JS-----JANIS deserves the chance to win the #3

[pbmax]

Are you saying that blasting the heat is no longer a remedy for overheating engine?

Its been such a long time since I last employed the technique, that I am not sure it still works. I doubt the heating coil has changed that much, but I also believed that the cabin air filter was an attempt to pry $45 out of my wallet for no reason.

Imagine my surprise when I finally changed that thing and it clearly had been hard at work, keeping leaves, stones and seed pods from shooting out of the air vents.

But back on topic

#BuckleDownJeffJanis

[Pugger]

What Janis deserves is a fair opportunity to earn the #3 spot or the #4 spot. Some think he hasn't been given that, or that he won't be given that. I have to say, in the second half of 2015, with Montgomery out and no other WR making any sort of positive impact at all, I thought MM should have given both Abbrederis and Janis more game opportunities to see if they could do anything. However, at this point MM knows he needs WRs who will step up and perform during games, and I doubt very much that he cares in what round the WR was acquired.

That said, I do think a coach can put too much emphasis on "earning it in practice". Generally, I think it is a good philosophy, but there are some players who, for whatever reason, are not particularly good practice players, but do perform in actual games. I think Janis has enough physical advantages and has shown enough game time flashes to be given an honest opportunity in games to see if he is one of those players.

I suspect MM and his staff place a lot of value and reward players who perform well in practice with playing time. Perhaps Janis is the type of player who can struggle at times in practice but shine on game days?

[Tony Oday]

He does not deserve anything, he has to earn it and if he can't run routes three years in we shall see you on the Raiders Eventually.

[Rutnstrut]

He does not deserve anything, he has to earn it and if he can't run routes three years in we shall see you on the Raiders Eventually.

Adams can't catch the ball so he should be gone as well.

[Patler]

Adams can't catch the ball so he should be gone as well.

The #3 WR spot should be a wide open competition. It should be nobody's spot to lose, and anyone's spot to win.

[Patler]

This should help:

Jeff Janis, shuffling some 60 yards downfield, tracked Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ pass like a center fielder Monday afternoon.

He had beaten Sam Shields, running two, three strides past the Packers' top cornerback as Rodgers escaped the pocket. With Rodgers’ pass nearly scraping the Don Hutson Center’s ceiling, Shields scrambled to recover. He closed on Janis just in time to jump for the football, mirroring a point guard boxing out for the rebound.

What happened next was the clearest déjà vu. With Janis and Shields both in the air near the left sideline, Rodgers’ pass bounced off Shields’ hands. The football deflected straight in the air as Shields fell to the ground. Janis settled underneath it.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...rust/85533982/

[pbmax]

He is still under-throwing Janis. Gotta get that figured out.

[pbmax]

Adams can't catch the ball so he should be gone as well.

If it continues, I agree. But I think the numbers last year weren't as catastrophic for him as it looked at times. The whole team was down due to problems getting open and Rodgers inaccuracy.

We'll see.

[MadtownPacker]

Adams can't catch the ball so he should be gone as well.

Bretsky can't make post that aren't just links and hating so he should be gone as well.

[Striker]

He is still under-throwing Janis. Gotta get that figured out.

I think its the shock from not having to compensate for Richard Rodgers/James Jones/Eddie Lacy speeds.

[pbmax]

More Janis: This time from those who hope he will succeed.

“I need to see it in practice. I’ve said it for a long time. I need to see those type of plays in practice. Had I seen that play in practice last year, I wouldn’t have been so apprehensive about the Hail Mary at the end of the season when the ball was in the air,” Rodgers said with a smile. “Those are important plays for those guys to get and make and feel better about.”

He closed an OTA session with a spectacular grab over and through Shields, with the ball bouncing off Shields first and then the People's Champion hauling it in for a TD.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/74544/packers-aaron-rodgers-hopeful-jeff-janis-can-deliver-on-potential

[pbmax]

I think its the shock from not having to compensate for Richard Rodgers/James Jones/Eddie Lacy speeds.

That's a Triple Crown post right there. Its true, its funny and I wish I had thought of it.

+1

[pbmax]

More from Wilde at that ESPN link

“It’s about route-running and taking that jump in a comfort level out there,” Rodgers said. “When he can stop thinking so much and react more, you see the athletic ability. He’s obviously gifted very well with his athleticism, his jumping ability and his speed. He just needs to get to a level where he’s not thinking as much and his instincts take over.”

[Patler]

More Janis: This time from those who hope he will succeed.



He closed an OTA session with a spectacular grab over and through Shields, with the ball bouncing off Shields first and then the People's Champion hauling it in for a TD.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/pos...r-on-potential

Shields saw the grab by Janis a bit differently:

Midway through practice in the Don Hutson Center on Monday, quarterback Aaron Rodgers aired out a nice deep ball that receiver Jeff Janis plucked from the air over Shields. But had this been a real game, the speedy, nimble Shields would have played the defense much differently.

"I would have had that," Shields said. He was not joking. "I would have had it. Trust me."

[Patler]

I think Rodgers overplays his role as gatekeeper. I am tired of hearing him talk about how his teammates must achieve his blessing before they can expect to be incorporated into the offense. I'm tired of MM apparently granting this power to Rodgers, just as I tired of Sherman deferring to Favre. One of the things I liked about MM when he came was that he reduced the kid-glove treatment Favre had been receiving. Now, I see him falling into the same trap with Rodgers.