This preseason will be an important one for Sherrod. Still high hopes for him.
Perry for sure gets more time. Production has been low due to injury, but you also have to remember that he played D-End in a 4-3 defense at USC. Capers and MM obviously understand that with having him play OLB in a 3-4 in the NFL there is going to be a pretty substantial learning curve.
Jerel Worthy needs to get the hell out of dodge.
pretty much agree. I would be very surprised if all 3 made the 53
I think Perry sticks around for now. Sherrod and Worthy are both competing for their jobs at this point. Injuries or not, they are entering their 4th year and need to show they can be contributors. In other words I feel they are on the roster bubble and need to prove on the field that they belong in the final 53.
Perry is entering his 3rd year and has flashed enough potential IMO that he has bought himself one more season to prove that he can live up to his draft status. I dont feel his roster spot is in jeopardy unless he has an awful training camp/preseason
Worthy is entering his third year as well.
I still feel like Worthy's job is more in jeopardy than Perry's though.
I think Perry will get every opportunity to earn PT. His biggest problem so far is getting and staying healthy. We've seen flashes from him - last season he had 4 sacks, forced 3 fumbles and defensed one pass. But he broke his foot in game 5 and wasn't the same when he came back. He also has the physical attributes that made him a first rounder: He's fast and strong at 6-3 and about 265, even for an NFL player. He struggles in coverage but I think he can be very good vs. the run and he was getting better rushing the passer before the injury.
I just received a super secret memo from my source inside Lambeau. She - or he - tells me Capers is working on a new scheme, the 0-11-0 formation which will feature Nick Perry.I agree he showed some flashes last year, but IMO he will have a hard time getting playing time as I expect Peppers to play mostly on obvious passing downs instead of him and with Neal getting some snaps as well.
Worthy is fighting for a spot, any of our WILB outside of Brad are on the bubble, Palmer probably won't make it, and any of the WR behind Abby. Perry and Sherrod will both make this roster. Sherrod is the only guy on the bench I trust at LT, and Perry might actually be better than Peppers at this point.
It's him and Worthy, if we even keep 7 DL it's those two fighting for that last spot. Guion reminds me an awful lot of the Muir situation though. Predicting Worthy to squeak out a win and make 53. Besides, Guion's seat can't be hot because he doesn't technically have a roster spot to lose. He's the guy making the seat hot.What about Guion?
It's him and Worthy, if we even keep 7 DL it's those two fighting for that last spot. Guion reminds me an awful lot of the Muir situation though. Predicting Worthy to squeak out a win and make 53. Besides, Guion's seat can't be hot because he doesn't technically have a roster spot to lose. He's the guy making the seat hot.
Worthy is fighting for a spot, any of our WILB outside of Brad are on the bubble, Palmer probably won't make it, and any of the WR behind Abby. Perry and Sherrod will both make this roster. Sherrod is the only guy on the bench I trust at LT, and Perry might actually be better than Peppers at this point.
I would be absolutely shocked if Sherrod beat out Bahktiari. I think he's on the bubble of making the roster and I don't think they will keep him if he's not one of the top 7 linemen coming out of camp.Sherrod is the only guy with Cliftonesque size. I too would love to see him take over at L tackle if he's able.
I don't think there's any chance he won't be one of the top 7 OL coming out of camp.I would be absolutely shocked if Sherrod beat out Bahktiari. I think he's on the bubble of making the roster and I don't think they will keep him if he's not one of the top 7 linemen coming out of camp.
I guess I'm less optimistic about him because I think there is little chance he'll be better than Bulaga or Bahktiari and Barclay appears to be a very adequate replacement at more than one position which leaves him in competition with all the others. I would expect that some one in that group is likely to impress enough that it puts Sherrod squarely on the bubble.I don't think there's any chance he won't be one of the top 7 OL coming out of camp.