What ticks me off is how it always seems that players suddenly become "pro bowlers" in contract years.
Originally Posted by: Cheesey
It pisses me off too, but it ain't just the Packers where that happens.
In the case of Perry and Jones, and Neal too, I think it's partly health but mostly the coaching staff finally maximizing use of them. People in this forum and otherwise have been saying from the beginning with Nick Perry, he is a more natural DE, just without the size - a tweener. Now, he's getting used that way - a down lineman in passing situations with another faster pass rusher outside him at OLB. Jones didn't do very well as a DE even in passing situations, but he has contributed in passing situations as a nose or interior rusher in the D Line.
Both would be better in a 4-3, and I think when they are up for new contracts, some 4-3 team will offer them more than the Packers care to pay. Even though they have played better this season, players doing what they do just are not that hard to find. Are they busts as first rounders? I'd say yes.
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