Grading Packers' rookies midway through camp: Jones, Bakhtiari most...

wpr
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10 years ago

One of the surest ways to make an NFL roster is to get drafted by Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson...

Here is a look at each player from the Packers’ rookie draft class and where they stand three weeks into training camp:

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wpr
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10 years ago

one of the more interesting lines:

JOSH BOYD, defensive end (Round 5)

Analysis: He’s big (310 pounds) and athletic, but he faces stiff competition for a roster spot. Maybe he sticks if the Packers keep an extra lineman. It’s possible the final spot will come down to Boyd or Johnny Jolly, which should make for an intriguing battle the rest of camp.

DakotaT
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10 years ago

This just might be the year the Jarrett "nine lives" Bush gets cut. If Boyd is this good, I don't understand how you let an athletic big like Jolly go to have a gunner specialist. We usually keep 6 dlineman. Pickett, Raji, Jones, Wilson, Daniels, Jolly, and Boyd! Would it be a crime to keep 7. I think I'd let Wilson go before Jolly. Neal is going to be moved to OLB.

play2win
Senior Member

10 years ago

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

I believe we have to keep these 7 you listed Dakota. No question. One of the players not listed is Miller, who from what I have heard has been tough to move all TC... Wilson looks improved from last season, but we could use more from him. No matter, Josh Boyd makes the 53.

As for the grade outs in the article, seems spot on. We could be witnessing one of Ted's best draft classes this year. I'm VERY impressed with many of those selections.

Gaycandybacon
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10 years ago

I think our run defense will be better this year. I have yet to say they have a good run defense because it's preseason. But, I think they held the Cardinals really really well. We had a lot of 3rd downs. If we can clean up the pass defense, we can have a top 10 defense.

play2win
Senior Member

10 years ago

Originally Posted by: Gaycandybacon

Yeah. If we can see pass rush on a more consistent basis from our DL, and hopefully get some really improved play at S opposite Burnett, this could be really special. A sound D added to a really sound O.

Can we be top 5 in both? What will THAT scenery look like?

beast
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10 years ago

I think Mike Vandermause made some errors in this article.

Of the 15 that didn’t make it as rookies, some landed on the practice squad (Brian Brohm, Brett Swain, Andrew Datko, B.J. Coleman, Lawrence Guy, Craig Bragg, Clark Harris), others were picked up by other teams (Dave Tollefson, David Clowney, Jamon Meredith), and one fought his way back to become a Packers’ starter (Marshall Newhouse).

Vandermause wrote:

When was Newhouse cut? ... he looked HORRIBLE in his rookie training camp but if memory serves me correctly he also improved a lot and the Packers kept him on the 53 man roster his whole career.

Also Brohm wa cut as a rookie? Packers cut a 2nd round rookie? I'm having trouble beileving that, I tried to look it up and looks like they cut him his second year, not as a rookie.

Also again I missed the Cards pre season game, but Barrington was on some of the starting ST units at Family night. That was a huge surprise because normally they don't put guys on the starting ST units until it looks like they have a very good shot at making the roster. And he looked very good at family night, so I was thinking he had a pretty good chance of making the final roster.

PackerTraxx
Senior Member

10 years ago

I'll be surprised and disappointed if our D isn't better than last year. The addition of Jones and Perry, if they're as good as advertised, has to make them better. Plus the young DBs have another year of experience.

Why is Jerry Kramer not in the Hall of Fame?

beast
Select Member

10 years ago

We usually keep 6 dlineman. Pickett, Raji, Jones, Wilson, Daniels, Jolly, and Boyd! Would it be a crime to keep 7. I think I'd let Wilson go before Jolly. Neal is going to be moved to OLB.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

Honestly I'd REALLY like that (basically keeping 8 DL). Keeping the DL strong... but I thought Mike McCarthy said Neal still is a DL, meaning that while he's getting reps at OLB, the coaches are still counting him as a DL first.

So I'm thinking they're going to keep 7 DL with Neal counting as one of them. Which would mean one of those other 7 might be gone. But which one?

Risk cutting Boyd and trying to get him to the PS?

Cut Jolly and go younger?

Cut Wilson and go with Jolly instead?

I know people don't like Wilson as much, but I think the coaches really like him as a run stopper and he's younger. IF (and it's an IF I don't know) IF Boyd is showing good potential, I don't think the coaches are going to let him go. WHich makes me think Jolly is bubble of being possibly cut.

buckeyepackfan
Veteran Member

10 years ago

#10

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

Obviously you missed the thread.

READ IT!!!!

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/jarrett-bush-known-for-his-grueling-workouts-b9975723z1-219709871.html

Hate repeating myself, as I said to Zero, there used to be 4 or 5 guys who would join JB, now it seems only Jonathan Franklin has joined him.

Wonder if there would be fewer injuries and how much better these young guys would be if they would take Bush's lead?

"Nine Lives" as you call him isn't lucky, there's a reason he is still a Packer after 7 years.

Wonder if you can figure it out.

I'm betting NO!!

I was addicted to The Hokey Pokey, but I turned myself around!

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