RRyder823 wrote:Can we pump the breaks on Montgomery for a second here. I wasn't happy with the pick when we made it but have been pleasantly suprised thus far but really outside of the one catch and run he had against Seattle he's been far from special. And sorry on that play Wagner and a few other Seattle players more or less simply collided together rather than anything Montgomery did. He showed great balance on the play yes but if that happened the other way around we'd be bitching about how comically bad a tackling job it was more than anything the runner did.
As for Janis, preseason aside, he simply hasn't made enough progress to warrant any sort of playing time. Gotta show it in practice first if the guys ahead of you are showing they can contribute. You don't just get the opportunity handed to you. Case in point look at our CBs. It's more suprising to me that neither Rollins or Gunter is playing but that's on themselves to work their way in.
Not trying to come off as a wet blanket just that I think people need to cool the jets on Montgomery a lil bit and give him some more time otherwise the backlash will come when he doesn't produce for a few games and that Janis simply isn't good enough right now to warrant playing time. Which is saying something cause we lack any deep threat right now
I don't think there would be backlash. Me personally I'm excited by what he can do now but more so the potential he has with a year or two of seasoning with Rodgers. I'm also excited about his return abilities.
The weather will get colder and second half of the season those KOs will no longer be in the back of the end zone and I think with an improved team of blockers there will be room to run.
We haven't had a KO threat in forever so for me I've been super excited about this pick since day 1. I feel the return game was a definite area of need so I'm glad this entire draft has special teams needs sprinkled all over it and the results are showing 2 games in.
Agreed we shouldn't expect Ty to become an all pro by next week but having some similar skill sets as cobb makes it harder to defend this offense when you add another weapon.
After jordy went down in was a bit nervous if teams could key on cobb and shut down our passing game but with JJ and now Ty stepping up again if the D takes away one Rodgers will go to the other.
I also think these individual talents become greater as part of a potent attack. Maybe ty isn't the greatest ever but coupled with 2 or 3 other weapons flying around the field as a 4th option he's going to win more of his battles.
I think it's an exciting time to be a Packers fan.
Although I do think specifically for this game we may see less fireworks with a stronger front line that is usually one of our Achilles heels is a strong front four that doesn't need to blitz.
Another good measuring stick to see where this team is at.