Comments on: Packergeeks season grades – Defense

By: awhayes

awhayes — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:36:33 +0000

Aaron – beg to differ. I would say the second half of the season, he was average and even had some decent moments, but the first half, he was awful. His pass coverage was horrendous, his often seemed out of position to make a play and more than anything, he just never did anything. There was a stretch of 3 games early on where the only time you heard his name was when a tight end ran past him for a reception.

Like I said, I’ll hold out for the possibility that what we saw over the course of the season was some development, but one marker of championship teams is that they can quickly identify weak spots and fill them with more talent. Bishop may add more to that position than Poppinga can.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:46:08 +0000

Wow. A tad bit hard on Mr. Poppinga, aren’t we? He is what he is, and his play this year was at least average, which is a C. D+? Bit harsh, my friend.

By: Trav

Trav — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:43:26 +0000

The shaft….yeah, sure he did Mr. Reynolds. Stats don’t lie there chief!

“Reynolds has been inactive for 30 of 48 regular season games, a whopping 62.5%. And for their five-year, $9 million investment, the Packers have received a grand total of three sacks and 17 tackles from Reynolds.”. (JSOnline – June 16, 2004 – right before they got rid of him).

If there is a form to fill out or a line to stand in for that kind of shafting, well, let me know where to go.

By: awhayes

awhayes — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:33:39 +0000

Nice Trav – nice. Wash Brite…hilarious.

Reynolds was horrendous, so were Joe Johnson and Cletidus. I did read something last year about Reynolds and the article quoted his dad who still thought Reynolds got the shaft in GB. To me, it’s validating that none of these guys are playing anywhere (as far as I know), proves they suck – sort of like Sherman not being picked up by any NFL team to be head coach after TT let him go.

By: Trav

Trav — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:49:18 +0000

On draft day, I joked that I read somewhere that Harrell and Jamal Reynolds were related. I am cautiously optimistic that he will work out, but this year seemed like a lost one for him. He needs to have a great offseason and be ready for camp this time around.

On a related note, I think I read that Reynolds was promoted from the towel dry area to the vacuum station at Wash Brite on 74th and North Ave. Talk about your first round busts!

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Football » Packergeeks season grades - Defense — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:06:12 +0000

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