This is just my observation, but from James Jones' body language at the Super Bowl ceremony: I get the feeling he doesn't really like Green Bay. I had very high hopes for him, but he has dropped too many passes for me to consider him a must keep player.
Besides, like his predecessor, Rodgers makes his receivers look a little better than they are.
"DakotaT" wrote:
I saw his body language a the ceremony too, but had a different impression. I thought it wasn't because he didn't like GB, but because he felt he let the team down with all his drops in the playoffs, and wasn't really a part of the win. Greg Jennings had to literally call his name for him to join the WR core on stage. JMO, but you could definitely be right.
Personally, I think we need to move on from Jones anyway. He has had way too many drops, and he is no longer dependable. Also, as Greg said, he will no doubt be offered a lot more money from other teams than he would from GB since other teams will see him as a #1 or a #2, whereas GB likely doesn't seem that way. I trust Ted Thompson will find a good sleeper WR in the draft, as he has a great history with picking WRs.
As far as B-jax goes, I'm not surprised we didn't tender him. He is outstanding at blitz pickup, but Starks showed in his limited playing time that he could do a good job at picking up the blitz also. B-jax has shown he isn't a starting RB(at least in our system), but he will be 3rd on our depth chart. Like Jones, a team will overpay for him. The only area we might miss B-jax in is the screen game/receiving game. He has shown the best hands of all our RBs IMO, but at the same time, I have no reason to think Starks can't catch the ball.
As far as Hall, no reason to retain him IMO. John Kuhn is Korey Hall 2.0. He does everything Hall does, but better. Also, Hall has had difficulty staying healthy. The one I'm curious about is QJ. I think his contract has expired also. I haven't heard anything about him yet. I wonder if he will be back?