With the opener against Da Bears right around the corner Ted Thompson did something he is strongly against by bringing in a veteran free agent (James Jones) to fill a position otherwise occupied by their young developmental players. With Jordy Nelson going down for the season it looked like Cobb and Adams would step into the spotlight and Myles White, Jeff Janis and Ty Montgomery would follow suit in being the next man up but with the signing of Jones that all changed.
The release of White tells me he would not have made the team for the third year in a row if Jordy had not got injured, Yes he had a great preseason and looked safe for all of a day but let’s look at the big picture; Jones has seven years with Aaron as a receiver and just one year removed from the chemistry they had, it should not take long for them to start right where they left off. While he doesn’t stretch the field he is a good red zone receiver and that is an area the Pack needs help! Time will tell if TT made the right move by signing him and releasing White and some were saying Janis should have been the one waived. If that was the case I personally think Janis would have been claimed within the first hour after being cut just for his upside if nothing else whereas White has had 3 years to prove he is a top receiver to no avail.
While I hate to see a player get cut I feel White was the right choice as the receiving corps goes. Now, do I think
he should have been on top of the list? No. I think Goodson would have been a better choice and in my opinion will still be one to go when Datone Jones or Letroy Guion return so that will leave one more hard decision for the head honcho’s to make.
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Dont let go of jeff janis..hes a very good player he has shown ALOT of talent with his speed give him then ball and u will see….Joshua Espinoza number packer fan
This is the part of the game that everyone hates. I can only imagine the emotional roller coaster White rode, finally making the roster – only to be cut within 48 hours. If it were only about JJ vs White, I’d be fine with signing JJ. But JJ’s targets will come at a reduction of targets for the rest of our developmental receivers, and that I’m not happy about. I believe the signing is only for 1 year, which smells much more like desperation than building a dependable roster for the future. So much for inspiring confidence in our young receivers (Adams, Janis, Montgomery).
2 players from the 53 and/or Practice Squad have to go by week 4. My opinion is that Banjo, Barclay, Boyd, Elliott, Gaston, Goodson, Harris, Kuhn, Palmer, Pennel, Ripkowski, and Ryan are all on the bubble and need to watch their backs. Keeping players for ST alone is a luxury we can’t afford. So at some point Ripkowski either replaces Kuhn or becomes expendable. Barclay is far from safe, after a bad preseason and with Walker, Taylor, and Tretter still developing. Probably comes down to 2 between Boyd, Gaston and Pennel. I’d hate to lose Elliott, but OLB has a lot of depth.
I can’t justify keeping Ryan on the 53 unless he contributes a lot on D. I suspect they were afraid Ryan wouldn’t clear waivers. I’m still sick about Thomas being cut after completely outplaying Ryan in the Saints game, especially with our injury history and lack of depth at ILB. Can’t believe there are 10 guys on the PS better than Thomas.
I’m not familiar with how the PS works during the season. Does everyone cut still have to clear waivers before being added to the PS? Frankly, of the players currently on the PS only Crockett and Perillo (and only because of the lack of depth at TE) strike me as definite keepers. Go Pack go!
Well this is how I see it. You have a our top WR out for the season you bring in a vet. to train and help coach the young WR we have. Jones is a proven guy in this offense and a very good route runner. The young WR core should learn, watch and take notes on what Rodgers does and what he is looking for as far as were to be for the routes and where is he is placing the ball. I am not mad at Ted for going out and pick up Jones. Hell as soon as I saw the Giants released him I said it myself that the Packers should get him to help the supporting case around Rodgers. Because the one thing that always ends up hurt us is the fact that we have so many people get hurt throughtout the year why not have someone to train and help truly develop this guys in ever aspect of there game. From doing the little things to gaining the trust of Aaron. So over all good pick up. It just suck that we had to let go of someone that fought for so long to make the team.
I don’t disagree with the premise of your post, but Nelson and Cobb are there to help coach the young players, and no one knows Nelson’s position better than Nelson – and certainly not JJ. No amount of coaching offsets experience. I still think JJ is a luxury we didn’t need, at the expense of the young guys getting experience on the field. If he has a big impact upon games, I’ll be happy to admit that I was wrong. Go Pack go!