Former Packers still pursuing the dream

[mraynrand]

Detroit just released CJ Wilson.

He's had a pretty long dream in a lot of different towns.

Oh that's right! It's all a dream! Or is it?

[pbmax]

Lasagna anyone?

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 3m3 minutes ago
Report: Buccaneers won't tender linebacker Danny Lansanah http://wp.me/p14QSB-9ZHu

[Patler]

Lasagna anyone?

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 3m3 minutes ago
Report: Buccaneers won't tender linebacker Danny Lansanah http://wp.me/p14QSB-9ZHu

He is entering his 9th football season after college, and he will be 31 years old in August. After all that time, he is still a restricted free agent. Now that is perseverance!

[Cheesehead Craig]

He is entering his 9th football season after college, and he will be 31 years old in August. After all that time, he is still a restricted free agent. Now that is perseverance!

Some people just won't stop until their knees and brains don't function as they should. THEN they can say they were a football player.

[Patler]

Some people just won't stop until their knees and brains don't function as they should. THEN they can say they were a football player.

On the other hand, he has been a starter the last two seasons, and over the 9 year time period he has earned a couple million dollars and has qualified for an NFL pension at age 55. Not a wasted effort even if he doesn't land a job with another team.

[Carolina_Packer]

If he must go, I'll kind of miss the lasagna reference. Up there with Fire Slocum for me.

[woodbuck27]

The reality is that playing a ball in the air is mostly in your head and not physical. Most college corners and safeties don't cut it in the NFL and it's often not because they don't have the physical tools.

That's correct. The first thing a Scout needs to do in grading a DB is determine his intelligence and instincts to defend the pass. The jump a College DB has to make in the NFL is considerable. He has to have the head and work ethic to be able to play his CB and/or Safety position effectively.

A DB may have the absolute desired height (say over 6'-0") or be shorter and possess an excellent vertical jump and sub 4.5 Sec. 40 speed but if he doesn't have the head for good ball defense skills he'll generally fail in the NFL He has to be able to turn up field quick with the receive and not get horribly beaten a lot to leave the open target.

[woodbuck27]

Maybe the opposite of what this thread is about, but Brad Jones has been cut by the Eagles.

Ted Thompson was 'in love with' Brad Jones the:

[KYPack]

Scott Tolzein begins his dream anew in the Circle City, Indianapolis.

They had no back-up for Andrew Luck.

The Colts want Scott to carry the clipboard.

[pbmax]

Scott Tolzein begins his dream anew in the Circle City, Indianapolis.

They had no back-up for Andrew Luck.

The Colts want Scott to carry the clipboard.

It worked with another Badger guy, Jim Sorgi.

[Smidgeon]

Daryn Colledge signed an 8 year deal with the Army National Guard

[pbmax]

Daryn Colledge signed an 8 year deal with the Army National Guard

He's going to need his own foxhole.

[pbmax]

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 2h2 hours ago
Jets plan to sign WR/KR Jeremy Ross http://wp.me/p14QSB-a19E

Going from Lions to Jets not only intersects with Favre a bit, but I am pretty sure its the mark of a career that is ending.

[KYPack]

A little off-track, but it involves an ex-Packer I like.

Al Harris was promoted to a higher role in coaching KC's secondary.

I'd like to see Al get a gig in GB, he's my people, if not Packer People.

[mraynrand]

A little off-track, but it involves an ex-Packer I like.

Al Harris was promoted to a higher role in coaching KC's secondary.

I'd like to see Al get a gig in GB, he's my people, if not Packer People.

I'm guessing the advancement indicates he has learned to teach zone as opposed to just man coverage?