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Originally posted by JustinHarrell
Woodson looked about how he looks normally to me. Hard to tell.
A couple guys I thought stood out as having positive changes to their physique; B Jones (last year he looked thin and boyish. This year, he looks like a man) Tramon (looks a little more ripped, but very lean still), Jenkins (looks very ripped), Raji (I love how this guy carries his weight, squatty as hell, huge, you can see more muscle on him than last year) and Sitton (Bigger, more ripped, more mature). I believe Woodson when he says he's in good shape though.
Here's a list of guys I like to make us better this year
Tauscher (a year removed from the knee injury)
B. Jones (Obviously stronger and it's good common sense to expect a 2nd year player to know what he's doing more than he did as a rookie.)
Sitton (looks like a monster and Rodgers said he had a great offseason)
Nelson (I'm buying the OTA/mini camp hype. Guy is making plays)
J. Jones (I still think he's a hell of a player, hasn't had enough opportunities)
Finley (everyones favorite pick to break out and for good reason, guy is unique)
Rodgers (I know he had a good year last year, but he really didn't become great until the last 7 or 8 games. Look for a full season of even greater greatness and a lot of wins)
Tramon Williams (hell of a player, just keeps getting better)
Jason Spitz, TJ Lang and Bryan Bulaga (more ready to play talent backing up our OL)
Defenses 2nd year (Collins, Tramon, Bigby, Matthews, Jones, Barnett, Hawk, Chillar all are more familiar with the defense and should play more assignment sure than a year ago)
Flynn (I see what seems to be a strong upward trend from this guy. Can't wait to see him in the preseason. We might need him to win a game or two)
Here are guys I'm hoping step up, but am not as excited for as the list I just made:
Brandon Underwood, Al Harris (horrible injury), Patrick Lee and Josh Bell (hopefully one or two of these guys is a player this year).
Burnett (rookie, but odds are he'll be playing at one point or another and hopefully he's solid)
Neal, Wilson, Jolly, Harrell (I'm hoping at least 2 of these guys are legit, impact depth this year)
Brandon Jackson, James Starks (who knows about Starks. Jackson jsut hasn't done much yet, but we don't have a good backup to Ryan Grant unless one of these guys steps up)
The bottom line, there is a ton of youth on this team. Some of it is showing signs of getting ready to explode on the scene, others haven't yet, but you never know who the next Aaron Kampman, Donald Driver, Marco Rivera or Mike Wahle might be, really turning it on in their 3rd, 4th or 5th seasons. It happens.
I see a lot of reason to expect big things from this team. They were good last year, not many players are dropping off, a bunch of them are at points in their careers where they keep getting better and Rodgers has become a stable rock that I think this team will be able to rely on to lead the offense to great things next year. There's coaching stability, there's a great feel of commitment to the off season. This has early signs of something special.
A couple guys I thought stood out as having positive changes to their physique; B Jones (last year he looked thin and boyish. This year, he looks like a man) Tramon (looks a little more ripped, but very lean still), Jenkins (looks very ripped), Raji (I love how this guy carries his weight, squatty as hell, huge, you can see more muscle on him than last year) and Sitton (Bigger, more ripped, more mature). I believe Woodson when he says he's in good shape though.
Here's a list of guys I like to make us better this year
Tauscher (a year removed from the knee injury)
B. Jones (Obviously stronger and it's good common sense to expect a 2nd year player to know what he's doing more than he did as a rookie.)
Sitton (looks like a monster and Rodgers said he had a great offseason)
Nelson (I'm buying the OTA/mini camp hype. Guy is making plays)
J. Jones (I still think he's a hell of a player, hasn't had enough opportunities)
Finley (everyones favorite pick to break out and for good reason, guy is unique)
Rodgers (I know he had a good year last year, but he really didn't become great until the last 7 or 8 games. Look for a full season of even greater greatness and a lot of wins)
Tramon Williams (hell of a player, just keeps getting better)
Jason Spitz, TJ Lang and Bryan Bulaga (more ready to play talent backing up our OL)
Defenses 2nd year (Collins, Tramon, Bigby, Matthews, Jones, Barnett, Hawk, Chillar all are more familiar with the defense and should play more assignment sure than a year ago)
Flynn (I see what seems to be a strong upward trend from this guy. Can't wait to see him in the preseason. We might need him to win a game or two)
Here are guys I'm hoping step up, but am not as excited for as the list I just made:
Brandon Underwood, Al Harris (horrible injury), Patrick Lee and Josh Bell (hopefully one or two of these guys is a player this year).
Burnett (rookie, but odds are he'll be playing at one point or another and hopefully he's solid)
Neal, Wilson, Jolly, Harrell (I'm hoping at least 2 of these guys are legit, impact depth this year)
Brandon Jackson, James Starks (who knows about Starks. Jackson jsut hasn't done much yet, but we don't have a good backup to Ryan Grant unless one of these guys steps up)
The bottom line, there is a ton of youth on this team. Some of it is showing signs of getting ready to explode on the scene, others haven't yet, but you never know who the next Aaron Kampman, Donald Driver, Marco Rivera or Mike Wahle might be, really turning it on in their 3rd, 4th or 5th seasons. It happens.
I see a lot of reason to expect big things from this team. They were good last year, not many players are dropping off, a bunch of them are at points in their careers where they keep getting better and Rodgers has become a stable rock that I think this team will be able to rely on to lead the offense to great things next year. There's coaching stability, there's a great feel of commitment to the off season. This has early signs of something special.
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