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  1. 01-17-2014, 10:49 AM #1
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    Former Packers still pursuing the dream

    Teams are starting to flesh out their off-season rosters, and players with Packer ties are being signed. A few I have run across

    Nick McDonald and Terrell Manning were signed this week by San Diego.
    Jerron McMillian was signed by Kansas City.
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  2. 01-17-2014, 11:31 AM #2
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    i'm surprised it took manning so long to find a team

    i thought he had some nice potential?
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    I assume that for Jerron McMillian, the dream is, someday, sometime, before he retires, actually defensing a pass in a regular season NFL game.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mraynrand View Post
    I assume that for Jerron McMillian, the dream is, someday, sometime, before he retires, actually defensing a pass in a regular season NFL game.
    That kid was unreal. He had some speed and strength, but what a case of arrested development. He went from splitting time in base, to nickel, to dime, to ST, to inactive, to cut.

    He has some physical skills, maybe some time and the right coach would make him an NFL player. He ain't one right now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mraynrand View Post
    I assume that for Jerron McMillian, the dream is, someday, sometime, before he retires, actually defensing a pass in a regular season NFL game.
    He had 1 more pass defensed than MD Jennings this season.
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    Quote Originally Posted by denverYooper View Post
    He had 1 more pass defensed than MD Jennings this season.
    Sure defines the problem, doesn't it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patler View Post
    Sure defines the problem, doesn't it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by denverYooper View Post
    He had 1 more pass defensed than MD Jennings this season.
    Then the real puzzle is why we kept Jennings over McMillian.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pugger View Post
    Then the real puzzle is why we kept Jennings over McMillian.
    I think the answer is to rewatch the game vs. Baltimore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KYPack View Post
    That kid was unreal. He had some speed and strength, but what a case of arrested development. He went from splitting time in base, to nickel, to dime, to ST, to inactive, to cut.

    He has some physical skills, maybe some time and the right coach would make him an NFL player. He ain't one right now.
    Makes you wonder. Jennings, Burnett, House.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by mraynrand View Post
    Makes you wonder. Jennings, Burnett, House.....
    Lee, Underwood, Rouse.... the list is a long one.
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    The reality is that playing a ball in the air is mostly in your head and not physical. Most college corners and safeties don't cut it in the NFL and it's often not because they don't have the physical tools.
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    Quote Originally Posted by smuggler View Post
    The reality is that playing a ball in the air is mostly in your head and not physical. Most college corners and safeties don't cut it in the NFL and it's often not because they don't have the physical tools.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patler View Post
    Lee, Underwood, Rouse.... the list is a long one.
    Marquand Manuel, Charlie Peprah, Earl Little, Anthony Smith.

    Something tells me it's not the coaches, it's the players. Ted Thompson has been GM for almost a decade and he has not yet found a competent replacement for pretty boy Darren Sharper.

    Maybe the Packers could move Perry to coach the OLBs and hire ex-Packer great, Al Harris, to coach the DBs. Harris is currently assistant DB coach in Kansas City under ex-Packer DC, Emmit Thomas, so the hire would be a promotion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rodgers12 View Post
    Marquand Manuel, Charlie Peprah, Earl Little, Anthony Smith.

    Something tells me it's not the coaches, it's the players. Ted Thompson has been GM for almost a decade and he has not yet found a competent replacement for pretty boy Darren Sharper.

    Maybe the Packers could move Perry to coach the OLBs and hire ex-Packer great, Al Harris, to coach the DBs. Harris is currently assistant DB coach in Kansas City under ex-Packer DC, Emmit Thomas, so the hire would be a promotion.
    Harris can only coach man coverage
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    Quote Originally Posted by KYPack View Post
    That kid was unreal. He had some speed and strength, but what a case of arrested development. He went from splitting time in base, to nickel, to dime, to ST, to inactive, to cut.

    He has some physical skills, maybe some time and the right coach would make him an NFL player. He ain't one right now.
    I heard Slocum took him under his wing early...just sayin'
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rodgers12 View Post

    Something tells me it's not the coaches, it's the players. Ted Thompson has been GM for almost a decade and he has not yet found a competent replacement for pretty boy Darren Sharper.
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    Ummm....Nick Collins?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bobblehead View Post
    Ummm....Nick Collins?
    Collins was Butler's replacement.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rodgers12 View Post
    Collins was Butler's replacement.
    So the real conclusion is that Sherman never replaced Butler and TT was left cleaning up his mess.
    I don't hold Grudges. It's counterproductive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bobblehead View Post
    So the real conclusion is that Sherman never replaced Butler and TT was left cleaning up his mess.
    And in the process of cleaning up said mess, Thompson made and continues to make even a bigger mess.
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