Comments on: Packers Next Big Decision Will Center Around Cullen Jenkins

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:27:54 +0000

Who ever the Packers don’t resign will end up on the Viqueens roster next year. A classic case of overpaying for under used players at the end of their career who will ultimately miss half the season(Jenkins).

By: nurseratchett

nurseratchett — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:51:26 +0000

I still believe Bjax has potential; I too appreciate his blocking ability as well as slant & short field pass performance. Still wondering why if he shouldn’t be considered for special teams returns & the 2nd or 3rd back; but then again, I really like John Kuhn (pronounced Kuuuuuuhn!) & think Starks performed well in the post season.

Grant had his issues with drops at times, too. Seems as if with the IR players getting healthy, there will be a lot of competition for starting positions on both sides of the ball. My fear is that the cohesiveness of the team & supportive environment of the locker room that developed at least in part due to the injuries may be negatively affected by that competition…

Ah, to have so many players with so much potential & proven performance. The depth! The roster! Wouldn’t it be nice if these were our worries in EVERY off season?

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:58:06 +0000

Brandon jackson didn’t do enough to make me happy or the coaches. That’s why james starks started over him.

By: iltarion

iltarion — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:24:46 +0000

Kuhn needs to be resigned as well. He actually might be the most essential free agent left.

I would like to see Hawk’s contract restructured and extended.

Both of these guys have a lot to do with the personality of this team. You don’t need All Pros at every position. You need solid, hard working guys who can be counted on every week.

By: iltarion

iltarion — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:08:54 +0000

I am also a Brandon Jackson fan. He does all the little things this offense needs. He has developed into an excellent shotgun/3rd down back. The problem is- he might still feel he can be an every down, big time back. He is a young guy; so, hard to blame him. If another team gives him any kind of shot at a starting position, he’ll be gone. Starks allegedly has better hands than Jackson. So, the Packers will be fine. Starks also has more girth to block with. He just needs to learn how to use it better.

James Jones does a lot for underprivileged kids, which he used to be one, and his wife teaches here in town. He never made any excuses for any of his drops. He is Packer people in my book.

By: Taryn

Taryn — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:36:46 +0000

JJ hasn’t got incentive and a incentive laced contract will not change that.He should be way pass the level he is in game time,but has convinced himself he’s a #1 in dream time.A sideline WR who only looks good when the matchup is subpar.Big guy afraid to get hit and footsteps are heard when he drops easy balls.Worthy catches are far and few between to justify better than aveage pay.We fans should not have to gasp when the ball is thrown to him after this amount of time.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:10:25 +0000

Starks improvement in Pass Pro may be an issue here too. Ryan Grant has not shown much willingness as a blocker.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:08:22 +0000

Agreed on all counts. There will not be a price war in JJ due to his drops so he will be easy to bring back. Receivers take a year or two to develop and Driver is beginning to fade. I would put the chances of Jones being back as pretty good.

By: ay hombre

ay hombre — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:40:26 +0000

I think James Jones wasn’t distant as much as he was probably embarrassed. I mean think about it. Every announcer, radio guy, idiot like you and me that have opinions, literally everyone in the sporting world thinks of him as a dropper. How often did Joe Buck bring up his past drops? Aikman? Rome? Me?

His biggest claim to fame is dropping 2 passes in the playoffs that would have resulted in TD’s that would have more or less sealed games up for us. In the middle of that he made us briefly forget by standing on his head versus Atlanta.

I hear he has 2 bad fingers but I refuse to accept that excuse from a wide receiver….especially one that seems to drop a ton of easy passes only to make the impossible catch time and time again.

I feel bad for JJ that he wasn’t up there and had to be called up on stage by Jennings, but I think that was probably more of James Jones being down on himself or a Packer bigtime fuck-up then it being James Jones being distant.

By: ay hombre

ay hombre — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:32:47 +0000

All good points, Iltarion.

Price will certainly dictate and Jones may be willing to take short money that’s more incentive based. He may even be willing to a one or two year deal with the Packers in order to shed his current reputation as a dropper, get some consistency, and then test the free agent market in his prime.

It seems like Cullen Jenkins has few reservations about moving on but he has to take the money so it’s difficult to blame him.

I hope we can keep Brandon Jackson. I don’t know if anyone saw his comments when cleaning out his locker this year not being sure if he’d be back, but he’s been a really good Packer player who in my opinion didn’t get as much credit as he deserved. Maybe Jackson couldn’t handle having 25 carries a game, but anytime he was given significant carries, he performed at a below-average…but reasonable level for our passing offense.

I’m not sure we’ll be able to keep him or not, but he was a beast in protection and is always a legitimate threat out of the backfield. How often does the first guy take down BJax when he catches the ball in space? Not many. I’m sure price will dictate, but I like Brandon Jackson.