Driver was a 7th rounder..
Great Point! Let’s look at that. Driver was a great Wideout. I loved Driver. Let’s look at Driver more closely for a comparison.
1. He’s been retired for 6 years. So he had zero direct correlation to this season.
However let’s use your example as a litmus test of productivity. That’s reasonable because he was one of the best Packer receivers in franchise history.
2. Driver didn’t break the 350 yard mark until his 4th season
3. Driver had 1 TD pass caught total in each of his first 3 seasons.
As good as Driver was, he was also largely unproductive for 3 full years. In his first 32 ganes started Driver posted a total of 520 yards and 3 TDs.
As a comparison Jeff Janis (also a late round pick) put up 188 yards and 1 TD in his first 3 seasons and he only started 11 games. He was on pace to surpass Driver in comparable starts!
They Both absolutely sucked wind for 3 seasons.
4. In 2018 GB acquires not one but THREE third day draft picks at WR.
5. GB keeps another 3rd day pick (Davis) who ends up on IR almost immediately. Then comes back for 1 full week and end up on IR again. btw his career stats? 94 yards and 1 TD.
6. We keep Kumerow. (Also undrafted) Also on IR immediately.
7. We keep Geronimo (undrafted and In his 3rd year)
He goes in IR after just 3 full weeks!
8. J’mon Moore the early season presumed starter behind Randall Cobb and pick #133 (first drafted of Wideouts) has 1 catch for 10 yards careeer. He also publicly and 100% freely blamed himself for his lack of performance (admirable).
9. Randall Cobb. Good ‘Ol Randall Cobb.
Played in just 8 games this season. Posted a career low 9.6 yards per catch. Btw that would get most WRs benched or fired.
10. The sole O lineman drafted by GB in 2018? Doesn’t show up to work period.
11. Ty Montgomery. One of just 3 total players drafted before 3rd day in 5 years! (Spriggs and Davante are the others) gets fired after fumbling a KR. That’s 3 Offensive players out of 15 possible draft picks in 5 years! (20% Of our top draft resources have been used on Offense And 80%
Used on Defense. Wait! We fire Ty!
See a pattern here??
Objectively. This O team is absolutely, positively the most depleted Offensive team in professional football. Not even a question in my mind.
So I ask this?
Are these Wideouts sufficient stock talent for a Hall of Fame QB? If so is their a learning curve?
How much total assets have been invested in this Offense in recent years?
When was the last time we picked a first round Offensivd talent of any kind?? Answer: 8 years!!
How much have we invested at O line in the last 5 years to protect our 33M investment?? ? I’ll answer that. In roughly 45 picks we have 5 (sort of)
1-2nd round pick (Spriggs)
1-4th round pick C Madison (no show)
1- 5th round pick Lindsey (we got lucky)
1-6th round pick Murphy (released)
1-6th round pick Kofi (released)
That’s pretty **** poor. We have just TWO Olineman on our entire roster drafted in the last 5 years and we have not invested a day 1 pick into our Offense in 8 years.(Sherrod)
Aaron Rodgers is working with a bunch of half breed misfits. It must be worse than living on the island of misfit toys. There is a TOTAL failure on the part of the GBP to stock talent at O line through the draft. There is a near complete failure to stock talent at nearly every offensive position since 2011. Aaron Rodgers has been all but completely ignored.
