gbguy20
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8 years ago

The Packers will maintain some stability in their offensive backfield in 2017.
In what was a double-dose of free agent visits on Wednesday from both offensive tackle Byron Bell and running back Christine Michael, ESPN's Field Yates reported that Michael has re-signed with the Packers.
Michael spent his career going back and forth between the Seahawks and Cowboys, albeit only serving in Dallas for a brief part of the 2015 season before being booted aside for Michael's former Seattle teammate, Robert Turbin. After crash-landing in Seattle for the second time in less than a year, Michael was released from the team in the early stages of the 2016 season. Even after signing a one-year contract with the Seahawks in March of that year. 
Once Thomas Rawls and C.J. Prosise gave the Seahawks much more stability than they needed Michael for at running back, he was cast off in mid-November. A day later, he landed in Green Bay.
A week after turning 26 years old, Michael gave the Packers a bit of juice in their running game despite not contributing immediately. He carried the ball a single time for four yards in his Packers debut against the Eagles on Monday Night Football. He followed up with nine carries for 19 yards the following week against the Texans. So far, it was beginning to look like the Packers were getting a repeat of Knile Davis, who held a brief stint with the team a month earlier.
Over his next two games, however, Michael averaged 7.4 yards per carry, including 10 carries for 36 yards against the team that once housed him in Seattle.
Michael never jumped off the charts in Green Bay, but he did provide the Packers with a burst of energy out of their backfield behind Ty Montgomery, who as of right now, seems to remain as the team's starting running back barring any possible changes in the coming months. 
Montgomery, Michael and Don Jackson are the only running backs currently on the Packers roster since losing Eddie Lacy to - you guessed it, the Seahawks. 
It's also unknown how dependent on the running game the Packers will be in 2017, given the fact that they ran the ball just 366 times last season - the fourth-fewest in the NFL. That's likely a consequential result of losing Lacy before the halfway mark of the season and having to rely heavily on the wings of the passing game. With Michael returning, this can also thankfully put to bed any remnants of desire for Adrian Peterson joining Green Bay's backfield anytime soon.
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nerdmann
8 years ago
Won't make the team.
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8 years ago
No surprise. Typical U ncle Teddy move. Low cost, low risk, low probability of reward FA. He will work as a # 3 or # 4 RB on the depth chart.
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musccy
8 years ago
I approve. It would appear he is about q3 eggs short of a dozen, and tries too hard to be Barry Sanders but he has an undeniable burst which I feel wasn't utilized enough last year. Give him an offseason and I think he could be a really nice situational piece.
Smokey
8 years ago
Christine Michael, age 26, from the Hometown of Beaumount , Texas and Texas A&M will enter his 5th NFL Season as a RB for the GB Packers. The 5'-10" player will, for the first time, have the opportunity to be the feature RB on an NFL Team. He should enter the 2017 OTA's and Training Camp with a full knowledge of his role in the GB offense, given that he should know the playbook by now. I see a 220 pound RB at the Prime age in his playing carrier. I believe he will be the Bull to Montgomery's Deer.


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blueleopard
8 years ago

Christine Michael, age 26, from the Hometown of Beaumount , Texas and Texas A&M will enter his 5th NFL Season as a RB for the GB Packers. The 5'-10" player will, for the first time, have the opportunity to be the feature RB on an NFL Team. He should enter the 2017 OTA's and Training Camp with a full knowledge of his role in the GB offense, given that he should know the playbook by now. I see a 220 pound RB at the Prime age in his playing carrier. I believe he will be the Bull to Montgomery's Deer.


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I'd say Michael is the Deer to Montgomery's Bull. Montgomery was hardly ever flashy, but he was fearless. Michael reminded me of Starks' first season, as he did the one-cut-and-go pretty well. He sputtered a bit as a result of not really knowing the offense, but he'll benefit from a full off-season.
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PackFanWithTwins
8 years ago
He fits pretty good with McCarthy's stretch running, and delays with Rodgers in the pistol/shotgun. Patient, make decision and GO. I don't mind short gains, it is the negative plays that we have had so many times because the defense is beating our RB to the spot.
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sschind
8 years ago
I guess for the money he's as good as any other FA we could have signed at this point. I think Michael could be a very good signing for us but I'm not getting my hopes up.
nerdmann
8 years ago
Has to beat out Don Jackson.

Hasn't proven he's smart enough to learn blitz pickup. Or which way to run, where to line up, etc.
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