a lot of money and leave the game healthy. It’s also a good deal for a team, to have a guy who’s a committed backup. It’s nice to know you have that guy for the long haul.

Bill from Raleigh, NC

How much do NFL teams know about what happens in the training camps and OTAs of other NFL teams? Air Jordan 10s Do they know if one of our players is doing really well, so they might get a shot at him?

That’s the only interest in what other teams are doing in their OTAs and camps. Personnel departments keep a close watch on roster transactions, to see who’s been put on PUP and who’s been put on injured reserve and, most of all, who’s been cut. If you liked a guy in the draft and the team that drafted him or signed him as an undrafted free agent cuts him, you might want to bring him in for a closer look. I suspect Jarrett Boykin is an example of that. He was signed by the Jaguars in undrafted free agency but cut during their rookie camp. The Packers signed Boykin for their rookie camp. One team wants one thing and another team wants another. It’s about what a team envisions as a role for a player.

Jory from Atlanta, GA

Why does cutting back work better for a running back in a zone blocking offense?

The signature play in a zone blocking scheme is the stretch play. That’s the one in which the quarterback reaches out to make the hand off. The idea of the play is to get as wide as possible as quickly as possible, as the line is moving laterally to create a wall, behind which the running back will cut when he sees daylight. It’s a one cut and go play and you need a back that, when he sticks his foot in the ground, creates a burst.

Tim from Denver, CO

I understand all sideline wear needs to be approved by the league because of the deal they have with Nike. Does the money the NFL gets for this go into the pot the players and owners split, or is it all to the owners?

The current CBA provides for an “All Revenue” model for distribution of money. The contract with Nike is part of that “All Revenue” model, which means the money the league receives from Nike is distributed according to the percentages of the CBA. The percentage of the revenue the players receive is distributed to them in the form of the salary cap.

Kary from Sheboygan, WI

Vic, you’ve stated several times that teams fire coaches too quickly and yesterday you mentioned it again in regards to how long it takes players to learn new terminology. While I agree that 1 2 years is too quick, 3 4 years seems like enough. So what, in your opinion, should be the measuring stick of when to fire a coach?