Former Packers still pursuing the dream

[Patler]

Never quite lived up to the billing and draft status - I think he was something like the #5 overall pick.

I wonder, maybe he did and it just didn't seem like it. He played 14 years and had 50 interceptions, 6 returned for TDs. He started 131 games, mostly in his first 9 years. Averaged 9.5 yards on 79 punt returns. Yet, he played for a bunch of teams. Odd career details, but overall very, very good.

[Joemailman]

I wonder, maybe he did and it just didn't seem like it. He played 14 years and had 50 interceptions, 6 returned for TDs. He started 131 games, mostly in his first 9 years. Averaged 9.5 yards on 79 punt returns. Yet, he played for a bunch of teams. Odd career details, but overall very, very good.

He had his best years with Miami. He was a very undisciplined player with the Packers. I think maybe being traded for next to nothing made him realize he needed to get his act together. I think he was also better suited to nickel corner than playing outside. Buckley is one of only two players (the other being Ken Riley) with 50+ interceptions to never make a Pro Bowl.

[Patler]

He had his best years with Miami. He was a very undisciplined player with the Packers. I think maybe being traded for next to nothing made him realize he needed to get his act together. I think he was also better suited to nickel corner than playing outside. Buckley is one of only two players (the other being Ken Riley) with 50+ interceptions to never make a Pro Bowl.

Ya, some guys just need to mature, and getting dumped by the team that drafted you might do it.

A few more details I found:

64 pass deflections
10 forced fumbles
15 fumble recoveries

I think if a team knew that his career would be what it turned out to be, they would gladly draft him early.

[Patler]

Al Harris - going to Bears as D-Backs coach and passing game defense coordinator.

[Joemailman]

Jets hire Chris Banjo as special teams coach.

[Joemailman]

No longer dreaming: Mason Crosby and Micah Hyde announce their retirement from NFL.

[Guiness]

The dream is in danger - Aaron Rodgers, Jets announced that they will release him.

I wonder if there's a reason to do it Super Bowl Sunday.

[MadScientist]

The dream is in danger - Aaron Rodgers, Jets announced that they will release him.

I wonder if there's a reason to do it Super Bowl Sunday.

So that nobody really talks about it. It's not big news compared to the big game. It saves them a week of exclusive discussions about how that trade was a complete failure for them.

[KYPack]

Definitely not big news dept...

Pittsburgh released Preston Smith today.

Good guy, played hard even if he was not always real capable of making the plays.

[bobblehead]

Definitely not big news dept...

Pittsburgh released Preston Smith today.

Good guy, played hard even if he was not always real capable of making the plays.

Still pissed they didn't trade him instead of Douglas. I like Preston but he was clearly on the wrong side of father time, while Douglas put in a couple stellar seasons that could have really helped us. Instead we waited til his value cratered and we got a 7th.

[Fritz]

No longer dreaming: Mason Crosby and Micah Hyde announce their retirement from NFL.

From what I've read recently, Jaire Alexander will soon be eligible to be in this thread as a "former Packer."

The article - was it Schniedman or Demovsky? - said the Packers were unhappy with Alexander's inabilty or unwillingness to play through injuries.

Well, how can a team be unhappy with a player because he's too injured to play through it? They're not pissed at Christian Watson. Or Jordan Morgan. So the logical assumption is that the team was angry because they thought Alexander was not so badly injured that he couldn't play - but he balked.

Sure looks like his time in Green Bay is over. Who will sign him, I wonder? Someone will. Then we'll get that old song-and-dance about how underappreciated the player was by his former team, that he feels better than he has in years, that he's going to be a team player, and so on and so on . . . until he gets hurt early in the next season. Again.

Who will be the sucker that will take him on and count on him?

[Teamcheez1]

De’Vondre Campbell’s latest musings:

“I ain’t addressing shit. I’m rich and never have to work another day of my life and I told Kyle Shannahan and John Lynch that when they FaceTime me and begged me to come out there an hour after Green Bay cut me,” Campbell wrote.

[NewsBruin]

De’Vondre Campbell’s latest musings:

“I ain’t addressing shit. I’m rich and never have to work another day of my life and I told Kyle Shannahan and John Lynch that when they FaceTime me and begged me to come out there an hour after Green Bay cut me,” Campbell wrote.

That is a dream shared by many: Here's Yahoo's short writeup.

[run pMc]

De’Vondre Campbell’s latest musings:

“I ain’t addressing shit. I’m rich and never have to work another day of my life and I told Kyle Shannahan and John Lynch that when they FaceTime me and begged me to come out there an hour after Green Bay cut me,” Campbell wrote.

I think this is what GMs mean when they talk about "guys who love football" - they will play with a club over a broken hand and on bad knees because they love the game, not because they get paid. Long season, you need guys who are wired right. Fairly sure teams knew this about Campbell and was why he played for 4 teams in 9 seasons -- and likely won't play ever again after this stunt. If he's set for life, good for him I guess. He'll be mentioned in punchlines for the next 20 years though.

[Fritz]

I think this is what GMs mean when they talk about "guys who love football" - they will play with a club over a broken hand and on bad knees because they love the game, not because they get paid. Long season, you need guys who are wired right. Fairly sure teams knew this about Campbell and was why he played for 4 teams in 9 seasons -- and likely won't play ever again after this stunt. If he's set for life, good for him I guess. He'll be mentioned in punchlines for the next 20 years though.

Every twelve-year-old kid in America should use Devondre Campbell as a role model when their parents ask the die to address the fact that they set the kitchen on fire: "“I ain’t addressing shit."