A review of Grant's contract details

[Lurker64]

Grant and the new dude Green look very similar. Starks is our change of pace/bruiser... Seems like the rookie is the most well-rounded of all the backs.

Actually, I think you have this flipped around a little bit. When you compare Starks and Green, Green is the bigger and the stronger of the two, while Starks has a weird skillset. In some ways he actually profiles better as a receiver (and for this reason I expect Starks to be the third down back if Jackson is not resigned, Starks has great hands). I think McCarthy sees in Green the kind of "put the game away in the second half" running back that he had in Kansas City (Marcus Allen) and New Orleans (Deuce McAllister). Not that Green is necessarily in the league of those guys, he's certainly not yet but I think McCarthy wants Green to be the bruiser who salts away the game in the second half. I mean, how amazing would this team be if we could actually put together eight minute touchdown scoring drives by running the ball once we got a lead we wanted to sit on?

[RashanGary]

Harry Sydney talks on 107.5 and he said Ryan Grant is one of the best 4 minute running backs in the NFL. He hits the hole hard, he get's what's there consistently. 4-minute offense, as Sydney described it, is the offense that is designed to chew clock. Sydney thinks that is Grants greatest strength.

As for Starks, I agree with Lurker. He can pressure defenses in a lot of ways. He's ideal as a 3rd down back because of his ability to catch from the backfield or split out wide. He's also usefull in base situations because defenses don't know how to defend him (as a runner or pass catcher)

Now Green. He's no chugging bruiser. Ted Thompson said something when we drafted BJ Raji that went against common height/weight perception. Lurker is using height/weight perception to deduct that Green is a bruiser. Thompson said, BJ Raji is more than a big plugger. He's more than that. Well, I think that applies to Green. He is explosive, fast, has great ability to make guys miss in the open field, he's big, strong, has great instincts. Someone above said he's the most rounded back. I agree with that and I also think he has the most dominant skill set in a Packer RB I've ever seen. Could he be a 4-minute back? Sure, he could do anything. But Grant is one of the best in the league and he'll get that job this year. I would compare Green a little to a healthy Frank Gore.

That's my call. That's why. We'll see.



If I had to list Green's greatest strengths it would go like this:

Ability to make guys miss (and not the type where a guy stops and jitters. This guy has a move that's still moving forward and causes guys to fall over. This move works in the hole and out of it.)

Vision and Speed

Explosiveness, Strength/Power and pass catching

Pass blocking



This guy is a weapon. He's no one dimensional bruiser. He's a full fledged, dominant, superstar playmaker.

[smuggler]

I'd say he's got pop through the hole, but he's definitely more of a speed back then a mauler. Of course, everything is relative.

I kind of doubt that he'll do to NFL defenders what he did to NCAA defenders. At least not as frequently.

[Tarlam!]

This guy is a weapon. He's no one dimensional bruiser. He's a full fledged, dominant, superstar playmaker.

I hope you're right, JH, But he got picked 96th overall. Two picks later, he'd have been a fourth rounder. Yet the superlatives you throw around when describing this guy make me wonder why he wasn't a top 10 pick.

Every season, someone drafted low or undrafted blows up the league, maybe this is the guy this year.

[Lurker64]

Now Green. He's no chugging bruiser. Ted Thompson said something when we drafted BJ Raji that went against common height/weight perception. Lurker is using height/weight perception to deduct that Green is a bruiser.

Well, Green is a bruiser because he's big and he's strong. The fact that he's also fast doesn't make him not a punishing runner, in fact it makes him more of a punishing runner.