Is WR Davante Adams a prime candidate among NFL team Vets to be cut during TC?

[Patler]

As a route runner, ... Who knows about Davis.

Initial reports are very encouraging, in that already he has impressed the DBs, Joe Witt and puppy Wolf.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...cess/84181302/

In one-on-one drills, practice-squad cornerback Robertson Daniel pressed close to the line of scrimmage. Davis went deep, catching a pass 30 yards downfield.

It looked like a flash of natural, physical ability. It was something more. In his first steps, Davis noticed Daniel was being “patient” with his go-route. Davis took a wide release off the line of scrimmage, avoiding Daniel’s contact.

...

“He’s really fast,” Daniel said.

He wasn’t getting burned again. Next rep, Daniel backpedaled to guard against the deep ball. Davis sold the go route, avoided Daniel’s jam off the line of scrimmage. With Daniel’s momentum going backward, Davis stopped on a dime.

The football was in his hands when he turned around.

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“That’s route running,” Daniel said, “and understanding who you’re going against. He understands his opponent. Because a lot of guys I go against sometimes just try to swivel their way by me. He was taking a lot of wide releases (to avoid press-man coverage). He was taking wide releases away from my reach out, away from my strike point. Which is really smart.”

That’s something else Davis was in his first NFL practice — quite smart, actually.

....

“It’s everything,” Davis said. “... you have to be a great route runner.
“Working at that is everything, because you’re a receiver. It’s your trade. Running routes is literally everything.”


Davis’ route running was criticized before the draft, but the Packers believe Davis is more than a pure speed receiver.
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Moments after the Packers drafted him, director of football operations Eliot Wolf gushed about Davis’ route running. Very smooth, Wolf said. Sudden. Davis, at 6-foot-1 and 188 pounds, played mostly on the perimeter at Cal. The Packers believe he has the shiftiness and technique to also play the slot.

“Good route runner,” Wolf said.


“The first thing that jumps out at you,” McCarthy said, “is his speed. And his hands.”

Davis knows he has a good chance with Rodgers, who he said “throws perfect deep balls.” If his speed is the key to unlocking a spot on the 53-man roster, his route-running will determine whether he sees the field.

So near the end of his first practice, after Davis shook Daniel for a wide-open catch underneath, it was worth noting cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt Jr.’s booming reaction.

“That’s a good route!” Whitt shouted. “That’s a good route!”

[Striker]

I can think of a bunch of reasons Janis should be dropped. He is not a proficient wide receiver. However, the dude always finds a way to make huge plays. It's hard to not justify a roster spot for a guy like that.

He does have the speed to help ST out, especially on coverage units. So that gives him a pretty big lift that the others don't get.

[Striker]

Abby isn't a slow as some are suggesting. I know 40 times are not the be all/end all but what else can we use for comparison? Both Abby and Jordy's 40 are virtually identical.

I think his lack of size and durability questions hurt him more.

[mraynrand]

“The first thing that jumps out at you,” McCarthy said, “is his speed. And his hands.”

It sounds like the second thing that jumps out at you are his hands.

[Patler]

For some historical perspective, here is a rookie camp article about another slightly built GB Packer draft pick in 1999, Donald Driver:

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/189735661.html

They list him at 180 lbs, various lists and rosters at the time listed him at 180-188.

Recently, of course, there is Abbrederis as a very slightly built receiver. A big difference I see is in musculature. Davis out ran and out jumped Abbrederis by quite a bit, and beat him on the bench press 11 reps to 4. I can't find anything on Driver, except of course that he was world class in high jump, long jump and triple jump in college.


(Edit: I meant to post the above in the thread about Davis, but accidentally posted it here. It seems relevant, so I will leave it in both)

[mraynrand]

^^^ It would be more exciting if you started a new thread entitled "Donald Driver." That hook really draws in the crowds.

[pbmax]

“The first thing that jumps out at you,” McCarthy said, “is his speed. And his hands.”

It sounds like the second thing that jumps out at you are his hands.

Our chief weapon are fear and surprise!

[run pMc]

From the JSO article:

What matters is performance. Beating those defensive backs. Catching everything thrown to him. Not getting injured.

The argument about Abby's skills being duplicates or not as good as others, the injury history is something he'll have to prove (and perhaps he did, last year) is behind him.

Also, any thread with Monty Python is awesome.

[Patler]

From the JSO article:


The argument about Abby's skills being duplicates or not as good as others, the injury history is something he'll have to prove (and perhaps he did, last year) is behind him.

Didn't he miss a couple games last year with a rib injury?

[Zool]

Our chief weapon are fear and surprise!

Amongst his weaponry are speed and hands, and an almost ruthless devotion to the pope.

[George Cumby]

From the JSO article:


The argument about Abby's skills being duplicates or not as good as others, the injury history is something he'll have to prove (and perhaps he did, last year) is behind him.

Also, any thread with Monty Python is awesome.

Virtually every thread more than three pages on this board results in an MP allusion. It's like that rule of the internet about hitler/nazis except its Monty Python.

[mraynrand]

Virtually every thread more than three pages on this board results in an MP allusion. It's like that rule of the internet about hitler/nazis except its Monty Python.

It's only because they produced probably the best humor of all time.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Hope he goes out for season or cut

[MadtownPacker]

Hope he goes out for season or cut

Can we hope you tear your rectum?

[Patler]

Hope he goes out for season or cut

Why would you hope that?
Why not hope that he returns to the potential he showed as a rookie?