Fackrell vs Gary

[Zool]

I say again, I believe you'd rather be right about Gary than have him pan out and be a good player. You spend too much of your time explaining how you were right during the draft. There is LITERALLY nothing that can be done about the Gary pick. The repetition is becoming Tank-esque.

Stop talking about who would be better if you want to convince people that you're actually hoping he pans out.

[Fritz]

Or be like me. Bitch and bitch about how awful Gary is, and if you turn out to be right, you crow about it and feel good about how insightful you are. If you're wrong, you get to watch the Packers be a much better team, and your life as a Packer fan is much better.

It's a win-win, baby!

[mraynrand]

Young players make mistakes. Still not as das Shepard with his feet in headlights plays. The fact he made the team shows how bad this group is.

There are all sorts of tradeoffs at work. Packers fifth round pick from last year is playing on par with Metcalf. Maybe Metcalf is better going forward into their respective careers, but you don't know that yet. So you're making a short term argument based on a perceived long term estimate of relative talent. You could have done the same thing with the RB situation. For example, The Packers drafted Aaron Jones in the fifth two years ago and Seattle picked Penny with their #1 last year. So far, Jones is vastly outplaying Penny. Based on Jones' 2017 output, you could have made the same argument that the Packers needed to draft Penny in the 2018 draft. Maybe Penny will still have the long term better career, but perhaps not. But you can see how just projecting from perceived talent differences, based on draft position doesn't always work. Anyway, here's hoping Scantling turns out more like Jones, relative to his position.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Tank was Right

Word.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Until Metcalf fumbled away the Seattle Baltimore game last week. Then he would have been crucified here.

Allison literally fumbled away a SEASON...Sloth is a starter today despite abominable productions.

Crucifixion? Not in Green Bay!

[ThunderDan]

Allison literally fumbled away a SEASON...Sloth is a starter today despite abominable productions.

Crucifixion? Not in Green Bay!

How does one fumble away a season with 4 career fumbles and only lost 2. I don't understand how 2 fumbles cost us a whole season.

I don't think Allison is a good receiver but your hyperbole is getting old about the Sloth.

[The Shadow]

Metcalf = Meh.

[RashanGary]

Bretsky, don’t be a bitter troll

Anger leads to the dark side

[Bossman641]

R-E-L-A-X

Gary isn't even half a year into a hopefully 10 yr career. He's learning a new position and isn't needed at this time. If we were a possible 3-13 team, sure throw him out there and let him learn from his mistakes.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

How does one fumble away a season with 4 career fumbles and only lost 2. I don't understand how 2 fumbles cost us a whole season.

I don't think Allison is a good receiver but your hyperbole is getting old about the Sloth.

Not even a blue moon, you've already forgotten the game at Carolina that saw the GAB return from the shoulder injury.

Down 8. In the clutch. Season on the line. Janis woulda taken that slant to the house. Sloth got caught from behind and then fumbled away the season.

GAB mysteriously landed on IR for real the next week. The Browns, who were winless at that time and had top waiver claims, argued that putting the GAB on IR for a fake injury shoulda resulted in his release.

[ThunderDan]

Not even a blue moon, you've already forgotten the game at Carolina that saw the GAB return from the shoulder injury.

Down 8. In the clutch. Season on the line. Janis woulda taken that slant to the house. Sloth got caught from behind and then fumbled away the season.

GAB mysteriously landed on IR for real the next week. The Browns, who were winless at that time and had top waiver claims, argued that putting the GAB on IR for a fake injury shoulda resulted in his release.

So a 7-9 team was one fumble away from making the playoffs and somehow catching the 10-6 Falcons for the last wild card spot.

[wist43]

I'm hoping Gary can figure it out... he's on the field, hasn't pussed out yet.

He wasn't my guy (Brian Burns) but we're stuck with him; so, I'm hoping for the best.

[Packers4Glory]

I’m not saying Gary won’t turn into something. He may. But Aaron is rounding towards the twilight of his career. Finding weapons & OL depth should have been the priority. We have been defense heavy for years & after spending FA money on Defense one would have thought offensive upgrades would have been the focus of this draft.

[bobblehead]

Serious question: how many Seachickens games have you watched? In other words, is your assessment first or second-hand? If first hand, I would love to hear your run-down on the guy. Again, not being wise, just want to get a little depth.

I've watched a lot. I originally thought he landed in the perfect spot. Play breaks, run deep, Wilson throws a bomb. That hasn't been the case though. He has made most of his catches within the offense. He isn't overly shifty or a great route runner, but his physicality has him crushing guys who challenge him at the line and his speed/size combo makes guys stay off him so he gets open in routes.

Not sure Rodgers would be loving him. Impossible for me to say if he is running a route 1 yard deep or 1 yard shallow. Russell probably isn't a precision guy like that, but Rodgers is. Also hard for me to know if simply runs whats given or if he finds soft spots in zones. Unlikely for a rookie though. All that said he is producing for a rookie.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

So a 7-9 team was one fumble away from making the playoffs and somehow catching the 10-6 Falcons for the last wild card spot.

Yeah, they threw an injured GAB out there at Carolina just to sell tickets and increase TV viewership. I mean, thanks to socialistic revenue sharing, the Packers get their share of away games proceeds. The more tickets sold, the more frogskins. Likewise, more viewership, more frogskins from the Networks.

Seriously, the Packers were mathematically alive til the Sloth fumbled away the season...literally.