Pulled this out of another thread.. and thought it had enough merit to stand on its own...
Without throwing out the so and so sucks statements, in an honest opinion.. what needs to happen with the Packers in your opinion to improve.
Given.. less injuries.. beyond that or go deeper into it..
Maybe it is time then to start putting more veteran free agents on the team instead of having so many 1-3 year players. I think there is a balance there that we are lacking in.
"DakotaT" wrote:
Agreed to a point.. but I look at the defense and I question that.. heck even the offense for that matter..
We have vets at every level of the defense.. Barnett, Kampman, Pickett, Chillar, Harris, Woodson, Collins is past that point and honestly is playing well except for the occasional "throw a shoulder at them" tackle instead of wrapping them up.
With the amount of ball that most of these 3rd and some of the 2nd year players have played.. they should be farther along than some of them are.. that speaks of position coaching and development.
Key areas of concern to me are Linebackers and offensive line.. we seem to have a hard time developing mentally and fundamentally sound players in those areas.
I think the offensive line speaks for itself.. player after player has been run through there and we have very little growth to show for it.. system or position coaches need to be re-evaluated and changes are in order.
People might be a little surprised about my claim at linebacker.. but I don't see the growth there.. our talent isn't maturing in that area..
Has Hawk taken the step to become that of a #5 pick and the beast he was in college? Not yet.. solid player.. but arguably not much more advanced than he was as a rookie.
Barnett, about the same type of player he was when Mike McCarthy and Moss took over... fringe pro bowler most seasons.
Poppinga... same player that has the talent to play in this league but is plagued with the same mental mistakes and hasn't picked up much to improve his sub par coverage skills.
Bishop and Hodge came to this team with noticeable talent.. but flashed that raw ability on the field early.. neither have matured to date.. albeit Hodge had injury after injury.. but still..
People talk about Moss as a developing coach.. I don't see it..
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"