Rookie Predictions

[cheesner]

Raji: Will play about 60% of the plays. Will get double teamed - and neutralized. He will make 2-3 plays over the course of the season. You won't hear his name much, prompting some threads calling him a bust, but he will be doing his job, taking up blockers. He will help the defense, but you won't realize how much because he is only making the LBs better. 2nd year he plays most snaps, makes a play nearly every game. 3rd year - the human bowling ball. He will spend almost as much time in the backfield as the opposing QB, makes 2-3 plays per game.

Matthews: DROY. Starts at OLB, and plays most snaps. Leads the league for rookies with 11 sacks and 100 tackles. Becomes a probowler in his 2nd year. Plays for the Packers his entire long career.

T.J. Lang: Ends up at guard. Rides the pine his first season. Takes over for College (who moves to LT) next season.

Quinn Johnson: Makes the team with 50% playing time. Reports of him not a receiver prove false. Becomes a very reliable starter and provides a nice boost to the running game. Great impact on special teams.

Jamon Meredith: Makes the team for a season or two and is then cut. Lack of motivation.

Jarius Wynn: Practice squad. Eventually makes the team and sees some playing time in a rotational situation

Brandon Underwood: Makes the team and eventually develops into a good
nickel CB. Helps special teams.

Brad Jones: Makes the team and is a special teams ace

[packers04]

jamon meredith

i was talking to jamon the other night, nice guy, seems like he wants to change the overring opinion about him and prove his doubters wrong. i look for him to replace clifton in 2010.

[Waldo]

Re: jamon meredith

i was talking to jamon the other night, nice guy, seems like he wants to change the overring opinion about him and prove his doubters wrong. i look for him to replace clifton in 2010.

If a guy has it in him to get a chip on his shoulder, he surely does.

Having every scouting report on him list possible motivation issues, though project him in the 2nd round (he really is a physically superior LT, very Clady-like), and yet draft day he falls to the late 5th, if that doesn't motivate him, nothing will.

[rbaloha1]

Re: jamon meredith

i was talking to jamon the other night, nice guy, seems like he wants to change the overring opinion about him and prove his doubters wrong. i look for him to replace clifton in 2010.

If a guy has it in him to get a chip on his shoulder, he surely does.

Having every scouting report on him list possible motivation issues, though project him in the 2nd round (he really is a physically superior LT, very Clady-like), and yet draft day he falls to the late 5th, if that doesn't motivate him, nothing will.

Hope your right. May have to start earlier than expected if Cliffy struggles with injuries.

[cheesner]

One more prediction:

Jam Simmons: The only UFA to make the Packers regular season roster.



What? Nobody else want to go on record with any predictions?

[Maxie the Taxi]

I agree with all you wrote except the last.

Andy Brodell will make the 53-man roster this summer.

[Rastak]

Re: Rookie Predictions

Raji: Will play about 60% of the plays. Will get double teamed - and neutralized. He will make 2-3 plays over the course of the season. You won't hear his name much, prompting some threads calling him a bust, but he will be doing his job, taking up blockers. He will help the defense, but you won't realize how much because he is only making the LBs better. 2nd year he plays most snaps, makes a play nearly every game. 3rd year - the human bowling ball. He will spend almost as much time in the backfield as the opposing QB, makes 2-3 plays per game.

Matthews: DROY. Starts at OLB, and plays most snaps. Leads the league for rookies with 11 sacks and 100 tackles. Becomes a probowler in his 2nd year. Plays for the Packers his entire long career.

T.J. Lang: Ends up at guard. Rides the pine his first season. Takes over for College (who moves to LT) next season.

Quinn Johnson: Makes the team with 50% playing time. Reports of him not a receiver prove false. Becomes a very reliable starter and provides a nice boost to the running game. Great impact on special teams.

Jamon Meredith: Makes the team for a season or two and is then cut. Lack of motivation.

Jarius Wynn: Practice squad. Eventually makes the team and sees some playing time in a rotational situation

Brandon Underwood: Makes the team and eventually develops into a good
nickel CB. Helps special teams.

Brad Jones: Makes the team and is a special teams ace

In the spirit of things I predict they all go to the hall of fame....not just this year but every draft class from now on.

[KYPack]

I'd have to say nix on 7 rooks making this team. It's a good draft class, but let's say 5 of 'em make the roster.

Which ones?

Ah, I got a headache, I can't make a list.

[Lurker64]

I'd have to say nix on 7 rooks making this team. It's a good draft class, but let's say 5 of 'em make the roster.

Which ones?

Ah, I got a headache, I can't make a list.

The early leaders would be: Raji, Matthews, Lang, Meredith, and Johnson make the roster. Wynn, Underwood, and Jones head for the practice squad. Underwood might be hard to stash there and Meredith might not be worth keeping though, if "how far he fell" doesn't light a fire under his ass.

