Graham Harrell will have to play better than he did Friday night if he's going to hold off Vince Young and B.J. Coleman for Green Bay's No. 2 quarterback job behind star Aaron Rodgers.
Harrell also will have to play better to avoid being booed, as he was by a portion of the Lambeau Field-record crowd of 73,738 during the Packers' 17-0 exhibition loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
"Oh, yeah," Harrell said. "You always hear those. But that's part of the game."
Harrell completed 12-of-19 passes for 76 yards with two sacks, an interception and a 49.5 rating against. He also lost a fumble on one of the sacks, by John Abraham, and was at fault on the other, by Tyrann Mathieu, when he missed the pre-snap protection adjustment and couldn't high-step away from the diving Mathieu on the 12-yard loss.
"Graham has to play better, and it's tough," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Saturday, after breaking down the Packers' first scoreless exhibition game since a 9-0, rain-shortened loss to Kansas City in the 2003 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game.