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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shawnsta3" data-source="post: 644938" data-attributes="member: 5065">Defensive MVP's:Giving it to the entire defensive back group might be too broad, and the success of the two rookie corners is pretty well covered at this point so I want to give it to the most unheralded position: the safeties. For a couple years now Packer fans had gotten used to big pass plays given up, communication breakdowns leading to receivers running wide open, and safeties that were either incapable or unwilling to come up and help stuff the run game. That is no more. Haha Clinton-Dix looks like a good if not great draft pick for where he was taken and Rex Ryan's selection of Calvin Pryor three spots ahead is looking awfully questionable. (I know he wasn't the GM, but he stated after the draft he had a say and preferred Pryor's physicality and big hit potential, as did many on this forum pre-draft..I think we've seen Dix's big hit potential the last couple years)The other safety who deserves recognition is Morgan Burnett. He was criticized pretty harshly by many fans after a perceived lack of strong play after he signed his contract extension and hopefully has put that to rest with his play this season. PFF ranks him one of the best Packer defenders this year along with everyone's favorite Mike Daniels and a lot of the young d backs point to him as their "leader."</blockquote>

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