TJV
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Thompson certainly favors youth and I’m glad he does, but he’s not rigid about it. Signing Saturday (36), extending Driver (37) and retaining Woodson (35) and Pickett (32) are examples. There are 13 players currently on the roster 28 years old or older, nine of whom are locks or near-locks IMO. Again, I’m not arguing Thompson doesn’t favor youth, he does. Driver is an instance in which I wish he would have put a greater emphasis on it. The reason I think the Packers should not have extended Driver is his age and falling production and the presence of youngsters ready willing and able to take his roster spot.
While Driver was the surest-handed WR in the playoff game he hasn’t been over his career. For example in the Jones vs. Driver thread GreenBlood linked to a profootballfocus.com article which showed Driver had the worst drop rate of the top 4 Packers WRs last season. Jones has a bad reputation for drops – one he earned – but he was better than Driver in that regard last season, so saying Driver “doesn’t take a day off” doesn’t apply if the context is the 2011 season.
Here’s the link to Profootballfocus.com:
http://www.profootballfocus.com/blo...e-2011-which-receivers-are-dropping-the-ball/
While Driver was the surest-handed WR in the playoff game he hasn’t been over his career. For example in the Jones vs. Driver thread GreenBlood linked to a profootballfocus.com article which showed Driver had the worst drop rate of the top 4 Packers WRs last season. Jones has a bad reputation for drops – one he earned – but he was better than Driver in that regard last season, so saying Driver “doesn’t take a day off” doesn’t apply if the context is the 2011 season.
Here’s the link to Profootballfocus.com:
http://www.profootballfocus.com/blo...e-2011-which-receivers-are-dropping-the-ball/