Nelson or Jones

[Harlan Huckleby]

As always, injuries will undoubtably solve this terrible dilemma. Even if they have 5 starter-quality guys they would like on the field, only 3 are full strength on any given week.

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Jordy's going to get the #3 spot simply because he's the best blocker among all of our WRs by a wide margin. McCarthy loves that, since you can spread out the defense, put Nelson in motion, and have him block for the RB.

I like them both, a lot!

Jones has the size and Jordy has great hands. If I am not mistaken, he only had one drop all last year.

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Jordy's going to get the #3 spot simply because he's the best blocker among all of our WRs by a wide margin. McCarthy loves that, since you can spread out the defense, put Nelson in motion, and have him block for the RB.

Source? I've never heard this before. It was my understanding that Martin was the best blocker followed by Driver.

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Jordy's going to get the #3 spot simply because he's the best blocker among all of our WRs by a wide margin. McCarthy loves that, since you can spread out the defense, put Nelson in motion, and have him block for the RB.

Source? I've never heard this before. It was my understanding that Martin was the best blocker followed by Driver.

[Zool]

Jordy is a deceptively fast guy especially for his size. I hope he puts it all together and makes a push for the #2 spot this season.

[HarveyWallbangers]

{ilr]3]I like them both, a lot!

Jones has the size and Jordy has great hands. If I am not mistaken, he only had one drop all last year.

The thing about Jordy is that he's bigger, faster, and has better hands than Jones. Jones has strength, but he hasn't shown that he can use that strength to muscle corners for the ball AND make yards after contact. Jordy shows the ability in both aspects. Jones hasn't shown the ability to make yards after contact that his strength would lead you to believe. There are two things that I think Jones has to dramatically improve on. The first is focus. For a guy with such good hands, he drops too many balls. He lacks focus at times. The second is yards after contact. He goes down too easily too often. With his strength, he should be better at that.

[vince]

Jones hasn't shown the ability to make yards after contact that his strength would lead you to believe.

That was fairly manly.

Although I'd take Jordy because of his speed, hands, blocking and consistency.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Jones hasn't shown the ability to make yards after contact that his strength would lead you to believe.

That was fairly manly.

Although I'd take Jordy because of his speed, hands, blocking and consistency.

One time doesn't mean he does it a lot. In fact, that play shows the kind of strength he has. He should be better after contact.

[sheepshead]

I hope this becomes a very very tough decision!

[vince]

Jones hasn't shown the ability to make yards after contact that his strength would lead you to believe.

That was fairly manly.

Although I'd take Jordy because of his speed, hands, blocking and consistency.

One time doesn't mean he does it a lot. In fact, that play shows the kind of strength he has. He should be better after contact.

Agreed. He has shown the ability though... just sayin'

[HarveyWallbangers]

Agreed. He has shown the ability though... just sayin'

Maybe I didn't say that in a way that could be easily understood. Just looking at him, you see that he has the ability to do it. However, through two years in the league he's seldom actually done it in games. I can remember a couple of plays, but I remember a lot more plays where he seemed to go down too easily. Maybe it's a speed thing with him. Although he has a little "shakeability," it seems it's too easy to tackle him below the waist in the open field. Notice in that video that he was hit high--because the defenders were going for the knockout blow.

[rbaloha1]

Close call. Nelson is more consistent and instinctive. Jones has too many lapses in concentration.

Nelson is the choice by a hair.

[Gunakor]

Jordy dropped 1 pass thrown in his direction all season last year. One. He's got hands of glue. I'm hopeful that he'll not only be the #3 this year, but the eventual #2 behind Jennings going forward. I like Jones, and I hope he remains a Packer beyond his rookie contract, but I don't think he'd beat out Nelson in a fair competition. JMO of course.

[RashanGary]

The thing about Jordy is that he's bigger, faster, and has better hands than Jones. Jones has strength, but he hasn't shown that he can use that strength to muscle corners for the ball AND make yards after contact. Jordy shows the ability in both aspects. Jones hasn't shown the ability to make yards after contact that his strength would lead you to believe. There are two things that I think Jones has to dramatically improve on. The first is focus. For a guy with such good hands, he drops too many balls. He lacks focus at times. The second is yards after contact. He goes down too easily too often. With his strength, he should be better at that.

We definitely have different impressions of James Jones. I agree Jordy is better, but I don't agree that Jones has all of the problems you listed.

[HarveyWallbangers]

We definitely have different impressions of James Jones. I agree Jordy is better, but I don't agree that Jones has all of the problems you listed.

I like Jones as a third WR and maybe a serviceable 2nd WR eventually. He has his strengths and weaknesses--just like most 3rd WRs. You seem to think he's on the path to greatness. He has strong hands, but drops too many because he lacks focus at times. He runs pretty good routes. He has good shakeability. He generally isn't that good after contact.