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Last week, before drafting two quarterbacks to fill out the depth chart, the Packers were entertaining thoughts of signing Daunte Culpepper. That now looks like a long shot, and the odds get even longer when Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy basically says as much.

The team had it's first day of rookie minicamp on Friday, and following the script that was apparently circulated among all 32 teams, McCarthy reported that the rookies were "coachable," "performed well given the circumstances," and "showed glimpses of potential." Between the cliches, he did suggest that Green Bay could have the league's youngest group of quarterbacks on the 53-man roster (to go along with the league's youngest team):

McCarthy said there's a "good opportunity" that the Packers will enter the regular season with two rookies behind Aaron Rodgers. "Well, there's a good opportunity that could happen. We have a lot of work to do. It's not just at the quarterback position, but we have a lot of work to do at the football team. That's a big part of it, and we'll have them ready to play. That's our job."

The two rookies are Brian Brohm and Matt Flynn, drafted in the second and seventh rounds. Although both had solid collegiate careers, that generally doesn't mean much when talking about NFL productivity as a rookie. Of course, that the Packers opted for inexperience and youth over Culpepper, tells you all you need to know about the state of Culpepper's game.

Whoever ends up in the job, the point remains the same: if Rodgers goes down, the Packers will be in trouble. Until they coax Brett Favre out of retirement, anyway.