ROSTER ANALYSIS

[pbmax]

You got one point correct whilst trying to be sarcastic. I will be screaming by week 5 that we only had 9 run plays called in each of the last 3 games. We will lose 2 of those. Pb will tell me that running isn't important and look, we called 26 running plays this week and won afterall, proving that MM calls a lot of running plays.

Running well in the second half is important to hold the lead. Can we agree on that?

[hoosier]

Maybe they keep Boyd and justify it by counting Neal as a LB. That makes:

DL (7): Raji, Pickett, Wilson, Jones, Daniels, Jolly, Boyd,
LB (10): CMIII, Jones, Hawk, Perry, Neal, Francois, Manning, Lattimore, Mulumba, Moses/Palmer

[pbmax]

Maybe they keep Boyd and justify it by counting Neal as a LB. That makes:

DL (7): Raji, Pickett, Wilson, Jones, Daniels, Jolly, Boyd,
LB (10): CMIII, Jones, Hawk, Perry, Neal, Francois, Manning, Lattimore, Mulumba, Moses/Palmer

OK, so who makes DB?

Williams, Shields, House, Hayward, Hyde, Burnett, Jennings, McMillan

Have to hope they are healthy to get by with this.

[Joemailman]

OK, so who makes DB?

Williams, Shields, House, Hayward, Hyde, Burnett, Jennings, McMillan

Have to hope they are healthy to get by with this.

Add Bush. You can get by with 9 LB's even if one of them is Neal. They finished last season with just 8.

[Joemailman]

Updated roster prediction. Actually, more like what I think the roster would be if today was cutdown day.

QB (2) Rodgers, Harrell

RB (5) Franklin, Starks, Harris, Lacy, Kuhn

OL (8) EDS, Lang, Sitton, Van Roten, Bakhtiari, Newhouse, Barclay, Sherrod

WR (6) Boykin, Cobb, Jones, Nelson, Walker, Ross

TE (4) Finley, Mulligan, Quarless, Bostick

DL (8) Daniels, Jones, Neal, Wilson, Jolly, Pickett, Raji, Boyd

LB (8) Lattimore, Hawk, Jones, Matthews, Moses, Mulumba, Perry, Francois

CB (6) Bush, Hayward, House, Hyde, Shields, Williams

S (3) Burnett, Jennings, McMillian

ST (3) Crosby, Masthay, Goode

[Joemailman]

I think they can get their fourth or fifth best safety on PS easier than Boyd. Not sure what happens with him. Big guys don't last unless they are a project. And Boyd wouldn't be a project in a 4-3 Under at 3 tech.

As Bobble pointed out, Hyde could be the emergency Safety. He has the tackling ability to do it. A lot of people had him projected as a Safety heading into the draft.

[Harlan Huckleby]

As Bobble pointed out, Hyde could be the emergency Safety. He has the tackling ability to do it. A lot of people had him projected as a Safety heading into the draft.

A lot to ask a rookie to play out of position. Baranczyk said that Hyde's position now should be in the slot, like late career Woodson, and I agree. Maybe long term he will be a safety.

http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130818/PKR07/308180309/Eric-Baranczyk-analysis-Shields-adds-savvy-go-his-speed

BTW, I also agree with Baranczyk's remarks about the battle between Newhouse and Barclay. That position is up in the air.
I can see Barclay is a good run blocker. I just don't know about pass blocking, they both have problems. I'm still thinking Newhouse has more upside there, but I could be wrong.

[wist43]

wist has been right every year except the Super Bowl years. His record is impressive.

Total Super Bowls: 51
Packer Super Bowl wins: 4

Percentage of wist prediction success: 92.15%

Clearly, the Packers aren't committed to winning Super Bowls, just making the playoffs is OK for them, Mike Holmgren and Phil Bengston.

Actually, I called the '96 SB... and I was the voice of "we're going to get better now" after they made the Favre trade. I remember all the mocking derision after Wolf traded a 1st round pick for a backup QB that was originally drafted in the 2nd round - nobody listened to me then either, lol...

So My percentage is better than 92.15%... don't have a calculator, and too lazy to either get it, or do the math in my head

[Patler]

If he is on the roster, the emergency safety would be Jarrett Bush. He practiced there a couple years and was even listed as a safety for a year, and as a CB/S for another year or so.

[bobblehead]

Yeah, we have a shot every year b/c we have a QB - "a punchers chance".

What makes it luck as opposed to being "the real deal" is defense and OL play. Teams like the Niners and Seahawks may not win it all either, but they're in the conversation b/c of strength, not a "punchers chance".

That's the difference.

Just as someone brought up the Colts - I thought they were a flawed team too... "a punchers chance", and "one and done".

Their OL was similar to ours - underpowered; and their defense was similar to ours - also underpowered. I think our defense has more potential than theirs did, but we have Capers holding us back, so it's probably a wash.

If Sherrod and Bulaga were in the lineup and Iaputi and Davis were out of the lineup, would SF have the superior OL?

[bobblehead]

And yet, did we not set an NFL record for pass defense futility just 2 years ago?? And did we not allow an NFL record number of rushing yards to Kapnerfucker just 7 months ago??

You homers see what you want to see... Keep drinkin the Kool-aid my friend.

For the hundreth time, Kapernick did not overpower us, he outschemed us...a totally soft way to win a ballgame in my opinion.

[bobblehead]

Running well in the second half is important to hold the lead. Can we agree on that?

Running well in general is important to win games. I think we both agree on that

[mraynrand]

Running well in general is important to win games. I think we both agree on that

scoring more points than the opposition is an even stronger predictor of success.

[pittstang5]

Just some of my opinions on positions:

I really don’t think Boyd makes the final 53. They’ll try to put him on the PS, he may get picked up, but I don’t think there is enough room for him on the 53. He’s a project.

I keep forgetting about Quarless, just because he has always been injured. He better get back on the field or I feel they will just release him or be put on IR if they are willing to wait another year.

I agree with keeping only 3 safeties. One of the guys - I'm thinking Banjo, would be kept on the PS and moved up if need be. As mentioned, Bush could probably come in if desperate. Too bad for Richardson - I really wanted to see what he could do with a season under his belt and didn't realize his injury status until TC started. I don't hink he makes it back this year - IR for him.

[denverYooper]

I acknowledge what is working - but what's the point of talking about what's working... you don't need to fix it, do you?? Polish your laurels as it were??

It's like having a faulty carburetor on your car, but all you want to talk about are your spiffy rims. You're simply not going anywhere unless you fix the carburetor.

I've said I like quite a few of our defensive players - but the flaws we have are serious enough that they could be fatal - ala what we've witnessed against power teams over the past few years. Of course those rims still look mighty spiffy though - I'll grant ya that

If I tried to fix the carburetor on either of our cars I wouldn't get anywhere. They're both FI, as are most all cars since the mid 1980's excluding such gems as the '91 Ford Crown Vic Interceptor. For some reason, it would not surprise me if that was your ride of choice .

But your analogy here speaks volumes: you want to fix the carburetor on a machine that uses electronic fuel injection.