You can pick 3 former Packers to put on this team, who would you pick

Travis Williams - To return kicks, and play both him and Cobb at same time in different formations and sets. 

 

Ray Nitschke - Duh.

 

Willie Wood - Duh.  

 

 

Brian Noble- Because he was my favorite Packer for a time and would kick ass as AJ Hawk's replacement. 

 

Tim Harris- six guns

 

Chuck Cecil- cause Dom Capers wouldn't know what to do with him. 

Really cool topic and pretty hard to pick.  I was born a year after Lombardi left so I didn't see the Lombardi guys play which makes it tricky for me to pick them even though some would likely be great players in any era.  I'll stick to picking guys I have seen.

 

Reggie White is a slam dunk on defense.  I've been watching the NFL since 1978 and I believe he is the best Defensive Lineman I have seen on any team in that 36 year period.  He won league defensive MVP in a year where he flirted with retirement in 1998.  That's how good he was that even past his prime he still was the best defensive guy in the league.  He played in a 3-4 and 4-3 and was great at both.

 

I'll go for James Lofton on offense to add some incredible athleticism and pair up one of the best NFL deep threats ever with a terrific deep thrower in Rodgers. 

 

Other considerations on offense would be great Offensive Tackles of the past like Forrest Gregg, but I didn't see them play so I really don't want to put them on there.  Ken Ruettgers or a young Chad Clifton at LT would be nice, but I think Lofton is a better player overall even though he doesn't fit a position of need, Lofton gets my vote.

 

Give me Eugene Robinson as my wildcard.  Just unbelievably smart and though he wasn't a great athlete, his instincts for FS were as good as it gets.  He solidified that position for the '96 Packers, and he'd solidify it now.  There'd be no busted coverages with Eugene roaming the backfield. 

 

Nitschke - great player, great hitter, and great Packer people.

 

Willie Wood - another great hitter. Guys out of the backfield crushed by Nitschke, receivers by Wood.

 

Tougher on offense. I'd go with either Flanagan or Winters, just because we need a center upgrade and to continue adding toughness to the line.

Ray Nitschke, Le Roy Butler, Forrest Gregg.  Guys lined up every week, cover current team needs and were freakin good.

I am going to say Larry McCarren because we just need some continuity at center.

Sterling Sharpe would have been unstoppable with this group of receivers and lets put Big Gilbert Brown in the middle to tie up multiple olinemen.

 

Nitschke because he always shut down the greatest RB Jim Brown.

 

Herb Adderly.  Was Adderly Island before Revis was even thought of as a grandchild.

 

Forrest Gregg.  Was All Pro or Pro Bowl at tackle and when Kramer was hurt was All Pro or Pro Bowl at guard.

I work with a Bayer fan who tried telling me Rodgers has and still does, live off the 5-10yd pass that turns into TD's or big gains via YAC.  He basically was saying he's a dink-and-dunk guy.  Jenyus.

A lot of these posts make me realize how lucky we are to have the squad we have now as fans. No ill will intended. It's just with the exceptions of a couple glaring deficiencies (ie. center)  I'm ok with this team.

Keeping it to only players I've seen - Reggie White, LeRoy Butler and Keith Jackson. That would fix the defense and finally let 12 know what it feels like to play with a premier tight end.

I thought Jackson too. Game changer.

To fill holes on this team,

Sharpe instead of a TE.

Reggie

Then a Safety but which one ?

 

Definitely Nick Collins.  Defensive backfield would be solid.

 

James Lofton on one end, Jordy on the other with Cobb in the slot would look great.

 

I'll go back to Ted Hendricks to create mayhem at the QB, covering backs or TE.  He wasn't an ILB, but I think Dom could make good use of him.

Keith Jackson

LeRoy Butler

Ray Nitschke

I'm old enough to (sort of) remember the Lombardi years, but the game has changed so much in that half-century that it's difficult to say how some of those guys would fare in today's NFL. You can assume that the elite athletes of that era would still be the elite athletes today, and it's a reasonable assumption to make, but it's still hard to project how (for example) an offensive lineman who played at 240 would do today if he bulked up to 300.

