Brandon Jackson will start this week!

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Brandon Jackson will start for Green Bay Saturday night against Pittsburgh. The Milwaukee Journal reports "The Packers only have three healthy halfbacks for the Steelers game Saturday, which means rookie Brandon Jackson will be handling a good portion of the work. Ideally, the Packers would like to work in a rotation of their backs during the game, but their desire to see Jackson, their second round pick and leader out of the gate for the starting job." Vernand Morency is out due to a knee injury. He was listed #1 before his injury. Brandon will start and play most of the first half. Jackson has had some protection issues on passing plays but word is he is improving. It is important they protect Brett Favre.

Jackson, who left for the draft early, would have been a senior at Nebraska this year. He ran for 835 yards in the final nine games of the season. He was a first-team All Big-12 pick. He had a 5.3 average in carries and had eight TD's. He caught 33 passes for 313 yards and two TD's last year also. If Jackson wins the starting job he will take over for last year's starter, also from Nebraska, Ahman Green.