Comments on: Nick Perry To IR, Andrew Quarless Returns

By: Abe Frohman

Abe Frohman — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:14:29 +0000

I don’t disagree and I wasn’t being alarmist. You could make the case that TT has done a great job finding these guys. Your own word: “sufficient” doesn’t inspire confidence is all I’m saying.

By: SHODAN

SHODAN — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:52:51 +0000

To be fair, Walden’s been playing exceptionally well of late. Moses can get some push, but even with Zombo/Lattimore/Jones, clearly that won’t add up to CM3.

Still, I think the rush will be sufficient, especially given the contributions we’ve been getting from the defensive line (Neal, Daniels, Wilson, and Worthy each have recorded at least 2 sacks) and whatever (unfortunately, fairly infrequent) exotic blitzes Capers can dial up with corners/safeties. It should, at least, be enough to hold things up ’til Clay is healthy enough to go.

By: Charlie Martin

Charlie Martin — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:16:31 +0000

Remember that 3rd and short in the 4th quarter of the NFC championship game (shortly after peppers was flagged for unnecessary roughness on #12)? Quarless let a first down pass go right through his hands to kill the drive at the 40. I remember thinking “This is bullshit, if Finley was healthy, we’d have a first down”

LOL get it? ’cause I was insinuating that finley could catch

By: Abe Frohman

Abe Frohman — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:30:29 +0000

So to sum up: we’re going to replace two first round picks in Matthews and Perry with undrafted free agents in Moses and Zombo and a street free agent in Walden. Then, our depth if one of those three goes down is another undrafted free agent in Lattimore, or a 6th round pick in Jones (or was it 7th?).

Please forgive me if I’m nervous about our pass rush…..

By: Vijay

Vijay — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 05:26:11 +0000

Great idea Monty…also would help out the O Line deficiencies by leaving in at least one extra blocker who keys the coverage and decides whether or not to remain in as a protector or get down the field as an outlet receiver.

By: iltarion

iltarion — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:38:59 +0000

Quarless was a contributor in 2010 and made some plays. Last year, Quarless had developed into the Packers best blocking TE. Quarless didn’t catch a lot of passes since Finley was the primary pass catching TE, but he DID contribute.

Props to Crabtree for the couple plays he’s made this year, but people seem to have forgotten his tendency to drop big passes, especially in the Giants playoff game and against KC.

So, why not run the two TE set and throw the ball more? Because they have the tendency to drop the ball. Simple answer.