I don't remember exactly where the Packers drafted Jackson other than that it was the second round. And I don't recall any reports that he was considered a first round guy, it seemed most had him pegged for round two. He just didn't pan out. Who knows why?
Touche. Don't think it is completely similar but Touche.
Packers picked him with the 45th pick of the draft, so mid 2nd round. He was actually showing up in a lot of mocks as potentially going in the first round.
I'm not so sure I buy the explanation, because it at least seemed like Rodgers was throwing to a double covered Adams quite a bit. The infuriating thing is that the 49ers secondary was not highly rated, and we were expected to dominate them. If it's true that the field slowed things down enough that they were able to cover our receivers, then that's another case where the home field advantage apparently hurt us, instead of helped.
There was more going on than the 2ndary and the field. When we could run and pass we moved the ball fairly well. When Dillon went down and Jones was our rusher and leading pass catcher, he's not built for that and we stalled when he went out.
Yeah he was a second round bust. He had that big year at Iowa and climbed the boards quickly. 45th is pretty high. It happens, it's just that it happened to the Packers twice with Quentin Rollins. I think he was a round 2 guy as well.
Yeah but if anything I'd expect a sloppy field to be a slight advantage for the offense in that they know where they're going. It's just harder for a CB to recover on a sloppy field. And the Niners secondary was suspect. Just a bad loss all around. And so much for that "Lambeau in January" advantage.
Good point, I forgot about Dillon. He broke a rib(s) didn't he? He was much better built for those conditions than Jones.
Yeah, maybe we win that game if Dillon didn't get hurt. And/or if the OL was healthy. Bad luck all around.
Our OL was near decimated last year.
nobody is saying he wasn’t a bust… he clearly was… but when I think of a bad pick… I am judging the pick itself not the result. At the time nobody was questioning the wisdom of that pick… that can’t be said for Love.
I guess I look at what the final results of a pick are, since I have no idea what the full logic behind that pick was, before I fully grade it. Criticizing someone's logic, when you don't actually fully know what it was, is just a guessing game, as well as a battle of opinions. We can say "Man, I don't understand that pick". However to say "that was a bad pick", before the players has even stepped foot in Green Bay, seems like you are jumping to conclusions way too early.
And never saw a glimpse of the ball after. Was that some sort of payback?
He's lucky if he saw a pass a game all year, i'd say it was the norm. I'm surprised it took him this long to fumble though. We all love it when the big old TE makes a catch and breaks some tackles, but all year long he was hold that ball out and windmilling around with it when running and it finally caught up to him at the worst moment.
Are you asking that rhetorically longtime, or do you believe Rodgers will be at minicamp? I agree the more time he gets with the new WRs, the better. But Rodgers isn't inclined to go with the flow........
It doesn't concern me that much. These WR's have so much on their plate when they first arrive. Where everything is, how to move around the building, the process etc. and right next to that is learn the playbook. They aren't going to know anything enough to start working with Rodgers where it's going to do any good. I have zero problems letting them get their feet under them and I don't think it makes a whole lot of difference if Rodgers is there for an OTA or not.
This is the best explanation I've seen for why work with Rodgers and the rookie WRs isn't that important early on. They're entering a whole new world. And these are still just young college guys. They have to grow up fast and I'm sure in GB they have protocols to make sure that happens with a minimum of trouble.
Rodgers decided he couldn't trust him any more.
