FrankRizzo
Cheesehead
Rank our most valuable 10 players.
(Big difference between valuable and best.)
Before, we always would have Woodson at #3 or close.
Now? Not sure.
I still think against great teams, we need him. He's physical tackling RBs, and he forces turnovers.
I'll start with my list, and this is as of right now, present time:
AJ Hawk is so important to us in the middle. Missing Bishop & DJ Smith already, Hawk is reliable and accountable. No he's not great, but he's good, and very important to us considering Brad Jones is the other starter at ILB and he's not really an ILB.
Tramon is very important as he covers the best and big WRs.
Burnett is very important back there with the other 2 safeties being so young & inexperienced... if we lost Burnett right now, I think there'd be leaks back there like an old roof.
Josh Sitton is playing pretty well. He's good.
And if he got hurt, we'd go from strength to weakness there and it would have ramifications to our run and pass game.
Finley & the WR's are tricky.
We are so damn deep at WR it's hard to say any ONE of them is THAT valuable.
I mean our Super Bowl run just 2 years ago, the starting 2 were Jennings & Jordy.
Most of this year, our top 2 have been Cobb & Jones.
Finley has not done that great, but he's had some big catches, and he does command a lot of attention on defense. I feel the dropoff from him to the next best TE would be significant, at least in the way teams defend us. It would run off on the other WRs and the running game.
I know it's a passing game now, but Ryan Pickett inside against the run is a great run-stuffer & block-eater.
That guy gets less credit & recognition than anyone else on our team period.
On 4th & less than a yard, or 3rd & less than a yard, he's critical. I love Big Grease.
Rodgers is obvious, but Matthews better be too.
Without him, we're terrible at getting to the QB and that means our pass defense suffers.
With him? Oh my........ he's flatout great and I pray he has the longevity with us as his dad and uncle did.
By the way, I would have had Desmond Bishop at about #8 or 9 I think.
And I would have had Woodson at #3.
But the other young DBs, at least with Matthews and a healthy Michael Neal up front, have played great.
I thought Jennings was a top-10 valuable player.
And I though Jordy was.
That's how great our WR corps are.... imagine if all 4 of those guys are healthy when we have our first playoff game in 16-17 days!
(Big difference between valuable and best.)
Before, we always would have Woodson at #3 or close.
Now? Not sure.
I still think against great teams, we need him. He's physical tackling RBs, and he forces turnovers.
I'll start with my list, and this is as of right now, present time:
- Aaron Rodgers
- Clay Matthews
- AJ Hawk
- Marshall Newhouse
- Tramon Williams
- Morgan Burnett
- Josh Sitton
- J-Mike Finley
- Randall Cobb
- Ryan Pickett
AJ Hawk is so important to us in the middle. Missing Bishop & DJ Smith already, Hawk is reliable and accountable. No he's not great, but he's good, and very important to us considering Brad Jones is the other starter at ILB and he's not really an ILB.
Tramon is very important as he covers the best and big WRs.
Burnett is very important back there with the other 2 safeties being so young & inexperienced... if we lost Burnett right now, I think there'd be leaks back there like an old roof.
Josh Sitton is playing pretty well. He's good.
And if he got hurt, we'd go from strength to weakness there and it would have ramifications to our run and pass game.
Finley & the WR's are tricky.
We are so damn deep at WR it's hard to say any ONE of them is THAT valuable.
I mean our Super Bowl run just 2 years ago, the starting 2 were Jennings & Jordy.
Most of this year, our top 2 have been Cobb & Jones.
Finley has not done that great, but he's had some big catches, and he does command a lot of attention on defense. I feel the dropoff from him to the next best TE would be significant, at least in the way teams defend us. It would run off on the other WRs and the running game.
I know it's a passing game now, but Ryan Pickett inside against the run is a great run-stuffer & block-eater.
That guy gets less credit & recognition than anyone else on our team period.
On 4th & less than a yard, or 3rd & less than a yard, he's critical. I love Big Grease.
Rodgers is obvious, but Matthews better be too.
Without him, we're terrible at getting to the QB and that means our pass defense suffers.
With him? Oh my........ he's flatout great and I pray he has the longevity with us as his dad and uncle did.
By the way, I would have had Desmond Bishop at about #8 or 9 I think.
And I would have had Woodson at #3.
But the other young DBs, at least with Matthews and a healthy Michael Neal up front, have played great.
I thought Jennings was a top-10 valuable player.
And I though Jordy was.
That's how great our WR corps are.... imagine if all 4 of those guys are healthy when we have our first playoff game in 16-17 days!
