More Banjo: Week 1 @ Jacksonville

[King Friday]

I agree that there is no way Thompson pays significant money to keep Lacy in Green Bay. RB is one of the EASIEST positions to replace spots with capable talent from the college ranks, because so much emphasis is put on other positions at the NFL level. Why pay Lacy $6M a year when you can draft a guy just as good for 20% of the price?

[red]

I agree that there is no way Thompson pays significant money to keep Lacy in Green Bay. RB is one of the EASIEST positions to replace spots with capable talent from the college ranks, because so much emphasis is put on other positions at the NFL level. Why pay Lacy $6M a year when you can draft a guy just as good for 20% of the price?

it might actually be more then that. you got me thinking so i looked it up

ap makes 14 mill a year
jamaal charles is a 9
lesean mccoy- 8
jonathan stewart- 7.3
doug martin-7.1
lamar miller-6.5
chris ivory-6.4
demarco murry-6.25
ezekiel elliortt- 6.24
giovani bernard-5.16

thats your top 10 highest paid on average per year

i'm gessing eddy is around that 6.5-8 million a year range

if he can have a better year then his fat ass had last year

[run pMc]

From what I read Peppers was in for 29 plays, and if Shields has a concussion it will be his 4th. That's not good.
I like Lacy and think he's in better shape than last year but still too heavy. $6-8.5M? Yikes.

[run pMc]

Agree the run D was pretty good. Playing in 110' heat index weather has to be brutal on the players. Now about that 3rd (and 4th) down defense...

I'm pulling for Adams to make that jump, but I'm not sure he's more than a #3WR at best. Maybe Trevor Davis is the heir apparent outside? Geronimo? 2017 Drafted player? Would like to see them do some more things to scheme receivers open...it's only week 1, maybe that's for after the bye. Seems like the OL kept Rodgers' jersey clean and he didn't get jittery back there.
The offense got going when they went no-huddle, but they were rusty.

[pbmax]

GBPG coaching tape piece, with Eric Baranczyk, says that Nick Perry and Datone Jones deserve credit for stellar run D on Sunday.

I think this is a larger reason there wasn't more Peppers. Perry might be the best run defending OLB on the roster, including Matthews.

http://www.packersnews.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/dougherty/2016/09/12/perry-jones-get-jaguars-run/90282914/

The role Perry and Jones would have in shutting down the Jaguars’ run game showed from the Jaguars’ first possession, when on second-and-10, Yeldon took a handoff to his left. Perry, playing at right end in the Packers’ nickel personnel, took on tight end Julius Thomas, drove him a back, then got off the block to make the tackle for only a two-yard gain.

Later in the quarter, on a first down with 9:36 left, Jacksonville’s best blocking tight end, Mercedes Lewis, tried to block Perry. But in what would be emblematic of much of the day, Perry stoned him at the line of scrimmage, and with Jones also holding his ground as a defensive tackle on the play, there was nowhere for Yeldon to run.

Likewise, Jones absolutely blew up a run several snaps later, on a first down, when left guard Luke Joeckel pulled and blocked him. Jones met Joeckel behind the line of scrimmage and knocked back the guard a good two yards. That cut off Yeldon’s path to the outside, and when he cut back Clay Matthews and Guion cleaned up the tackle for a loss of two yards.

[Bossman641]

This was the first offseason Perry has been healthy. I expect a big year from him IF he can stay healthy.

[Fritz]

Except Fritz didn't get to watch the game.

PB, PB, PB.

What am I gonna do with you? I keep trying to educate you about how the internet works, but you just don't seem to learn.

Watching the game would merely have made things more complicated - I might have seen Lacy look good on some runs, not so good on others.

Facts, Schmacts. Evidence? Ugh.

Stop letting these things getting in the way of your opinion.

[Clayish]

This was the first offseason Perry has been healthy. I expect a big year from him IF he can stay healthy.

I thought he had an awesome game on Sunday.

[Maxie the Taxi]

PB, PB, PB.

What am I gonna do with you? I keep trying to educate you about how the internet works, but you just don't seem to learn.

Watching the game would merely have made things more complicated - I might have seen Lacy look good on some runs, not so good on others.

Facts, Schmacts. Evidence? Ugh.

Stop letting these things getting in the way of your opinion.

There is a definite divide on this board between the Football Technicians and the Unedimacated Fans. I'm a member of the latter group, as pb, vince, harv, kypack and others remind me frequently that what I saw in the game I didn't really see.

[pbmax]

You gonna believe me or your lyin' eyes?

[Maxie the Taxi]

You gonna believe me or your lyin' eyes?

Usually I believe you. LOL

[Fritz]

Exactly. Why bother to watch film and think about the nuances of playing football in the NFL?

Just spout a bunch of shit, shout it loud, and attack anyone who disagrees.

So there. Lacy is fat and lazy and the Packers will clearly not re-sign him. They'll move on and take a running back in the fourth or fifth round next year. We'll scream about it, but it'll mostly work out in the end.

See how easy that is?

Come on, PB! Abandon fact and logic! Come over to the fun side!