View Full Version : Packers Acquire Linebackers
Joemailman
10-26-2010, 04:37 PM
http://blogs.greenbaypressgazette.com/blogs/gpg/insider/2010/10/26/packers-acquire-pair-of-linebackers/
Packers sign Diryal Briggs off waivers, and veteran Matt Wilhelm. Briggs was recently cut by Denver.
i hear that wilhelms great grand daddy was a real bastard almost a hundred years ago.
i bet this kid has a real mean streak in him with absolutely no sympathy for who he destroys on the field
mission
10-26-2010, 05:34 PM
in before "Sign Merriman"!
Briggs & Bowling Green went against WI a few years back and he played really well against Joe Thomas. So I guess he was with the 49ers for a bit but stuck behind some pretty good LBs out there and went to the PS. Some niner fans were wanting to see him over Ahmed Brooks at OLB. Broncos promptly signed him, put him on the PS to activate later this season, and we swoop in and nabbed him.
Briggs is Bowling Green's all-time sack leader and was undersized coming out of college (230 range) so he went undrafted. He's supposedly around 250 right now. HGH? Good.
Sources:
A Falcons forum talking about Briggs after a strong preseason performance against the Colts:
http://www.ay-ziggy-zoomba.com/phpBB3//viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26488
49er/Broncos fans seem to really like him:
http://www.milehighreport.com/2010/9/21/1703044/broncos-sign-lb-diyral-briggs-to
Early draft talk:
http://www.nfl-draft-site.com/2008/09/early-sack-leader-diyral-briggs-bowling.html
So we'll see. I like all these diamond-in-the-rough TT moves that only sometimes work out. I understand the masses in wanting a big name but he could be fun to watch if he can contribute on ST early on.
steve823
10-26-2010, 06:32 PM
Nice to get some linebacker depth and this Briggs kid might turn out to be good. But why didn't we get some D-line help? Our d-line is in pretty bad shape, especially if Jenkins and Pickett are out.
mission
10-26-2010, 06:36 PM
Nice to get some linebacker depth and this Briggs kid might turn out to be good. But why didn't we get some D-line help? Our d-line is in pretty bad shape, especially if Jenkins and Pickett are out.
Yeah, that was my first thought: "what, no DL?". It must just be that big body types that are in good enough shape for the NFL are harder to find. I really don't know.
Nice to get some linebacker depth and this Briggs kid might turn out to be good. But why didn't we get some D-line help? Our d-line is in pretty bad shape, especially if Jenkins and Pickett are out.
classic TT juke move
we need a o-lineman, he brings in a second punter.
we need a wr, he brings in another long snapper
he's been screwing with by head like this since the gado year
mission
10-26-2010, 08:35 PM
Word is we acquired RB James Davis from Cleveland (Clemson). One-cut guy. Big play ability.
Looking for something official...
Brandon494
10-26-2010, 08:37 PM
Word is we acquired RB James Davis from Cleveland (Clemson). One-cut guy. Big play ability.
Looking for something official...
If true very good pickup
Lurker64
10-26-2010, 08:37 PM
classic TT juke move
we need a o-lineman, he brings in a second punter.
we need a wr, he brings in another long snapper
he's been screwing with by head like this since the gado year
That's not entirely a fair analogy. I mean, it's not like we don't need linebackers. We need other positions too, but we also need linebackers.
Little Whiskey
10-26-2010, 08:43 PM
classic TT juke move
we need a o-lineman, he brings in a second punter.
we need a wr, he brings in another long snapper
he's been screwing with by head like this since the gado year
That's not entirely a fair analogy. I mean, it's not like we don't need linebackers. We need other positions too, but we also need linebackers.
agreed, but we also are in dire need of DL's. They had an offensive lineman playing DL last week! I didn't see them sub a TE for Linebacker.
I also agree that it may be tougher to find big bodies in football shape this time of year and those LB's could also help out on Special Teams.
mission
10-26-2010, 08:47 PM
Word is we acquired RB James Davis from Cleveland (Clemson). One-cut guy. Big play ability.
Looking for something official...
If true very good pickup
The Thunder to Spiller's Lightning. Can't go wrong with a guy who forced CJ to share touches.
I had to stop watching Youtube highlights in case the early report is wrong. :lol:
Tony Oday
10-26-2010, 09:19 PM
Lang isnt playing on the OL might as well earn his paycheck :)
ThunderDan
10-26-2010, 09:35 PM
Word is we acquired RB James Davis from Cleveland (Clemson). One-cut guy. Big play ability.
Looking for something official...
Isn't the trade deadline past?
Bretsky
10-26-2010, 09:35 PM
Word is we acquired RB James Davis from Cleveland (Clemson). One-cut guy. Big play ability.
Looking for something official...
any confirmation ? When is the trade deadline anyways ?
Tony Oday
10-26-2010, 09:36 PM
week 6 I think...well at least that is what I remember from Madden ;)
Little Whiskey
10-26-2010, 09:36 PM
Word is we acquired RB James Davis from Cleveland (Clemson). One-cut guy. Big play ability.
