So, the Packers showed the vision, the foresight and the fortitude to release cornerback Ahmad Carroll today.

That's great news.

Now, does anybody out there need the truckload of burned toast we were going to ship to Green Bay? Now we'll have to find a late-night theater that screens "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

Carroll, a former No. 1 draft pick, was toasted early and often during the Packers' 31-9 loss to the Eagles on "Monday Night Football." That was the backbreaker. The guy had been underachieving for years, but he was a Mike Sherman pick and the new regime -- general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy -- felt it was time to make a move.

It appears they got tired of a guy blowing assignments time after time and then beating his chest when he made an all-too-rare "good" play.

This can only be positive for the Packers. For starters, can you imagine anyone playing worse than Ahmad Carroll did lately? There has to be a guy on the practice squad -- or maybe working in the equipment room -- who will look better going after the ball on long passes than Carroll did.

The bigger part of a move like this -- coming just one-quarter of the way into the season -- is that it will serve as a wakeup call to everyone in the Packers locker room. If you don't produce, you'll be replaced. That goes for everyone, regardless of draft position, service time and status on the team.

Now, if the Packers could just do something about William Henderson and Bubba Franks...

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