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Brando19
02-17-2011, 10:18 PM
when he's 40. I hate to say it...but if he plans on playing four more years, he may not finish his career in Green Bay.



http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/nflbuzz/packers_driver_wants_to_play_until_hes_40/4184578
gbgary
02-17-2011, 10:24 PM
dammyuu! lol
King Friday
02-17-2011, 10:39 PM
I don't think Driver will demand to be a starter until he's 40, so I could see him staying in Green Bay for the duration. He'll probably accept a role as a #3 receiver in the future. He PLANS to play for 4 more years...but if his production declines a bunch, I don't think he'll have a problem walking away. Personally, I think he has 2 good years left in the #2/#3 role...but he's going to get dinged up easier and more often going forward. The third and fourth years are much more iffy I think.

Since our offense basically plays a lot of 3 WR sets, he can see plenty of playing time even in a #3/#4 role. We need to be 4-5 deep at WR, so I don't see why we would need to push him out the door as long as he is OK with taking on a lesser role.
mraynrand
02-17-2011, 10:47 PM
when he's 40. I hate to say it...but if he plans on playing four more years, he may not finish his career in Green Bay.



http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/nflbuzz/packers_driver_wants_to_play_until_hes_40/4184578


Man I hate it when people make false claims about retiring!
woodbuck27
02-17-2011, 10:54 PM
Wow, that got my attention. He's my favourite Packer.

Live on in Green Bay DD. TD's !!
Iron Mike
02-17-2011, 11:17 PM
http://207.199.174.56/img/wpfZFOyVdf_i-saw-what-you-did-there-4.jpg
easy cheesy
02-17-2011, 11:23 PM
Man I hate it when people make false claims about retiring!

:rs:
woodbuck27
02-18-2011, 12:38 AM
when he's 40. I hate to say it...but if he plans on playing four more years, he may not finish his career in Green Bay.

http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/nflbuzz/packers_driver_wants_to_play_until_hes_40/4184578

This article. Many of you may have read it recently, but some here havn't.

The Donald Driver story and his life before and since being drafted by the Green Bay Packers is a timeless one. DD is a great story, a great Packer WR and frankly, one of the ALL TIME GREAT Green Bay Packers.

The DD story never grows old.

Donald Driver: Why We Should All Be Green Bay Packer Fans This February

By Mike A (Featured Columnist) on January 24, 2011

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/559942-donald-driver-why-we-should-all-be-packer-fans-this-february

GO Donald Driver !
LEWCWA
02-18-2011, 01:01 AM
Man I hate it when people make false claims about retiring!


This is why the Favre thread is so long, you guys just can't help yourselves!
Tarlam!
02-18-2011, 01:22 AM
This is why the Favre thread is so long, you guys just can't help yourselves!

Agreed. Many Packer fans have concluded Bert is now a laughing stock; I belong in that category. I don't think it's a minor deal that our old QB's behaviour has deprived me of a great deal of quality of life, so, if my immature desire for revenge offends you or anyone, well, too bad. I will replace my lost bragging rights with my fundamental right to schadenfreude. I admit, it's not the same, but I'll take what I can get.

I'm not offended by your attitude.
Jimx29
02-18-2011, 04:34 AM
DD will forever be a Packer
SkinBasket
02-18-2011, 08:35 AM
BFD.

Ghey thread title.
mraynrand
02-18-2011, 10:10 AM
Man I hate it when people make false claims about retiring!


This is why the Favre thread is so long, you guys just can't help yourselves!


The whole retirement reference was for entertainment purposes only! (and was playing off a thread entitled: "Chad Clifton: I'm not retiring")

http://packerrats.com/showthread.php?21691-Mraynrand-quot-I-m-retiring-quot

BTW, in response to your claim "You guys can't help yourselves" I say: "Neither can you!" and "So what?" and "It's only a big deal if you make it one."
Brando19
02-18-2011, 11:26 AM
BFD.

Ghey thread title.

I thought you'd like it. Maybe you'd have clicked on it faster if I'd have titled it "Double your dick size in minutes by..."
channtheman
02-18-2011, 01:50 PM
I thought you'd like it. Maybe you'd have clicked on it faster if I'd have titled it "Double your dick size in minutes by..."

I think just having the word "dick" would do it for Skin.
packerbacker1234
02-19-2011, 01:42 AM
Driver still had some pretty solid numbers this past season DESPITE the constant nagging injuries.

