Rookie camp report

I like thorntons attitude.  Defense needs it.

Colt Lyerla is an interesting player if he can keep his head on straight. He's got good speed and is very athletic.

How many Colt Lyeria type players have gone on to star in this league? Not many. I'm not holding my breath.

Good thing, you'll pass out or die if you hold it too long.

Screw talking.  They need to know one thing.  Will he tolerate a loss of freedom and increased structure and monitoring for a chance at success?  Yes or no.

This isn't Russia.... Is this Russia?

And I'll hold my breath for football's version of Josh Hamilton. 

Photography:

Green Bay Press Gazette

by Evan Siegle

Corey Linsley

 

Corey Linsley

 

Colt Lyerla

 

Colt Lyerla and LB Adrian Hubbard

 

Jared Abbrederis

 

Richard Rodgers

 

Davonte Adams

 

Jeff Janis

 

rest of the photos...

 

how many of them were put on IR before it ended?

The Bears did OK with Long last year, but he got his crap in order while in college.

So did Davenport.

I thought Davenport spread his poop around?

Abbrederis looks a year from being able to contribute.  He needs to get in the weight room.

He can be Lacy's roommate.

He will be fat, slow, and lazy in no time!

He doesn't look any different than DeSean Jackson.  In fact he looks exactly like DeSean Jackson.

And Desean is among the fastest players in the league.  Abbrederis has good speed but nothing special (especially for his size).  Big difference.  

Ryan Grant reminds me of Emmit SMith

I was referring to their color, dum dum.

 

 

Kipling took recuit to rookie.

Abbredris is a player who shouldn't be able to do what he does if you look at just his physical characteristics.  But he does it anyway.  If he had a better QB at Wisconsin who knows what he would have accomplished.  Desean thought he knew it all coming into the NFL.  Physically he has it - but he under performs that talent.  I'll take Abbrederis. 

Rodgers and Adams will click immediately. Rodgers can throw him open. In time Abbrederis and Rodgers will click because Jared is probably the purest route runner in the draft. Rodgers is going to love him. Lacy. Starks. Cobb, Jordy, Colt....

 

Tough to temper the excitement. Week 1 can't get here soon enough. 

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Tough to temper the excitement.

Just think about how many of the players are going to get injured in training camp. 

With 4:30 left in their playoff game against SF with the score tied 20-20 Micah Hyde had a possible take the lead pick slip through his hands. Lacy was averaging almost 4 yards per behind a line with a 4th round rookie LT starting after Bulaga was lost for the year. Clay Matthews, Mike Neal, Sam Shields, and Casey Hayward were watching from the sidelines. Sean Richardson was playing safety.

The injuries are coming like they have the past 5 years. All Ted can do is keep jamming the best possible 53 into the roster and let MM get them ready to step in when needed.

But if those injuries don't happen to happen....

Really excited to see what Adams and Abby can do.  I also wouldn't count out Janis because he's got talent and was very productive in school.

 

 

I think Janis is gonna stick through special teams work, speed and the general fear in the front office that he won't last on the practice squad. That's my prediction for camp.

SPECIAL TEAMS. 

So everytime Aaron hits Abbrederis, somebody on this board (or on TV) is going to say, "he went to Jared!"

 

and I HATE that commercial!   This could be a problem.  

I will now.

Could have been worse. Could have drafted a guy named Flo. 

From Demovsky's ESPN mailbag:

 

Demovsky: In talking to several people who got to watch more practice than the one session the media was allowed to attend, it sounds like that among the draft picks, the following players stood out: safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, center Corey Linsley, defensive tackle Khyri Thornton, plus receivers Davante Adams and Jared Abbrederis. Keep in mind, that was an extremely early analysis, but it sounds like those players definitely caught the attention of the coaches and scouts right away. As for the group of undrafted rookies, the gems from that class should start to shine as the OTAs progress over the next month.

JSO today has puff piece on Thornton. something tells me Worthy is gone if he doesn't show something in preseason.

I don't know. Cutting a second round pick after 1.25 seasons doesn't seem like a Ted move. I'm assuming they go with 6 DL again, and Raji, Daniels, Jones and Thornton are your locks. I'm sure Boyd is safe, so the last spot really comes down to Worthy vs. Guion or one of the UFDAs.

I think one of the UFDAs is gonna surprise....

I don't.  There will be a scrub OLB that hangs on, does nothing and gets rotated out just like every year.  Hubbard sounds like the blowhard to wash out in a season.  

 

I'm sure dip**** TE will be stashed away, there's your surprise player.

Agreed.

Disagree on Worthy.   Higher picks get more time and hard to see TT cutting a second round pick sidelined due to injury and not performance.  Neal showed less in his first 2 seasons and TT kept him around.  Only way Worthy is cut is if TT doesn't see the same player he was pre-ACL tear.  

But, there is so much more competition for one, and I disagree that Neal showed less. He was unstoppable in that Redskin game as a rookie before he got hurt. Worthy has looked, if anything, completely stoppable.