Greg Jennings hasn't stood out at all

[Carolina_Packer]

I think the jury is still out on him too, but I think they will come back with a favorable verdict!

[woodbuck27]

wisconsin state journal has an article saying how jennings is frustrated

just came out today i think...
mainly the gist of it is, is that jennings hasnt looked like he did last year because they dont have him moving around to each of the 3 WR positions like they did with him last year.

the reasoning: since james jones is a rookie, coaches wanted him to be comfortable learning one WR position for starters. so jennings has had to play the "x" position this far.

when jennings was playing all 3 wr positions and was able to move around, he got more opportunities.

I would think that Greg Jennings is our natural split end or 'X' WR. Given that our flanker ' the 'Y' ' will be DD.

[Scott Campbell]

Re: Jennings

Jennings is a perfect example of why you don't just assume a player is going to be great because he shows flashes. The NFL is all about consistency. Jennings has proven nothing and the jury is still out on him. (Something I'VE been saying for quite a while now)

Well, ok I guess. But this is not exactly a revolutionary concept. You could have said the exact same thing about Jerry Rice, Barry Sander, Sterling Sharpe, and every member of the Hall of Fame prior to any of them becoming established - and still have been right.

[Brandon494]

Its funny how just because Jennings hasnt done anything in the one preseason game some of you guys have already given up on him.

[PackerBlues]

My prediction: Greg Jennings will be a very good receiver in the NFL. Not Marvin Harrison good (not many people are). Maybe Hines Ward or Darrell Jackson good.

I'm thinking Robert Brooks kind of good. He does not have the frame to be taking hits over the middle, but I think he could be just as impressive as Brooks was.

[Brohm]

Jennings is thicker than Driver/Brooks. Should be fine going over the middle.

[RashanGary]

I'm not freaking out guys. I think he has DD like ability. I just worry that maybe he's hobbled and maybe it will linger. We need Jennings to have a good year. I just want to see signs. I'm not freaking out like many here. I'm just questioning why he's not standing out. If he's healthy, I think he's a 1,000 yard WR.

[Scott Campbell]

If he's healthy, I think he's a 1,000 yard WR.

I like Jennings. But I don't see the Packers having two 1,000 yard receivers. And I'm betting Driver gets his 1000.

[retailguy]

I'm not freaking out guys. I think he has DD like ability. I just worry that maybe he's hobbled and maybe it will linger. We need Jennings to have a good year. I just want to see signs. I'm not freaking out like many here. I'm just questioning why he's not standing out. If he's healthy, I think he's a 1,000 yard WR.

Just a small crack in the kool aid fascade then?

[RashanGary]

Oh yeah, I'm not all positive about everything Packer. If you guys remember last year, I was saying we're a 6-10 team. The year before, after watchign the preseason games and the Bears embarassment I was pretty sure that our team was horrible and I got in heated debates with people who said we'd turn it around like we always do. I said there is no way that 2005 team turns it around.


I may be positive, but that is becuase I think the team is really good. I question things, but the overall picture looks really good so my overall attitude is really good. It's not like I'm mister Koolaid although thats what it might seem this off season.

[KYPack]

wisconsin state journal has an article saying how jennings is frustrated

just came out today i think...
mainly the gist of it is, is that jennings hasnt looked like he did last year because they dont have him moving around to each of the 3 WR positions like they did with him last year.

the reasoning: since james jones is a rookie, coaches wanted him to be comfortable learning one WR position for starters. so jennings has had to play the "x" position this far.

when jennings was playing all 3 wr positions and was able to move around, he got more opportunities.

I would think that Greg Jennings is our natural split end or 'X' WR. Given that our flanker ' the 'Y' ' will be DD.

"Z", Buck.

DD is the Z-Man.

The "Y" reciever is the TE.

We don't really have one of them.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Re: Jennings

Anybody still worried about Jennings? Anybody still think Jones might replace him as the starter this year?

There's no generation gap with Favre, Jennings
By Rob Demovsky

When Jimmy Robinson broke into the NFL as a receiver with the New York Giants in 1976, his quarterbacks were Norm Snead and Craig Morton.

Snead was 37 years old and Morton 33.

