If you have really good depth at WR and one of them is also a really good special teams guy, I say that is the WR you want to dress as your #4 or 5 WR every game. For quite awhile, the back end of the Packers WR room hasn't excelled at WR or playing special teams, I hope that changes.
Yeah it's hard to argue with his record. A lot of yards, a lot of TDs, and and amazingly low number of INTs. And that's one way a team gets to 13 wins three years in a row. They don't give the ball away.
No kidding. Well with Bisaccia the FO has finally taken action on STs. Now MLF has to give him the guys he wants, meaning some guys in the top half of the roster, to play on STs.
I agree that all things being equal; you take someone that can play ST. But I still would prefer the 5th guy to be a receiver first. Remember Rossum. He was an excellent punt returner but rarely saw the field otherwise...like Howard. So I think it is worth it to keep a punt returner (more than a kick off returner). I just don't like to think of him as part of the depth chart.
Oh I agree. It’s not how I would’ve personally handled the start to this season. It was the perfect opportunity to make a bold statemrnt of action without words. Just show up, I don’t care if he just reviewed film or hung out with the new guys.
I’ve learned a very valuable tool in my lifetime. We speak many more “words” by 1 action than we can fit in a book.
Well the Packers have a couple of WR's (Rodgers and Doubs) now that could flourish at both WR and returner. I'm thinking Amari will step it up on both ends this season and the early word on Doubs is that he is impressing a lot of people.
Again, if injury is a concern, then he doesn't practice, but he should still be there. If you are that concerned about injury, should he be golfing or working out? Standing on the sidelines or sitting in the film room, would be about as safe as you could get, short of putting him in bubble wrap.
Every practice Theres a chance of injury
Especially when so many teams now practice on artificial turf. It can grab a cleat like two pieces of super strong velcro. The most common injury is an ACL tear like OBJ suffered in the SB. The body is going forward. If the athlete tries to stop forward motion too fast, the foot locks to the turf, the knee keeps going forward and the result is an ACL tear. It can happen very quickly. Remember when Jordy tore his in a PS game a number of years ago?
Point from me is if anyone is worried an injury from ota, thats just not logical
I once had a friend (he was really my brothers friend first
) that was pretty normal until he got off his meds (bi-polar)
Yup. He can get hurt doing just about anything. Should any of the starters be at OTA's or drills or practices or scrimmages or preseason games or.....? I would say of all the things that the Packers go through, OTA's are on the low end of the spectrum for injuries.
Again, this isn't about Rodgers the player, we know he is one of the top QB's in the NFL. This is about Rodgers the teammate, that has a revamped WR room, with 2 of his favorite targets missing. This is about the highest paid player in the NFL that in the last year talked about retiring, forcing a trade, sitting out...not once but twice. You seem to want to gloss over all these things and only talk about Rodgers the individual and what OTA's do or don't do for him personally, not what his presence might do for his teammates and team. Which is exactly my point, he has turned himself into a one man show and put the importance of his team behind his own.
By you own admission of having a lack of concern over Rodgers being injured at OTA's, you still haven't found a negative that outweighs the positive. You have only pointed out an excuse for him not being in Green Bay with his team and a not very good one at that.
Rodgers may be a little full of himself as Favre was near the end of his career. But there's no question that on game day Rodgers is the most prepared guy on the team. And that's been true for a long while. IMO he doesn't do it to make himself look good. He does it to win games.
Thank You Captain I’m glad you brought that up.
I think that's right. It's still an amazing accomplishment, but I like awards like the Walter Payton Man of the Year, focusing on the selfless commitments some athletes make to their communities or to a cause for the betterment of others.
I will say that a regular season MVP award displays a player has the tools it takes to be ultra successful. Although a Championship is still the ultimate goal.
Good point. There are o GOATs in team sports. And I bet Rodgers would give up his 4 MVPs for another Lombardi trophy (or two!).
I’d make that trade in a second.
