Laser Gunns
8 years ago
Or continue to be one of many 1st round defensive busts.

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Bigbyfan
8 years ago
He was making a bunch of plays late in the season. Hopefully he continues to build off that late season success.
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Zero2Cool
8 years ago

Or continue to be one of many 1st round defensive busts.

Originally Posted by: Laser Gunns 



Can't say I've ever really liked the "bust" label because it's so relative and subjective. At this moment in time, I would say a player who starts as a rookie and/or 2nd year would not be considered a bust. Datone Jones has played in 44 regular season games. He has started just three of them. He's entering the final year of his rookie deal and is counting something like $2.4 million against the cap.

2015 snap count ... 364 defensive snaps which is 34.6% of the total defensive snaps. I can forgive the guy on starts because that's just the first snap, but to be at less than 35% snaps for the season?

I went and took a peek at the players taken after Datone Jones. I WISH I WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT!!!

DE Datone Jones 26th overall.
WR DeAndre Hopkins ... 27th overall.
C Travis Frederick (from Wisconsin) ... 31st overall.

Ugh ... hindsight is a disgusting bitch!!
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TheKanataThrilla
8 years ago
Datone is like Perry where they both flash and then get hurt or disappear and of course are guys that don't really fit our system. Hopefully he has a great season, but all that does is make him money from some other team as I can't see Ted paying him big money based on the production we've received. Seems like another guy who may get a 1 year contract offer when he is a FA.
DakotaT
8 years ago
Datone and Perry are busts and so is Raji if you consider where he was drafted. Ted Thompson hasn't been very successful with his 1st rounders on defense, with the exception of Matthews.
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yooperfan
8 years ago

Ugh ... hindsight is a disgusting bitch!!

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



We seem to get a lot of that with Thompsons drafts.

nerdmann
8 years ago
I was going to start a thread on this.

They moved Datone to OLB later in the season. Datone has said that, he's not sure if they're going to do that again, because if that is the case than he would prefer to bulk down and play at a lower weight. However if they are going to keep him as a down lineman, then he would like stay at this higher weight.
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DoddPower
8 years ago
Jones is like another Mike Neal, especially if they move him to OLB. I remember all the talk when he was drafted was that he should FINALLY give the Packers a prototypical 3-4 DE. And now he's partially/potentially an OLB. Dealing with what playing weight he should be at. lol. Draft players that clearly fit a position and let them become great at it. All this switching around is so frustrating, and really limits a lot of these players potential, imo.
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8 years ago
Personally, I think Jones has shown a bit more than Perry, and in less time. I think he made a bigger step forward last year than Perry has made in any year (or maybe his entire career combined).

Neal, I would put in between the two. If GB, keeps one of the three, to me it should be Jones. If two, Jones and Neal.
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PackFanWithTwins
8 years ago
I think he is a good situational player on the Dline. He can rush the passer from inside and the edge. Not much against the run that I have seen.
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