So, Robinson, then a 23-year old rookie, knows how tough it can be for a young receiver to establish chemistry with a veteran quarterback. These days, Robinson coaches receivers for the Green Bay Packers and has seen that exact thing develop. The last two weeks, he's watched one of his young protégés, second-year receiver Greg Jennings, further an unusual bond with quarterback Brett Favre.

A week after Jennings caught Favre's 420th touchdown pass — the one that tied Dan Marino for the NFL's career record — Robinson watched Jennings do it again, catching No. 421 in Sunday's road victory over Minnesota that moved the Packers to 4-0. That from a player who has had almost no practice time with Favre in the last month and who was hobbled most of the second half of last season due to a nagging ankle injury that severely limited his practice availability.

Despite missing the first two regular-season games after he injured a hamstring the Wednesday before the season opener and having only a couple of regular-season practices under his belt, Jennings has played like a guy who's been catching balls from Favre for most of the quarterback's 17-year NFL career.

"I really think that with certain guys, it's probably that way with any quarterback," Robinson said. "He's just so natural at what he does, and so instinctive. He's easy for the quarterback to find, easy to throw the ball to. He doesn't give you deceiving signals. He doesn't fool the quarterback. I just have a sense — and I'm happy it's here, and it's with Brett Favre — but I kind of think wherever Greg was, it might be that way.

"I don't know that it's anything you necessarily cultivate. As a player, you just tried to work more with the quarterback. I became a starter my fourth game as a rookie and those guys, Norm was like a 17-year veteran at the time. You just try to get as much time with them and stay after (practice)."

Over the years, a handful of guys have landed on Favre's list of receivers he trusts implicitly — guys like Sterling Sharpe, Robert Brooks, Antonio Freeman and most recently Donald Driver. Jennings, who last year as a rookie caught 45 passes, has seven receptions for 125 yards and two touchdowns the last two weeks.

"Greg's a very instinctive football player," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "He has what you like to refer to as 'it.' He sees the big picture. He understands."

That Jennings' two touchdowns this season have come on slant routes further illustrates the connection between him and Favre. Slant routes are all about timing. Any glitch in the timing throws the whole play off.

"I'm not surprised we have chemistry," Jennings said after Sunday's game at Minnesota. "(The slant) is one of the key routes in the offense. If you can't capitalize on slants, you're not going to be successful. That's a primary route in any offense."

It's not as if any of this comes as a surprise to the Packers. Even though Jennings is on the small side (at 5-foot-11 and 197 pounds), Packers General Manager Ted Thompson used a second-round pick (the 52nd overall selection) in the 2006 draft on the former Western Michigan standout. Thompson and the Packers' scouts liked how precise and smooth Jennings ran routes, how quickly he understood offensive schemes and how easily he caught the ball.

"Some guys are more track-oriented, you know, with narrow vision," McCarthy said. "He sees the big picture. He has a clear understanding of angles and so forth. That part of it. A lot of it is instinct and natural."

That's all part of the reason McCarthy and Robinson aren't panicking over Jennings' missed practice time while he tries to rid himself of the soreness that's in his hamstring. McCarthy plans to hold out Jennings today and most likely Thursday. At most, he'll practice one day this week, and it probably won't be before Friday. Missed practice time normally makes Robinson apprehensive about a player's chances to perform at an optimum level.

"It doesn't really with him," Robinson said. "That's because I think he has a great feel for what we're doing. It's not an issue with him about knowing what to do on this or that. I think he understands what we're doing very, very well. He's a guy that may be a bit of a rarity that cannot practice and still play well."

[The Leaper]

Without Favre, Jennings still wouldn't be doing much. Favre's talent is making him look great...threading passes and audibling when the defense shows a weakness. Jennings isn't running around the secondary wide open all the time. None of our WRs get great separation...but Favre remains good enough to overcome that. With a lesser QB, our offense would struggle a lot. Someday, Favre will leave...and will will recognize just how great an impact he holds over this offense.

The good thing about Jennings is that he has a good head on his shoulders and learns. If he is in the right place 99% of the time, then Favre will make him look like a world-beater...just as he made non-elite talents like Freeman or Schroeder look good when they were on the same page as Favre. He's a team player...and that is precisely what is needed right now.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Jennings is a good player. Reminds me of Derrick Mason.

[Merlin]

I think the emergence of Jones has a lot to do with Jennings not getting his props. Jones became a favorite target of Favre during pre-season. Jennings will get his because teams will cover Jones.