Green Bay Packers Discussion

[GB12]

Originally Posted by TitleTown088

Jolly signed today I believe.

Yeah I said that one, I'm talking about Williams and Bigby.

And now I see that neither signed. The Packers can now cut their salaries if they so choose.

[PACKmanN]

The Packers have shown to be fair to players who earn their pay and continue to show up to OTAs and such, so they have to show what happens to guys who do the oppsite(Walker and now Bigby and Williams) and reduce their salaries. We can afford it with Bigby, but it will be a huge risk for Wiliams.

[Mr.Regular]

Tramon signed. Very nice. We need him big time this year.

[PackerLegend]

This is what it said about Tramon per rotoworld an Greg Bedrad on twitter...

Packers re-signed restricted free agent CB Tramon Williams to a one-year, $3.168 contract.
Miscommunication between Williams' agent, the Packers, and the NFL led to an unnecessary mess. Williams will remain a crucial part of the Packers' secondary with Al Harris (knee) a long shot for Week 1. Green Bay may look to lock up Williams long term if he excels as an early-season starter.

Thankfully he is signed... We can't afford to not have him as our CB situation is already a very big question. Bigby on the other hand would be nice to have but hes an idiot for doing what hes been doing and not having him wont hurt as much.

[J-Mike88]

What a weird bizzare communication-gaffe.
We can talk to a man in the middle of the ocean or on top of a mountain in Asia, but we can't get word from the NFL or Packers until almost a day has passed?

It's good to have Tramon back, but we had Tramon, had Woodson, and had Harris last year twice against Minnesota, and that bast*rd #4 torched us like a marshallow-on-a-stick. Twice.

We need Pat Lee and Brandon Underwood to be the difference (upgrade) back there in coverage, right?

Am I the only one still concerned about that area of our team?

[princefielder28]

I think pretty much everyone has at least some concern about the depth in our secondary

[TitleTown088]

Originally Posted by princefielder28

I think pretty much everyone has at least some concern about the depth in our secondary

Most teams do. I don't think the Packers are unique in that department.

[J-Mike88]

Originally Posted by TitleTown088

Most teams do. I don't think the Packers are unique in that department.

Right, but:
A) Some teams and fans have faith in some proven veterans at CB, but more importantly
B) No other D-Backfield made Roethlisberger, Favre, and Warner look like video-game wizards like we did. I mean they were all almost flawless against us. And 2 or 3 of them were with Harris there. And Collins was there all year.

Look at the Colts who missed a lot of starts at 1CB & 2CB, plus missed 2007DPOY Bob Sanders for every game but 2.
And the Steelers minus their star safety Polamalu were a shell of their normal defense.

I believe our injury situation at DB could be a lot worse than last year, odds-wise, so I really have some deep worries over the same position that pretty much killed us last year. A new nasty improved pass rush can help a lot though.

[cvv84]

While the contract talks hold moderate interest for some of her colleagues, most of them prefer to gossip about her private life — specifically about what happened between her and dancing partner Maks. Because the latest EA romance gossip circulating around the Bristol cafeteria right now involves not Maks, but Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The two were spotted by other ESPN people last week drinking (closely) at the bar underneath Boston's Liberty hotel.

"Well, he's not the first athlete," said one bold ESPN TV guy who's sick of the Erin Andrews Machine. "She always wanted to just be a star."

Aaron and Erin?

[PackerLegend]

Not surprised Aaron is a pimp... nuff said

[J-Mike88]

I just pointed out to a friend that Rodgers had Erin Andrews on his twitter follow list. I guess he does like her twitter afterall.
Good man Aaron!

[cuzifelt1ikeit]

i thought clay matthews was gonna snag erin haha

[J-Mike88]

I think today was the end of minicamp.

Now, back to regular scheduled programming......

[TitleTown088]

Packers CB Charles Woodson gave rookie S Morgan Burnett a huge compliment today: "Sh#t, he's good. He looks good to me...."...Now it's just a matter of experience, playing at this level. So we'll see what happens when he's thrown in the fire."

That would be sweet if Burnett turns out to be as good as advertised.

[umphrey]

Like Woodson said, Burnett will get a lot of on the field help and advice playing with Woodson, Collins, Tramon, and if Harris is inactive or on the PUP I'd expect him to be watching Burnett closely. He just has to win the starting job which Bigby isn't putting up much of a fight. Even though they haven't put pads on the players are already lobbying for him and I think everyone in the organization wants to get him on the field as long as he can handle it.

[jackmadden]

Jenkins taking snaps at LOLB:

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_r...ker?xid=si_nfl

[umphrey]

Probably either he's just taking reps with them in coverage drills or for the couple of times a game when we used that psycho lineup (I don't know how good I feel about that tactic) to show the offense a base defense and then move guys around just before the snap.

[cvv84]

Rookies Newhouse, Starks, and Wilson sign.

[TitleTown088]

Originally Posted by umphrey

Probably either he's just taking reps with them in coverage drills or for the couple of times a game when we used that psycho lineup (I don't know how good I feel about that tactic) to show the offense a base defense and then move guys around just before the snap.

I'm sure they're just working Jenkins in there for a few of the sub packages Capers has planned for certain situations this season. All the players have been talking about the new additions Capers has made to the defense this off season.



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I know he's only a rookie who hasn't played in a game, but the Collins-Burnett combo has me thinking something special about that pairing.

[J-Mike88]

Originally Posted by jackmadden

Jenkins taking snaps at LOLB:

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_r...ker?xid=si_nfl

Big man at OLB?
Adalius Thomas is the biggest guy I've seen play it.... anyone else think of anyone larger than AT who has?

[cvv84]

Adalius Thomas' size really isn't that unique to the position. Guys like Shaun Phillips, Shawne Merriman, DeMarcus Ware, and LaMarr Woodley play in the 260-265 lbs range.


As for Jenkins playing some OLB - it can't hurt to try something during a light training period. If anything it just shows the amount of depth on the defensive line seeing we're looking at more ways to get these guys into games.

[senormysterioso]

Speaking of Adalius Thomas, there are rumors that the Packers are still entertaining the notion of signing him or Keith Bullock.

[TitleTown088]

Originally Posted by senormysterioso

Speaking of Adalius Thomas, there are rumors that the Packers are still entertaining the notion of signing him or Keith Bullock.

Brad Jones had more sacks than AT last season in half the playing time.

[Mr.Regular]

Originally Posted by TitleTown088

Brad Jones had more sacks than AT last season in half the playing time.

Ya, I dont see Thomas as an upgrade over Jones. If he was willing to openly compete for the job, sure, but knowing his attitude issues, I doubt hed do that.

PS how would Bulluck fit outside in a 34? That seems like a bad idea to me, I doubt the team is realistically considering it.

[GB12]

Bulluck would play inside in a 3-4. He's not a good fit there even though. Wouldn't be an upgrade over Hawk. We have no need for depth either with Bishop and Chillar. I don't know why that rumor would have started.