Report: Packers' Allen Lazard out for the season after Surgery on Core Injury.
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In shotgun empty backfield, I hope they try Tyler Ervin in Cobb's spot. Then Jones.
Darrius Shepherd scares the heck out of me. Seems he's good for at least 1 brain fart a game.
Crap...put Dillon in..run the ball. Falcons cant stop the run.
I think it happened on the play Rodgers threw to Lazard towards the right sideline. Lazard look quick going into and coming out of his route. Once he caught the ball and turned up field he looked like he was running in mud.
Organization and AR appear to be fine with Shepherd and that's good enough for me. Get to the bye and they'll likely have back both Davante and ESB.
https://profootballtalk.nbcspo...ry-out-indefinitely/
I expect that the pundits are now going to ramp up the “Why didn’t GB draft a WR?” story again.
Oh, and I also wonder when fans are going to call for GB to bring Kumerow back from the Bill’s PS?
+90% of NFL teams that lose their #1 & #2 WRs will struggle. GB is in the 10%. Rodgers is dialed in to the MiLF offense, and with Jones, Ervin, Williams being able to line up outside - not seeing a big issue.
We might see Jones, Williams, Ervin outside and Dillon in the backfield come Monday night.
@PackerPatrick posted:Oh, and I also wonder when fans are going to call for GB to bring Kumerow back from the Bill’s PS?
I’m sure yelling for him to come back, BRING D III BACK.
Obviously will have a negative impact in the passing game.
Less obvious will be the negative impact it could have in the running game because of his size and blocking ability.
@PackerPatrick posted:https://profootballtalk.nbcspo...ry-out-indefinitely/
I expect that the pundits are now going to ramp up the “Why didn’t GB draft a WR?” story again.
Or why did the chose to spend their first 4 draft picks on this year's 3rd string QB (gave up a 4th rounder to move up 4 spots), a 3rd string RB, and a 3rd string TE. If they felt that Lazard was going to be a solid contributor and MVS would improve, then they had 3 decent WRs. Having almost nothing behind Kenny Clark on the DL and going with an older ILB that missed a combined 23 games the last 2 years is more of a problem.
Some people will bring up the Rodgers' 2005 draft pick. Yes, they picked a guy that wasn't going to play that year in the 1st, but they added key contributors that could at least help that year in the rest of the first 4 rounds. Nick Collins was Round 2 and Brady Poppinga was Round 4. Marviel Underwood was also Round 4 and he at least got on the field before hurting his knee the next year. Terrence Murphy (WR- Round 2) was also being worked into the rotation before his freak neck injury.
My problem with this draft wasn't the WR part. It was using all the premium picks they have for guys that are essentially redshirting.
Turn up your volume.
Oww.
That sounds painful. https://t.co/LMERtaemhe
— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) October 2, 2020
I think any of the three picks in the given round by itself is fine. Maybe even two of the picks. But all three top picks that were not be planned as starters is the issue for me. If the Packers had the luxury of drafting any position because they didn't really have many holes, that's one thing. But they did/do have holes that could've been addressed.
They're 3-0 right now, so that's great. Hopefully KC, Kirksey and others get/stay healthy.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Or why did the chose to spend their first 4 draft picks on this year's 3rd string QB (gave up a 4th rounder to move up 4 spots), a 3rd string RB, and a 3rd string TE. If they felt that Lazard was going to be a solid contributor and MVS would improve, then they had 3 decent WRs. Having almost nothing behind Kenny Clark on the DL and going with an older ILB that missed a combined 23 games the last 2 years is more of a problem.
Some people will bring up the Rodgers' 2005 draft pick. Yes, they picked a guy that wasn't going to play that year in the 1st, but they added key contributors that could at least help that year in the rest of the first 4 rounds. Nick Collins was Round 2 and Brady Poppinga was Round 4. Marviel Underwood was also Round 4 and he at least got on the field before hurting his knee the next year. Terrence Murphy (WR- Round 2) was also being worked into the rotation before his freak neck injury.
My problem with this draft wasn't the WR part. It was using all the premium picks they have for guys that are essentially redshirting.
To be fair, Funchess bugged out for the season so that didn't help the situation. Still, I agree completely. Love is not Rodgers. Also, considering they made no moves to bolster the middle of the D with the exception of Kirksey in FA is the part that kills me. I would've been more than happy to see a DT with that 4th rounder.
I don't know who is madly in love with Love but that's a hell swing they took. My perceived ceiling for Love is Alex Smith, can't complain too much I guess. Otherwise I'm hoping for some good draft capital.
They drafted this year like a team that was in 1 of 2 situations.
One reason to draft completely for the future like this is that you know you realistically need to upgrade a lot of personnel to compete for a title and you are looking 2-3 years down the road. This approach might have made sense last year when MLF was coming in to take over a 6-9-1 team with a declining QB.
The other reason to draft this way is that you feel you have veteran personnel like the 1996 Packer Super Bowl team and there isn't going to be a lot of playing time for new contributors anyway.
Obviously, this team was 13-3 last year and played in the NFC Title game. They were one game away from the Super Bowl, but I would have thought that anybody watching them play the Niners could tell that they clearly needed to upgrade personnel on the defensive side. They had the type of team where you usually take some chances and try to get over the hump. What's puzzling is that they had the tough positions to fill covered: great edge rushers, a really promising secondary that was only going to improve, the best LT in football, a top 5 WR, a top 10 RB, and a QB that was at least good enough to win with. You can usually find top contributors at the positions they most needed to upgrade (interior DL and ILB) near the end of Round 1 and even later because teams will draft guys at LT, QB, CB, and Edge Rusher higher than they often should because they are at such a premium. The Packers had all that covered.
The only thing I can think of is they thought Rodgers was in severe decline and they thought the 13-3 record was a bit of a mirage. Instead, he opens this season looking like the 2010-15 era Rodgers. If you knew he was going to be this good, you'd think you'd at least try to add a difference maker to get over the hump.
https://bleacherreport.com/art...rgery-on-core-injury
The original article said that Lazard was out for the rest of the season.
Jones and Ervin work at WR when it’s unexpected. If we are counting on them to beat CB’s then we are going to have a bad time.