But Raji is in the mix as NT near the top of the depth chart, Matthews is in the mix to start at WOLB, Johnson is in the mix to start at FB (probably one of Kuhn or Hall is gone), and there's roster spots for 10 or so offensive linemen (with Moll, Tauscher, and Wells possibly leaving to make place for Preston, Lang, and Meredith, but Preston is also expendable if Moll or Wells sticks.)

I think Wynn was taken because we needed someone to groom as a 5-tech who had practice squad eligibility, Jones was taken for a similar reason at a different position, and Underwood was simply good value and DBs are hard to fine (he could displace Peprah though).

[SnakeLH2006]

Re: Rookie Predictions

Raji: Will play about 60% of the plays. Will get double teamed - and neutralized. He will make 2-3 plays over the course of the season. You won't hear his name much, prompting some threads calling him a bust, but he will be doing his job, taking up blockers. He will help the defense, but you won't realize how much because he is only making the LBs better. 2nd year he plays most snaps, makes a play nearly every game. 3rd year - the human bowling ball. He will spend almost as much time in the backfield as the opposing QB, makes 2-3 plays per game.

Matthews: DROY. Starts at OLB, and plays most snaps. Leads the league for rookies with 11 sacks and 100 tackles. Becomes a probowler in his 2nd year. Plays for the Packers his entire long career.

T.J. Lang: Ends up at guard. Rides the pine his first season. Takes over for College (who moves to LT) next season.

Quinn Johnson: Makes the team with 50% playing time. Reports of him not a receiver prove false. Becomes a very reliable starter and provides a nice boost to the running game. Great impact on special teams.

Jamon Meredith: Makes the team for a season or two and is then cut. Lack of motivation.

Jarius Wynn: Practice squad. Eventually makes the team and sees some playing time in a rotational situation

Brandon Underwood: Makes the team and eventually develops into a good
nickel CB. Helps special teams.

Brad Jones: Makes the team and is a special teams ace

Gotta disagree with the 1st rounders....BJ is a force year one and goes All Pro by his 2nd year. I like Clay, but those numbers his rook year are astounding. What makes you think that, Cheesner? He had pedestrien numbers (4 or 5 sacks....and like 60 tackles last year at USC)...He'll be good, but to expect him to beast this year? What? Ok.

Meredith has the low-end "potential" to bust if not motivated, but was an easy first round projection coming into his senior season, but the attitude shit is warranted...unless he just flat out fails, is a cancer....he'll be starting next year at either OT spot.....maybe this year.

The FB from LSU starts THIS year. All scouts were real high on him....Saying his just a fucking beast on the run blocks. Like that pick, does Snake.

[Fritz]

Re: jamon meredith

i was talking to jamon the other night, nice guy, seems like he wants to change the overring opinion about him and prove his doubters wrong. i look for him to replace clifton in 2010.

Didn't you have a post on another thread where you said you knew Brennan Carvalho?

[cheesner]

Re: Rookie Predictions

Gotta disagree with the 1st rounders....BJ is a force year one and goes All Pro by his 2nd year. I like Clay, but those numbers his rook year are astounding. What makes you think that, Cheesner? He had pedestrien numbers (4 or 5 sacks....and like 60 tackles last year at USC)...He'll be good, but to expect him to beast this year? What? Ok.

Clay doesn't have a lot of playing experience. He only started 2 games as a junior and then all as a senior. The change in him the last 2 years is tremendous. I am believing that he continues that trend and be even better next season physically. I also think that he got smarter and played better as the year went on at USC and that trend will also continue.

Couple that with the new 3-4 system that makes for some good sacks for the OLB, and I think Matthews does really well, even for a rookie.

[bobblehead]

If the first 3 of the OP come true, that would be a dream come true...so what I'm saying is you're dreaming. Man I love April.

[Gunakor]

Re: jamon meredith

i was talking to jamon the other night, nice guy, seems like he wants to change the overring opinion about him and prove his doubters wrong. i look for him to replace clifton in 2010.

I don't know enough about this kid to assess this idea. I do know that Daryn Colledge is suited to play LT in this offense, and many project TJ Lang as a guard rather than as a tackle.

I guess I expect Lang to move to LG once Clifton retires, with Colledge shifting to LT. Lang has the almost the same build and skill set as Josh Sitton, the guy who is projected to start at RG. I think he and Lang could be solid starters, ala Whale and Rivera, in just a few years time. Staying healthy is key for both.

My biggest concern has been and continues to be at RT. Maybe this kid is able to prove everyone wrong, and become a solid contributor as a RT. Nothing would make me happier.

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Snake: All-pro in year 2? It's my understanding that he never dominated in a weak Big East let alone become dominant in the NFL!!