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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExpatPacker" data-source="post: 445292" data-attributes="member: 5535">/agree.  Being a superior pass rusher is more important that being an all-around better player unless that all-around player really excels at something specific.  Upshaw doesn't as far as I can see.  That's not to say he isn't good, but the Packers need someone above all who can be opposite of Matthews, get into the backfield, get after the QB and create disruption in the backfield.  Perry appears the better choice to do that. Also, about the criticisms of Perry being a 1-trick pony I have this to say:  Jean-Pierre Paul is something of a 1-trick pony too.  He's not very good at run defense, he's ok at dropping back into coverage, but he's a beast of a pass rusher.  That's the kind of 1-trick pony I'll gladly take any day.</blockquote>

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