When he's healthy he clearly hasn't lost much of anything. The question is if he can stay healthy. There is no questiona obut how tough he is and what he can paly through, but he need sto stay healthy to retain the #2 slot.

For his sake I hope he does because he is the type of packer player you just want to see do well for however long they play. Hopefully that quad injury (or whatever it was) that nagged him all year will finally get back to close to 100% for next season. As long as that doesn't linger I don't actually recall Driver having really any other injury. It was just the same injury all season long that never got time to heal because, well, this is the nfl and you play every week.
PaCkFan_n_MD
02-19-2011, 08:15 AM
Sorry to say this but Driver is the 4th most talented WR on the team. Glad he got a ring but I think he declined this year and not just b/c the injury. If JJ and Nelson would stop dropping easy passes I don't think there is even a debate that those two are better players at this point. But I will say this, Driver is a lot more consistent with his opportunities.
gbgary
02-19-2011, 11:05 AM
Sorry to say this but Driver is the 4th most talented WR on the team. Glad he got a ring but I think he declined this year and not just b/c the injury. If JJ and Nelson would stop dropping easy passes I don't think there is even a debate that those two are better players at this point. But I will say this, Driver is a lot more consistent with his opportunities.

i think the injury affected him more than you think. we'll see how it is coming out of camp. i think he's got another year as a starter
left in him.
packerbacker1234
02-19-2011, 06:00 PM
Sorry to say this but Driver is the 4th most talented WR on the team. Glad he got a ring but I think he declined this year and not just b/c the injury. If JJ and Nelson would stop dropping easy passes I don't think there is even a debate that those two are better players at this point. But I will say this, Driver is a lot more consistent with his opportunities.

And what is their #1 responsibility? To catch the damn ball. Driver still has some of the best hands on this talented roster, and you would be very hard pressed to ever rank Jones ahead of Driver right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-V8YvrTn2E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG4BhuE-FJ4 <--- 1:40 in

Your going to be very hard pressed to say that Driver, healthy, is unable to do what he did in those two videos anymore. Excellent route runner, great after the catch, and some pretty solid hands.

Nelson is faster, Jones has a better physical body for it, but Driver is the most consistent. That is the bottom line and I'm sticking to it.
channtheman
02-19-2011, 06:12 PM
Hmm. Driver had a lot of drops this year, and the past couple years if I recall. Just as much as Jones and Jordy did anyway. There is no denying Driver makes some great catches, but he also drops some easy ones.
packerbacker1234
02-19-2011, 06:19 PM
I wish drops were tracked properly, but I'm willing to bet his drops were definitely much lower than Jones this year.
gbgary
02-19-2011, 07:49 PM
don't know how reliable this is but here's something on dropped passes...

http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?range=NFC&type=receiving&rank=232&year==
Joemailman
02-19-2011, 07:54 PM
don't know how reliable this is but here's something on dropped passes...

http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?range=NFC&type=receiving&rank=232&year==

There's some damn good receivers on that list. I'm not surprised that Driver has 1 more than Jones. Jones tends to drop balls that would have gone for a big gain, therefore we tend to remember them more.
gbgary
02-19-2011, 07:57 PM
dd tied for 16th with 10 others. here's the list for the entire nfl...

http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?range=NFL&type=receiving&rank=232&year==
woodbuck27
02-19-2011, 08:59 PM
dd tied for 16th with 10 others. here's the list for the entire nfl...

http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?range=NFL&type=receiving&rank=232&year==

Really. A 16th ranking is good for what we may consider an off season for Donald Driver.
pbmax
02-19-2011, 09:26 PM
McGinn's Numbers:

Jennings dropped 6 of 159 (3.77%)
Driver dropped 7 of 101 (6.93%)
Jones dropped 10 of 101 (9.9%)
Nelson dropped 10 of 92 (10.87%)
gbgary
02-19-2011, 10:22 PM
Really. A 16th ranking is good for what we may consider an off season for Donald Driver.

look at indy with two in the top six. yikes! love seeing the one year wonder miles austin at the top of the nfc and fifth overall.
King Friday
02-19-2011, 10:33 PM
To me, dropping a pass that is TECHNICALLY catchable, but probably has a 50/50 chance is one thing. Dropping a pass that hits you right in the numbers is quite another. I'm more pissed off at the ones that are clear lapses in concentration. That was what was really disappointing about Driver's drops this year. He had several that were lapses in concentration, which were extremely rare in the past. Perhaps the injuries contributed to it? It seemed nearly all of Jones' drops were of the mental kind as well.