Packers 2015 Offseason News and Notes non Draft non FA Edition

[Brandon494]

Agree with that. I think Perry is actually more sound against the run than Clay and I would not be stunned if Perry/Neal in the lineup helped the run defense as much as Clay in the middle.

Oh it did for sure and I believe thats a reason they reach early for an ILB because they liked what they saw with that package.

[pbmax]

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 1m1 minute ago
It's official: the #Packers did not execute OLB Nick Perry's fifth-year option. He will be a free agent in '16. Not a surprising move.

Defense of the '11 and '12 drafts comes at a high cost.

[Bretsky]

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 1m1 minute ago
It's official: the #Packers did not execute OLB Nick Perry's fifth-year option. He will be a free agent in '16. Not a surprising move.

Defense of the '11 and '12 drafts comes at a high cost.

No surprise at all here and a good move by GB

[red]

the option would have paid nick around 7 million for next season. thats way to much for a guy who is basically a role player on the team. not terrible, but nowhere near a 7 million dollar a year guy

i would hope he continues to improve and the team resigns him in the 4-5 million dollars a year range

[red]

Yep. Perry hasn't reached the heights I hoped he would but he hasn't been a bust either. And of course we always have this...even if it was taken away by a garbage flag.

helmet to shoulder of a QB is a personal foul in todays NFL

in fact, hitting the QB too hard at all, is a flag

[smuggler]

The best thing is that the ref with the good angle on the play keeps his flag in his pocket. The ref with no sight angle at all goes right for the zebra tissue...

[esoxx]

He should have caved in the side of his leg. That way he gets the sack and no flag.

Gotta play by the rules.

[Bretsky]

the option would have paid nick around 7 million for next season. thats way to much for a guy who is basically a role player on the team. not terrible, but nowhere near a 7 million dollar a year guy

i would hope he continues to improve and the team resigns him in the 4-5 million dollars a year range

4-5 MIL ???

[pbmax]

The best thing is that the ref with the good angle on the play keeps his flag in his pocket. The ref with no sight angle at all goes right for the zebra tissue...

If you watch the big sideline video, you can see him dip his head and the ref behind that, which is visible from his side, goes for the flag. I wouldn't be surprised if the flag was for that and not the slide up/head forward contact between helmets after the hit.

[Patler]

I have always felt that if Luck's head hadn't whiplashed so violently, nothing would have been called. That made it look like a violent hit under his chin. Luck must not have seen him coming at all.

[Carolina_Packer]

When a guy runs a 4.5 at 270 lbs, benches 35 reps, jumps 38 inches, and gets drafted in the 1st round what he does in coverage or pursuit is icing on the cake. That man's only path to being considered a success should be what he does one-on-one rushing the passer and all I'm saying is that if you can do that you're a fit anywhere. Perry's game is only worth picking apart because he hasn't become the elite pass rusher you hoped for when you drafted him in the first round. If he was good in pursuit he'd be Shea McClellan and still not worth a first round pick. That said Perry's not a full-blown bust either. He is way more useful on a football field than McClellan.

I know others picked up on the McClellan comment, but your comment about Perry's measurable and being a fit anywhere vs. the production the team has seen is interesting. Did the Packers have the wrong vision for this guy, and he may have worked out better in another defensive scheme, was his development slowed by all of his injury concerns, or do you think there's another reason he hasn't lived up to his first round projection?

[pbmax]

Bob McGinn's Scouts on Aaron Rodgers: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/203116571.html

NFC scout: "I think he has a good chance of being a bust. Just like every other Tedford-coached quarterback. Thing I struggle with him is he gets sacked a lot. He doesn't have great ability to change the release of the football. He's mechanically very rigid. Brett Favre can change his release point and find different windows. There will be more growing pains with Alex Smith but in the end he has a much better chance to be much better."

Much more at the link. But the takeaway is that scouts, speaking publicly, are much more certain about physical attributes and have NO idea whether someone will be successful translating their game to the pros.

[3irty1]

I know others picked up on the McClellan comment, but your comment about Perry's measurable and being a fit anywhere vs. the production the team has seen is interesting. Did the Packers have the wrong vision for this guy, and he may have worked out better in another defensive scheme, was his development slowed by all of his injury concerns, or do you think there's another reason he hasn't lived up to his first round projection?

A job as a 4-3 DE would allow him to showcase his strength of setting the edge more regularity and rarely ask him to drop into coverage masking one of his biggest deficiencies. My point was that a 4-3 isn't going to make him any better of a pass rusher though and that's really the only way he can "fit" in any scheme as more than a backup and certainly the only way he could be worth a 1st round draft pick. Shawne Merriman would have benefited from a 4-3 in the exact same ways as Perry but nobody cared about fit because you take elite pass rushers in any mold you can find them.

[pbmax]

67,000 tickets sold out for Favre retirement ceremony. I doubt most of those are paying to boo.

I had thought there would be decent presence of unhappy fans at the Bears game for the jersey ceremony. Think it will be a small minority now.

[gbgary]

67,000 tickets sold out for Favre retirement ceremony. I doubt most of those are paying to boo.

I had thought there would be decent presence of unhappy fans at the Bears game for the jersey ceremony. Think it will be a small minority now.

you got that right. smart move by the organIzation.