The Nance Situation ·

peteralan71
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Are we going to have Nance coming in for 3rd downs, presumably, or is he going to be contending with Jackson for a starting position?

From what I understand, he is a receiving threat, which reminds me of Tony Fisher. Fisher was always nice to throw on the field during 3rd down along with Ahman Green, which meant that we had dual threats. I would be most comfortable having Nance and Jackson both in the backfield on third down, instead of Nance alone, so we could at least keep the defense guessing some.

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Since69
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14 years ago

I don't see him as serious competition for the starting job. Whether or not he becomes our 3rd down back probably depends entirely on how well he can pick up the blitz.

Most likely, he'll be neither. He'll just be Brandon's backup.

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"Since69" wrote:

Does this mean that you assume that Jackson will be a fulltime RB? If this is the case, do you think that we will make Kuhn more active? He has shown that he can run the ball very well for a fullback and can fill in as an "emergency back."

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Kuhn is 2nd hb

But he is also listed at 2nd fb

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I think if Nance shows anything at all in practice he'll be our #2 halfback as soon as he can learn the playbook. Kuhn is a better fullback, IMO (although he is effective when defenses aren't expecting him to get the ball).

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14 years ago

IMO, this is how i see it.

1. Jackson
2. Kuhn
3. Nance

Jackson and Kuhn will share a bit, Jackson will get more carries. Either of these guys will be used on 3rd down, Jackson is a very good 3rd down back and receiving threat, but Kuhn is a great blocker can catch a little too. Nance is the emergency RB and i wouldn't be surprised if he isn't even active the first couple weeks.

I think we will use Kuhn a lot to keep Jackson fresh, and keep him in there on 3rd downs, because he is clearly the best 3rd down back on the roster.

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"earthquake" wrote:

I agree with all of that. This is going to be a big opportunity for Quinn Johnson to see action.

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I agree with earthquake too. peteralan71 suggested having Jackson and Nance in the backfield together, but I don't see that happening, considering how important our fullbacks are to the offense.

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14 years ago

I don't think that McCarthy has ever used a formation like that before. I can recall a couple of runs in goalline and very short yardage situations where he had a RB at the FB position, but nothing like split backs or anything. And I highly doubt he's going to create a new formation to get a 3rd string RB on the field.

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14 years ago

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ya jackson is totally psyched as you can tell from his interview - I thought he was really good a couple years ago. So hopefully he gets back to that.

Im more worried about our Dline at this point then our RB situation.
Jackson and kuhn or 2 solid guys ...
just get danny woodhead and we are set 😉

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"Dulak" wrote:

Are you referring to the postgame interview or has there been another one already?

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"peteralan71" wrote:

Are you referring to the postgame interview or has there been another one already?

"Dulak" wrote:

not sure it was the latest one on the packers website - he cant hide his excitement about being the #1 back. I cant blame him. Now to see what he can do ... Ive wanted him to start above grant for 2 years - now its time to see what he can do.
And ya if he sucks then Ill take back that I think he should start above RG; although I really did like the fact last year grant only fumbled 1x

peteralan71
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I just don't like how Jackson is so slow up to the line. Waiting for blocks to take place is one thing, but when you jogwalk up to the line, that gives the secondary that much more time to key on the run and come up for a tackle. I loved how Grant was looking on Sunday. He looked like he did when he first started playing for us. He was hitting the holes full speed, and since he did that, he had approx 5.5 yds a carry until he went down. I would like to see Jackson do the same, speed up his game a little. That being said, I do like him and am excited to see what he can do for the team.

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I loved how Grant was looking on Sunday. He looked like he did when he first started playing for us. He was hitting the holes full speed, and since he did that, he had approx 5.5 yds a carry until he went down.

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ya Ill give grant that - who knows maybe he would of been awesome this year. But alas we wont find out now and we have to work with what we got.

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I am more comfortable with Nance as are 2nd string RB having kuhn there is fine but if we another RB why not use him?

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I think the Packers will try to teach Nance to be a 3 down RB like they do with all of the RBs. I think they'll be working Kuhn mainly at RB this week.

It will be interesting to see if FB Johnson and OT Lang come off the inactive list or not and who replaces them if they do.

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I would like them to go and get another RB but that wont prob happen.

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peteralan71
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I am more comfortable with Nance as are 2nd string RB having kuhn there is fine but if we another RB why not use him?

"Finley88Beast" wrote:

If that's the case, and I fully expect that it may be, then I think we will give him around 10 touches and have Rodgers throw the ball A LOT. This won't really be a problem since we are playing Buffalo and I don't expect that they will give us much adversity. Also, it will be great practice for Rodgers (which is needed after Sunday) for the future games that we may need a full aerial assault. I really think that we are going to be that type of team this year without a solid RB, and that Rodgers will throw 40x per game.

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It would make sense that Kuhn would be the backup for sure this week and depending on how Nance comes along he would move into that spot soon.

I think Jackson will do fine and doubt the loss of Grant will change the run/pass ratio McCarthy wants. With Jackson being a good runner, blocker, and, pass receiver his presence in the backfield on the early downs will allow for a lot of flexibility in the play calling.

I think with Jackson in a full backfield we may see more variations than what we saw with Grant behind the FB.

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I can see Kuhn being used as the short yardage back with BJax taking most of the reps including third down.

We've spent two years moulding him into the perfect 3rd down back. We dont then turn over those duties to an UFA rookie who could miss a blitz pick up and see Rodgers injured.

Bjax and Kuhn will get most of the reps with Nance spelling Jackson to keep him fresh.

Also, i dont like the idea of having Jackson and Nance on the field on 3rd down. That would mean two of Finley, Jennings, Driver, Jordy or Jones wouldnt be on the field and they are better players.

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