Wasn't GB giving up something like 75 yards a game on the ground last year until the DL started to break down?
And like hearing that Bryant had a meeting in GB even if he never made it. I really think Ted is serious about adding a DE this year.
Originally Posted by Grave Digger:
Maybe not Nix specifically, but a wide body like that. Mike Daniels could and should also be in the mix at NT.
Per Packers roster:
Mike Daniels is listed at 300 lbs, a bit light for a NT.
Raji and Pickett tip the scales at 337 and 338 lbs.
Originally Posted by IL_Pack_Fan:
Wasn't GB giving up something like 75 yards a game on the ground last year until the DL started to break down?
And like hearing that Bryant had a meeting in GB even if he never made it. I really think Ted is serious about adding a DE this year.
TT is always serious about adding talent, but not at the stupid rates required to play in the stupid season. He has brought in DL talent before only to watch other teams overpay for that talent.
Originally Posted by antooo:
Originally Posted by Grave Digger:
Maybe not Nix specifically, but a wide body like that. Mike Daniels could and should also be in the mix at NT.
Per Packers roster:
Mike Daniels is listed at 300 lbs, a bit light for a NT.
Raji and Pickett tip the scales at 337 and 338 lbs.
Agreed. Danields is not a nose tackle. Heck, the Packers usually take him out on running downs.
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Daniels actually played the run well last season, but he's too small to play nose tackle.
Originally Posted by Tdog:
I heard Rome on the radio during lunch saying Peter King said the Packers overpaid for Shields because Shields is a pedestrian CB. Further proof that Peter King doesn't know sh*t.
Furhter proof that Jim Rome doesn't know sh*t, either.
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#Bears RB Michael Bush is being released, per source.
Was that a one and done with Bush and the Bears?
The Packers over paid for Shield because he not a good story for the national media. When was the last time he shot up a bar, well folks face it he is boring.
Peter King is great at getting access, but atrocious at analysis.
Originally Posted by titmfatied:
Peter King is great at getting access, but atrocious at analysis.
That's why he gets access. Plus HoF-level ball washing for his sources.
The Packers will be looking for a new starting center if a report by the New York Daily News is true.
Ralph Vacchiano of the Daily News tweeted today that Packers free agent Evan Dietrich-Smith could sign with another team shortly after free agency begins at 3 p.m. tomorrow, most likely the New York Giants.
“Heard free-agent C Evan Dietrich-Smith could sign quickly tomorrow,” Vacchianio tweeted. “Giants are the favorites, from what I can tell.”
If the Packers lose Dietrich-Smith, then either second-year pro JC Tretter becomes the front-runner for the starting job, or the Packers will have to find a center in free agency to take over as starter.
Sounds like the Giants will be cutting their C, Bass.
If Tretter is the better athlete and the better long-term C, I have no issues with GB moving on from EDS. I think he's was a servicable C but GB should get better out of this position.
Obvious large concern is that Tretter hasn't played a down of pro football..
quote:If the Packers lose Dietrich-Smith,
Third-round comp pick, here we come!
Originally Posted by Hungry5:
Sounds like the Giants will be cutting their C, Bass.
Originally Posted by packerboi:
From Monday Morning MD:
...Second, the agents refer their star players to these physicians.
As soon as one considers these doctors are doing this for a "fee", it ends any argument over the merits of these letters.
This isn't the only factor that taints this process, but it takes 2 or more to collude.
RT @TonyPauline I'm told James Jones receiving heavy interest from Detroit Lions, New York Jets. Green Bay #Packers may still be in the mix.
I was psyched when I heard about Sam Shields Mon morning. TT strikes on the eve of free agency, brilliant! Numbers seem a bit high now but once free agency kicks in it will look even better, especially if Shields' production continues to crest.
You can't improve a D by losing you best free agent.
I got a feeling this is the first of several smart moves by TT in free agency...
As long as we get more pouty faces from the Mannings. 
90% of Free Agents are "over paid" in the sense that there are better players at the position. Its just the market setting itself.
If the Giants throw good money at Evan Dietrich Stiff to open free agency I'll be shocked. Sounds more like agent trying to get TT to pony up for a deal prior to finding out he's not a priority for anyone.
