Re: Game 14: Bucs at Packers - 12-17-23 - Noon - CBS
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:48 pm
Rough game, glad I didn't see all of it. I saw Love ignore some obvious, easy check-downs, including a 3rd-and-manageable. He's prone to deep-ball tunnel vision; hope he grows out of that.
Jones looked really spry to me. I think rumors of his decline are misguided - they've always limited his touches to keep him fresh for the playoffs, even when they've needed more touches from him to even make the damn playoffs ( ), and I think he's aging really well despite the bad injury luck. It started in week 1, but weren't lots of Packers cramping up or coming up lame in that game because of the hot, sunny sideline on their side of the field? And he achieved one of the highest top speeds of anyone in all of football in week 1 on that very run. I hope he's back next year. Absolutely love the guy.
Defense, what more can you say. How many of the secondary guys even belong in an NFL depth chart, let alone playing that many snaps?
Valentine - solid backup, maybe future serviceable starter
Stokes - hard to give up on a guy who was so good as a rookie, but he has been a disaster on the field since then
Ballentine - practice squad, maybe last DB on roster?
Ford - special teamer, weak backup
Owens - serviceable backup
Savage - okay in the right system, disappointing but still better than the alternatives as his absence showed yesterday
Nixon - returner only IF he stops being an idiot there, maybe some slot WR cameos, emergency-only nickel back
And Devondre has been dead weight since his great "I wanna get paid" first year with the Packers. I'm sick of announcers never calling him out. They hardly ever even acknowledge his decline.
Jones looked really spry to me. I think rumors of his decline are misguided - they've always limited his touches to keep him fresh for the playoffs, even when they've needed more touches from him to even make the damn playoffs ( ), and I think he's aging really well despite the bad injury luck. It started in week 1, but weren't lots of Packers cramping up or coming up lame in that game because of the hot, sunny sideline on their side of the field? And he achieved one of the highest top speeds of anyone in all of football in week 1 on that very run. I hope he's back next year. Absolutely love the guy.
Defense, what more can you say. How many of the secondary guys even belong in an NFL depth chart, let alone playing that many snaps?
Valentine - solid backup, maybe future serviceable starter
Stokes - hard to give up on a guy who was so good as a rookie, but he has been a disaster on the field since then
Ballentine - practice squad, maybe last DB on roster?
Ford - special teamer, weak backup
Owens - serviceable backup
Savage - okay in the right system, disappointing but still better than the alternatives as his absence showed yesterday
Nixon - returner only IF he stops being an idiot there, maybe some slot WR cameos, emergency-only nickel back
And Devondre has been dead weight since his great "I wanna get paid" first year with the Packers. I'm sick of announcers never calling him out. They hardly ever even acknowledge his decline.