Satori posted:# 3 WRs are often journeymen, see Jones, James et al
In the case of Adams, I believe Henry is wrong and I'll lay out some of the reasond why I think that.
IMO, a good way to make the evaluation from the outside, is to ask yourself this question: What is it that I don't know ?
Instead of relying on speculation, innuendo and projections, we can look and see how other Packer WRs have produced with injuries. Cobb had the most drops of any WR in 25 years of Packer history, mostly because he had a torn AC joint and partially because he was pressing mentally. He said as much himself
http://archive.jsonline.com/sp...526z1-366333791.html
Here we have an example of a Packers WR with both a physical injury and a mental challenge. Cobb is also paid as a top tier guy, yet nobody is calling for him to be cut, none of the fans are ripping on him and we don't have anybody suggesting he has the yips.
Another example is Jordy Nelson in the Super Bowl. Jordy had some killer drops that may have derailed a couple of drives. He also had a killer drop in the end zone in the 4th quarter that would have sealed the game. Instead GB had to settle for a FG and then play defense for another Steelers drive.
We later found out that Jordy had a burst bursa sac in his knee and couldn't push off. That's why he dropped the end zone pass that hit him in the hands, a play he makes 9 times out of 10. And the pressure of the SB perhaps had him mentally pressing too, causing him to drop another pass that hit him square in the hands. Driver talked about how he implored Jordy to just relax and make the same plays he always did.
Yet, nobody assails Jordy for his drops or suggests he has the yips or that he sucked in any way shape or form. Nelson has certainly proven it over a longer period of time, but Jordy struggled in years 1-3, including some untimely fumbles. We can do the same exercise with James Jones and his killer drops, although I don't know if he had any underlying injury. These guys are the elite of the elite facing the elite of the elite. Even operating at 100% its a huge challenge
Adams-ripping is merely an example of the biases we all have in how we treat different people differently. Adams proved himself in several important games in 2014, both the Pats game in November and the playoff game vs Dallas as well as the fake spike catch with time running out at Miami
He will be fine in 2016.
We can also note how the HC and QB1 reacted to Adams performance in 2015. They knew about the undisclosed MCL in addition to the ankle injury. They knew that Adams was operating on bad wheels and facing # 1 DBs and they were OK with it because they knew things we aren't privy to.
They knew he was half-assing it on some routes and they were OK with it because they had more info than we do. Rodgers is uber-anal about preparation and effort - often refusing to throw to guys who aren't putting in the work or being in the right spot. Yet he continued to throw to Davante and continued to support him, including his comment calling Davante "Mr. January" after his performance vs Washington in the playoffs. If Rodgers is cool with Adams, then so am I.
I'd like to think I don't really give a rats ass whether or not Henry and the other detractors change their tune on Adams, but I'm not certain. I merely pointed it out as an example of what happens when we make immutable conclusions based on limited info and then bolster those conclusions with the vagaries of our own biases. Got six minutes ? Enjoy it
Real simple. Every other WR sophomore slump also showed some production. Some glimmer of future talent. We saw nothing from Adams, zero. It was so completely zero it seemingly negated any previous glimmers. He **** the bed and hard and now we hear he's having problems with separation in TC? Remember all world Adams in TC last year?
Slumps and learning curves are legitimate but there's something a bit bigger here. If Adams was so hampered by injury and coaching to the degree of what he showed on the field it points to how glaring the move to hand the offense to Clements was. If that's the approach we're going to take, which is valid, you have the maturation of a series of really bad decisions and player reactions if that's the case.
In all this "bashing" Adams we need to look at the dip**** that's becoming a legend on a couple of jump balls. The point of all this is Adam's soft ass performance, Janis the Dumb status and the fact the rest of our "high powered" offense went right in the ****ter because of two guys, Jordy and Clements. If Adams and the other receivers need that much handholding then revisiting the decisions that lead to BooBoo having such a piss poor season are in order.
Quite frankly, it's nothing but a gut feeling but MM needs to be looking in the mirror as much as Adams does.
Janis looks in the mirror and thinks another person is staring at him. I wonder if a coach on the sidelines had a laser pointer he'd run the right routes.
