running backs

[Patler]

Maybe James Starks will return to the roster and be better than he showed all year. It could happen, maybe earlier he played with nagging injury that has been fixed.

I have been hoping you were right in stating the above. In a way, the following is disappointing. Starks claims his knee was giving him no trouble at all, until one day he woke up to find it swollen:

Green Bay Packers running back James Starks said he wasn’t having any problem with his left knee before or during the New York Giants game.

“It wasn't bothering me, even after the game,” Starks said. “I came to practice, ran, nothing was wrong and then woke up on my day off (and) kind of seen swelling. Told the trainers and stuff as soon as I knew, then we just got it checked out.

“It was kind of like it was messed up so I got it taken care of.”

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...arks/93625844/

[pbmax]

^ Might have been giving him more problems than was obvious. If it had no sudden or catastrophic injury, might have been getting slowly worse for some time.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Most likely Starks just done got old.

I'm OK with Action Jackson, at least he hits a hole and goes forward. Whatever Starks can give is a bonus.

[red]

i thought we were signing javid best on monday

whatever happened there?

[Pugger]

starks and jackson aren't enough. montgonery really isn't a back. wonder why the Joique Bell thing didn't happen?

Starks and Jackson is better than nothing. Monty is okay but you're right, he really isn't a RB.

[Pugger]

i thought we were signing javid best on monday

whatever happened there?

He's slower than Starks and James is coming back anyway?

[Patler]

Monty is okay but you're right, he really isn't a RB.

Why not?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Why not?

He doesn't look like a low-to-ground, low center of gravity guy that can deal with hits and flailing arms inside the tackles. Does he have thick legs and hips? He does look effective with a little bit of space - draws, pitchs. He is OK as wingback in the shotgun.

Maybe I am seeing him through biased eyes, having set him as a slot WR in my head. He is OK as a role player out of backfield - effective even.

[Patler]

He doesn't look like a low-to-ground, low center of gravity guy that can deal with hits and flailing arms inside the tackles. Does he have thick legs and hips? He does look effective with a little bit of space - draws, pitchs. He is OK as wingback in the shotgun.

Maybe I am seeing him through biased eyes, having set him as a slot WR in my head. He is OK as a role player out of backfield - effective even.

Several of the predraft evaluations said he might end up as a runningback instead of a WR. Last year one of the reporters in preseason remarked that he looked out of place with the thinner, leaner WRs and was mistaken for a RB by reporters that didn't know him. He's listed at 6'0", 216. Starks is 6'2", 218. I saw Montgomery on one of the Packer talk shows a couple weeks ago, he looked thick and muscular. There was talk last year of using him as a legitimate runner when they started using him in the backfield before his injury.

I suspected at the end of training camp that one of the reasons they had so many WRs on the final roster and just two RBs was that they intended to use Montgomery as more than just a gimmick in the backfield. I don't think his tranistion to RB was just because of the injuries to Lacy and Starks.

I thought he already looked more runningback-like last week. 25-30 carries a game? Probably not, but maybe 10-15 carries.

[Fritz]

He really doesn't seem to me to be good enough to become a full-time running back, unless you imagine him as the third-down back we've been clamoring for. He doesn't seem to find holes very well and seems to go down pretty easily, though not as easily as Cobb.

[pbmax]

No reason he can't be a combo RB/WR like Sproles.

If he can block a lick, its the perfect job. Stick him where you get instant mismatch.

[Patler]

He doesn't seem to find holes very well and seems to go down pretty easily, though not as easily as Cobb.

He seemed better last week than the first week. He broke tackles, and carried DBs a bit. He even showed patience finding holes. I expect him to get better with experience.

[gbgary]

The Green Bay Packers claimed former Seattle Seahawks running back Christine Michael off waivers

[pbmax]

The Green Bay Packers claimed former Seattle Seahawks running back Christine Michael off waivers

Hope I am wrong, but that kid has been all hype and no production so far. Seahawks replaced him with Thomas Rawls as soon as they could.

[gbgary]

Hope I am wrong, but that kid has been all hype and no production so far. Seahawks replaced him with Thomas Rawls as soon as they could.

picking this guy up really makes me think Shields will be guy they take off ir.