Why would the Packers draft a safety who's afraid to hit.

So Burnett is our strong safety. A passive, meek, timid and soft player who likes to avoid contact. I know he made an interception on Sunday and some might say he made a good hit. I disagree. He didn't blow up the receiver. It was a wrap up tackle from behind. His problem is when he plays near the line of scrimmage he wants no part of taking on a running back. I watched him closely and saw him avoid contact on several occasions. He ran out of the way of Lynch rather then trying to meet him head on.

Give me the quarter and time on the clock your talking about. I just watched the entire game specifically watching Burnett and he looked fine to me. So I really have no idea what your talking about.

Because he intercepts passes

Why is this troll still on the board?

Good question. Obviously a Viking troll pretending to be a packer fan.

So because he doesn't try and blow up people he isn't any good.

So I'm just guessing your idea of a perfect safety is Taylor Mays, a guy who blows up everybody he gets a chance to but sucks in coverage, takes horrible angles, and can't tackle to save his life.

Just because he didn't kill that WR doesn't mean he is afraid to tackle, I'd rather have a guy who always goes for the wrap up tackle than just trying to kill em every chance he gets.

Why does my preference for a hard hitting physical strong safety make me a troll. I just want the Packers to be a more dominant intimidating team. If I wasn't a Packer fan why would I even care who their safety was.

brett favre is going down down down, down down down

darren sharper didnt blow the offense up right away........ he was very soft , until he understood his role completely..


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Every post bob makes is about how soft a player is. how bad a player is. etc.
he's a troll. rule #1 DO NOT FEED THE TROLL

its funny though because he's really bad at trolling.

I'm pretty sure Burnett has continued to excel at his role and positioning. As a defensive back, if he is unnoticed and his name isn't called, that is not neceassarily a bad thing.

not for nothing but i saw burnett shy away from a couple of tackles.. and that was before i read this and was thinkin to myself the same thing.. idk if we should call him soft yet he is a rookie and adjusting to the game, but just I DID SEE HIM LET A BACK RUN RIGHT PAST HIM.. it seemed, like packerbob mentioned, that he did not want to hit him head on

Really the only thing I noticed negatively about him was the play where he simply overran Lynch in the hole, Lynch made a nice cut upfield and Burnett wasn't the only Packer to get shook on that play. That's simply a rookie getting beat by a veteran used-to-be-all-pro-worthy RB. He will get better with time, and as someone else said: having your name NOT called during passing downs is normally a good thing if you're a DB.

2 games in and the trolls are already after him

If he had said that Burnett was being too passive, wasn't being agressive enough, that he needed to blow people up and tackle better, I'd agree.

But accusing the guy of being soft and afraid to hit? When he has very little film on him? That's personal attack.

I'm expecting Morgan to be a substantial part of our forced turnovers, the kid has great range, he is real young, left college one year early, has room to grow, he is now here near his ceiling right now, can't wait for him to get some experience in, and possibly pick of Cutler Monday NIGHT!!!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQf7WNWk7aQ]YouTube - Morgan Burnett Highlights[/ame]

there is so much learning that rooks do, clay had 10 sacks as a rook, he missed games, missed preseason, had to learn a defense along with a whole team, & now look at how fast of a start he is having...this kids got a lot of ability, I'm very excited that Morgan is a packer

2 games in and has a INT and we got people ripping him?

Yeah he isnt Ed Reed, sorry. Nick Collins isnt either, but he still makes plays.

Our last strong safety loved contact. Look where he's at... on the PUP list.

I thought the same thing. Ask Bob Sanders how great it is to seek contact and try to blow people up every play!