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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 517206" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p>Good idea for a thread, El Guapo. BTW, the other reason it’s important for the Packers to have a running game is to counter Ds that dare the Packers to run and keep their safeties in deep coverage for most of the game.</p><p></p><p>McGinn wrote a preview article back in September. <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-make-big-change-in-roster-b9986677z1-222751031.html" target="_blank">http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-make-big-change-in-roster-b9986677z1-222751031.html</a> He begins by recounting the continuity of the Packers organization and notes that of the 14 new players on the roster this year only Seneca Wallace has played in a regular-season game for another team. So if they haven’t made any significant changes, why should Packers fans have reason for optimism? Here’s McGinn’s answer: The article quotes Ron Wolf, “"It is a big man's game no matter how many times people try to prove otherwise. The one thing I always attempted to subscribe to during my tenure with the Packers was size." Wolf then quotes Tom Landry who said if you make exceptions, pretty soon you have a team of exceptions.</p><p></p><p>McGinn says Thompson’s teams have usually have had good size but he started making exceptions in the 2011 draft. He cites TE DJ Williams and ILB DJ Smith as examples and DE Jerel Worthy, DL Mike Daniels, and S Jerron McMillian in the 2012 as further examples of undersized players.</p><p></p><p>We’ve read and heard questions about the Packers’ toughness and McGinn makes the argument they began to address that issue last winter. I don’t agree with all his examples but I don’t think there’s a question the Packers have gotten bigger and tougher on D. Capers has a lot of options on the DL and McGinn notes their 7-man DL may be the heaviest in the league (Datone is the lightest at 295). Behind them the Packers have definitely gotten bigger. Even before Clay’s injury, Mike Neal was getting more snaps standing up than with his hand on the ground and he’s huge for the position. Even backup Mulumba is bigger than their previous backup LBs.</p><p></p><p>As McGinn says you can’t get bigger at every position in one off season. Their OTs are small by league standards and Burnett is the only decent sized safety. Even so, McGinn concludes with: </p><p></p><p>Thompson gets criticism for not being more of a player in free agency and I too wish he would be a little more active. For example, I would have liked to see a UFA safety brought in and I would have been willing to give up the upside on either Banjo or McMillian as part of the price. And I’m not talking about a cap busting star but rather an experienced vet who could have challenged for the second safety spot. But I agree with McGinn: I see a different MO in the building of this team. I hope it continues and BTW, we will see another test of how the Packers stack up against a tough team this Sunday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 517206, member: 4300"] Good idea for a thread, El Guapo. BTW, the other reason it’s important for the Packers to have a running game is to counter Ds that dare the Packers to run and keep their safeties in deep coverage for most of the game. McGinn wrote a preview article back in September. [url]http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-make-big-change-in-roster-b9986677z1-222751031.html[/url] He begins by recounting the continuity of the Packers organization and notes that of the 14 new players on the roster this year only Seneca Wallace has played in a regular-season game for another team. So if they haven’t made any significant changes, why should Packers fans have reason for optimism? Here’s McGinn’s answer: The article quotes Ron Wolf, “"It is a big man's game no matter how many times people try to prove otherwise. The one thing I always attempted to subscribe to during my tenure with the Packers was size." Wolf then quotes Tom Landry who said if you make exceptions, pretty soon you have a team of exceptions. McGinn says Thompson’s teams have usually have had good size but he started making exceptions in the 2011 draft. He cites TE DJ Williams and ILB DJ Smith as examples and DE Jerel Worthy, DL Mike Daniels, and S Jerron McMillian in the 2012 as further examples of undersized players. We’ve read and heard questions about the Packers’ toughness and McGinn makes the argument they began to address that issue last winter. I don’t agree with all his examples but I don’t think there’s a question the Packers have gotten bigger and tougher on D. Capers has a lot of options on the DL and McGinn notes their 7-man DL may be the heaviest in the league (Datone is the lightest at 295). Behind them the Packers have definitely gotten bigger. Even before Clay’s injury, Mike Neal was getting more snaps standing up than with his hand on the ground and he’s huge for the position. Even backup Mulumba is bigger than their previous backup LBs. As McGinn says you can’t get bigger at every position in one off season. Their OTs are small by league standards and Burnett is the only decent sized safety. Even so, McGinn concludes with: Thompson gets criticism for not being more of a player in free agency and I too wish he would be a little more active. For example, I would have liked to see a UFA safety brought in and I would have been willing to give up the upside on either Banjo or McMillian as part of the price. And I’m not talking about a cap busting star but rather an experienced vet who could have challenged for the second safety spot. But I agree with McGinn: I see a different MO in the building of this team. I hope it continues and BTW, we will see another test of how the Packers stack up against a tough team this Sunday. [/QUOTE]
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