2014 Position Battles

 

From the article: At 6-foot-7 and 287 pounds, he strikes an impressive figure on the field. He just has not made a ton of plays yet. The knock on Peppers last season in Chicago was that he took plays off. It's too early to say he's doing the same thing in Green Bay, but it's worth keeping an eye on.

 

 

I hope he takes plays off.  I just want him to do it when he's on the sidelines, not the field.  He shouldn't have to be an every down defensive player.  If he has to be, the Packers D is in trouble.

If he has to be, the Packers D is in trouble.

 

A whole lot of delicious trouble!!

 

 

 

I believe that is the correct approach. A lot of unknown **** with this group.

Charles Woodson looked like a JAG his first preseason in Green Bay. Then when the games started to matter he blew up. Peppers might not do that but I'll wait till next month to find out.

Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson are worried about Peppers. They don't give a rats ass about his work the first week of camp. Or his work in preseason. Neither should we.

People keep ripping Peppers for loafing in Chicago last season, but he still totaled 7.5 sacks. That would have been tied for 1st on the Packers last year...first being Clay Matthews who was absent for much of the season. That sucks. A lazy Julius Peppers is still capable of producing more sacks than anyone other than Clay Matthews so even if he does loaf through this season we have still upgraded. Imagine if he's not loafing and plays motivated!

So in other words what you're saying is that beyond Peppers and Matthews everybody in the front seven sucks and the Packers are doomed? 

Not worried about JP

He doesn't have to prove anything in the preseason

Show up once in a while when the games count and that's still a huge improvement over what they had last season

Peppers #1 preseason priority: don't get hurt.

Yeah not worried about Peppers.  He has nothing to prove right now and his #1 goal is being 100% healthy for week 1 in Seattle.  The fact that this is even a discussion just shows how over covered the NFL is and how desperate the media is for another angle to write about.  

 

The Bears played Peppers too much last year so he wore down.  He's old and he can't play 82% of the snaps and be fine.  They had to though b/c the Bears' DL depth was atrocious.  If Capers/MM are smart, they'll put him on a pitch count during the first 10-12 games, keeping him fresh for the playoff run.  Daniels, CMII and Peppers rushing on third down is better than anything the Packers have had since the late 90's.  Pretty excited to see it in action.  

Don't forget Datone Jones & if we get the 2010 version of Raji....

GAME OVER!!

He is the hardest 1st round pick to remember we've had in a long time.

 

Dude needs to show up. IMO JMO

I couldn't agree more. We won't know until the real games start , but I'm very afraid he is just a guy on Sunday's. Not giving up though, too early to really dog on him yet.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports...555z1-272662541.html

 

Really like Starks, but Harris appears to be the more complete back and probably deserves to be the next option after Lacy. 

 

Nice problem to have. I hope it remains a problem all season!

Here's the pass pro and pass rush stats from McGinn

 

http://www.jsonline.com/sports...561z1-272666231.html

I think Starks is the better back; however, I think Harris is the better complement to Lacy.  Lacy wears them down, then insert the speed and shiftyness of Harris instead of another battering ram in Starks.

DuJuan do get 10 yards downfield might quick.  I like all 3.  They each bring something a lil' different. 

Somebody will get dinged up, all the more reason to like the stable. 

Starks continues to make me nervous in the passing game. One blown assignment on his part could be catastrophic. Most impressive part of Harris' game against the Raiders to me was his work in pass protection.

Starks reminds me a lot of Chris Brown, he's a good runner when healthy, but not a lot of outside burst and runs pretty upright so he takes a lot of hits on his body.

He also fumbles too much, like Brandon Jackson.

 Yeah, Brown looked almost like a Point Guard for a couple of years around 2005.

That's Jennings, dummy. 

So, you saying Starks hits more like Rihanna?