Looking for something official...
any confirmation ? When is the trade deadline anyways ?
isn't week 6?
Tony Oday
10-26-2010, 09:45 PM
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/496388-nfl-trade-deadline-has-come-and-gone-and-once-again-nothing-happened
Joemailman
10-26-2010, 09:49 PM
Word is we acquired RB James Davis from Cleveland (Clemson). One-cut guy. Big play ability.
Looking for something official...
any confirmation ? When is the trade deadline anyways ?
Not a trade. Browns cut him yesterday. Some speculation on another site that he's coming to Packers if he has clean bill of health. No confirmation though.
mission
10-26-2010, 09:56 PM
Nothing confirmed yet but it was speculated that he might be going to the Falcons also. Then he posted this on his twitter:
JDavis_28 James Davis
I'm mad I came home yesterday to Atlanta to see my family and now I gotta fly back out.
So looks like no Atlanta.
JDavis_28 James Davis
My favorite thing about Twitter is that people are guessing like crazy what team I'm going too..lol..I love it. I can say some are close :-)
JDavis_28 James Davis
Sitting at the airport on the way to my new team :-)
Wilde and I were sending him messages about coming to GB right before he posted the "some are close". Who knows. I'm not even sure how this all started but there's a guy on Football's Future who came up with the "it's a go if his knee checks out" theory.
mission
10-26-2010, 09:57 PM
Word is we acquired RB James Davis from Cleveland (Clemson). One-cut guy. Big play ability.
Looking for something official...
any confirmation ? When is the trade deadline anyways ?
Not a trade. Browns cut him yesterday. Some speculation on another site that he's coming to Packers if he has clean bill of health. No confirmation though.
Correct.
mission
10-26-2010, 09:58 PM
And Rob Demovsky said there was a third player signed by the Packers today but the paperwork missed today's deadline (whatever that means) and couldn't be announced until tomorrow.
Joemailman
10-26-2010, 10:05 PM
http://www.footballsfuture.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=418521&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
Looks like Davis might be very close to being a Packers guys. Paper work has been sent!
The guy posting this is very knowledgeable, and actually does some scouting for an NFL team.
mission
10-26-2010, 10:17 PM
OK, fine, a couple highlights won't hurt:
81 yard TD last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCo_oAglu48&feature=related
Clemson highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeovxDqZYyA
Joemailman
10-26-2010, 10:26 PM
Pretty good cutting ability and speed on the 81 yard run...even if it was against the Lions. :wink:
Fosco33
10-26-2010, 10:37 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Davis_(running_back)
This wiki is classic and hilarious.
mission
10-26-2010, 10:48 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Davis_(running_back)
This wiki is classic and hilarious.
Too bad they restored back most of it. :(
OS PA
10-26-2010, 10:57 PM
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Bretsky
10-27-2010, 06:28 AM
GIVE TT SOME CREDIT HERE
Willhelm IMO is a good signing and a nice fit here
Davis would be a nice signing as well
I don't know a thing about Briggs
Fritz
10-27-2010, 07:13 AM
I guess Nance must not've been cutting it, if this turns out to be true about this Davis.
Of course, if Cleveland is cutting the guy, and no one else is picking him up (waivers, right?) then how good is he?
Sparkey
10-27-2010, 08:31 AM
I guess Nance must not've been cutting it, if this turns out to be true about this Davis.
Of course, if Cleveland is cutting the guy, and no one else is picking him up (waivers, right?) then how good is he?
Supposedly, Atlanta put in a waiver claim as well.
mission
10-27-2010, 09:10 AM
Damn, Davis is on Redskins practice squad. :-/
I wonder who this "third" player is, if there is one.
sharpe1027
10-27-2010, 09:59 AM
Damn, Davis is on Redskins practice squad. :-/
I wonder who this "third" player is, if there is one.
If he is only on the practice squad, we can still sign him...
denverYooper
10-27-2010, 10:43 AM
Packers signed Eric Walden, LB. Buzz is that he's another good Teams guy.
Wonder if they're trying to shore up their ST more than anything with these signings. If that's the case and it pans out, it'll make a huge difference in games.
Edit, link: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/105870048.html
Sparkey
10-27-2010, 12:37 PM
"Erik Walden owned up to his mistake, but that wasn't enough to save his job.
The Miami Dolphins waived Walden, a reserve linebacker and key special teams contributor, on Wednesday in the wake of his missed assignment that led to the first regular-season blocked punt of Brandon Fields' career.
Defensive lineman Rob Rose was signed off the practice squad to take Walden's place on the 53-man roster. Rose provides additional depth with reserve defensive lineman Tony McDaniel serving a one-game league suspension against the Patriots for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.
Walden, in his third year out of Middle Tennessee, was waived out of training camp but re-signed on Sept. 15 after the Dolphins' special teams struggled in Week 1 at Buffalo."
Bretsky
10-27-2010, 05:56 PM
Packers signed Eric Walden, LB. Buzz is that he's another good Teams guy.
Wonder if they're trying to shore up their ST more than anything with these signings. If that's the case and it pans out, it'll make a huge difference in games.
Edit, link: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/105870048.html
yuk
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