Green back with the Packers

[Zool]

wow...ahman green. whodathunkit! i'll bet he surprises us.

What is the bet? How much? And, what constitutes a surprise?

If we can put some parameters on this "surprise" im down for a wager.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Interesting stat.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/65862737.html

Another area where Green can help is running to the left side, a problem for the Packers this season. According to the NFL's statistical database, the Packers average 2.67 yards when they run at the left guard, 3.18 at left tackle and 3.52 at left end. All of their runs to the right and middle average more than 4 yards.

Green is left-handed and it's more natural for him to turn that direction. During his record-breaking 2003 season, he averaged 8.78 yards running off left tackle and just over 4.0 at left end and left guard.

[pbmax]

Interesting stat.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/65862737.html

Another area where Green can help is running to the left side, a problem for the Packers this season. According to the NFL's statistical database, the Packers average 2.67 yards when they run at the left guard, 3.18 at left tackle and 3.52 at left end. All of their runs to the right and middle average more than 4 yards.

Green is left-handed and it's more natural for him to turn that direction. During his record-breaking 2003 season, he averaged 8.78 yards running off left tackle and just over 4.0 at left end and left guard.

Unfortunately, this is known inside the team as "the Chad Clifton" effect. I would bet this looks better for the Browns game, assuming Lang starts at LT.

[Packers4Ever]

Why the lack of love? Lets wait until we see batman on the field. Gee Whiz lets trust TT on this one.

Maybe after all this time the number just didn't mean that much anymore?
Depends on the person - some might be real bothered, some might handle it just fine.

[bobblehead]

Interesting stat.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/65862737.html

Another area where Green can help is running to the left side, a problem for the Packers this season. According to the NFL's statistical database, the Packers average 2.67 yards when they run at the left guard, 3.18 at left tackle and 3.52 at left end. All of their runs to the right and middle average more than 4 yards.

Green is left-handed and it's more natural for him to turn that direction. During his record-breaking 2003 season, he averaged 8.78 yards running off left tackle and just over 4.0 at left end and left guard.

Unfortunately, this is known inside the team as "the Chad Clifton" effect. I would bet this looks better for the Browns game, assuming Lang starts at LT.

It would be funny if green got the carries and credit

[pbmax]

Interesting stat.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/65862737.html

Another area where Green can help is running to the left side, a problem for the Packers this season. According to the NFL's statistical database, the Packers average 2.67 yards when they run at the left guard, 3.18 at left tackle and 3.52 at left end. All of their runs to the right and middle average more than 4 yards.

Green is left-handed and it's more natural for him to turn that direction. During his record-breaking 2003 season, he averaged 8.78 yards running off left tackle and just over 4.0 at left end and left guard.

Unfortunately, this is known inside the team as "the Chad Clifton" effect. I would bet this looks better for the Browns game, assuming Lang starts at LT.

It would be funny if green got the carries and credit

Let's remember this prediction then.

But seriously, I think this will still be evident as the coaches are going to put Clifton out there as soon as he can practice. Unless Lang is the surprise new Left Tackle of the decade, we will have a comparison.

And this isn't new, although age has not made it better. Running to the Offense's left has been less effective than going right since Clifton began to start. In Sherman's time, the credit was given to Rivera, a pulling Wahle and Tauscher (and Kevin Barry) in that order. But running left was a secondary concern even for that tremendous O line group.

[Smidgeon]

I know that the AG signing is old news by now, but the thing that I am most excited about with him is his vision. He knew how to run. He had the patience on the screens and the charge-ahead moxie for the between-the-tackles running. He may now be injury-prone, old, and have lost a step (no idea--just surmising), but that vision will still be there. I'm simply hoping that it rubs off on Grant or BJack or both. Maybe if they see someone doing it the way they're supposed to, something will trigger. That's my hope.

Of course, that's also the RB coach's responsibility, so I don't know if it will actually work out like that...

In other news, AP these days reminds me a lot of AG from 2003. He runs hard, is a homerun threat from anywhere on the field, seems to fumble a bit, and always held the ball in his right hand even when running to the left (I think AG was always in the left hand running to the right). Yeah, that's just a casual observation, but there it is.

[MJZiggy]

Welcome to the forum, Smidgeon. I can only think having the old vet running through drills with the kids will help them see what he sees. The coaches can tell them, but he'll be out there running the drills with them.

[Smidgeon]

Welcome to the forum, Smidgeon. I can only think having the old vet running through drills with the kids will help them see what he sees. The coaches can tell them, but he'll be out there running the drills with them.

Thanks. Glad to be here.

Yeah. That's what I mean. One of my biggest knocks on RG is his lack of vision to the holes. I don't remember AG having that same thing. How many times did he hit a hole hard and take it to the house? It was frequent to say the least. RG's longest run last year was 57 yards...in the first game. I'm hoping something comes out of this particular veteran presence.