TT Blows It Again?

[Tarlam!]

Emotionally distraught after I told them about your lack of income. I need a nanny if you are interested? I got a fat cousin that has been looking for a husband for some time now, I think she is a real catch, any interest?

Tell 'em not to worry. I still have enough left over money to keep me and my lifestyle alive for 8 more weeks.

How fat is fat? I am quite the Rubin's connoisseur, you should know!

[Patler]

Tight Ends cause match up problems for the defense in terms of physical stature that 4 or 5 receivers can't. You have to force a team to either commit a linebacker to guarding Gonzalez which he usually out classes with speed and athletiscm or a safety which can't simply match the height and bulk of a tight end like Gonzalez. So then teams will use a cover scheme of a safety and linebacker, one short and one deep, hence taking two defenders to cover on tight end which in terms opens up the field for your receivers. A good quality tight end that can run will also crush the cover two, something a wide receiver can't do because defenses will substitute extra backs into the game.

I don't disagree with that. My point is that you can also create problems for the defense, but of a different nature when you have decent WRs and an OK receiving TE like Lee. When teams have to run out not only their third CB, but also their 4th CB and/or their 3rd safety because the Packers have some combination of Lee, Nelson, Jones or Martin on the field with Jennings and Driver, it probably favors the Packers.

The key really is to have a bunch of quality receivers, whether they be TEs or WRs so you create problems for the defense in countering with LBs or DBs. While Gonzales would be an improvement, I don't think it would be as big of an improvement as Jackson made in '95-'96. Not because Gonzales isn't good enough, but because the Packers have a lot of receiving options already. The '95-'96 Packers would have been much more limited without Jackson than the 2008 Packers are without Gonzales. Therefore, in my mind, the acquisition of Gonzales would be less significant.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Re: TT Blows It Again?

TG instantly puts the Packers right back as super bowl contender.

I think this would be true, if he could rush the passer like an Osi Umenyiora.

He shoots, he scores!

[Partial]

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[mraynrand]

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[Patler]

patlerized.

Na...not really. We're just discussing things in this thread. No right or wrong. No facts or fables. Just everyone's opinions, and that's fine.

[Patler]

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Man, you guys are fast!

[Tarlam!]

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Man, you guys are fast!

OK, who coined the phrase???? Huh? Who????

[Patler]

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Man, you guys are fast!

OK, who coined the phrase???? Huh? Who????

Take a bow, oh "Crazy Rat"!

[Tarlam!]

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Man, you guys are fast!

OK, who coined the phrase???? Huh? Who????

Take a bow, oh "Crazy Rat"!

Thank you, thank you thank you. *bowing*

[Bretsky]

Re: TT Blows It Again?

To date, I support TT's drafting, personnel moves and salary cap management.

Wished TT made the Randy Moss transaction but with the emergence of Jennings maybe the failure to land RM was not critical.

Was TT around when the Packers secured Keith Jackson for a second round pick? We all know what followed.

TT's failure to secure a pro bowler with huge salary cap space for a second rounder is unacceptable. Yes, the current tes are promising but have failed to deliver.

TG instantly puts the Packers right back as super bowl contender.

My compliments for putting your views out there. If Gonzo plays for three more years IMO that warrants a 2nd. I don't have a strong view out there as to whether TT should have made the deal work. But I did have the view that Gonzo could have had a Keith Jackson like impact and when we get our defense back next year it would have made this team scary.

Shockey is an injury prone character risk and he went for a second and fifth.

My guess is Gonzo warrants at least a second rounder in the offseason.

[The Shadow]

Tony G is great but wasnt worth it. We dont need a TE that badly. We need to improve our run D and they would make our defense complete. (barring injury of course) Now if somebody like Marcus Stroud was a free agent I would say hell give a 2nd OR our 3rd + 3/4th we get from Jets. If TT got Marcus Stround instead of him going to buffalo our d would be a lot more solid.

Wisdom.

[packerbacker1234]

I think you have to ask yourself this question:

With the Packers ability to put out 4 or even 5 quality WRs, how much would Gonzales improve the passing game?

I don't dispute is abilities. He is far better than any TE the Packers have as a receiver, but there are only so many passes completions to go around and only so many plays to be run. This is not the teams of 1995 and 1996. The Packers have very good quality and depth at WR, and some decnet receiving ability at TE. A pro bowl TE might not have the same impact on this team as Jackson had back then.

In 1995 the second leading receiver was Bennett, and Chmura was third. Then game another RB, Levens. the second leading WR was 5th on the team. Only three WRs figured at all prominently in the passing game. The TEs had a much bigger role. In 1996 there were injuries, but again only about 3 WRs had prominent parts in the passing game.

Back then, two TE formations were used for passing, because Jackson and Chmura were among the 4 best receiving options on the team, and it dropped off significantly after that. Even though Gonzales would be the best TE on the roster, the TEs are not enough of a focus on the team for the impact to be as great.

Of course, that could be attributed to the fact our TE is just not good enough to warrant what the two from the 90's did. Gonzalez is.

Then agian - he wouldn't get Favre any extra weapons, no clue why anyone would think he would for AR. TT is a drafting man.

[Deputy Nutz]

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???? Again you chime in about something you no little if even a little bit of surface information on. Gee Patler is right in most cases teams believe with the rules slanted towards the offense in the NFL that they will happily match up their fourth wide receiver on a defenses dime back. I don't see much in the terms of athletic ability and football talent between a 4th defensive back and a number 4 wide receiver, in fact I favor the defensive back in that case.

Where a tight end is going to make a difference is on early downs when the teams have to expect run and or pass and the mismatch with the tight end is intensified, sure it helps to have a Jason Witten on a 3rd and 9, but the big plays from the tight end is on early downs when they draw favorable matchups against guys like Brady Poppinga.

[mraynrand]

but the big plays from the tight end is on early downs when they draw favorable matchups against guys like Brady Poppinga.

Or, when you force the other team to put in a Chillar - or even an extra defensive back - to stay with you in coverage, and then you gash them in the run game (but that requires at least some ability of the TE to block).