@PackLandVA posted:Someone's gonna pay the man next year.
I hope it's GB!
The Cardinals:
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1. Let Campbell walk in free agency
2. Didnβt protect Douglas on the practice squad
Both got their vengeance as Campbell earned his first sack of the season and Douglas snagged the game-winning INT
What the Cardinals view as trash, the #Packers view as treasure pic.twitter.com/IKlzWASBQZ
@Fandame posted:As much griping as everyone has done about the FO, they seem to know what they were doing when they went out and got Campbell... and Douglas... and Bojo... and Mercelius... and Cobb (Okay, so Cobb might have been forced on them, but they still did it.)... and drafted Stokes...
And these guys are playing lights-out for GB, making other guys sit up and take notice. Let's give credit where it's due, and to Rodgers for forcing their hand.
And a world class sledding hill..Take that Tampa!
Best $2 million they have spent in... forever?
amazing what a competent ilb can do...where have we heard this before? 
Hopefully this opens Gute's eyes to how critical ILB is to an elite defense. No DC, good or bad, was ever going to field a successful defense with the guys we've been trotting out at ILB over the last decade.
Just read the last Packer to get the award was Matthews in September of 2010.
Thatβs bad
@Grave Digger posted:Hopefully this opens Gute's eyes to how critical ILB is to an elite defense. No DC, good or bad, was ever going to field a successful defense with the guys we've been trotting out at ILB over the last decade.
If Dom Capers had Campbell at any point then we win another SB. No doubt.
Sigh.
@Grave Digger posted:
If Dom Capers had Campbell at any point then we win another SB. No doubt.
Entirely possible.
Me watching Campbell play.
I do think Matt Foley may deserve a bit of credit here as well simply because it feels like he's letting the whole front 7 go get the ball. Normally you'd say having a strong DT/DE makes a LB better but I honestly think Campbell, being an absolute defensive sponge, is making it easier for Lowry and KC. He's the motherfuckin' quicker picker upper.
The shutout vs. the Seahawks was a "huge step" for the #Packers defense.
β Green Bay Packers (@packers) November 18, 2021
1-on-1 with LB @Came_Along_Way π₯@KwikTrip | #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/C7lI48gm5b
Good interview with Campbell.
@PackerHawk posted:Best $2 million they have spent in... forever?
Yes. Unfortunately he's going to cost just a tad bit more next year, but I think we need to do what we can to keep him.
Lowest missed tackle pct in NFL
β NFL on CBS π (@NFLonCBS) December 13, 2021
Jayron Kearse 3.3%
De'Vondre Campbell 3.4%
Harrison Smith 4.6%
Kamren Curl 4.9%
Jordan Fuller 5.3%
*min. 75 tackles pic.twitter.com/VY9hRCKfEd
I could be imagining this but it seems like when a ball carrier is hit by this D, there isn't a lot of yardage gained afterwards. Seems like for so long you'd have a defender make first contact with a few guys kind of assisting and the ball carrier would always pick up a little extra before he was down.
Now the stops seem much more sudden and guys arrive with fewer good intentions. I saw several 3rd down stops sunday night where the ball carrier was within a yard or two of the first down before contact was made and ended up being stopped short. Seems like in the past those plays usually resulted in a first down.
IIRC, I believe the Packers as a team lead the NFL in the lowest percentage of missed tackles. A stark contrast from the Capers later years and Pettine as well.
Later Capers years after the roster went to crap.
Look at the technique this year vs last year. They now arrive in better position to tackle and then they carry it out. The feet are set, the weight is more forward to prevent getting bowled over, and they use more shoulders than arms. It's just a whole different look than in years past.
#Packers LB De'Vondre Campbell had just 4 missed tackles all season and finished with a missed tackle percentage of 2.9, the best in the NFL this season among LBs and the best among linebackers over the last two seasons, per @PFF
β Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) January 13, 2022
Was he switched at birth? He's clearly not a Packers linebacker.
In my opinion, he's a must sign in the off season. Defense isn't the same without him.
Butler is of the opinion that Campbell's absence in the Lion game was a significant part of the problem with the defense.
Rated top 50 by his peers.
Campbell was a pleasant surprise in 2021.
Then he got paid and he was not nearly as good in 2022.
He has just been bad in 2023 (and injured).
Campbell will be 31 next season.
Unfortunately, he has 3 years left on his contract at $14M, $12M, and $12M.
I would not be surprised to see him cut after the season and the Packers eat the $24M in dead cap (over 3 years) on his contract.
Hard to say it, but I can't disagree. He's done some good things in GB, but Father Time seems to have Campbell in his grip.
Agree that the luster has worn off of the De'Vondre Campbell experiment. Seems like 2021 was his high water mark.
Preston Smith too. One freaking tackle today, ONE! Beginning to think the biggest drat need is any linebacker. Inside or outside.
I donβt think itβs fair to judge any defensive playerβs performance until the Packers have a competent DC.
Campbell is washed, scheme or no. Next year is going to be more of the same, with a bunch of dead cap, dead duck coaching staff and team president. The one guy that may be worth keeping is Gute. Lots of young offensive players that have flashed ability, lots of high draft capital guys on D, of course we know there are a few positions that need fortifying, some addition by subtraction situations, but yeah, Campbell is done.
@SteveLuke posted:Campbell was a pleasant surprise in 2021.
Then he got paid and he was not nearly as good in 2022.
He has just been bad in 2023 (and injured).
Campbell will be 31 next season.
Unfortunately, he has 3 years left on his contract at $14M, $12M, and $12M.
I would not be surprised to see him cut after the season and the Packers eat the $24M in dead cap (over 3 years) on his contract.
His cap hit is 14 million next year, but his dead cap is 11 million, so they save 3 million in cap space by moving on. I think you can find someone to do what he does for 3 million next year.
And about the same with Preston Smith. $16.5 mill cap hit but $14 mill dead cap so they can save another $2.5 mill.
He may also just be tired of being matched up vs. WR's.
It's likely time to move on next year, but it seems like 59 did everything in his power to fight through a tough injury. He's not a guy that talks to the media much so there's not much of him defending himself or explaining what he's been through. This isn't a guy loafing after a big contract or someone who's lost the desire. Get the sense he's unfortunately just been ground down by injury. Seems like he's highly respected by everyone in the building.
FWIW he lives on the same block as a friend of mine in Minnesotaβ¦my buddy says he is a real good guy.
Not the same player without Dean Lowry in front of him