Sportradar rates Packers receivers as NFL's slowestOriginally Posted by Pugger
http://www.packersnews.com/story/spo...st/1007206001/
No QB can throw a tortoise open......
Sportradar rates Packers receivers as NFL's slowest
http://www.packersnews.com/story/spo...st/1007206001/
No QB can throw a tortoise open......
I saw James Jones do it over and over again just a few years ago.
But Rodgers leads the league in frumpy expressions and negative body language on the sideline, which makes him, like Josh Allen, a unique double threat.
-Tim Harmston
Exactly. We don't need speed demons. We have one already in Janis who is now stuck on ST.
It does help to have a deep threat though. During much of James Jones' career, he was halped by the fact that the Packers had Greg Jennings and Jordy Nelson, guys who had deep speed that defenses had to respect. The Packers need to get back to drafting one of those types of guys. It would Adams even better.
It also helped to have James Jones, who despite pedestrian speed somehow got an angle on DBs. Once he learned to catch over the shoulder he was a nightmare to cover deep.
Mostly I think his advantage was size and the willingness to run some inside routes. DBs had to honor his feints inside.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
James Jones was a press coverage escape artist.
70% of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Al Harris.
Its the paradox of no speed. If a tiny DB bumps you and you are already slow, does it actually have a measurable effect?
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
If we look at every pass play in the N.F.L. this season through Week 16, and then average the top speed of each receiver across all of those plays, the Rams have the fastest group with an average of 13.32 m.p.h. The Raiders, at 11.96, are slower than every other team except for the Packers, who are more than a mile and a half per hour slower than the Rams at 11.74 m.p.h.
How much of that is scramble drill? It takes more time to run a stop and start or sit in a zone than it does to cover the same distance in a straight line.
No longer the member of any fan clubs. I'm tired of jinxing players out of the league and into obscurity.
It seems like more a reflection of the speed of the offense. Might be due to a lot of short routes and WR screens due to the utter incompetency of downfield throwing by a certain QB who is worth a #2 and #4 draft pick, according to a certain poster from Texas.
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Its hard to ignore the speed demons at WR that teams brought to the playoffs this year. Pittsburgh and New Orleans are especially loaded.
70% of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Al Harris.
That equation has hit a hard limit though.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
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