 

But with a guy like Ray Nitschke, it's not hard at all. He played LB at around 230 or 240, if I recall, so he's a player who could step onto the field today and not give up anything. He's my defensive guy. Tough call to take him over Reggie, but to me, that level of "nasty" that Nitshcke brought every Sunday is exactly what this defense needs.

 

Offense is tougher. I'm tempted to try to shore up the O-line, but I think I have to go with Keith Jackson. Lofton or Sharpe would be better suited as pure offensive weapons, but we already have good wide receivers, and Jackson solves our tight end problems decisively.

 

The extra guy would come down to one of 3 safeties, and that's a tough call. Again, I go back to the Lombardi teams and take Willie Wood, and once again, it's because we need the nasty. Not to take anything away from Collins or Butler, but when Willie hit a man, he knew he'd been hit.

 

Now, if only we could go back and pick a coach from the past...

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Now, if only we could go back and pick a coach from the past...

Fritz Shurmur, to replace Dom Capers. 

Reggie White, Nick Collins, LeRoy Bulter.

They wouldn't lose a game.

Which one plays on offense, though?

Reggie White, LeRoy Butler, and Sterling Sharpe

Oh... Didn't see the rules. Reggie White, LeRoy, and Sterling Sharpe. 

FWIW, I saw the topic and thought it meant former Packers still in the league. Couldn't think of any.

Call me a cynic, but there are days that I'd have a tough time coming up with 3 Packers who are currently on the team that I want to have here.

Reggie, Sterling, either Leroy or Collins

 

 

Jonathan Brown, Estus Hood, David Whitehurst

Justin Harrell, Jamal Reynolds, Tony Mandarich

Sharpe

Davis

Winters

Wood

No way not to take Reggie

Don Hutson just to find out how he'd do in this age.
Collins 

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Don Hutson just to find out how he'd do in this age.

Or to have two white starting WRs. 

Gregg, White, Collins

 

Thought about Winters in place of White. Lawdy that would be a nasty roster. In the end you can't not pick one of the three best defensive players ever. 

 

Fun question. 

To help the current team:

 

Jim Ringo - need a C

Ray Nitschke - need some nasty

Reggie White - would help any team in any era

 

 

James Lofton- My favorite Packer.  Would love to see him play with Rodgers

 

Ray Nitschke- Too young to have seen him play, but have seen many highlights.  That would fix the big hole they have in the middle.  Guess they would have to change defenses. 

 

Reggie White- The best ever.

 

Jerry Kramer, Larry McCarren, Gail Gillingham. AR could stand in the pocket for days.

Jim Ringo

Reggie White

Willie Davis

 

Imagine how brutal our front seven would be.

Adding players that I've watched:

Offense - Sterling Sharpe

Defense - Reggie White

Wild Card - Bryce Paup

 

Paup was a tremendous OLB in a 3-4.  Can you imagine him across from CMIII, along with Reggie White who excelled in any defense?

For me Reggie White is a lock.

 

Torn between Sharpe and Lofton, but I'll go with Lofton.

 

After that I really can't choose among Gillingham and one of the safeties, probably Butler.

 

Regrets for passing on Nitschke.

 

I do find Gillingham intriguing for solidifying the line.

Every defense needs Reggie White, that should be a given. 

 

As a former OLineman I am partial to a guy like Larry McCarren or any of the OL from the Lombardi years (Gregg, Gillingham, Bowman, Skoronski, Kramer, Fuzzy, etc.). Those guys played like an OL should.

 

And as a former OL who much preferred run blocking to pass blocking, I would love to see what a two headed monster of Eddie Lacy and John Brockington would do to the NFL. Opposing Defensive Backs would sick of the punishment by the 2nd quarter. 

 

Helps with the WR depth (4-wide of Hutson, Jordy, Cobb, and Boykin) and could play Safety.

And kick