Zero2Cool
11 years ago

It's fricken larceny to pay Driver $2.5 Million at this stage in his career. I hope everyone is happy. My wish is for him to be beat out in training camp so we only waste $500K on a guy that drops a lot of passes and can't outrun any Dbacks anymore. The saddest thing in sports is when aging veterans don't know when to call it a day.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 



You wouldn't happen to have the number of drops from the Packers WR group from last season, would you? I think someone posted it awhile back???
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zombieslayer
11 years ago

It's fricken larceny to pay Driver $2.5 Million at this stage in his career. I hope everyone is happy. My wish is for him to be beat out in training camp so we only waste $500K on a guy that drops a lot of passes and can't outrun any Dbacks anymore. The saddest thing in sports is when aging veterans don't know when to call it a day.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 



When you need a TD under 10 yards, Driver may still be the best guy on the team for that. Don't argue that with me though. Argue it with 🇦🇷. The stats show that that's what 🇦🇷 thinks. Under 10 yards, he goes to Driver, because Driver catches the dang ball when it matters.

And don't tell me that that's not that important. 7 points > 3 points. I hate settling for field goals when we're in the red zone.
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DakotaT
11 years ago

You wouldn't happen to have the number of drops from the Packers WR group from last season, would you? I think someone posted it awhile back???

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



Yeah, I posted earlier in this thread, but I'm way too lazy to go back, so be my guest.
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DoddPower
11 years ago

When you need a TD under 10 yards, Driver may still be the best guy on the team for that. Don't argue that with me though. Argue it with 🇦🇷. The stats show that that's what 🇦🇷 thinks. Under 10 yards, he goes to Driver, because Driver catches the dang ball when it matters.

And don't tell me that that's not that important. 7 points > 3 points. I hate settling for field goals when we're in the red zone.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 



Do the stats from last season actually support this? I'm not saying they don't, but off hand it doesn't really seem that way to me.
nerdmann
11 years ago

When you need a TD under 10 yards, Driver may still be the best guy on the team for that. Don't argue that with me though. Argue it with 🇦🇷. The stats show that that's what 🇦🇷 thinks. Under 10 yards, he goes to Driver, because Driver catches the dang ball when it matters.

And don't tell me that that's not that important. 7 points > 3 points. I hate settling for field goals when we're in the red zone.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 



DD goes over the middle. Dude is a warrior in that regard.
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Stevetarded
11 years ago

Do the stats from last season actually support this? I'm not saying they don't, but off hand it doesn't really seem that way to me.

Originally Posted by: doddpower 



DD was tied for 3rd on the team in catches inside the opponents 10 yardline (4th if you count Kuhn). He was behind Jordy and Finley and tied with Jennings with 4 catches, Jones had 2.
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DoddPower
11 years ago

DD was tied for 3rd on the team in catches inside the opponents 10 yardline (4th if you count Kuhn). He was behind Jordy and Finley and tied with Jennings with 4 catches, Jones had 2.

Originally Posted by: Stevetarded 




Yeah, that's about what I was thinking. Definitely not too impressive, but not bad either I guess. Who could blame Rodger's for targeting the huge Finley or Nelson more, especially Nelson since Finley had the dropsies last season.
zombieslayer
11 years ago

DD was tied for 3rd on the team in catches inside the opponents 10 yardline (4th if you count Kuhn). He was behind Jordy and Finley and tied with Jennings with 4 catches, Jones had 2.

Originally Posted by: Stevetarded 



OK. I worded it poorly. I meant TD passes under 10 yards.

Driver had 4 TDs under 10 yards. Finley had 5. Kuhn had 2. Gregorious had 3. Jordy had 4. Jones had 2. And Taylor had 1. So Finley was the only guy on the team that caught more TDs than Driver within 10 yards. That makes sense. He's the TE. That's usually who QBs target for short TD passes.
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Zero2Cool
11 years ago
According to Scout.com

Packers will pay Donald Driver $2.3 million this season.

2012 $1.1 million salary that's not guaranteed and also a roster bonus of $1.2 million.

So basically, the Packers could cut Driver at anytime and suffer no financial penalty.
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dhpackr
11 years ago

It's fricken larceny to pay Driver $2.5 Million at this stage in his career. I hope everyone is happy. My wish is for him to be beat out in training camp so we only waste $500K on a guy that drops a lot of passes and can't outrun any Dbacks anymore. The saddest thing in sports is when aging veterans don't know when to call it a day.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 



except in the Packers playoff game last year DD out performed all the other WR on the team.

My wish for him is he plays in the slot, catches 45 passes for about 700 yrds and provides leadership to a young talented wr core while showing how an unselfish player can succeed in the NFL!


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