RB Poll Question

[HarveyWallbangers]

Which RB do you think we'll end up relying on this year? Yes, there could be an answer of none of the above, but I'm not adding it. I want to see which of the RBs most people are favoring at this point.

[MadtownPacker]

I have to say Wynn. Not sure why as he really hasn't shown much but he just seems to look more like an NFLer out there. If not him then Grant. Jackson showed some good stuff last Sunday on a few plays but he doesn't seem to have any zip.

[LL2]

I vote for Wynn. Since we don't have an established RB give someone else a start to see what they can do.

[Carolina_Packer]

Hopefully the ZBS and running game will start to gel soon. If Favre has to throw much more than half of the offensive snaps, that could be tough.

[Badgepack]

This week BJack will show us what he's got, 100+ yard game. By the way, how many times as BJack fumbled in his 5 games so far? I thinking only once but I didn't see all the pre-season games.

[Maxie the Taxi]

I'm going out on a limb...of the four mentioned I'm gonna say Grant, even though I've never seen him play.

Morency is a good back, but can't stay healthy.

Jackson is next best, but way, way too green.

Wynn has promise but he's got to prove he has heart and the right attitude.

Grant (according to everything I've heard and read) is smart, fast, big and a hardworking, solid character. Plus, if Edgar sees Dorsey in him, that's good enough for me.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Harvey, just an example of how these things go...

I started the 1967 season rooting for the gold dust twins in the backfield, Jim Grabowski and Donny Anderson. Then Grabowski got injured. Then Elijah Pitts went down. Travis Williams was a rookie with promise, but green as grass. We finished the season with two guys know one even heard of in September, Big Ben Wilson and Chuck Mercein. Those two came up big when it mattered. So you never know.

By the way, that year the Pack barely won their division. Bart Starr was 33 years old and plagued with injuries. He wound up the year with 9 touchdown passes and 17 interceptions. Still, that year they beat Dallas in the Ice Bowl and smoked Oakland in Super Bowl II.

Of course, lest anyone make too many comparisons with today's Packers, the '67 team had the best OL in the game, Boyd Dowler, Carrol Dale and Marv Fleming as receivers, and probably the best shut-down defense I've every seen before or since.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Man, you are old school. I like it. Starr had 9 TDs and 17 interceptions (in 14 games no less), and they still won the Super Bowl? I didn't know that. Crazy.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Man, you are old school.

Ain't that the truth. Probably got less hair on my head than you have on your elbow.

By the way, despite his season Starr was the MVP in Super Bowl II.

I keep hoping -- knock on wood -- that the same miracle happens to Brett.

[FritzDontBlitz]

i think jackson is a little too soft to be a reliable nfl back. wynn is still raw as hell but at least he takes advantage of his opportunites.

jackson has pretty much been the starter by attrition since the start of training camp, has he made ONE play that was even half as exciting as wynn's improvised catch and run last week?

[swede]

Looking at that list I could make a coherent argument for any of those backs:

Morency was looking okay last year and he might play well when healthy;

Brandon Jackson still has upside and gains positive yardage when he a) gets a hole and b) hits it;

Wynn showed some firepower in that shovel pass run against Philly;

and Grant seems to have everything except success--this could be the team and the system that works for him.

I didn't say the arguments were persuasuve--just coherent. As a matter of fact I can't say that any one of those arguments is more likely to come true than the others, but chances are at least one of those story lines will pan out, right?

I voted for Wynn simply because I like his storyline the best. I'm a sucker for the screw-up redeems his life plot.

[HarveyWallbangers]

jackson has pretty much been the starter by attrition since the start of training camp, has he made ONE play that was even half as exciting as wynn's improvised catch and run last week?

I think so. He hasn't been great (or even good yet), but when he's had room to run (seldom) and gotten in the open field, he has broken some tackles and made some people miss. He did a nice job on those dumpoff passes last week. Am I the only one that wasn't that impressed with Wynn's run on the Favre play? It wasn't that special to me. He had an open field and a blocker in front of him. He had room on his other run too. It was a 3rd and 11 play, and he got 8 yards. He also had a false start. I thought he looked decent in the last preseason, but most people felt he should be cut after that game. He dropped a couple of balls and his stats were miserable. People are jumping on the Wynn bandwagon, but right now I still like Jackson a little more. I don't care who it is though, let's just hope one of these four RBs starts playing well.

[Harlan Huckleby]

we'll be lucky if one of the four pans out to be starter quaility.
well, with four chances, maybe "lucky" is the wrong word.

Here's the order I have them in likelyhood of success:

1 Morency - he showed potential last year
2 Wynn - just a hunch
3 Jackson - not very anything
4 Grant - who knows? But he was at bottom of Giants' list.

Pulling names out of a hat is probably just as reliable.

[Freak Out]

Harvey, just an example of how these things go...

I started the 1967 season rooting for the gold dust twins in the backfield, Jim Grabowski and Donny Anderson. Then Grabowski got injured. Then Elijah Pitts went down. Travis Williams was a rookie with promise, but green as grass. We finished the season with two guys know one even heard of in September, Big Ben Wilson and Chuck Mercein. Those two came up big when it mattered. So you never know.

By the way, that year the Pack barely won their division. Bart Starr was 33 years old and plagued with injuries. He wound up the year with 9 touchdown passes and 17 interceptions. Still, that year they beat Dallas in the Ice Bowl and smoked Oakland in Super Bowl II.

Of course, lest anyone make too many comparisons with today's Packers, the '67 team had the best OL in the game, Boyd Dowler, Carrol Dale and Marv Fleming as receivers, and probably the best shut-down defense I've every seen before or since.

The gold dust twins.

They may have lost some RBs but that was a hell of a set of receivers.

[BallHawk]

I'd put them in this order.

Morency- If he stays healthy, he can put up 750 and 5 TDs. I really liked what I saw from him at the end of the season.

Jackson- He has potential, but he seems way too hesitant a lot of the time. Just pick a hole and run hard, your not going to get the perfect gap too often with this OL.

Grant- I've heard nothing but good things about him. I really hope we get to see this kid on Sunday because it sounds like he just needs an opportunity. Smart kid, too. Like Samkon Gado 2.0.

Wynn- I agree with Harv, his run against Philly wasn't that special. The play had collapsed and he did what any competent back would do, follow his blocks. It wasn't like he made people miss or anything, he took advantage of a favorable situation. I don't see him as any more than a #3.