According to the NY media it's the McAdoo connection that's driving it. The organization has a contingency plan for every possibility and it's not a real concern to me.
Originally Posted by michiganjoe:
According to the NY media it's the McAdoo connection that's driving it. The organization has a contingency plan for every possibility and it's not a real concern to me.
That back up QB contingency plan worked out well last year.
Originally Posted by antooo:
Per Packers roster:
Mike Daniels is listed at 300 lbs, a bit light for a NT.
Raji and Pickett tip the scales at 337 and 338 lbs.
Being a good NT isn't about girth, it's about strength. Being 330 lbs. makes it easier to play NT because you have that natural strength and you can take the pounding coming at you, but a guy like Daniels is as strong as any 330 pounder and he's quick enough to avoid taking that constant pounding. I think about guys like Jay Ratliff and Randy Starks playing NT, those guys kicked a$$ earlier in their careers because they are/were very strong and very quick. They dominated Centers, who tend to be on the smaller side, and collapsed the pocket. I'm not saying Daniels needs to be the starting NT or even play there significantly, but I think he should be in the mix there because I think he could have a lot of success.
Why would you waste a good interior pass rusher by having him take a beating as an undersized NT on early downs? Makes no sense. Find some other big and leave Daniels where he is. He's going to finally be that Cullen Jenkins-type GB has been looking for. Would you put Jenkins at NT?
It seems like you really struggle with projecting how players fit on the DL in the 3-4.
Originally Posted by Grave Digger:
Originally Posted by antooo:
Per Packers roster:
Mike Daniels is listed at 300 lbs, a bit light for a NT.
Raji and Pickett tip the scales at 337 and 338 lbs.
Being a good NT isn't about girth, it's about strength. Being 330 lbs. makes it easier to play NT because you have that natural strength and you can take the pounding coming at you, but a guy like Daniels is as strong as any 330 pounder and he's quick enough to avoid taking that constant pounding. I think about guys like Jay Ratliff and Randy Starks playing NT, those guys kicked a$$ earlier in their careers because they are/were very strong and very quick. They dominated Centers, who tend to be on the smaller side, and collapsed the pocket. I'm not saying Daniels needs to be the starting NT or even play there significantly, but I think he should be in the mix there because I think he could have a lot of success.
It's a combo of attributes. Otherwise a horse like Kenny Peterson, who was as strong as they come, would have been all-pro.
Originally Posted by Grave Digger:
I'm not saying Daniels needs to be the starting NT or even play there significantly, but I think he should be in the mix there because I think he could have a lot of success.
I'm quoting myself because it's clear you didn't get this far JJwattSD. And yes, depending on the package, I would slide Jenkins down to 0-tech and let him work over a Center (ala young Jay Ratliff). And I think there were occasions where Capers did that (he lined up at 0, 1, and 3 in the Psycho package).
Originally Posted by Grave Digger:
Originally Posted by antooo:
Per Packers roster:
Mike Daniels is listed at 300 lbs, a bit light for a NT.
Raji and Pickett tip the scales at 337 and 338 lbs.
Being a good NT isn't about girth, it's about strength. Being 330 lbs. makes it easier to play NT because you have that natural strength and you can take the pounding coming at you, but a guy like Daniels is as strong as any 330 pounder and he's quick enough to avoid taking that constant pounding. I think about guys like Jay Ratliff and Randy Starks playing NT, those guys kicked a$$ earlier in their careers because they are/were very strong and very quick. They dominated Centers, who tend to be on the smaller side, and collapsed the pocket. I'm not saying Daniels needs to be the starting NT or even play there significantly, but I think he should be in the mix there because I think he could have a lot of success.
Didn't Starks and Ratliff play in one gap schemes? If we go to a one gap scheme Daniels will kill it at NT. 2 gapping? No way.
I think they should put Jordy there. He's strong too and he's quick. I'm not saying he should play there much, but he should be in the mix because he'd be an awesome NT. Or something.
Being 330 lbs. makes it easier to play NT because you have that natural strength
I bet this guy could bench press a school bus then.
Originally Posted by JJSD:
I think they should put Jordy there. He's strong too and he's quick. I'm not saying he should play there much, but he should be in the mix because he'd be an awesome NT. Or something.
Nailed it! Exactly the same!
