The Green Bay Packers have a habit of developing young talent into stars. General Manager Ted Thompson's draft-and-develop philosophy demands for it to be this way, and you only have to look at the wide receivers who have lit up Lambeau Field in recent years to see it's working. Greg Jennings; James Jones; Jordy Nelson; Randall Cobb ...

LombardiAve  wrote:

With Abby, he'll get reps as a returner, so he's got an advantage there.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 

Not so fast .... Abby has great quickness and will get reps as a PUNT returner, of course the Packers already seem to have one of the best punt returners in the NFL in Hyde. Hyde lead the NFL in punt return average last year (15.8 yards per punt return), though most people didn't seem to notice because he shared the role with Cobb who people focus on even though his numbers weren't as good.

But Janis has break away speed which could be used on kick off returns as well he did in last year's preseason and didn't seem to drop a kick and then showed off very good speed. So I think Janis could be used on kick off returns as well.


I'm just hoping everyone stays healthy... and then the Packers should have more good targets to throw to than they did last year when basically it was just Nelson and Cobb, with the TEs and Adams showing up once in a while.

4 good consistent targets would really help make them even better. Especially if they can get a lighting to go with Lacy thunder. I think the RB Franklin injury might of hurt the change up possibilities more than people realize.

Originally Posted by: beast 

Not so fast .... Abby has great quickness and will get reps as a PUNT returner, of course the Packers already seem to have one of the best punt returners in the NFL in Hyde. Hyde lead the NFL in punt return average last year (15.8 yards per punt return), though most people didn't seem to notice because he shared the role with Cobb who people focus on even though his numbers weren't as good.

But Janis has break away speed which could be used on kick off returns as well he did in last year's preseason and didn't seem to drop a kick and then showed off very good speed. So I think Janis could be used on kick off returns as well.


I'm just hoping everyone stays healthy... and then the Packers should have more good targets to throw to than they did last year when basically it was just Nelson and Cobb, with the TEs and Adams showing up once in a while.

4 good consistent targets would really help make them even better. Especially if they can get a lighting to go with Lacy thunder. I think the RB Franklin injury might of hurt the change up possibilities more than people realize.

Originally Posted by: beast