FA WRs - 2014

[Smidgeon]

Draft is loaded with WR talent. TT will look there, preferably earlier than R7.
I like all 3 of them and would be great if they all stayed in GB, but history has shown that WR turnover is not unusual.
Lord Voldemort played with Sharpe, Brooks, Freeman, Rison, Driver, Javon, and a few years of Jennings and one year of James Jones. (I'm forgetting others and ignoring the lesser lights.) Rodgers will play with a pretty long list as well. They key is to keep finding and developing talent...Boykin was a real find for them.

Props.

[Smidgeon]

TT has spoiled us, because he has had a knack for finding WRs who can contribute. But, without Jones and Finley, the cupboard is getting a bit bare. Nelson, Cobb, Boykin and..........???? It seems rather routine in recent years that most weeks at least one WR is hurting and/or not playing. I have a fear that if it happens in 2014 they will be playing with the current versions of Taco Wallace, Ruvell Martin, Rod Gardner and Antonio Chatman. I don't want to relive the years when they had a difficult time putting three decent receivers on the field.

I was really hoping one of the draft picks/FAs last year would show promise. Myles White caught a few balls, but I can't say he has me anxiously waiting to see more from him. The others, who knows?

I thought Myles White had some good speed/quickness to him. I remember saying during one game (don't remember which) "I can see why they kept him". He needs some development (okay, a lot), but I think he has potential. More open field potential from what I've seen. Maybe he has hands, who knows?

To answer a non-Patler post, Jones does have big play ability. Not necessarily separation ability, but big play ability nonetheless.

[Smidgeon]

It would not suprise me if a team like NE or Denver swoop in on Jones; he would do well with both of those teams IMO where he's a part of things. If he goes to a team with severe weakness at WR who needs him to beat a top tier CB, he might disappear

You know, I've been assuming JJ would be back in Green Bay. But then you went and mentioned New England who had such WR problems. Give Brady JJ, and he'd be just as effective there. I could see that happening.

[smuggler]

He is not better than megatron, aj, fitz, dez, demaryius, Gordon, Marshall, Julio, and vjax.

I agree with all of those but VJax

[Fritz]

I thought Myles White had some good speed/quickness to him. I remember saying during one game (don't remember which) "I can see why they kept him". He needs some development (okay, a lot), but I think he has potential. More open field potential from what I've seen. Maybe he has hands, who knows?

To answer a non-Patler post, Jones does have big play ability. Not necessarily separation ability, but big play ability nonetheless.

Myles White? Really? He did look fast, but every time I saw him, I wondered what that skinny high school kid who looked scared was doing out there.

[Joemailman]

Myles White? Really? He did look fast, but every time I saw him, I wondered what that skinny high school kid who looked scared was doing out there.

I didn't think he looked scared, but I was afraid he might get hurt. If he can add 10-15 pounds of muscle he has a chance though.

[Patler]

He had a very average season last year even with Jennings gone and Cobb/Finley injured. Out of the list of FA WRs hes not even in the top 10, no team is going to over pay for a WR who they don't think can be a #1. I also believe James Jones likes playing here and will most likely get a deal similar to the last contract he signed.

I would like to see that, maybe even with a moderate increase.

His stats for last year do not stand out, that's true. But, he missed two games completely, most of a third game and played the rest of the season with a bum knee, then added a broken rib. In view of all that, his stats look better. It only takes one team to be desperate to price him out of GB.

I agree that he seems to like it in GB, he almost sounded relieved three years ago when he re-signed with the Packers. But, he is at a time in his career when it might be now or never financially. This could be his last significant contract, if not the last completely. I don't think I could advise him to give GB too much of a discount.

[Fritz]

I won't disagree with that.

And what about the kid from Maryland who landed on IR early, early in training camp? He supposedly is one of those size-speed prospects. I wonder - Dorsey, I think his name is? - if he has a chance to stick.

I thought last week that there was no way the Pack would try to keep Raji at anything less than about six mill a year, but now I'm wondering if they perhaps will take a shot, at least for a year by transition or franchise tag. If so, James Jones is gone, I think, because I can't imagine letting Shields go, so I am afraid they won't be able to afford Jones, with Nelson and Cobb coming up and Boykin a solid #4 guy.

I like James Jones. I'll miss him if he leaves, but I wouldn't blame him if he can get a good contract somewhere.

[Patler]

Myles White? Really? He did look fast, but every time I saw him, I wondered what that skinny high school kid who looked scared was doing out there.

I didn't think he looked scared, but I was afraid he might get hurt. If he can add 10-15 pounds of muscle he has a chance though.

He sure looked over-matched physically at times. I remember a couple times when he was thrown around like a rag doll. Of course, that can change a lot by next year, just as it did for Brett Swain a few years ago. Not that Swain became much of a WR, but in his first year he, too, was very much over-matched physically, but came back the next year as a pretty good ST player who didn't back down and got in a few licks of his own.

[pbmax]

He had a very average season last year even with Jennings gone and Cobb/Finley injured. Out of the list of FA WRs hes not even in the top 10, no team is going to over pay for a WR who they don't think can be a #1. I also believe James Jones likes playing here and will most likely get a deal similar to the last contract he signed.

We think no one will pay someone #1 money who isn't a #1 receiver, but it happens every year. Not to every less than top flight WR, but to at least one of them.

Jets and Redskins fans know exactly what this looks like.

[Patler]

And what about the kid from Maryland who landed on IR early, early in training camp? He supposedly is one of those size-speed prospects. I wonder - Dorsey, I think his name is? - if he has a chance to stick.

Johnson was the guy I most looked forward to watching in preseason, and Dorsey may have been my second. Both 7th rounders who seemed to have intriguing stories and physical talent. I hoped at least one one would add some excitement to the preseason games. Instead, neither one made it through rookie camp, and neither one could stay on the field during training camp.

[Fritz]

Thus, the question is whether Dorsey can, A) get on and stay on the field, and B) whether he has NFL skills and the ability to pick up the mental aspects, too.

I hope so. I wonder what Packer brass thinks of him. They did keep him over Johnson, after all.

[Joemailman]

Thus, the question is whether Dorsey can, A) get on and stay on the field, and B) whether he has NFL skills and the ability to pick up the mental aspects, too.

I hope so. I wonder what Packer brass thinks of him. They did keep him over Johnson, after all.

Well, they put Dorsey on IR and put Johnson on PS. Don't know what would have happened if Dorsey had been healthy. I like Dorsey though. Probably would have been drafted higher than 7th if not for Maryland's QB problems.

[3irty1]

The Johnson thing appeared to be mismanaged by the Packers. He was signed off the PS then upon being inspected by the other teams doctors they discovered a problem with his knee and he went straight to IR. Seems like we let one get away.

[pbmax]

The Johnson thing appeared to be mismanaged by the Packers. He was signed off the PS then upon being inspected by the other teams doctors they discovered a problem with his knee and he went straight to IR. Seems like we let one get away.

That was troubling, even more so than too many injuries.