Wishy-washy forum.
AJ Hawk really didn't change his play style a lot when looking at how he played last year. Or the rest of his career. Solid tackling machine who isn't an impact player.
Last year, he had to be kicked out for Bishop to step him, right now, he's some kind of messiah.
Barnett has gone from a 3-time Pro Bowl snub to an overpaid, injury prone average player who's worth nothing more than a sixth...
Just to put it in context, since then, he made some awkward comments on Twitter (can't even call them bad) and has had 1 injury since his last Pro Bowl worthy season and 2 in his entire career.
Colledge went from hopeful, to whipping boy, to solid LG when he came back this year and played well, to overrated whipping boy again now that he's made some little saying comment on his Facebook.
Wow.
"Rockmolder" wrote:
Where have you been? Exaggeration much? No one thinks Hawk is a "messiah." If you read through the other thread, most people were hesitant to even calling him "solid." Other say that he is good. I still remember a few times throughout the playoffs where he got owned. However, it's not about any single player, it's about finding the right combination and chemistry that works the best, and many think that Hawk / Bishop is that combination (which apparently, so does our front office).
Also, it's not that Barnett isn't WORTH more than a 6th, it's just that, realistically speaking, it's hard to believe we could get much more than that for someone we would likely release anyway. I'd love to keep him around as a primary backup, but just don't see that happening. Add that with the fact that he makes some interesting comments and more than likely wouldn't be happy as a backup, he's as good as gone. As I said above, I can't say I'd be that sad to see him go. There's nothing I can do about it, so I might as well accept it. I think he could be a solid contributor to a 4-3 team and would LOVE it if some team values him enough to give a 4th round pick. But a 29-30 year old LBer that has only been average in the 3-4 and has also had some bad luck with injuries just isn't going to be much trade bait. I truly hope I'm wrong, but it seems unlikely.
As for Colledge, well, I don't think I have to explain myself here. The guy is an average, SOMETIMES slightly above average player, who doesn't appear to be happy without a contract. Nothing wrong with that, but it just doesn't seem like he fits into the Packers big picture. Another player that I think can be replaced and definitely is not one that I would miss a whole lot. If the front office thinks he's worth a long term deal, great. But it's pretty obvious they don't and I don't blame them. Decent player, but it's not possible to keep every decent player that moves through a team.
I'm not seeing much "wishy-washyness" at all. I see people that are glad to see our best options retained for the foreseeable future. As been mentioned, Hawks availability is huge and Capers scheme's seem to fit Hawk / Bishops play very well. There's better players out there, but not on our team. Until that time, many of us are satisfied maintaining the core of our borderline dominant defense.