Quote Originally Posted by texaspackerbacker View Post
You're a little loose with your use of "no one" and "everyone". Janis is just scratching the surface, as I said he would if he ever got the opportunity.

I don't see the fascination with Trevor Davis, who hasn't come close to performing as well as Janis, who doesn't have the measureables of Janis, and who, other than the big punt return, hasn't been much on special teams either.

As for WR in general, assuming they don't cut Cobb - which wouldn't bother me at all, and Adams stays in the top 3 - deserved or not. Allison and Janis (and I mean at WR) are head and shoulders above anyone else from 4 on down. There are 9, maybe even 10 total quality WRs there. Crockett seems good enough to play in the NFL, but no way he stays; Maybe they can PUP Dupre and keep him that way, otherwise, a risk of the practice squad; It's been said Clark is too good to risk putting on the practice squad and losing him - I believe it; Yancey has looked way more good than bad, although I'm starting to see him as a Janis 2.0 in terms of lack of use. That leaves Davis and McCaffrey who I see battling for one spot, and I think McCaffrey may be the better of the two.

So my prediction/wish would be keeping 7 - Nelson, Cobb, Adams, Janis, Allison, Yancey, Clark, and either McCaffrey or Davis.

There are two factors involved with the fascination with Davis. First, it's speed. It's the one quality most people believe the Packers are missing with their wide receivers. It's why people were so enthralled with a seventh-round pick at WR a few years ago - his name was Janis. The second reason is that Davis is still new, so in our hopeful minds he's got the speed and perhaps ability to become a pro bowler. Janis is, to a football fan's mind, old hat. He seems to be, in our impatient minds, reaching his ceiling, and it doesn't seem to be a pro bowl ceiling. Davis we just don't know about, so we can still hope he's the next Bob Hayes.

I think that explains the fascination.