MichiganPacker2 posted:Va. Packer posted:Sam Shields is getting the "backup QB" treatment. He never made a Pro Bowl. His best season was arguably his rookie year when Woodson and T. Williams were starting. He averaged about 3 picks a year and was a challenge flag away from being on a Dez Bryant poster for all eternity. Is he better than the flotsam the Packers are trotting out there now? Sure. But that speaks for itself. And he can't play both CB spots at once.
He surely isn't the difference between HFA throughout the playoffs and 4th seed.
Did you actually watch him play? 3-4 times a year he'd chase down a guy from way behind. The guy could run. He might not have been Darrell Revis, but he was a good corner.
He could run indeed. He was a starting caliber NFL corner. He was paid like one. He wasn't a great player and he wasn't the difference in the Packers record and home field. I watched Julio Jones light up the Packers secondary for 259 yards in 2014 when Shields was there.
Lack of talent and constant mental errors, not injuries, is what ails the Packers CB's.