Tiger
14 years ago

I was surprised that Ted took a fullback. We already have two decent ones, and Ted spent a mid-round pick on one of them, Korey Hall, just a few years ago. But if this guy is a real sledgehammer maybe he will be worth it.

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Hall was a 6th rounder and a project (who has turned out pretty good) so it wasnt much of a risk to take him.
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RaiderPride
14 years ago
CBS Sports say's it is one of the biggest wins of the draft. The win being for Rodgers and Grant, as he was the best blocking FB in the draft.

I like the pick a great deal.
""People Will Probably Never Remember What You Said, And May Never Remember What You Did. However, People Will Always Remember How You Made Them Feel."
Pack93z
14 years ago
I wonder if Kuhn or Hall won't be asked to play a little H-Back / TE in situations and keep only the two TEs (Lee & Finley)...

Could you see a power running formation with those three clearing the way.. plus I think having Johnson and Hall as college backers along with the gritty Kuhn.. our special teams personnel is improved over a combination of Finley, Humphrey and Martin..
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
PackerTraxx
14 years ago
I would be willing to bet anything we do not keep 3 FBs. You upgrade your team however you can, especially if you can in the late rounds. If he is better than one or both of what we have, one of our current FBs will go. It's the nature of the game.
Why is Jerry Kramer not in the Hall of Fame?
14 years ago

Can he hurdle a LB or DB on the outside when he gets the rare carry of the ball or catch in the flat.

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Henderson? I thought you may have been talking about Hall. :)

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Pack93z
14 years ago
Admiring his destruction.. far left.. ;)

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"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
Yerko
14 years ago
Thats a classic picture....the stand over. The best is when you offer the one you knocked down a hand.
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Pack93z
14 years ago

Thats a classic picture....the stand over. The best is when you offer the one you knocked down a hand.

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I just to love grabbing their jersey and picking them up off the ground... something about defeated in that action.. ;)

I hit a running back just below the hip and flipped him over my back in a game against Stratford.. I turned around and grabbed him by the back of the jersey and helped him to his feet.. one of their big uglies didn't like it but the look on that kid face told the story.. he was defeated and ran scared the rest of the game.

Me and "Ugly" squared off a couple times in that game as well.. he went on to play at a Division II school someplace.. good player...
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago

Draft notebook: FB Quinn Johnson powers up run game 

BY ROB DEMOVSKY April 26, 2009

The Green Bay Packers arent going away from the zone blocking scheme, but if theyre looking to pound the ball on the ground the old-fashioned way, they might have found just the guy to help them do that.

In perhaps one of the surprise moves of Ted Thompsons draft on Sunday, the Packers general managed nabbed powerful fullback Quinn Johnson of LSU in the fifth round at No. 145 overall.

It was an unexpected pick, if only because the Packers seemed stocked at a position of diminishing importance with veterans Korey Hall and John Kuhn. But if coach Mike McCarthy wants to use more power concepts, then the pick of the 6-foot , 246-pound Johnson just might fit.

Quinn Johnson has that ability to play power football, in the power pattern schemes versus the zone schemes, McCarthy said. But his number one asset will be in the inside zone scheme, which is the starting point for the way we run the football.

Johnson, who began his college career as an outside linebacker but converted to offense as a sophomore, rarely touched the ball at LSU, but the Packers believe hes agile enough to be a short-yardage back and a capable receiver out of the backfield.

He was a running back (in high school) who rushed for over 1,000 yards, Thompson said. Hes got a good skill set, and hes a big, physical guy. We felt like that would be a nice get. We thought that was a value pick.

Thompson became enamored with Johnson during a visit to LSU last fall. He came back raving to McCarthy about Johnson.

Quinn Johnson was somebody he was very excited about, McCarthy said. He is our type of player. He is a hard-nosed fullback. We think he also has special-teams value and also was able to run the football. We just felt at that particular point in the draft we couldnt pass him up.

There wont be room for three fullbacks on the 53-man roster come September, so Johnson will have to show hes dynamic in order to unseat Hall of Kuhn, who have been mainstays on special teams the last two years.

Tauschers future: The Packers have all but closed the door on the possibility of re-signing veteran right tackle Mark Tauscher.

In the final year of his contract last season, Tauscher blew out his left knee on Dec. 7. Tauscher will turn 32 on June 17 and almost certainly wont be healthy by the start of training camp.

You never say never in pro football, Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin said when asked if there was any scenario in which Tauscher would return. Theres a million things that can happen between now and September, but thats probably a better question for Ted. I dont know. Certainly theres possibilities, I guess.

Thompson called Tauschers situation a medical thing.

I dont think its a question of want, Thompson said when asked if he wants Tauscher back. Its a question of timing and the medical thing.

Undrafted free agents: With 68 players under contract, the Packers will have room on their offseason roster to sign up to 12 rookie free agents.

One of the first they signed was Iowa receiver Andy Brodell, who also is a kick returner. His agent, Jack Bechta, said Brodell had offers from five other teams but chose the Packers because they had shown the most interest in him in recent weeks.

They also signed Mosinee native Kole Heckendorf, a receiver from North Dakota State who said he had offers from Houston, San Diego and Washington.

I always rooted for the Packers growing up, and now Im going to get a shot with Green Bay, Heckendorf told the Wausau Daily Herald. Well see what happens.

Other signings included a third receiver, Jamarko Simmons, according to an NFL source, and running back Tyrell Sutton. Simmons played at Western Michigan with Greg Jennings.

Sutton of Northwestern agreed to a three-year contract, his agent, Alonzo Shavers, confirmed late Sunday night. Also believed to have signed was Michigan tight end Carson Butler.

The Packers will for sure need at least one quarterback because none of the three quarterbacks on the roster will attend this weekends rookie orientation camp. As of Sunday evening, they still hadnt secured a quarterback.

Among the top quarterback prospects to go undrafted were Louisvilles Hunter Cantwell, Michigan States Brian Hoyer and Alabamas John Parker Wilson.

The Packers had shown interest in Cleveland State basketball player JNathan Bullock, but he signed with the New York Jets.

Players drafted this weekend dont count against the 80-man offseason roster until they sign contracts.

Bring it on, Greene: Fourth-round draft pick T.J. Lang, a tackle from Eastern Michigan, had always been a fan of former NFL linebacker Kevin Greene.

So imagine his surprise when during his pre-draft visit to the Packers, he bumped into Greene, who is the Packers news outside linebackers coach.

He said, Wow, Im in the same room as Kevin Greene, Packers offensive line coach James Campen said. Of course we went over and set him up a little bit and talked to Kevin and said, T.J thinks he can take you right now one on one. Kevin kind of stared him down a little bit and had a little fun with that.

Odds and ends: With the third-round picks the Packers traded away on Saturday in order to move into the first round to take Clay Matthews, Jacksonville took William & Mary cornerback Derek Cox at 73 after getting that pick from the Patriots, who took North Carolina receiver Brandon Tate with the other Packers pick, No. 83. That was the pick the Packers got from the Jets in the Brett Favre trade. The Bengals picked Missouri tight end Chase Coffman, the son of former Packers tight end Paul Coffman, in the third round at No. 98 overall.


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Pack93z
14 years ago
I found a new 'hero'... my kind of player.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/44178127.html 

Fifth-round fullback Quinn Johnson (LSU) said he gets more satisfaction from knocking a guy on his rear than scoring a touchdown. "I know it sounds crazy but I really do. Pretty much what I play for is to get big blocks."


"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
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