By and large, Hayward has managed to stay on the field since the first practice July 30. It's a considerable accomplishment in light of his surgery after last season to correct a stress fracture in his foot.

Continue Reading @ JSOnline 

JSOnline wrote:

Hayward's best moments have come from the slot as a nickel back. The Packers insisted he would be fine outside, but in truth he has been just mediocre.

Because Hayward's performance in the camp one-on-ones has been blah as well, one wonders if all the hamstring pulls and the foot injury have robbed him of a measure of speed that, as a non-burner, he couldn't afford to lose.

Depending on the severity of nickel back Micah Hyde's neck injury, there might be a shuffling of personnel for the opener.

And Gunter continues to play faster than he timed and with a no-nonsense attitude that some teammates should try to emulate.

After missing two games, Demetri Goodson all but locked up the No. 6 berth at cornerback with tight coverage and hard-nosed tackling.

DB will sort itself out as the year goes on. It won't be something set in stone entering the season.

Originally Posted by: DarkaneRules 

The DBs hopefully should gain some confidence in their first game playing against Jay Cutler 😝

Originally Posted by: TheKanataThrilla 

I've said it many times in this forum and I've been ridiculed, and with reason 😁. I still hope to be wrong because we need Hayward but from the film I've seen I still have the same conclusion: "He is afraid of contact".

In the Philly game there were at least 2 plays were he saw somebody carrying the ball and run away from the carrier instead of towards him, this is perplexing.

Hayward is good covering short yardage situations because he likes to try to intercept and/or deflect balls but he has a lot of trouble with long routes this is because he peeks at the backfield to anticipate the play he is not very good running along a receiver and timing the arrival of the ball.

If you watch film you will see most of his interceptions were just lucky, he caught a lot of deflected balls. This lead to an overhype that got me worried.

In short I still think Hayward is a 3rd down back who is not good outside and is afraid of contact.
You can laugh at me again because I deserve it and I seriously want to be wrong and pay you all a round after the season.

Originally Posted by: luigis 

Maybe he really is better on the inside. Nothing wrong with that, because he was very good there. It will make it cheaper to retain him when his rookie deal expires.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 

I've said it many times in this forum and I've been ridiculed, and with reason 😁. I still hope to be wrong because we need Hayward but from the film I've seen I still have the same conclusion: "He is afraid of contact".

In the Philly game there were at least 2 plays were he saw somebody carrying the ball and run away from the carrier instead of towards him, this is perplexing.

Hayward is good covering short yardage situations because he likes to try to intercept and/or deflect balls but he has a lot of trouble with long routes this is because he peeks at the backfield to anticipate the play he is not very good running along a receiver and timing the arrival of the ball.

If you watch film you will see most of his interceptions were just lucky, he caught a lot of deflected balls. This lead to an overhype that got me worried.

In short I still think Hayward is a 3rd down back who is not good outside and is afraid of contact.
You can laugh at me again because I deserve it and I seriously want to be wrong and pay you all a round after the season.

Originally Posted by: luigis