Partial Pre-preseason prediction

[HarveyWallbangers]

I'm actually comfortable with Jackson, Bollinger and a developmental guy 3rd.

My favorite Vikings homer.

[Rastak]

I'm actually comfortable with Jackson, Bollinger and a developmental guy 3rd.

My favorite Vikings homer.

My favorite Packer optimist!

[oregonpackfan]

Bretsky,

I too would have loved to have seen TT trade up to get Adrian Peterson. His talent and style remind me of Eric Dickerson.

I fear AP will be making holes in the Packers' defense for years to come.

[cpk1994]

Bretsky,

I too would have loved to have seen TT trade up to get Adrian Peterson. His talent and style remind me of Eric Dickerson.

I fear AP will be making holes in the Packers' defense for years to come.

AP better hope the WR's find hands otherwise he will be running into walls all day.

[woodbuck27]

I remain concerned about the RB's and TE's.

I agree the O-line appears to be improved. It will still take awhile for the offensive unit to jell.

I'm concerned about

RB
TE

WR if there are any injuries

OG position, more specifically Spitz

The cautious voice of reason.

We can't look at our team as the next month's DAIRY QUEEN Special.

Making it (raw) new doesn't necessarily make it better.

[woodbuck27]

Re: Partial Pre-preseason prediction

I am really starting to get onboard with this offense. I really don't feel that they will have any trouble at all moving the football between the 20s. I suspect they will still have difficulty against a goal-line defensive formation where the box is stacked.

I am not at all worried about the receiving core. There seems to be a consensus of running back by comittee works around the league. Why not receiver by comittee?

Here are a few points I'd like to make:
- Jenning is a surprisingly good deep threat. He has better body control that DD and made several long catches last year and broke a tackle or two.
- DD is great at taking a slant to the house. He is a very solid player.
- JJ has the size to go over the middle and do the dirty work routes.
- Martin has the size to be a red-zone factor and a great jump ball receiver.
- speedy mcvirginiatech has the speed to stretch the field.

While not a single one of these guys is a bonafide super-duper stud who can do it all, by putting the right combination of those guys on the field they can accomplish what they need to and create mismatches to their advantage.


The running game will be improved because the offensive line will be better, and their is also better depth now to handle the inevitable injuries. Once the running game gets going, you know speedy mcvirginiatech is going to be on the field a lot more, even if it is just to keep the defense honest with the playaction. Consequently, having a burner running down the field is going to keep the safeties honest and playing back.


Perhaps it is the bottle of water I just drank talking, but I am not at all concerned about the offense. In fact, I think it could surprise quite a few people around the league and be a top 8 offense.

Partial:

Of course, we all hope your correct.

[mmmdk]

Well, Vikings do have Adrian Peterson and knows he will be good - only injuries can stop Peterson.

The young Packer players on offense are either the next Greg Jennings or Cory Rodgers - at best. We don't know anything as TT pretty much rolls the dice on Packers being better on offense.

As I've said before; my brain says Packers will win 5-6 games in 2007 but I expect/demand 9 wins in 2007. TT has the job and he should know better than me or anyone else on this forum.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Well, Vikings do have Adrian Peterson and knows he will be good - only injuries can stop Peterson.

The young Packer players on offense are either the next Greg Jennings or Cory Rodgers - at best. We don't know anything as TT pretty much rolls the dice on Packers being better on offense.

They spent a top 10 pick. He better be good. Hopefully, we can look at Harrell as a guy that will be a stud, and only injuries can stop him. I think people are going to like Brandon Jackson. I'm concerned that he didn't play full-time until his last year. Then again, some RBs come to the pros with 1000 carries on their legs already, and that would also be a concern--since the shelf life of RBs isn't great.

[Merlin]

Although I agree that the potential is there for Jennings to be very good, he isn't a deep threat. He is shorter then most of the guys that will be covering him. They would really have to blow coverage for him to be that wide open because even though he is fast, the DB can be a few steps behind and out jump him on the deep ball to either pick it off or knock it down. The rookies we just brought in? Although I like your optimism, you have nothing really to base their success or failure in the NFL on right now. We won't know anything about them until they line up against a first team defense, and that may not be in the pre-season. You can lok to how they played in college but we both know that doesn't mean anything because the college game is so different.

Driver is the best in the NFL at going over the middle and taking medium routes to the house. I see that potential in Jennings as well. What we need is Ruvell Martin size, Jennings speed and Drivers hands in a deep threat. A Moss, Walker, TO, etc. Hell, even Jerry Porter would be a good deep threat v/s what we have on the roster now. Think about having a big WR that is fast and can go deep then two smaller WR's that can catch anything underneath and a TE that can go vertical. That is what we need and right now, we don't have that on our roster.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I think Jennings is a deep threat--much like Driver is a deep threat. No, that's not his #1 attribute, but people claim he's not a deep threat, but all he does is continue to do well with any route they want him to. People act like Driver and Jennings aren't fast. Jennings ran a good 40. He's faster than he's given credit for, and so is Driver. Sure, I think it would help to find a guy that can stretch the field even more (maybe Moss would have been that guy), but those guys can and will get deep. If you had three guys like Driver and Jennings, I don't think people would be clamoring for a deep threat--because those guys are just good all-around receivers.

[Merlin]

I think Jennings is a deep threat--much like Driver is a deep threat. No, that's not his #1 attribute, but people claim he's not a deep threat, but all he does is continue to do well with any route they want him to. People act like Driver and Jennings aren't fast. Jennings ran a good 40. He's faster than he's given credit for, and so is Driver. Sure, I think it would help to find a guy that can stretch the field even more (maybe Moss would have been that guy), but those guys can and will get deep. If you had three guys like Driver and Jennings, I don't think people would be clamoring for a deep threat--because those guys are just good all-around receivers.

I can agree with that. Right now all teams have to do is double them both up because we don't have anyone else. I think all WR can be a deep threat but it's the idea of having someone that can stretch the field as their #1 attribute that keeps the safeties deeper and the CB's off the ball farther.