Are Green Bay cornerbacks too short?

nerdmann
Premier Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

Today, the opposition includes Alshon Jeffery (6-3, 216) and Kevin White (6-2½, 215) in Chicago, Calvin Johnson (6-5, 236) in Detroit and Charles Johnson (6-2, 215) in Minnesota.

"We were looking at Randall but he's just not that big," an executive in personnel for an NFC team said. "None of them (in Green Bay) are very big. That concerns you a little bit in that division with those big receivers."

JSOnline wrote:

It's a little bit of a concern, but Shields got some sky on that non-catch by Dez last January. Timed his jump very well. Got a hand on it.

Here's a nugget:

Hayward has reached the crossroads of his career. The outside berth opposite Shields is his to lose.

If his problematic hamstring holds up and he flourishes as a starter, a lucrative new deal from Green Bay or as an unrestricted free agent awaits just eight months away.

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Zero2Cool
Elite Member

9 years ago

This will be something to keep an eye on during the exhibition games.

musccy
Veteran Member

9 years ago

Revis Island is 5'11"

steveishere
Veteran Member

9 years ago

Revis Island is 5'11"

Originally Posted by: musccy

Few of the top CBs in the whole league are taller than 6'. The problem with guys like Calvin Johnson is that they are phenomenal players/athletes not that they are tall. It's not like all of our CBs are 5 feet tall if we have enough talent in our secondary their height won't be an issue.

musccy
Veteran Member

9 years ago

Originally Posted by: steveishere

Exactly. And our #1 cb, Ledarius Gunter 😮 is 6'1"

dhazer
Veteran Member

9 years ago

We have always be drafting short cbs. All the way back to when Moss was a rookie and all the Vikes had to do was throw the ball up for him. We will see alot of that with the Bears and Lions. Dez will play jump ball with us like he did on the by the bs rule incomplete pass.

Just Imagine this for the next 6-9 years. What a ride it will be 🙂 (PS, Zero should charge for this)

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

9 years ago

Originally Posted by: dhazer

There is absolutely no shame in losing out on a jump-ball to Randy Moss. You also gonna blast the Packers LB's for being juked by Barry Sanders too?

NFL average for cornerback is 5'11" and no one on the Packers roster of cornerback's is lower than 5'11".

Smokey
Veteran Member

9 years ago

NFL average for cornerback is 5'11" and no one on the Packers roster of cornerback's is lower than 5'11".

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

If being average is enough to win championships, then the Packers can look forward to a super season with it's current crop of cornerback's.

[cheers]

uffda udfa
Veteran Member

9 years ago

We could get guys like Aaron Rouse but he couldn't play a lick.

I was on the too small CB thing for the Pack years ago. Brandon Marshall wasn't a shorty. I don't think there's any reason to panic...no CB is Megatron's size, anyway. Just get guys who have great ball skills and can jump despite their size.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

nerdmann
Premier Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

#10

Originally Posted by: dhazer

Moss wasn't out-jumping people for the ball. He was stopping for the underthrown pass. Guys were so intimidated by his speed that they'd open up just to keep pace, but the QBs couldn't necessarily throw it that far.

That's where the "back shoulder" passes we use nowadays really originated.

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