Right so unless it is an extereme weather day they should have success with the formation.

I wonder why they didn't use with with a RB or TE in the 5th slot?

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I agree with DarkaneRules that the Big Five is overrated. It is a gimmick that teams caught onto toward the end of the year. Do the math: Five guys cover five WR's, leaving six guys to rush the passer against five O-linemen. That means one of them will almost certainly get a free shot at the QB within two or three seconds, so there will not be enough time for a receiver to get open and the QB will be exposed to a big hit.

What's lost in all this discussion is that our #3 receiver coming back, and he is way better than our #4 and #5 WR's. This will be a significant boost to our offense.

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Do you really think Jones is way better than Jordy? I agree he is better right now but I wouldn't say way better. I don't like the dropped passes Jones has had in his short stint this year. JMHO

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Wait are you really saying you think their are 5 players on any one team that can cover those 5 one of one?

If a team is dumb enough to rush 6 then just dump it off.

Martin and Nelson should be able to win the battle of a jump ball and if their able to stay on their feet they could take on one to the house.

Jones is strong as LB and quicker than 90% of them throw a fast one to him and lets see a DB one on one try to tackle him or a LB stay in his shoes trying to stay with him.

Driver... ok Driver has nothing overly special but he's very good at everything is better than the other at making one guy miss.

Jennings throw a slant to to the guy if he's one on one if the DB figures that out he'll just fake the slant and throw it to his out side shoulder. How many CBs can cover Jennings one on one? Not many.


I welcome teams to rush 6 with 5 WRs out there, I really do.



Now what teams really have done is NOT rush 6 but rush 5 with one of them being an unknown blitzer and the Packers have had a hard time figuring out which one is the blitzing and then the OL adjusting to which one it is once they figure it out.

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You really can't compare Jordy and Jones that much because their styles of playing are almost complete oppsite.

Jones is the quick but not to speed guy that takes little steps.

Nelson is the speed but not to quick guy that takes long steps.

Jones is the best on the team at ajusting his body to the ball (yes better than Jennings even) While Nelson is problem 3rd or 4th.

Hands it's hard for me to judge but I think that would go to Jordy over Jones.

There styles of play aren't alike much at all. Which means between the two one of them should be able to create a good match up unless there faceing a good, talented, and complete DB.

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There's nothing to say that Jones is better than Jordy. Saying that Jones is better than Jennings at adjusting to the ball is pretty inaccurate. Their styles really aren't that different either, they are both pretty big and fast receivers. Jones is a bit better on the inside routes and Jordy is a bit better on the fly routes. Their hands and ball instincts are pretty similar, it really doesn't make a difference if we had Jordy or James out their, but with both on the field it makes our passing game very dynamic and the match ups with their defensive backs should favor us.

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James Jones has more experience in the Packers system than Jordy.

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Here's another wrinkle..........if they use the big 5, and no one gets open, Rodgers has shown he can pick up some big yardage with his legs.
Thats something we didn't have last year with the big 5 formation.
Do that a couple times and someone WILL get open.

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How soon people forget. Last year at Minnesota, Jones ran a sideline pattern for a TD, and in Denver, he torched Champ Bailey deep. That was one of the biggest plays of the season by any Packer. Jordy Nelson is a promising rookie, but at this point all he does is run sideline patterns. I have yet to see him go across the middle. That's okay. He will start to do that when he gets better. Jones, on the other hand, loves to go over the middle, and he can use those routes to set up DB's for sideline patterns. Jones is a complete receiver.

Also, last year he had the best hands on the team. This year he had a couple drops, which I think resulted from playing injured. That affects a player's concentration. If he comes back fully healthy he will be snatching balls out of the air just like he did last year. I still think Jones is underrated by fans simply because he doesn't have a great 40 time.

As for the Big Five, I guess I need to be more specific. Teams were able to stop it by playing press coverage on all five WR's, which made it impossible for them to get open downfield before one of the pass rushers got to the QB in 2-3 seconds. That's why at the end of the season, the Big Five usually resulted in very short gains if the pass was completed at all. It's okay as a change of pace once in awhile, but the 3-4 receiver sets are a lot more dangerous because then there is a TE and/or RB to pick up blitzers, which at least provides the potential for a big play down the field. And Jones is much more of a threat in those formations than Jordy or Ruvell because he can get open anywhere on the field.

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I don't think it's that I underrate Jones, it's that I think Nelson is a very solid receiver. Like I said, Jones goes over the middle on the slant routes a bit more frequently but when Nelson is on the field his speed makes him a threat to take the ball to the end zone on any play. Jordy has also worked a lot on his YAC just as all of the Packer wide outs have.

Jones' play against Bailey last year was tremendous, but his fumbles against Chicago pretty much cost us an entire game.

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