Notes: Harrell expected to provide relief at DT

[Gunakor]

Direct reply to topic: What's JH gonna do, get the other DL dudes water or something? BUST....

We haven't seen him play when healthy, so we can't call him a bust. He's reportedly healthy now, so lets see what the kid can do first before labelling him a bust. Even if he never plays up to his first round potential, he at the very least adds another body to the rotation of DT's so our more productive guys aren't as tired from being on the field for every defensive snap.

You know, as thin as we are at DT right now, I'm suprised that anyone is talking down the addition of Harrell to the rotation...

maybe its cuz he is a waste of money, injury prone, lazy, fatass.. dried up stinky dick licker....

They say A-Rod is injury prone, does that make him a waste of money? I mean, he looked like complete horseshit up until the point in his career that Harrell is at too. Give me one reason this guy is a lost cause.

Last year he didn't play much. But when he did he looked alright. He looked like a rookie, but so do 95% of all other rookies. You are angry, I get that. But give the kid at least 3 years because all rookies deserve that. Nick Collins didn't come of age until this year, and he's looking okay. Aaron Rodgers didn't look like anything special until his 3rd year either. Again, you are expecting WAY too much of our young players. Let them develop, let them get healthy, give them a chance to succeed before labelling them a bust.

[Pugger]

The guy hasn't shown us much so who knows if he is a bust. A disappointment yes - only cuz he can't stay on the field. I'm gonna go with the glass half full and see if he can contribute this season. If not, then I'll join the choir...

[MJZiggy]

Tony Mandarich was a bust. Justin Harrell is not even a little leak in the bubble compared to him. Let's let him get back into the rotation for a bit and see what he can do before we go branding him. As I recall, he wasn't so horrible at the end of last season.

[Gunakor]

Mandarich was a bust for us, but developed into a respectable OL for the Colts and had a fairly long NFL career. He's considered a bust by us Packer fans because of where he was drafted and who was drafted behind him (something I'll NEVER get over as long as I live). But in NFL terms, he was not a bust.

[Fritz]

Is that the famous "Davenport drill"?

All they're missing is the clothes hamper.

If only I knew how to photoshop...

[mraynrand]

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq254/mraynrand/harreldump.jpg?t=1223743911

[DonHutson]

Harrell providing relief at DT?

Hopefully it's not comic relief.

[Harlan Huckleby]

DH got better last year. He is a big guy who is athletic.

you wonder where he is at without any training camp, it will take a month for him to get back to where he was.

[DonHutson]

DH got better last year. He is a big guy who is athletic.

I presume you mean JH, but your Freudian slip is certainly understandable.

it will take a month for him to get back to where he was

So by the time the season is more than half over, he'll be back to being almost as good as Colin Cole? Awesome. I'll just have to try to control my anticipation until then.

Seriously, yeah I hope he turns into a player. But until I see some signs that HE wants to be a player, I'm not going to get too excited.

[Fritz]

DH got better last year. He is a big guy who is athletic.

I presume you mean JH, but your Freudian slip is certainly understandable.

it will take a month for him to get back to where he was

So by the time the season is more than half over, he'll be back to being almost as good as Colin Cole? Awesome. I'll just have to try to control my anticipation until then.

Seriously, yeah I hope he turns into a player. But until I see some signs that HE wants to be a player, I'm not going to get too excited.

Settle down, Donny Boy. You're getting a little crazy here with all your excitement.

And thank you - I think - mraynrand.

[DonHutson]

Settle down, Donny Boy. You're getting a little crazy here with all your excitement.

Fritz, I've got the Justin Harrell Fever and I don't want the cure.



I wish there was a smiley face that yawned.

[Pugger]

At this point we all better hope JH can contribute something, if only get in the rotation and give the other guys a breather so they have something left in the tank in the second half of games...

[DonHutson]

Mandarich was a bust for us, but developed into a respectable OL for the Colts and had a fairly long NFL career. He's considered a bust by us Packer fans because of where he was drafted and who was drafted behind him (something I'll NEVER get over as long as I live). But in NFL terms, he was not a bust.

After a google search on 'NFL Draft bust' I get the following results:

http://football.about.com/od/nfldrafthistory/tp/topdraftbusts.htm

#2 all-time bust after Ryan Leaf

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/69562/20_biggest_nfl_draft_busts_of_alltime.html

#6 all-time in a list that favors QB's

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24280913/?pg=10#spt_biggestNFLDraftbusts

Second biggest bust among #2 overall picks, after Ryan Leaf

http://www.sportznutz.com/nfl/draft/draft_busts.htm

Starting OT on the all-bust team

http://www.tiricosuave.com/2008/06/03/top-10-nfl-draft-busts/

#3 after Leaf and Andre Ware, which I dispute because nobody besides the Lions really expected Ware to be an NFL QB

That's just a small sample. Just random opinions? Yes. But basically everyone who tackled the issue mentioned Mandarich prominently. And these were not Packer-centric lists, but lists that took a national perspective.

Terrell Buckley is a Packer bust that eeked out a passable NFL career. Mandarich is a bust by any standard.

And despite my current apathy for Harrell, he shouldn't be called a bust yet. He has time to turn it around. However, I'm starting to get a Jamal Reynolds vibe from the guy, like he's ambivalent about being a football player. I hope I'm wrong, but that's not a good sign.

[Harlan Huckleby]

DH got better last year. He is a big guy who is athletic.

I presume you mean JH, but your Freudian slip is certainly understandable.

I'm not sure who DH is - Don Hutson? Maybe I was thinking of DW, Donnell Washington

[Fritz]

Designated hitter?