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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 464730" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Actually my comment about drawing conclusions wasn’t aimed at you or evaluations of Perry. It was aimed at being overly optimistic about the play of the other rookies on defense “vs. a bad OL”. That sentence should have been a paragraph to distinguish it from my comments on Perry. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Going into the 2011 season I was optimistic about Walden and Zombo’s play at OLB opposite Clay. After all they were good enough to win it all and Walden had a great game against the Bears late in the season. Brad Jones (who I’ve never been excited about) was also in the mix. So I understood why that spot wasn’t targeted in the draft (until the 6th round) and thought in-season complaints about not addressing it were hindsight. What a great development that after Thompson addressed OLB big time in the draft and after "recruiting" Moses, Walden is rejuvenated and looks like their second best pass rushing OLB. Walden had to get his domestic situation straightened out and I’ll bet his time reflecting in a jail cell has something to do with his improved play. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-walden-gets-life-in-order-e16ufhs-170613906.html" target="_blank">http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-walden-gets-life-in-order-e16ufhs-170613906.html</a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Moses is another UDFA success story that will help attract future UDFAs. He hasn’t recorded a sack yet but he is one of five LBs in Capers’ psycho package – and he’s in the rotation to keep everyone fresh. The Packers have definitely upgraded their pass rush from the OLB spot IMO by 1) moving Clay to ROLB, the premier pass rushing spot in Capers’ D; 2) Acquiring Perry whose natural strength made the switch of Clay back to ROLB an obvious option – and of course we haven’t seen the best of Perry; 3) Sticking with Walden even after a bad 2011 season and off field problems; and 4) having a policy in place of giving everyone, even UDFAs, a chance to make the team and contribute. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: black">What I expect from Perry in the off season is for him to work on improving his quickness to improve his pass rush and his flexibility - particularly </span>in his hips – to improve his coverage skills. Along with working on different pass rushing techniques, if he does that while maintaining his strength he can be scary-good. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 464730, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Actually my comment about drawing conclusions wasn’t aimed at you or evaluations of Perry. It was aimed at being overly optimistic about the play of the other rookies on defense “vs. a bad OL”. That sentence should have been a paragraph to distinguish it from my comments on Perry. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Going into the 2011 season I was optimistic about Walden and Zombo’s play at OLB opposite Clay. After all they were good enough to win it all and Walden had a great game against the Bears late in the season. Brad Jones (who I’ve never been excited about) was also in the mix. So I understood why that spot wasn’t targeted in the draft (until the 6th round) and thought in-season complaints about not addressing it were hindsight. What a great development that after Thompson addressed OLB big time in the draft and after "recruiting" Moses, Walden is rejuvenated and looks like their second best pass rushing OLB. Walden had to get his domestic situation straightened out and I’ll bet his time reflecting in a jail cell has something to do with his improved play. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma][url]http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-walden-gets-life-in-order-e16ufhs-170613906.html[/url][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Moses is another UDFA success story that will help attract future UDFAs. He hasn’t recorded a sack yet but he is one of five LBs in Capers’ psycho package – and he’s in the rotation to keep everyone fresh. The Packers have definitely upgraded their pass rush from the OLB spot IMO by 1) moving Clay to ROLB, the premier pass rushing spot in Capers’ D; 2) Acquiring Perry whose natural strength made the switch of Clay back to ROLB an obvious option – and of course we haven’t seen the best of Perry; 3) Sticking with Walden even after a bad 2011 season and off field problems; and 4) having a policy in place of giving everyone, even UDFAs, a chance to make the team and contribute. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=tahoma] [/FONT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=tahoma][COLOR=black]What I expect from Perry in the off season is for him to work on improving his quickness to improve his pass rush and his flexibility - particularly [/COLOR]in his hips – to improve his coverage skills. Along with working on different pass rushing techniques, if he does that while maintaining his strength he can be scary-good. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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