2023 7th Round Pick #242 S Anthony Johnson Jr.

[Joemailman]

No doubt Amos declined last year. The question is whether his skills declined that much or whether he got caught up in a bad situation where the defensive coordinator and passing game coordinator (Gray) were not seeing eye to eye. I'll be interested to see what things look like with Greg Williams replacing Gray. Williams comes from the coaching tree that includes Vance Joseph.

It's a great situation for a young guy like Anthony Johnson to come into. The opportunity is there with no entrenched starters at the safety position.

[run pMc]

Amos was a good player for GB and good in the locker room. His teammates liked him. He declined noticeably last year though -- he was never a speedster but it was starting to look like he couldn't run anymore.
At a minimum he can probably get everyone lined up, but I don't know if he's worth the contract he wants (he can probably get more elsewhere).

As for the rostered safeties, it is a wide-open competition and should be one of the better ones to watch. (OL, S, and WR) Someone will likely emerge and surprise, it could be this ISU kid and the guy from SF starting by week 5.

[smuggler]

I think the Bears were just stupid for letting him go. This time around, I think the guy is just slowing down with age. Nothing against him, at all. Everyone ages out eventually.

[Joemailman]

Andy Herman
@AndyHermanNFL

Finally getting around to the Anthony Johnson deep dive. I absolutely cannot believe Green Bay got this guy in the 7th round. In fact my biggest issue with the Packers’ draft might be that they risked waiting until the late 7th to take him.

Drink the Kool-Aid!

[run pMc]

https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/green-bay-packers-draft/2023/6/6/23750845/packers-rookie-preview-anthony-johnson-jr-iowa-state-2023-nfl-draft-adrian-amos

A little undersized, slow to read his keys sometimes, and might see the play through a straw. The latter two are similar issues IMO and he will likely get better at them as he gets used to being a safety instead of a CB. I think there are pass coverage skills and it sounds like he's a great locker room guy. Probably cuts his teeth on ST while he refines his play-diagnosis. Not bad for a R7 pick.

[Fritz]

Kool-Aid should do a commercial about football fans drinking the Kool-Aid this time of year. I doubt many people even remember where that expression originated, so it’d work.

[texaspackerbacker]

Do YOU remember? I think it was James (or Jim) Jones - and NOT the former Packer. His fans really drank the Kool-Aid.

[run pMc]

Kool-Aid should do a commercial about football fans drinking the Kool-Aid this time of year. I doubt many people even remember where that expression originated, so it’d work.

True. I think it's slow until training camp in late July, so people will grab onto any news. I think he sticks on the PS at a minimum, probably based on being a R7 pick and ST play to start with upside to develop into more.
Hard to say the safety room looks like much beyond Savage and a bunch of replacement level players.

[Fritz]

True. I think it's slow until training camp in late July, so people will grab onto any news. I think he sticks on the PS at a minimum, probably based on being a R7 pick and ST play to start with upside to develop into more.
Hard to say the safety room looks like much beyond Savage and a bunch of replacement level players.

Yeah, you've gotta think that the upstairs guys are basically conceding this year - see how Savage does, see who shakes out in the pile of other bodies they have at safety, then draft a couple next year (unless miraculously one of the bodies they already have pans out as a true NFL starter).

And yes, Tex, it was Jim Jones, and it was grape koolaid. A sorry situation.